Total Votes Cast

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Year Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918 16,989 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 19,585 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 19,147 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 21,529 Show data context
30 May 1929 27,460 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 28,818 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 26,933 Show data context
10 Jun 1937 20,848 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 25,457 Show data context
25 Nov 1948 23,479 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 38,173 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 38,013 Show data context
26 May 1955 29,754 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 29,411 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 26,565 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 25,283 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 23,934 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 32,721 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 30,203 Show data context
03 May 1979 30,133 Show data context
25 Mar 1982 30,289 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 41,016 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 41,869 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 39,373 Show data context
Date: Source:
1918 - 1948 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
1982 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,

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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, Glasgow Hillhead BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Votes Cast, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th July 2024