Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
08 Jan 1833 475 Show data context
06 Feb 1835 518 Show data context
18 Aug 1837 644 Show data context
22 Jul 1841 676 Show data context
26 Aug 1847 744 Show data context
31 Jul 1852 925 Show data context
24 Apr 1857 1,079 Show data context
18 May 1859 1,126 Show data context
24 Jul 1865 1,113 Show data context
07 Dec 1868 6,208 Show data context
17 Feb 1874 8,870 Show data context
27 Apr 1880 9,893 Show data context
18 Dec 1885 11,928 Show data context
26 Jul 1892 13,259 Show data context
07 Aug 1895 14,307 Show data context
24 Oct 1900 16,033 Show data context
08 Feb 1906 18,106 Show data context
10 Feb 1910 18,320 Show data context
27 Oct 1910 18,320 Show data context
14 Dec 1918 50,584 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 52,005 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 52,557 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 53,122 Show data context
30 May 1929 61,629 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 63,697 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 62,847 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 51,599 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 72,463 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 74,657 Show data context
26 May 1955 74,340 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 75,538 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 72,697 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 71,578 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 75,129 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 71,895 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 72,584 Show data context
03 May 1979 70,566 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 61,924 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 60,754 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 59,392 Show data context
01 May 1997 62,261 Show data context
05 May 2005 59,330 Show data context
06 May 2010 64,084 Show data context
02 May 2013 62,979 Show data context
07 May 2015 62,730 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 63,433 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 62,793 Show data context
Date: Source:
1832 - 1880 F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
1885 - 1910 F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1974) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
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
1997 Wikimedia Foundation Inc., Wikipedia
2005 - 2019 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010 The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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Number of persons entitled and registered to vote.


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Date accessed: 15th May 2024