Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
23 Feb 1950 63,460 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 65,369 Show data context
18 Feb 1954 65,804 Show data context
26 May 1955 65,651 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 68,209 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 70,238 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 70,141 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 73,779 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 60,725 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 61,211 Show data context
03 May 1979 61,359 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 72,297 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 74,444 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 74,729 Show data context
01 May 1997 62,028 Show data context
05 May 2005 63,358 Show data context
06 May 2010 71,753 Show data context
07 May 2015 72,082 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 73,195 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 74,205 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 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: 30th April 2024