Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
23 Feb 1950 46,981 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 47,178 Show data context
26 May 1955 46,205 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 45,460 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 45,905 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 45,895 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 50,435 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 51,547 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 52,006 Show data context
03 May 1979 53,516 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 67,584 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 68,705 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 68,827 Show data context
01 May 1997 69,281 Show data context
05 May 2005 68,396 Show data context
06 May 2010 67,689 Show data context
07 May 2015 70,464 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 73,133 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 74,029 Show data context
Date: Source:
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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Date accessed: 23rd April 2024