Total Votes Cast

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Year Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918 24,961 Show data context
18 Oct 1922 33,781 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 35,019 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 36,539 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 38,689 Show data context
30 May 1929 47,229 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 47,067 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 45,055 Show data context
17 May 1945 30,146 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 43,961 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 62,485 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 62,296 Show data context
26 May 1955 58,714 Show data context
06 Jul 1956 51,903 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 58,602 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 55,611 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 53,697 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 54,134 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 60,190 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 56,745 Show data context
03 May 1979 59,858 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 - 1979 Kimber, Political Science Resources

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Total number of votes cast. In multi-member constituencies this will be different from the total number of people voting.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Newport BCon/PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Votes Cast, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 25th April 2024