Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
23 Feb 1950 71,392 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 71,957 Show data context
26 May 1955 57,424 Show data context
29 Jan 1959 60,773 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 60,999 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 64,132 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 64,487 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 68,940 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 66,899 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 67,438 Show data context
03 May 1979 66,958 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 67,486 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 68,415 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 64,199 Show data context
01 May 1997 66,493 Show data context
05 May 2005 64,395 Show data context
06 May 2010 66,918 Show data context
07 May 2015 66,876 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 67,677 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 69,043 Show data context
03 Feb 2022 66,354 Show data context
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
1997 Wikimedia Foundation Inc., Wikipedia
2005 - 2022 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: 28th May 2024