Year Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918 17,412 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 22,259 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 22,198 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 22,460 Show data context
30 May 1929 29,493 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 30,303 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 -1 Show data context
05 Feb 1940 -1 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 25,229 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 43,392 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 44,558 Show data context
26 May 1955 38,924 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 44,289 Show data context
28 Mar 1963 30,931 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 42,323 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 40,182 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 41,125 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 43,029 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 41,900 Show data context
03 May 1979 45,638 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 40,964 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 43,143 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 44,731 Show data context
01 May 1997 38,674 Show data context
07 Jun 2001 30,072 Show data context
05 May 2005 30,834 Show data context
06 May 2010 32,676 Show data context
07 May 2015 33,618 Show data context
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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