Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
23 Feb 1950 65,833 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 65,928 Show data context
13 May 1953 65,453 Show data context
26 May 1955 61,615 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 68,014 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 66,239 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 63,554 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 67,751 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 75,942 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 76,479 Show data context
03 May 1979 79,130 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 75,124 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 74,947 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 72,608 Show data context
01 May 1997 67,937 Show data context
05 May 2005 61,632 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 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,

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Number of persons entitled and registered to vote.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sunderland South BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Electorate, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 21st May 2024