Total Electorate

Year	Total Electorate
23 Feb 1950	43,885
25 Oct 1951	44,232
12 Nov 1953	43,720
26 May 1955	58,188
08 Oct 1959	57,495
15 Oct 1964	57,771
31 Mar 1966	56,318
18 Jun 1970	59,336
28 Feb 1974	77,822
10 Oct 1974	78,605
03 May 1979	81,208
26 Nov 1981	83,078
09 Jun 1983	83,274
11 Jun 1987	83,914
09 Apr 1992	82,538
01 May 1997	57,190
05 May 2005	53,793

Date:	Source:
1950 - 1970	F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970 (Chichester: Political Reference Publications, 1971) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
1974 - 1992	Kimber, Political Science Resources
1981 - 2005	House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
1997	Wikimedia Foundation Inc., Wikipedia

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