Total Electorate

Year	Total Electorate
14 Dec 1918	36,829
15 Nov 1922	36,069
06 Dec 1923	37,045
29 Oct 1924	38,039
30 May 1929	54,076
27 Oct 1931	56,984
14 Nov 1935	60,509
13 Mar 1940	70,404
05 Jul 1945	75,886
23 Feb 1950	48,131
25 Oct 1951	47,461
26 May 1955	55,441
09 Feb 1956	55,876
08 Oct 1959	54,594
15 Oct 1964	54,740
31 Mar 1966	53,824
18 Jun 1970	55,660
28 Feb 1974	58,499
10 Oct 1974	58,968
03 May 1979	59,113
09 Jun 1983	65,226
11 Jun 1987	64,631
09 Apr 1992	64,607
01 May 1997	63,185
05 May 2005	63,314
06 May 2010	67,899
07 May 2015	69,097
08 Jun 2017	70,112
12 Dec 2019	70,580

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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