Birmingham Handsworth Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) : Total Electorate

Total Electorate

Data cube chart.

Year Total Electorate
14 Dec 1918 37,254 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 38,164 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 38,872 Show data context
30 May 1929 52,025 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 52,660 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 53,567 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 56,890 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 57,668 Show data context
16 Nov 1950 57,549 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 57,830 Show data context
26 May 1955 58,322 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 55,596 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 53,243 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 51,383 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 46,573 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 45,399 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 45,676 Show data context
03 May 1979 45,018 Show data context
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 - 1979 Kimber, Political Science Resources

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nCube definition


Number of persons entitled and registered to vote.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Birmingham Handsworth Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Total Electorate, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 04th June 2026