Year Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918 24,038 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 33,297 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 32,507 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 33,509 Show data context
30 May 1929 45,012 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 45,802 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 -1 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 46,476 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 54,040 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 53,466 Show data context
26 May 1955 48,240 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 48,569 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 44,580 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 43,042 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 45,715 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 51,567 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 48,077 Show data context
03 May 1979 51,245 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 49,108 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 51,267 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 52,564 Show data context
01 May 1997 45,920 Show data context
07 Jun 2001 35,298 Show data context
05 May 2005 36,488 Show data context
06 May 2010 44,332 Show data context
07 May 2015 45,123 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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