§ Sir D. Walker-Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the figures, by reference to the electoral register which came into operation on February last, of the 20 constituencies in England with, respectively, the highest
A. 20 ENGLISH CONSTITUENCIES WITH LARGEST ELECTORATES Constituency Provisional 1977 parliamentary electorate Difference from Provisional 1977 electorate quota(65,533) Percentage difference from provisional electoral quota(positive%) Newton … … 100,635 33,102 49 Basildon … … 99,724 32,191 48 Meriden … … 98,947 31,414 47 Ormskirk … … 98,753 31,220 46 Norfolk, South … … 97,625 30,092 45 Lichfield and Tamworth … … 97,272 29,739 44 Horsham and Crawley … … 97,250 29,717 44 Wirral … … 96,215 28,682 42 Rother Valley … … 96,084 28,551 42 Bromsgrove and Redditch … … 95,740 28,207 42 Norfolk, North … … 95,420 27,887 41 Basingstoke … … 94,702 27,169 40 Abingdon … … 94,394 26,861 40 Somerset, North … … 94,295 26,762 40 Buckingham … … 94,125 26,592 39 Don Valley … … 93,801 26,268 39 Hertfordshire, East … … 93,627 26,094 39 South Fylde … … 93,457 25,924 38 Bury St. Edmunds … … 93,103 25,570 38 Brigg and Scunthorpe … … 92,930 25,397 38
B. 20 ENGLISH CONSTITUENCIES WITH SMALLEST ELECTORATES Constituency Provisional 1977 parliamentary electorate Difference from Provisional 1977 electoral quota(67,533) Percentage difference from provisional electoral quota (negative%) Liverpool, Toxteth … … 44,489 23,044 34 Liverpool, Kirkdale … … 44,225 23,308 35 Lambeth, Vauxhall … … 43,271 24,262 36 Wandsworth, Battersea, North … … 43,253 24,280 36 Berwick-upon-Tweed … … 42,703 24,830 37 Islington, Central … … 42,430 25,103 37 City of Westminster, St. Marylebone … … 41,499 26,034 39 Camden, St. Pancras, North … … 40,730 26,803 40 Newcastle upon Tyne, North … … 39,898 27,635 41 Islington, South and Finsbury … … 39,789 27,744 41 Camden, Holborn and St. Pancras, South … … 39,505 28,028 42 Islington, North … … 38,740 28,793 43 Manchester, Openshaw … … 38,675 28,858 43 Manchester, Central … … 37,037 30,496 45 Liverpool, Edge Hill … … 36,927 30,606 45 Birmingham, Lady wood … … 36,518 31,015 46 Salford, East … … 36,089 31,444 47 Liverpool, Scotland Exchange … … 34,080 33,453 50 Gateshead, West … … 30,180 37,353 55 Newcastle upon Tyne, Central … … 23,683 43,850 65