Turnout at UK general elections: What are the key figures and trends?
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The highest ever turnout at a general election since the Second World War was 83.9% in 1950.
Turnout at UK general elections so far this century has been below levels seen in previous decades, falling at the 2019 election for the first time in nearly 20 years.