Total Votes Cast

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Year Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918 22,698 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 36,542 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 37,047 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 38,401 Show data context
30 May 1929 46,769 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 49,810 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 47,707 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 43,094 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 46,474 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 46,822 Show data context
26 May 1955 41,979 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 41,439 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 37,766 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 37,352 Show data context
27 Jun 1968 33,681 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 38,352 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 40,373 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 39,191 Show data context
03 May 1979 38,930 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 - 1979 Kimber, Political Science Resources

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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, Nelson and Colne BCon/PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Votes Cast, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 17th May 2024