Highlights
Electoral Statistics for UK: 2016
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- The total number of UK parliamentary electors increased by just over 1 million (2.3%) between December 2015 and December 2016, this partly reflects high levels of public engagement with the EU referendum.
- The total number of UK local government electors also increased by just over 1.1 million (2.5%) between December 2015 and December 2016.
- Of the 650 parliamentary constituencies in the UK, 583 (90%) had an increase in parliamentary electors between December 2015 and December 2016.
Datasets related to Electoral registration
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Electoral Statistics for UK
Total number of local government and parliamentary electors (including the number of attainers) registered to vote in the UK.
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Electoral Statistics for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Total number of local government and parliamentary electors (including the number of attainers) registered to vote in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2014 and 2013.
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Electoral Statistics for UK: 2016
People registered to vote in parliamentary and local government elections as recorded in the electoral registers published on 1 December (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland).
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Electoral Statistics for England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2014
People registered to vote in parliamentary and local government elections as recorded in the electoral registers published on 1 December.
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