Persons Voting or Not Voting

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Year Voting
23 Feb 1950 48,592 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 48,931 Show data context
26 May 1955 48,468 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 50,814 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 51,281 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 49,856 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 56,272 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 755 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 61,737 Show data context
03 May 1979 66,433 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 57,544 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 60,477 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 65,167 Show data context
01 May 1997 58,022 Show data context
05 May 2005 49,668 Show data context
06 May 2010 49,683 Show data context
07 May 2015 51,529 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 55,775 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 39,870 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 - 2005 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010 - 2019 The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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nCube definition


This nCube divides an electorate into voters and non-voters, in a given election.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Chorley CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Persons Voting or Not Voting, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 23rd April 2024