Total Votes Cast

Year	Total Votes Cast
05 Jul 1945	57,404
23 Feb 1950	40,561
21 Apr 1951	31,703
25 Oct 1951	39,351
26 May 1955	43,345
08 Oct 1959	43,024
17 Mar 1960	33,216
15 Oct 1964	42,912
31 Mar 1966	42,649
18 Jun 1970	41,769
28 Feb 1974	46,461
10 Oct 1974	42,169
03 May 1979	44,797
09 Jun 1983	52,902
11 Jun 1987	55,133
09 Apr 1992	54,784
01 May 1997	52,506
07 Jun 2001	46,648
05 May 2005	47,759
06 May 2010	46,116
07 May 2015	46,603

Date:	Source:
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 - 2015	House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010	The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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