Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
08 Jan 1833 531 Show data context
06 Feb 1835 648 Show data context
18 Aug 1837 970 Show data context
22 Jul 1841 899 Show data context
26 Aug 1847 1,022 Show data context
31 Jul 1852 1,200 Show data context
05 Jan 1853 1,218 Show data context
24 Apr 1857 1,488 Show data context
18 May 1859 1,521 Show data context
24 Jul 1865 1,771 Show data context
07 Dec 1868 9,328 Show data context
17 Feb 1874 11,282 Show data context
21 Feb 1877 11,737 Show data context
27 Apr 1880 11,728 Show data context
18 Dec 1885 12,269 Show data context
27 Jul 1886 12,269 Show data context
26 Jul 1892 13,177 Show data context
09 Feb 1893 13,317 Show data context
07 Aug 1895 13,844 Show data context
03 Mar 1897 14,290 Show data context
24 Oct 1900 14,879 Show data context
08 Feb 1906 15,316 Show data context
10 Feb 1910 15,528 Show data context
19 Dec 1910 15,528 Show data context
14 Dec 1918 49,017 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 50,704 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 50,774 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 51,229 Show data context
13 Jul 1928 52,013 Show data context
30 May 1929 69,301 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 69,455 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 70,646 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 71,145 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 70,963 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 71,343 Show data context
26 May 1955 68,714 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 67,149 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 64,455 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 62,754 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 66,222 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 63,047 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 63,562 Show data context
03 May 1979 63,768 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 72,747 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 73,392 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 73,402 Show data context
01 May 1997 71,701 Show data context
05 May 2005 65,041 Show data context
06 May 2010 70,380 Show data context
07 May 2015 70,462 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 71,224 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 71,887 Show data context
Date: Source:
1832 - 1880 F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
1885 - 1910 F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1974) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
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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