Total Votes Cast

Year	Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918	18,771
15 Nov 1922	24,383
06 Dec 1923	24,410
29 Oct 1924	25,377
30 May 1929	32,395
27 Oct 1931	36,036
14 Nov 1935	33,376
07 Jun 1940	10,362
05 Jul 1945	34,325
23 Feb 1950	47,024
25 Oct 1951	46,839
26 May 1955	39,539
21 Mar 1957	31,572
08 Oct 1959	37,904
15 Oct 1964	32,017
31 Mar 1966	30,695
18 Jun 1970	28,496
28 Feb 1974	29,378
10 Oct 1974	26,154
03 May 1979	26,714
09 Jun 1983	50,550
11 Jun 1987	52,520
09 Apr 1992	50,838
01 May 1997	45,229
07 Jun 2001	36,368
05 May 2005	38,444
06 May 2010	43,946
07 May 2015	44,891

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 - 2015	House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010	The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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