Persons Voting or Not Voting

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Year Voting
18 Dec 1885 6,291 Show data context
14 Dec 1918 17,486 Show data context
31 Jan 1920 20,428 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 20,762 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 21,528 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 22,648 Show data context
29 Oct 1928 23,582 Show data context
30 May 1929 29,645 Show data context
30 Apr 1931 27,827 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 29,728 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 28,176 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 26,729 Show data context
02 Oct 1945 24,022 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 41,271 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 41,375 Show data context
26 May 1955 50,599 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 49,172 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 44,976 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 42,298 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 44,257 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 599 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 43,483 Show data context
03 May 1979 45,113 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 42,453 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 43,246 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 43,439 Show data context
01 May 1997 46,934 Show data context
05 May 2005 37,071 Show data context
06 May 2010 38,597 Show data context
07 May 2015 38,956 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 38,793 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 38,747 Show data context
Date: Source:
1885 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 - 2005 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010 - 2019 The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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nCube definition


This nCube divides an electorate into voters and non-voters, in a given election.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Ashton under Lyne PBCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Persons Voting or Not Voting, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 24th April 2024