Total Electorate

Year	Total Electorate
14 Dec 1918	42,174
15 Nov 1922	39,737
06 Dec 1923	40,367
29 Oct 1924	41,816
30 May 1929	60,075
27 Oct 1931	62,092
14 Nov 1935	62,654
29 Apr 1942	60,684
05 Jul 1945	57,113
23 Feb 1950	72,029
25 Oct 1951	74,190
26 May 1955	73,149
08 Oct 1959	72,660
15 Oct 1964	70,311
31 Mar 1966	68,919
18 Jun 1970	72,097
28 Feb 1974	69,352
10 Oct 1974	70,095
03 May 1979	69,211
09 Jun 1983	68,462
11 Jun 1987	67,216
09 Apr 1992	65,670
01 May 1997	63,714
05 May 2005	63,764
06 May 2010	65,915
07 May 2015	65,495
08 Jun 2017	67,454
12 Dec 2019	66,310

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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