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Register of electors

Genealogical Sources: Register of Electors

 
Registers of Electors [Ref.RE] date from 1832 to 2002
 
There are occasional gaps, but most of these are covered by Registers of Claims [Ref. RC] which give the previous year's list with handwritten amendments.

The following years/districts are not covered by the Registers of Electors or Registers of Claims:

  • 1910 & 1911 Southern Division
  • 1972 Bedford
  • 1984 Bedford
No lists were made for the following years: 1916, 1917, 1940 - 1944.
 
County Elections
Division into North/South
Division into RE Bedford , RE Luton, RE Mid Beds
( later RE South Beds)
RE 1832-3
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1885-6
RE [District] 1918 (+RE 1918 absent voters)
RE 1833-4
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1887
RE [District] 1919 Spring (+ RE 1919 absent voters)
RE 1834-5
No RE - use RC
RE [District] 1919 Autumn(+RE 1919 absent voters)
RE 1835-6
No RE - use RC
RE [District] Spring & Autumn1920
RE 1836-7
No RE - use RC
RE [District] Spring & Autumn 1921
(+RE 1921 absent voters)
RE 1837-8
No RE - use RC
RE [District] Spring & Autumn 1922
RE 1838-9
No RE - use RC
RE [District] Spring & Autumn 1923
No RE - use RC
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1893
RE [District] Spring & Autumn 1924
(+RE 1924 absent voters)
RE 1840-1
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1894
RE [District] Spring & Autumn [no Luton] 1925
(+RE 1925 absent voters)
RE 1841-2
No RE - use RC
RE [District] Spring & Autumn 1926
RE 1842-3
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1896
RE [District] 1927
RE 1843 -4
No RE - use RC
RE [District] 1928
RE 1844-5
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1898
RE [District] 1929
RE 1845-6
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1899
RE [District] 1930
RE 1846-7
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1900
RE [District] 1931
RE 1847-8
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1901
RE [District] 1932
RE 1848-9
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1902
RE [District] 1933
No RE - use RC
RE South Beds 1903 North Beds use RC
RE [District] 1934
RE 1850-1
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1904
RE [District] 1935
RE 1851-2
No RE - use RC
RE [District] 1936
RE 1852-3
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1906
RE [District] 1937
RE 1853-4
No RE - use RC
RE [District] Spring & Autumn 1945
RE 1854-5
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1908
RE [District] Spring & Autumn 1946
RE 1855-6
No RE - use RC
RE [District] 1947
No RE - use RC
No RE - use RC
RE [District] 1948
RE 1857-8
No RE - use RC
RE [District ] 1949
RE 1858-9
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1912
RE [District ] 1950
RE 1859-60
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1913
RE [District ] 1951
RE 1860-1
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1914
RE [District ] 1952
RE 1861-2
RE North Beds/RE South Beds 1915
RE [District ] 1953
RE 1862-3
RE [District ] 1954
RE 1863-4
RE [District] 1955
RE 1864-5
RE [District ] 1956
RE 1865-6
RE [District ] 1957
RE 1866-7
RE [District] 1958
RE 1867-8
RE [District] 1959
RE 1868-9
RE [District] 1960
RE 1869-70
RE [District] 1961
RE 1871-2
RE [District] 1962
No RE - use RC
RE [District] 1963
RE 1873
RE [District] 1964
RE 1874
RE [District ] 1965
RE 1875
RE [District] 1966
RE 1876
RE [District] 1967
RE 1877
RE [District] 1968
RE 1878
RE [District] 1969
RE 1879
RE [District] 1970
RE 1880
RE [South Beds, Mid Beds, Bedford, East Luton, West Luton] 1971
RE 1881
RE [South Beds, Mid Beds, East Luton, West Luton - Bedford NOT RECEIVED] 1972
RE 1882
RE [South Beds, Mid Beds, Bedford, East Luton, West Luton] 1973
RE 1883
RE [South Beds, Mid Beds, Bedford, East Luton, West Luton] 1974
RE 1884
RE [South Beds, Mid Beds, Bedford (Town & Rural), East Luton, West Luton] 1975
RE 1885
RE [ Mid Beds, Bedford, Luton]
South Beds NOT RECEIVED 1976
RE [South Beds, Mid Beds, Bedford (Town & Rural), Luton] 1977
RE [South Beds, Mid Beds, Bedford (Town & Rural), East Luton, West Luton] 1978
RE [South Beds, Mid Beds, Bedford (Town & Rural), Luton] 1979
RE [South Beds, Mid Beds, Bedford (Town & Rural), East Luton, West Luton] 1980
RE [South Beds, Mid Beds, Bedford (Town & Rural), East Luton, West Luton] 1981
RE [South Beds, Mid Beds, Bedford (Town & Rural), East Luton, West Luton] 1982
RE [Mid Beds, Bedford (Town & Rural), North Beds, Luton] South Beds NOT RECEIVED 1983
RE [South Beds, Mid Beds, Bedford (Town & Rural), Luton] [European RE North Beds] 1984
RE [North Beds as Mid Beds, North Beds (Town), North Beds (Rural as Mid Beds), Mid Beds, South Beds,Luton] [European RE North Beds] 1985
RE [North Beds as Mid Beds, North Beds (Town), North Beds (Rural as Mid Beds), Mid Beds,South Beds, Luton] 1986
RE [North Beds(Rural B - R) , North Beds(Rural S - W), North Beds (Town), South Beds, Luton] 1987
RE [Bedford Town, Bedford Rural, Mid Beds & Kempston, Mid A -K, Mid Beds H - W] 1988
RE [Bedford Town, Bedford Rural, Mid Beds & Kempston, Mid A -K, Mid Beds H - W] 1989
RE [South Beds, Luton North, Luton South]
1989 - 1990
RE [North Luton, South Luton, Mid Beds, Mid Beds as North Beds, North Beds] 1990
RE [South Beds, Luton North, Luton South]
1990 - 1991
RE [South Beds District: including South West Beds, Luton North, Luton South & part constituencies, Bedford, Mid Beds, South Beds (part), Luton North (part)] 1991 - 1992
RE [Mid Beds] 1992 - 3
RE [South & South West Beds] 1994 - 1995
RE [Luton North, Luton South] 1995
RE [ Bedford, North Beds, North Beds as Mid Beds, Mid Beds] 1995 - 1996
RE [Luton North, Luton South] 1996
RE [ Bedford, North Beds, North Beds as Mid Beds, Mid Beds, South Beds] 1996 - 1997
RE [North East Beds, Mid Beds, Luton North, Luton South, South Beds] 1997
RE [Bedford, North East Beds, Mid Beds (part), South Beds] 1998
RE [Bedford, North East Beds, Mid Beds, Luton North, Luton South, South Beds] 1999
RE [Bedford, North East Beds, Mid Beds] 2000 DRAFT COPY
RE [Bedford, North East Beds (part), South Beds] 2001
RE [Mid Beds (part)] 2002
 
 
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