Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
14 Dec 1918 27,185 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 27,246 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 27,365 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 27,836 Show data context
30 May 1929 36,001 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 35,918 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 35,940 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 33,762 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 53,014 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 53,790 Show data context
26 May 1955 54,010 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 55,301 Show data context
28 Mar 1963 55,328 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 55,505 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 54,459 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 58,653 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 58,301 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 58,780 Show data context
03 May 1979 60,350 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 57,285 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 57,200 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 59,187 Show data context
01 May 1997 57,373 Show data context
05 May 2005 57,502 Show data context
06 May 2010 59,823 Show data context
07 May 2015 58,011 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 58,521 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 58,450 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 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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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Swansea East BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Electorate, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 30th April 2024