Total Votes Cast

Year	Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918	23,195
15 Nov 1922	29,040
13 Dec 1922	22,735
13 Aug 1923	21,647
06 Dec 1923	29,711
29 Oct 1924	30,733
30 May 1929	40,914
27 Oct 1931	40,349
14 Nov 1935	36,459
12 Jul 1939	-1
05 Jul 1945	28,593
23 Feb 1950	48,669
25 Oct 1951	47,898
26 May 1955	41,487
08 Oct 1959	39,871
15 Oct 1964	38,291
31 Mar 1966	37,451
18 Jun 1970	37,809
28 Feb 1974	53,367
10 Oct 1974	49,106
03 May 1979	49,085
09 Jun 1983	50,196
14 Jun 1984	40,883
11 Jun 1987	54,365
09 Apr 1992	53,651
01 May 1997	51,695
07 Jun 2001	39,216
05 May 2005	40,374
06 May 2010	41,264
07 May 2015	41,903

Date:	Source:
1918 - 1945	F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
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
1984 - 2015	House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010	The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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