Total Electorate

Year	Total Electorate
14 Dec 1918	32,796
15 Nov 1922	34,844
06 Dec 1923	35,193
29 Oct 1924	35,307
30 May 1929	41,683
27 Oct 1931	40,437
14 Nov 1935	35,374
05 Jul 1945	24,031
23 Feb 1950	49,696
25 Oct 1951	49,505
26 May 1955	55,309
08 Oct 1959	49,929
15 Oct 1964	41,913
31 Mar 1966	38,209
18 Jun 1970	31,501
28 Feb 1974	25,007
10 Oct 1974	25,156
03 May 1979	23,678
09 Jun 1983	62,687
11 Jun 1987	66,053
09 Apr 1992	66,595
01 May 1997	66,686
05 May 2005	62,734
06 May 2010	60,507
07 May 2015	58,147
08 Jun 2017	55,368
12 Dec 2019	57,845

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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