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Turnout at the 2001 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, 2001

  1. Mid Ulster 81.3%
  2. West Tyrone 79.9%
  3. Fermanagh and South Tyrone 78.0%
  4. Newry and Armagh 76.8%
  5. Winchester 72.3%
  6. Monmouth 71.5%
  7. Hexham 70.9%
  8. Eastwood 70.8%
  9. South Down 70.8%
  10. Northavon 70.7%

Lowest turnout

  1. Liverpool Riverside 34.1%
  2. Manchester Central 39.1%
  3. Glasgow Shettleston 39.7%
  4. Glasgow Maryhill 40.1%
  5. Salford 41.6%
  6. Leeds Central 41.7%
  7. Manchester Gorton 42.7%
  8. Liverpool Walton 43.0%
  9. Kensington and Chelsea 43.3%
  10. Glasgow Kelvin 43.6%

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