Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
14 Dec 1918 36,084 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 36,091 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 36,956 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 37,380 Show data context
30 May 1929 47,036 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 50,433 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 50,474 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 51,821 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 56,581 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 56,415 Show data context
26 May 1955 54,643 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 51,023 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 47,478 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 47,788 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 46,483 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 51,687 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 52,032 Show data context
03 May 1979 51,088 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 74,422 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 76,312 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 77,343 Show data context
01 May 1997 74,642 Show data context
05 May 2005 74,924 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 Wikimedia Foundation Inc., Wikipedia
2005 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,

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Number of persons entitled and registered to vote.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sheffield Hillsborough PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Electorate, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st May 2024