Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
14 Dec 1918 35,912 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 37,050 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 37,597 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 38,010 Show data context
30 May 1929 50,982 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 52,415 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 54,274 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 57,476 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 61,804 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 62,182 Show data context
26 May 1955 60,256 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 58,911 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 57,470 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 57,930 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 64,436 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 64,493 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 65,053 Show data context
03 May 1979 66,603 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 68,063 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 69,155 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 70,065 Show data context
01 May 1997 69,908 Show data context
05 May 2005 72,473 Show data context
06 May 2010 75,903 Show data context
07 May 2015 75,905 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 76,202 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 77,417 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, Leigh BCon/PBCon/CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Electorate, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 29th May 2024