TOP AND BOTTOM TEN TURNOUTS, 1959-97 GENERAL ELECTION 8th OCTOBER 1959 Top Ten Bottom Ten 1.Accrington 87.89 1.Down South 56.43 2.Lanark 87.23 2.Down North 58.75 3.Taunton 87.12 3.Birmingham Ladywood 59.06 4.Shipley 87.02 4.Antrim South 59.29 5.Pudsey 86.87 5.Stepney 59.42 6.Wellingborough 86.72 6.Paddington South 60.38 7.Ayrshire Central 86.69 7.Liverpool Exchange 60.45 8.Clitheroe 86.62 8.Islington South West 60.64 9.Buckingham 86.40 9.Cities of London & W. 61.25 Flintshire East 86.40 10.Kensington South 61.69 GENERAL ELECTION 15th OCTOBER 1964 1.Wellingborough 87.11 1.Stepney 51.32 2.Flintshire East 86.88 2.Islington South West 51.53 3.Shipley 86.67 3.Birmingham Ladywood 53.73 4.Buckingham 86.50 4.Liverpool Exchange 54.38 5.Belper 86.07 5.Islington North 54.70 6.Rutherglen 86.02 6.Shoreditch & Finsbury 55.70 7.Lanark 85.97 7.Manchester Exchange 55.82 8.Derbyshire West 85.81 8.Southwark 55.86 9.Carlisle 85.63 9.Kensington South 56.78 Keighley 85.63 10.Brixton 57.01 GENERAL ELECTION 31st MARCH 1966 1.Cornwall North 87.53 1.Down North 48.92 2.Orpington 86.92 2.Southampton Itchen 48.98 3.Shipley 86.58 3.Liverpool Exchange 50.75 4.Wellingborough 86.46 4.Islington South West 50.93 Flintshire East 86.45 3.Stepney 51.17 6.Colne Valley 86.19 6.Liverpool Scotland 51.74 7.Fermanagh and South Tyrone 86.04 7.Manchester Exchange 53.73 8.Buckingham 85.90 8.Southwark 54.03 9.Merioneth 85.84 9.Islington North 54.23 10.Bexley 85.82 10.Shoreditch & Finsbury 55.23 GENERAL ELECTION 18th JUNE 1970 1.Mid-Ulster 91.41 1.Stepney 45.03 2.Fermanagh and South Tyrone 91.22 2.Southwark 48.22 3.Cornwall North 85.25 3.Shoreditch & Finsbury 48.77 4.Devon North 84.95 4.Islington South West 48.86 5.Belfast West 84.61 5.West Ham South 48.89 6.Merioneth 84.30 6.Islington North 49.04 7.Berwick and East Lothian 83.81 7.Poplar 49.10 8.Carmarthen 83.66 8.Peckham 49.86 9.Caithness and Sutherland 83.09 9.Kensington South 49.92 10.Shipley 82.50 10.Stoke Central 50.13 GENERAL ELECTION 28th FEBRUARY 1974 1.Shipley 87.40 1.Newham North West 59.30 2.Fermanagh and South Tyrone 87.37 2.Stepney and Poplar 59.41 3.Hazel Grove 86.87 3.Chelsea 59.98 4.Keighley 86.75 4.Bethnal Green and Bow 60.97 5.Kingswood 86.66 5.Antrim South 61.12 6.Devon North 86.46 6.City of London 61.36 7.Colne Valley 86.40 7.Manchester Central 61.82 8.Cornwall North 86.26 8.Hackney North 62.11 9.Roxburgh Selkirk & Peebles 86.15 9.Vauxhall 62.17 10.Rugby 86.13 10.Lambeth Central 62.27 GENERAL ELECTION 10th OCTOBERR 1974 1.Fermanagh and South Tyrone 88.68 1.Chelsea 49.98 2.Carmarthen 85.62 2.Stepney and Poplar 51.52 3.Kingswood 84.10 3.Newham North West 51.60 4.Merioneth 84.04 4.Lambeth Central 52.58 5.Berwick and East Lothian 83.05 5.Vauxhall 52.74 6.Keighley 83.00 6.Hackney North 52.81 7.Hazel Grove 82.39 Hackney Central 52.81 8.Bodmin 82.31 8.Bethnal Green and Bow 53.05 9.Lanark 82.20 9.City of London 53.19 10.Skipton 82.14 10.Manchester Central 53.40 GENERAL ELECTION 3rd MAY 1979 1.Fermanagh and South Tyrone 87.12 1.Stepney and Poplar 53.31 2.Kingswood 86.19 2.City of London 55.15 3.Cornwall North 86.08 3.Newham North West 55.38 4.Welwyn and Hatfield 84.99 4.Bethnal Green and Bow 55.49 5.Hemel Hempstead 84.80 5.Belfast West 56.53 6.Bosworth 84.55 6.Newham South 57.05 7.Carmarthen 84.40 7.Chelsea 57.30 8.Brecon and Radnor 84.21 8.Liverpool Scotland Ex. 57.41 9.Skipton 84.06 9.Peckham 57.66 10.Dunbartonshire East 83.90 10.Antrim South 58.38 GENERAL ELECTION 9th JUNE 1983 1.Fermanagh and South Tyrone 88.62 1.City of London 51.80 2.Mid-Ulster 84.32 2.Newham South 53.64 3.Carmarthen 82.13 3.Hackney South 53.80 4.Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 81.30 4.Peckham 54.48 5.Leicestershire North West 81.07 5.Hackney North 54.67 6.Cornwall North 80.36 6.Bow and Poplar 55.40 7.Brecon and Radnor 80.10 7.Bethnal Green 55.73 8.Devon North 80.09 8.Chelsea 56.14 9.Isle of Wight 79.96 9.Newham North West 56.15 10.Yeovil 79.78 10.Holborn & St. Pancras 60.21 GENERAL ELECTION 11th JUNE 1987 1.Brecon and Radnor 84.38 1.Antrim East 55.22 2.Richmond and Barnes 83.23 2.Hackney South 55.44 3.Derbyshire West 83.07 3.Peckham 55.60 4.Carmarthen 82.88 4.Bow and Poplar 57.36 5.Leicestershire North West 82.85 5.Bethnal Green 57.57 6.Delyn 82.58 6.Strangford 57.64 7.South Ribble 82.55 7.Hackney North 58.13 8.Bury North 82.53 8.City of London 58.24 9.Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 82.20 9.Antrim South 59.05 10.Chelmsford 82.15 10.Belfast South 60.33 GENERAL ELECTION 9th APRIL 1992 1.Leicestershire North West 86.11 1.Peckham 53.83 2.Monmouth 86.07 2.Liverpool Riverside 54.58 3.Brecon and Radnor 85.85 3.Newham North West 56.02 4.Staffordshire Mid 85.60 4.Sheffield Central 56.12 5.Sherwood 85.48 5.Manchester Central 56.90 6.Ribble Valley 85.01 6.Newham South 60.23 7.Derbyshire West 84.99 7.Newham North East 60.29 8.Hazel Grove 84.95 8.Manchester Gorton 60.85 9.Richmond and Barnes 84.92 9.Hackney North 61.17 10.Bury North 84.77 10.Leeds Central 61.29 GENERAL ELECTION 1st MAY 1997 1.Mid-Ulster 86.12 1.Liverpool Riverside 51.93 2.Brecon and Radnorshire 82.24 2.Manchester Central 52.55 3.Stirling 81.84 3.Hackney North 52.95 4.Wirral South 81.01 4.Sheffield Central 53.04 5.Monmouth 80.76 5.Birmingham Ladywood 54.24 6.Stroud 80.45 6.West Bromwich West 54.37 7.Cardiff North 80.24 7.Hackney South 54.67 8.Vale of Glamorgan 80.21 8.Leeds Central 54.70 9.Ayr 80.17 9.Kensington and Chelsea 54.71 10.Leicestershire North West 79.95 10.Vauxhall 55.49 GENERAL ELECTION 7th JUNE 2001 1.Mid-Ulster 81.34 1.Liverpool Riverside 34.08 2.West Tyrone 79.90 2.Manchester Central 39.13 3.Fermanagh and South Tyrone 77.99 3.Glasgow Shettleston 39.69 4.Newry and Armagh 76.75 4.Glasgow Maryhill 40.11 5.Winchester 72.32 5.Salford 41.58 6.Monmouth 71.48 6.Leeds Central 41.69 7.Hexham 70.91 7.Manchester Gorton 42.66 8.Down South 70.83 8.Liverpool Walton 42.96 9.Eastwood 70.82 9.Kensington and Chelsea 43.33 10.Northavon 70.72 10.Glasgow Kelvin 43.56