Total Votes Cast

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Year Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918 14,956 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 23,356 Show data context
17 Jan 1923 24,228 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 24,188 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 28,316 Show data context
30 May 1929 34,777 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 38,698 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 39,468 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 37,890 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 48,006 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 48,471 Show data context
26 May 1955 43,810 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 42,816 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 40,756 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 37,490 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 35,444 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 34,786 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 32,766 Show data context
03 May 1979 33,162 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 42,295 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 41,944 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 40,434 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

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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, Newcastle upon Tyne East PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Votes Cast, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 13th May 2024