Total Votes Cast

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Year Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918 19,229 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 27,905 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 28,602 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 31,631 Show data context
30 May 1929 41,095 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 42,150 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 42,365 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 44,996 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 54,072 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 53,271 Show data context
26 May 1955 48,376 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 49,146 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 45,192 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 42,048 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 43,014 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 45,660 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 41,908 Show data context
03 May 1979 45,317 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 47,160 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 49,917 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 48,114 Show data context
01 May 1997 45,690 Show data context
07 Jun 2001 33,182 Show data context
05 May 2005 34,632 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 - 2005 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,

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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, Eccles PBCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Votes Cast, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 27th April 2024