Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
18 Dec 1885 7,846 Show data context
27 Jul 1886 7,846 Show data context
26 Jul 1892 8,561 Show data context
08 Feb 1906 12,956 Show data context
10 Feb 1910 13,527 Show data context
19 Dec 1910 13,527 Show data context
14 Dec 1918 31,467 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 30,628 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 30,667 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 31,163 Show data context
16 Jul 1928 32,037 Show data context
30 May 1929 42,422 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 43,191 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 44,140 Show data context
10 May 1939 44,897 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 44,579 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 50,051 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 49,989 Show data context
26 May 1955 61,231 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 60,225 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 58,226 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 56,078 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 58,735 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 76,877 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 77,400 Show data context
03 May 1979 78,901 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 72,878 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 74,158 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 76,585 Show data context
01 May 1997 62,834 Show data context
05 May 2005 58,470 Show data context
06 May 2010 68,798 Show data context
07 May 2015 72,351 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 73,455 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 72,763 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 - 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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Date accessed: 01st May 2024