Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
18 Dec 1885 12,058 Show data context
27 Jul 1886 12,058 Show data context
26 Jul 1892 13,510 Show data context
07 Aug 1895 14,358 Show data context
24 Oct 1900 16,867 Show data context
08 Feb 1906 18,518 Show data context
10 Feb 1910 18,868 Show data context
19 Dec 1910 18,868 Show data context
14 Dec 1918 38,766 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 38,259 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 39,175 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 39,644 Show data context
30 May 1929 50,107 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 50,907 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 53,727 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 59,940 Show data context
21 Jul 1949 61,112 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 47,873 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 48,082 Show data context
26 May 1955 60,202 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 60,269 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 60,973 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 60,176 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 63,491 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 59,893 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 60,402 Show data context
03 May 1979 58,798 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 67,538 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 66,344 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 67,074 Show data context
01 May 1997 63,965 Show data context
05 May 2005 62,888 Show data context
06 May 2010 67,453 Show data context
07 May 2015 64,950 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 67,955 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 67,727 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 - 1949 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: 20th May 2024