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Turnout at the 2010 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, 2010

  1. East Renfrewshire 77.3%
  2. Westmorland and Lonsdale 76.9%
  3. Richmond Park 76.2%
  4. Winchester 75.8%
  5. Central Devon 75.7%
  6. North East Somerset 75.4%
  7. St Albans 75.4%
  8. East Dunbartonshire 75.2%
  9. Kenilworth and Southam 75.2%
  10. Thornbury and Yate 75.2%

Lowest turnout

  1. Manchester Central 44.3%
  2. Leeds Central 46.0%
  3. Birmingham, Ladywood 48.7%
  4. Glasgow North East 49.1%
  5. Blackley and Broughton 49.2%
  6. Thirsk and Malton 49.9%
  7. Manchester, Gorton 50.5%
  8. Kingston upon Hull East 50.6%
  9. East Antrim 50.7%
  10. Glasgow Central 50.9%

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