Total Votes Cast

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Year Total Votes Cast
23 Feb 1950 53,240 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 50,801 Show data context
18 Feb 1954 29,701 Show data context
26 May 1955 47,078 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 49,532 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 51,770 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 51,463 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 51,116 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 46,190 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 42,026 Show data context
03 May 1979 43,235 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 50,024 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 54,601 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 56,592 Show data context
01 May 1997 41,072 Show data context
07 Jun 2001 33,648 Show data context
05 May 2005 33,924 Show data context
06 May 2010 41,659 Show data context
07 May 2015 41,773 Show data context
Date: Source:
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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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, Bournemouth West BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Votes Cast, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 06th November 2024