HC Deb 18 March 1959 vol 602 c42W
98. Mr. Chetwynd

asked the Secretary of State for War how many soldiers have registered as Service voters in the current electoral roll.

Mr. Soames

The present electoral roll was closed on 15th September, 1958, in Northern Ireland, and 10th October, 1958, in Great Britain. At the end of October we were notified by the Registrar General that 124,656 men and women in the Army were registered as Service voters.