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Turnout at the 1997 general election

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, 1997

  1. Mid Ulster 85.8%
  2. Brecon and Radnorshire 82.2%
  3. Stirling 81.8%
  4. Wirral South 81.1%
  5. Monmouth 80.5%
  6. Cardiff North 80.2%
  7. Ayr 80.0%
  8. North West Leicestershire 80.0%
  9. Vale of Glamorgan 80.0%
  10. Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 79.7%

Lowest turnout

  1. Liverpool Riverside 51.6%
  2. Manchester Central 51.7%
  3. Hackney North and Stoke Newington 52.0%
  4. Sheffield Central 53.0%
  5. Leeds Central 54.2%
  6. Cities of London and Westminster 54.2%
  7. Birmingham Ladywood 54.2%
  8. West Bromwich West 54.4%
  9. Hackney South and Shoreditch 54.5%
  10. Kensington and Chelsea 54.7%

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