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Turnout

Turnout at every general election since 1918, and the constituencies with the highest and lowest turnout.

0%21%42%62.9%83.9%1918: 57.2%19181922: 72.9%1923: 71.1%1924: 77.0%19241929: 76.3%1931: 76.4%1935: 71.1%19351945: 72.8%1950: 83.9%1951: 82.6%19511955: 76.8%1959: 78.7%1964: 77.1%19641966: 75.8%1970: 72.0%F1974: 78.8%F1974O1974: 72.8%1979: 75.9%1983: 71.8%19831987: 75.3%1992: 77.7%1997: 71.4%19972001: 59.4%2005: 61.5%2010: 65.1%20102015: 66.2%2017: 68.8%2019: 67.3%20192024: 59.7%
Turnout at each general election (valid votes / electorate, contested seats)

Highest turnout, 2024

  1. Harpenden and Berkhamsted 75.2%
  2. Rushcliffe 72.9%
  3. Winchester 72.9%
  4. Esher and Walton 72.8%
  5. Chesham and Amersham 72.7%
  6. South Cotswolds 72.7%
  7. North East Hampshire 72.2%
  8. North Somerset 72.2%
  9. Godalming and Ash 72.1%
  10. Henley and Thame 72.1%

Lowest turnout

  1. Manchester Rusholme 40.0%
  2. Leeds South 41.7%
  3. Kingston upon Hull East 42.2%
  4. Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney 42.7%
  5. Tipton and Wednesbury 43.0%
  6. Wolverhampton South East 43.1%
  7. Blackley and Middleton South 43.3%
  8. Birmingham Ladywood 43.7%
  9. Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North 43.9%
  10. Birmingham Erdington 44.1%

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