Total Votes Cast

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Year Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918 20,017 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 24,777 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 21,082 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 23,947 Show data context
30 May 1929 30,120 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 29,489 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 30,961 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 28,254 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 41,336 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 41,631 Show data context
26 May 1955 40,034 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 38,327 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 31,275 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 27,313 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 22,364 Show data context
08 Nov 1973 15,168 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 23,921 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 23,012 Show data context
03 May 1979 17,204 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 37,070 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 37,132 Show data context
10 Nov 1988 30,104 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 34,843 Show data context
01 May 1997 32,245 Show data context
07 Jun 2001 25,284 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.
1973 Times Newspapers, The Times (Times Newspapers) ,
1974 - 1992 Kimber, Political Science Resources
1988 - 2001 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, Glasgow Govan BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Votes Cast, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 30th April 2024