Total Votes Cast

Year	Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918	13,529
15 Nov 1922	23,621
06 Dec 1923	24,214
29 Oct 1924	27,210
30 May 1929	32,883
27 Oct 1931	32,114
14 Nov 1935	25,876
05 Jul 1945	24,160
23 Feb 1950	41,674
25 Oct 1951	40,339
26 May 1955	28,141
08 Oct 1959	23,110
15 Oct 1964	15,977
31 Mar 1966	15,096
26 Jun 1969	9,391
18 Jun 1970	11,677
28 Feb 1974	25,794
10 Oct 1974	22,983
18 Aug 1977	15,332
03 May 1979	21,171
09 Jun 1983	37,837
11 Jun 1987	38,096
09 Apr 1992	37,559
01 May 1997	37,977
07 Jun 2001	31,493
05 May 2005	33,246
06 May 2010	35,833
07 May 2015	35,916

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
1977	Times Newspapers, The Times (Times Newspapers) ,
1997 - 2015	House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010	The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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