Persons Voting or Not Voting

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Year Voting
18 Dec 1885 7,157 Show data context
27 Oct 1910 12,824 Show data context
14 Dec 1918 25,798 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 39,524 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 38,892 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 39,842 Show data context
30 May 1929 44,989 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 50,958 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 45,878 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 37,667 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 59,420 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 60,472 Show data context
26 May 1955 53,525 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 55,898 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 53,796 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 49,389 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 50,336 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 719 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 47,180 Show data context
03 May 1979 50,102 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 40,870 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 43,135 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 41,574 Show data context
01 May 1997 39,224 Show data context
05 May 2005 30,258 Show data context
06 May 2010 36,528 Show data context
07 May 2015 36,383 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 40,597 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 37,676 Show data context
Date: Source:
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 - 2005 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010 - 2019 The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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nCube definition


This nCube divides an electorate into voters and non-voters, in a given election.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, South Shields PBCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Persons Voting or Not Voting, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 15th May 2024