Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
14 Dec 1918 33,382 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 35,567 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 35,963 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 36,378 Show data context
30 May 1929 44,300 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 47,062 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 46,157 Show data context
18 Feb 1937 46,337 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 46,220 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 59,541 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 60,722 Show data context
26 May 1955 54,824 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 55,846 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 56,721 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 56,706 Show data context
02 Nov 1967 57,980 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 61,594 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 55,500 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 55,955 Show data context
03 May 1979 53,943 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 64,645 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 64,243 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 62,410 Show data context
01 May 1997 64,349 Show data context
05 May 2005 63,496 Show data context
06 May 2010 75,933 Show data context
07 May 2015 72,992 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 75,362 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 76,419 Show data context
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
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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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Manchester Gorton PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Electorate, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 27th May 2024