Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
14 Dec 1918 37,427 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 39,426 Show data context
13 Dec 1922 39,426 Show data context
13 Aug 1923 39,426 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 40,854 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 41,417 Show data context
30 May 1929 54,449 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 55,488 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 54,463 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 38,150 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 58,288 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 59,306 Show data context
26 May 1955 57,311 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 55,121 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 53,915 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 52,941 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 56,126 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 70,345 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 70,773 Show data context
03 May 1979 67,346 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 74,537 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 76,292 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 77,648 Show data context
01 May 1997 80,514 Show data context
05 May 2005 69,539 Show data context
06 May 2010 70,242 Show data context
07 May 2015 71,639 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 69,785 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 74,186 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 - 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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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth South PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Electorate, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 19th May 2024