HC Deb 23 June 1966 vol 730 cc149-51W
Mr. Garrow

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many postal votes were cast and how many spoiled ballot papers there were in each constituency in Scotland in the recent General Election.

Mr. Ross

The information is as follows:

GENERAL ELECTION 1966
Name of Constituency Number of Postal Ballot Papers included in the Count Number of Rejected Ballot Papers
Aberdeenshire
East Aberdeenshire 794 83
West Aberdeenshire 688 56
Aberdeen North 493 59
Aberdeen South 1,087 60
Angus and Kincardine
North Angus and Mearns 786 42
South Angus 495 142
Dundee East 769 131
Dundee West 802 134
Argyll
Argyll 800 38
Ayrshire and Bute
Ayr 880 40
Bute and North Ayrshire 751 98
Central Ayrshire 1,204 74
South Ayrshire 440 118
Kilmarnock 370 95
Banffshire
Banff 866 53
Berwickshire and East Lothian
Berwick and East Lothian 2,073 63
Caithness and Sutherland
Caithness and Sutherland 793 31

Name of Constituency Number of Postal Ballot Papers included in the Count Number of Rejected Ballot Papers
Dumfriesshire
Dumfries 1,127 32
Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire 802 118
West Dunbartonshire 811 61
Fife
East Fife 940 36
West Fife 426 90
Dunfermline Burghs 445 49
Kirkcaldy Burghs 399 43
Inverness-shire and Ross and Cromarty
Inverness 1,228 82
Ross and Cromarty 397 30
Western Isles 679 48
Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire
Galloway 376 87
Lanarkshire
Bothwell 531 112
Hamilton 295 125
Lanark 1,363 100
Motherwell 375 48
North Lanarkshire 540 84
Rutherglen 718 41
Coatbridge and Airdrie 415 67
Glasgow, Bridgeton 87 102
Glasgow, Cathcart 596 102
Glasgow, Central 110 45
Glasgow, Craigton 520 44
Glasgow, Gorbals 98 68
Glasgow, Govan 137 86
Glasgow, Hillhead 337 141
Glasgow, Kelvingrove 291 72
Glasgow, Maryhill 218 58
Glasgow, Pollock 710 109
Glasgow, Provan 330 131
Glasgow, Scotstoun 326 110
Glasgow, Shettleston 158 58
Glasgow, Springburn 141 37
Glasgow, Woodside 554 59
Midlothian
Midlothian 561 81
Edinburgh, Central 486 91
Edinburgh, East 798 121
Edinburgh, Leith 451 51
Edinburgh, North 468 34
Edinburgh, Pentlands 793 51
Edinburgh, South 921 115
Edinburgh, West 785 30
Moray and Nairnshire
Moray and Nairn 696 93
Orkney and Zetland
Orkney and Zetland 843 16
Perthshire and Kinross-shire
Kinross and West Perthshire 746 45
Perth and East Perthshire 629 71

Name of Constituency Number of Postal Ballot Papers included in the Count Number of Rejected Ballot Papers
Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire 599 86
West Renfrewshire 952 106
Greenock 450 28
Paisley 425 63
Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire and Peebleshire
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles 1,701 46
Stirlingshire and Clackmannansh ire
Clackmannanshire and East Stirlingshire 298 88
West Stirlingshire 608 68
Stirling and Falkirk Burghs 663 36
West Lothian
West Lothian 572 76
Total 45,016 5,188