Total Votes Cast

Year	Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918	14,390
15 Nov 1922	25,271
06 Dec 1923	23,707
29 Oct 1924	28,188
30 May 1929	30,741
27 Oct 1931	32,539
14 Nov 1935	26,697
05 Jul 1945	17,163
23 Feb 1950	39,569
25 Oct 1951	40,028
26 May 1955	39,201
08 Oct 1959	36,536
15 Oct 1964	28,975
31 Mar 1966	25,169
18 Jun 1970	19,360
28 Feb 1974	16,362
10 Oct 1974	14,694
04 Nov 1976	9,856
03 May 1979	15,450
09 Jun 1983	44,495
11 Jun 1987	46,182
09 Apr 1992	42,774
01 May 1997	46,088
07 Jun 2001	34,870
05 May 2005	35,920
06 May 2010	34,157
07 May 2015	35,085

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
1976	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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