Total Electorate

Year	Total Electorate
14 Dec 1918	32,272
15 Nov 1922	32,987
06 Dec 1923	33,182
29 Oct 1924	34,209
30 May 1929	45,720
27 Oct 1931	46,902
14 Nov 1935	47,503
07 Jun 1940	47,166
05 Jul 1945	47,047
23 Feb 1950	56,205
25 Oct 1951	55,370
26 May 1955	50,955
21 Mar 1957	49,240
08 Oct 1959	47,930
15 Oct 1964	42,331
31 Mar 1966	40,900
18 Jun 1970	42,085
28 Feb 1974	40,026
10 Oct 1974	40,238
03 May 1979	39,307
09 Jun 1983	69,432
11 Jun 1987	59,369
09 Apr 1992	57,165
01 May 1997	63,272
05 May 2005	61,599
06 May 2010	67,110
07 May 2015	67,902
08 Jun 2017	66,073
12 Dec 2019	68,486

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
1997	Wikimedia Foundation Inc., Wikipedia
2005 - 2019	House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010	The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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