§ Mr. Michael Marshallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to receive the completed Boundary Commission provisional 433W recommendations for all 516 English parliamentary constituencies.
§ Mr. JohnIt is not possible to say precisely when the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England will complete the publication of its provisional recommendations for constituencies. The final recommendations must be made by April 1984.
§ Mr. Michael Marshallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list provisional recommendations for parliamentary constituencies which have so far been made by the Boundary Commission.
§ Mr. JohnThe Boundary Commission for England's published provisional recommendations for constituencies in Cleveland and Nottinghamshire propose six seats for Cleveland in place of the present five seats and parts of three others which lie across the county boundary, and 11 seats for Nottinghamshire in place of the present 10 seats, one of which lies across the county boundary. Copies of the Commission's recommendations have been placed in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Michael Marshallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all parliamentary constituencies with electorates in excess of 70,000 giving the total electorate in each constituency; and if he will list all parliamentary constituencies with electorates of less than 50,000 giving the total electorate in each constituency.
§ Mr. JohnI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave on 27th July 1976 to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Lichfield and Tamworth (Mr. Grocott)—[Vol. 916, c. 138–152]—about the electorates of all English constituencies. The information requested for constituencies in the other parts of the United Kingdom is as follows:
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A. Electorates in excess of 70,000: Constituency 1976 Parliamentary Electorate Antrim, South 122,666 Antrim, North 102,515 Down, North 95,587 Londonderry 93,884 Midlothian 93,432 Armagh 92,290
Down, South 88,625 West Lothian 81,797 Mid-Ulster 81,595 Belfast, East 78,228 Wrexham 77,972 Monmouth 77,232 Newport 75,966 Pembroke 74,928 Pontypridd 73,496 Belfast, South 72,836 Barry 71,786 East Flint 71,653 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 71,464 Renfrewshire, West 71,179 Belfast, North 70,551 East Kilbride 70,274
B. Electorates below 50,000: Glasgow, Central 22,338 Western Isles 22,779 Orkney and Zetland 27,200 Merioneth 27,225 Glasgow, Govan 29,524 Caithness and Sutherland 29,649 Ross and Cromarty 32,333 Banff 32,530 Montgomery 34,955 Glasgow, Shettleston 35,837 Abertillery 36,778 Ebbw Vale 37,270 Kinross and West Perthshire 37,325 Glasgow, Queen's Park 37,374 Edinburgh, Leith 38,601 Angus, North and Mearns 39,194 Glasgow, Kelvingrove 39,541 Edinburgh, Central 39,820 Merthyr Tydfil 40,178 Galloway 40,481 Glasgow, Hillhead 41,338 Argyll 42,986 Caernarvon 43,153 Cardiff, North-West 43,865 Moray and Nairn 44,218 Glasgow, Craigton 44,545 Cardigan 44,850 Cardiff, North 45,989 Anglesey 46,173 Glasgow, Springburn 46,180 Edinburgh, North 47,083 Aberdare 48,370 Rutherglen 48,948 Dunbartonshire, Central 49,805