Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
08 Jan 1833 919 Show data context
06 Feb 1835 960 Show data context
18 Aug 1837 1,324 Show data context
22 Jul 1841 2,003 Show data context
26 Aug 1847 2,345 Show data context
29 Jun 1848 2,345 Show data context
04 Sep 1848 2,345 Show data context
31 Jul 1852 2,400 Show data context
14 Jul 1855 2,147 Show data context
08 May 1856 2,170 Show data context
24 Apr 1857 2,170 Show data context
18 May 1859 2,171 Show data context
24 Jul 1865 2,793 Show data context
07 Dec 1868 3,536 Show data context
17 Feb 1874 4,438 Show data context
27 Apr 1880 5,018 Show data context
18 Dec 1885 6,464 Show data context
27 Jul 1886 6,464 Show data context
26 Jul 1892 6,642 Show data context
07 Aug 1895 7,169 Show data context
08 Feb 1906 8,114 Show data context
10 Feb 1910 8,353 Show data context
19 Dec 1910 8,353 Show data context
28 Apr 1911 8,712 Show data context
14 Dec 1918 23,217 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 23,997 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 24,768 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 25,454 Show data context
26 Sep 1928 26,265 Show data context
30 May 1929 35,993 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 36,974 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 37,428 Show data context
22 Jun 1937 37,947 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 49,282 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 48,786 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 49,844 Show data context
26 May 1955 51,491 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 52,946 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 54,120 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 54,964 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 60,189 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 62,065 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 62,746 Show data context
03 May 1979 64,726 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 76,068 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 79,234 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 79,806 Show data context
01 May 1997 67,950 Show data context
05 May 2005 71,541 Show data context
06 May 2010 78,998 Show data context
07 May 2015 77,287 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 78,878 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 81,044 Show data context
Date: Source:
1832 - 1880 F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
1885 - 1911 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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