Total Votes Cast

Year	Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918	26,479
15 Nov 1922	27,492
06 Dec 1923	27,141
29 Oct 1924	31,233
30 May 1929	46,630
27 Oct 1931	47,873
14 Nov 1935	41,440
29 Apr 1942	20,777
05 Jul 1945	42,965
23 Feb 1950	59,400
25 Oct 1951	59,141
26 May 1955	52,856
08 Oct 1959	56,068
15 Oct 1964	53,879
31 Mar 1966	52,420
18 Jun 1970	53,978
28 Feb 1974	55,098
10 Oct 1974	53,458
03 May 1979	53,475
09 Jun 1983	49,717
11 Jun 1987	53,666
09 Apr 1992	54,215
01 May 1997	46,843
07 Jun 2001	37,346
05 May 2005	36,671
06 May 2010	41,654
07 May 2015	43,366

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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