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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated June 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to respond to your question asking how many registered voters there were in each of the last 10 years. (281367)""The table below shows the number of people registered to vote in the UK in local government elections and parliamentary elections for the years 1999 to 2008.""The number of people registered to vote in local government elections is not the same as that for parliamentary elections due to differences in the eligibility to vote."<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Number of local government and parliamentary electors registered to vote in the UK, 1999 to 2008</th></tr></thead><TR><TD></TD><TD>Local government electors</TD><TD>Parliamentary electors</TD></TR><TR><TD>1999</TD><TD>44,692,299</TD><TD>44,388,885</TD></TR><TR><TD>2000</TD><TD>44,755,889</TD><TD>44,423,440</TD></TR><TR><TD>2001</TD><TD>45,055,786</TD><TD>44,695,764</TD></TR><TR><TD>2002</TD><TD>44,742,770</TD><TD>44,363,353</TD></TR><TR><TD>2003</TD><TD>44,539,665</TD><TD>44,136,652</TD></TR><TR><TD>2004</TD><TD>44,655,226</TD><TD>44,180,464</TD></TR><TR><TD>2005</TD><TD>44,944,109</TD><TD>44,403,415</TD></TR><TR><TD>2006</TD><TD>45,457,163</TD><TD>44,775,185</TD></TR><TR><TD>2007</TD><TD>45,920,503</TD><TD>45,082,854</TD></TR><TR><TD>2008</TD><TD>46,147,877</TD><TD>45,194,449</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>Note: Individuals eligible to vote in local government elections include peers and European Union (EU) citizens but exclude UK citizens resident abroad. Those eligible to vote in parliamentary elections however include UK citizens resident abroad but exclude peers and EU citizens. Source: Office for National Statistics.</td></TR></tfoot></Table> |