Total Votes Cast

Year	Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918	19,130
15 Nov 1922	26,759
06 Dec 1923	27,371
29 Oct 1924	28,387
30 May 1929	40,180
27 Oct 1931	41,965
14 Nov 1935	39,995
13 Mar 1940	24,604
05 Jul 1945	54,373
23 Feb 1950	39,603
25 Oct 1951	38,393
26 May 1955	40,525
09 Feb 1956	22,293
08 Oct 1959	40,949
15 Oct 1964	38,901
31 Mar 1966	36,664
18 Jun 1970	36,373
28 Feb 1974	43,523
10 Oct 1974	38,607
03 May 1979	41,455
09 Jun 1983	46,087
11 Jun 1987	48,681
09 Apr 1992	49,500
01 May 1997	45,509
07 Jun 2001	39,773
05 May 2005	41,467
06 May 2010	47,535
07 May 2015	48,291

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 - 2015	House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010	The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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