Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
18 Dec 1885 7,683 Show data context
27 Jul 1886 7,683 Show data context
26 Jul 1892 9,004 Show data context
08 Feb 1906 14,889 Show data context
10 Feb 1910 15,670 Show data context
19 Dec 1910 15,670 Show data context
14 Dec 1918 29,128 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 30,478 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 30,910 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 31,482 Show data context
30 May 1929 51,175 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 54,605 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 57,136 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 60,776 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 63,962 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 64,502 Show data context
26 May 1955 59,522 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 57,312 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 52,892 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 51,373 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 53,911 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 51,436 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 51,967 Show data context
03 May 1979 50,303 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 73,532 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 73,118 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 70,118 Show data context
01 May 1997 67,527 Show data context
05 May 2005 62,042 Show data context
06 May 2010 62,612 Show data context
07 May 2015 61,908 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 62,738 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 62,628 Show data context
Date: Source:
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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Date accessed: 26th April 2024