HC Deb 17 January 1978 vol 942 cc109-31W
Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if, pursuant to his letter to the hon. Member for Christchurch and Lymington dated 4th

POSTAL VOTES CAST AT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, OCTOBER 1974
Postal votes cast as a percentage of
Constituency Total electorate Total votes cast
ENGLAND
Avon
Kingswood 2.1 2.5
North Somerset 3.1 3.9
South Gloucestershire 2.0 2.5
Weston-Super-Mare 2.7 3.6
Bath 4.6 5.9
Bristol, North-East 2.0 2.8
Bristol, North-West 4.2 5.3
Bristol, South 1.2 1.8
Bristol, South-East 1.7 2.3
Bristol, West 3.4 5.2
Bedfordshire
Bedford 3.1 4.1
Mid-Bedfordshire 2.5 3.2
South Bedfordshire 2.5 3.2
Luton, East 2.7 3.7
Luton, West 2.4 3.2
Berkshire
Newbury 2.4 3.2
Reading, South 3.2 4.3
Windsor and Maidenhead 2.0 2.9
Wokingham 2.5 3.3
Eton and Slough 1.6 2.3
Reading, North 3.8 5.3
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury 2.7 3.7
Beaconsfield 2.0 2.9
Buckingham 3.9 4.9
Chesham and Amersham 3.1 4.0
Wycombe 2.4 3.2
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire 2.3 3.0
Huntingdonshire 2.6 3.5
Isle of Ely 2.8 3.7
Cambridge 3.9 5.6
Peterborough 3.6 4.6

January 1978 on the subject of postal voting statistics, he will state the average percentage of posal votes cast as a percentage of total votes cast for all the United Kingdom's parliamentary constituencies; and indicate the two constituencies with the highest percentage figures.

(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the contents of his letter to the hon. Member for Christchurch and Lymington, dated 4th January 1978, detailing statistics relating to postal votes cast, at the General Election of October 1974, for the parliamentary constituencies of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The information is as follows. The percentage of postal votes cast as a percentage of total votes cast was highest in Fermanagh and South Tyrone and in Mid-Ulster.

Postal votes cast as a percentage of
Constituency Total electorate Total votes cast
Cheshire
City of Chester 2.9 3.8
Crewe 1.3 1.8
Macclesfield 2.5 3.2
Nantwich 1.9 2.5
Newton 1.3 1.7
Northwich N.A. N.A.
Runcorn 1.9 2.5
Widnes 1.2 1.7
Warrington 1.0 1.4
Cleveland
Cleveland and Whitby 2.2 2.9
Hartlepool 1.3 1.8
Teesside Middlesbrough 1.2 2.0
Teesside, Redcar 1.5 2.1
Teesside, Stockton 1.2 1.7
Teesside. Thornaby 2.2 3.0
Cornwall
Bodmin 4.7 5.7
Falmouth and Camborne 2.3 3.0
North Cornwall 5.3 6.5
St. Ives 2.7 3.6
Truro 3.4 4.3
Cumbria
Penrith and the Border 2.4 3.3
Westmorland 2.2 3.0
Whitehaven 1.7 2.2
Workington 1.5 2.0
Barrow-in-Furness 1.6 2.1
Carlisle 3.7 4.7
Derbyshire
Belper 2.2 2.7
Bolsover 0.7 0.9
High Peak 3.6 4.5
Ilkeston 1.3 1.7
Derbyshire, North-East 1.0 1.4
Derbyshire, South-East 2.4 3.0
Derbyshire, West 2.7 3.5
Chesterfield 1.4 2.0
Derby, North 2.1 2.9
Derby, South 1.7 2.4
Devon
Honiton 2.8 3.7
Devon, North 4.5 5.6
Tiverton 2.2 2.9
Totnes 2.8 3.7
Devon, West. 3.7 4.7
Exeter 4.2 5.3
Plymouth, Devonport 3.6 4.9
Plymouth, Drake 3.4 4.6
Plymouth, Sutton 2.8 3.8
Torbay 2.7 3.7
Dorset
Dorset, North 2.9 3.7
Dorset, South N.A. N.A.
Dorset, West 3.3 4.2
Bournemouth, East 2.0 2.8
Bournemouth, West 2.0 2.9
Poole 1.8 2.4
Durham
Bishop Auckland 1.2 1.8
Chester-le-Street 1.2 1.6
Consett 0.9 1.3
Durham 1.3 1.8
Easington 0.7 1.0
North West Durham 1.1 1.6
Darlington 2.4 3.2

Postal votes cast as a percentage of
Constituency Total electorate Total votes cast
East Sussex
Eastbourne 2.8 3.7
East Grinstead 2.7 3.7
Lewes 2.8 3.8
Rye 2.6 3.5
Brighton, Kemptown 2.5 3.5
Brighton, Pavilion 2.0 2.9
Hastings 2.6 3.6
Hove 2.9 4.1
Essex
Braintree 3.7 4.7
Brentwood and Ongar 2.6 3.4
Chelmsford 2.6 3.2
Colchester 3.0 3.9
Epping Forest 2.1 2.9
Harlow 1.4 1.9
Harwich 2.3 3.2
Maldon 2.5 3.2
Saffron Walden 4.0 5.2
South-East Essex 1.6 2.1
Basildon 1.7 2.4
Southend, East 2.1 3.0
Southend, West 2.1 2.9
Thurrock 0.7 1.1
Gloucestershire
Cirencester and Tewkesbury 2.1 2.7
Stroud 2.7 3.4
West Gloucestershire 2.1 2.6
Cheltenham 2.9 3.9
Gloucester 2.3 2.9
Greater London
Barking 0.9 1.2
Barking, Dagenham 0.6 1.0
Barnet, Chipping Barnet 2.0 2.7
Barnet, Finchley 2.0 2.8
Barnet, Hendon, North 2.4 3.3
Barnet, Hendon, South 2.1 3.1
Bexley, Bexleyheath 2.2 2.9
Bexley, Erith and Crayford 1.7 2.3
Bexley, Sidcup 2.2 2.9
Brent, East 1.5 2.4
Brent, North 1.8 2.5
Brent, South 1.2 2.0
Bromley, Beckenham 2.5 3.7
Bromley, Chislehurst 3.6 4.8
Bromley, Orpington 3.1 3.9
Bromley, Ravensbourne 2.5 3.4
Camden, Hampstead 3.1 4.9
Camden, Holborn and St. Pancras South 1.3 2.4
Camden, St. Pancras North 1.7 2.9
Croydon, Central 2.3 3.2
Croydon, North-East 2.4 3.3
Croydon, North-West 1.8 2.6
Croydon, South 2.2 3.0
Ealing, Acton 3.0 4.4
Ealing, North 2.4 3.3
Ealing, Southall 1.4 2.2
Enfield, Edmonton 1.6 2.3
Enfield, North 1.7 2.4
Enfield, Southgate 2.0 3.0
Greenwich 1.5 2.4
Greenwich, Woolwich, East 1.6 2.4
Greenwich, Woolwich, West 3.0 4.1
Hackney, Central 0.9 1.6
Hackney, North and Stoke Newington 1.0 2.0
Hackney, South and Shoreditch 0.8 1.4
Hammersmith, Fulham 2.6 3.7
Hammersmith, North 2.0 3.1

Postal votes cast as a percentage of
Constituency Total electorate Total votes cast
Haringey, Hornsey 3.5 5.1
Haringey, Tottenham 1.2 2.1
Haringey, Wood Green 1.3 2.0
Harrow, Central 2.5 3.4
Harrow, East 2.6 3.5
Harrow, West 2.2 3.0
Havering, Hornchurch 1.3 1.8
Havering, Romford 1.7 2.4
Havering, Upminster 1.8 2.4
Hillingdon, Hayes and Harlington 1.2 1.7
Hillingdon, Ruislip-Northwood 2.0 2.8
Hillingdon, Uxbridge 2.6 3.5
Hounslow, Brentford and Isleworth 2.9 3.9
Hounslow, Feltham and Heston 1.4 2.1
Islington, Central 1.2 2.1
Islington, North 1.2 2.3
Islington, South and Finsbury 1.1 1.9
Kensington and Chelsea, Chelsea 2.1 4.2
Kensington and Chelsea, Kensington 2.6 4.6
Kingston upon Thames 2.2 3.1
Kingston upon Thames, Surbiton 2.0 2.7
Lambeth, Central 1.2 2.2
Lambeth, Norwood 2.2 3.5
Lambeth, Streatham 2.4 3.8
Lambeth, Vauxhall 1.0 2.0
Lewisham, Deptford 1.4 2.4
Lewisham, East 2.5 3.7
Lewisham, West 2.7 3.9
Merton, Mitcham and Morden 1.6 2.3
Merton, Wimbledon 2.7 3.9
Newham, North-East 0.7 1.1
Newham, North-West 0.6 1.2
Newham, South 0.4 0.7
Redbridge, Ilford, North 1.7 2.2
Redbridge, Ilford, South 2.2 3.2
Redbridge, Wanstead and Woodford 1.8 2.7
Richmond upon Thames, Richmond 2.6 3.4
Richmond upon Thames, Twickenham 2.2 2.9
Southwark, Bermondsey 0.7 1.2
Southwark, Dulwich 2.2 3.4
Southwark, Peckham 1.3 2.4
Sutton and Cheam 3.2 4.2
Sutton, Carshalton 2.3 3.1
Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green and Bow 0.5 0.9
Tower Hamlets, Stepney and Poplar 0.5 1.1
Waltham Forest, Chingford 1.6 2.2
Waltham Forest, Leyton 1.2 2.0
Waltham Forest, Walthamstow 1.2 1.9
Wandsworth, Battersea, North 1.3 2.2
Wandsworth, Battersea, South 2.9 4.5
Wandsworth, Putney 3.4 4.7
Wandsworth, Tooting 2.0 3.1
The City of London and Westminster, South 2.0 3.7
City of Westminster, Paddington 2.1 3.5
City of Westminster, St. Marylebone 1.9 3.3
Greater Manchester
Heywood and Roy ton 1.7 2.2
Knutsford 2.4 3.1
Stalybridge and Hyde 1.4 1.9
Westhoughton 1.3 1.6
Altrincham and Sale 2.1 2.8
Ashton-under-Lyne 1.5 2.1
Bolton, East 2.9 3.8
Bolton, West 3.0 3.9
Bury and Radcliffe 2.6 3.3
Cheadle 2.8 3.5
Eccles 1.0 1.4
Farnworth 1.0 1.4
Hazel Grove 2.8 3.4

Postal votes cast as a percentage of
Constituency Total electorate Total votes cast
Ince 0.6 0.8
Leigh 0.9 1.2
Manchester, Ardwick 1.1 1.9
Manchester, Blackley 2.5 3.5
Manchester, Central 0.6 1.1
Manchester, Gorton 1.3 1.8
Manchester, Moss Side 2.3 3.7
Manchester, Openshaw 1.0 1.6
Manchester, Withington 2.1 3.1
Manchester, Wythenshawe 1.9 2.7
Middleton and Prestwich 2.4 3.2
Oldham, East 2.0 2.8
Oldham, West 1.7 2.4
Rochdale 2.1 3.1
Salford, East 1.5 2.6
Salford, West 1.2 1.8
Stockport, North 2.6 3.4
Stockport, South 2.0 2.8
Stretford 2.3 3.0
Wigan 0.9 1.2
Hampshire
Aldershot 2.3 3.1
Basingstoke 1.9 2.5
Eastleigh 2.3 2.9
New Forest 1.8 2.5
Petersfield 2.7 3.6
Winchester 3.0 4.0
Christchurch and Lymington 2.2 2.9
Fareham 1.9 2.4
Gosport 2.5 3.4
Havant and Waterloo 2.0 2.7
Portsmouth, North 3.7 4.8
Portsmouth, South 2.4 3.5
Southampton, Itchen 1.6 2.3
Southampton, Test 2.3 3.2
Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove and Redditch 2.3 2.9
Hereford 2.7 3.6
Kidderminster 1.7 2.3
Leominster 3.6 4.5
South Worcestershire 2.3 3.1
Worcester 2.0 2.8
Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire 2.0 2.8
Hemel Hempstead 3.3 4.0
Hertford and Stevenage 2.3 3.0
Hitchin 3.4 4.2
St. Albans 3.1 4.1
Hertfordshire, South 2.0 2.6
Hertfordshire, South-West 2.4 3.1
Welwyn and Hatfield 3.0 3.7
Watford 3.3 4.2
Humberside
Bridlington 1.5 2.2
Brigg and Scunthorpe 1.3 1.8
Haltemprice 1.7 2.3
Howden 1.5 2.0
Louth 2.0 2.7
Grimsby 1.4 2.1
Kingston upon Hull, Central 2.0 3.0
Kingston upon Hull, East 0.6 0.9
Kingston upon Hull, West 0.8 1.2
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight 2.8 3.7

Postal votes cast as a percentage of
Constituency Total electorate Total votes cast
Kent
Ashford 2.8 3.8
Canterbury 2.7 3.7
Dartford 2.5 3.2
Dover and Deal 4.8 6.1
Faversham 3.5 4.5
Folkestone and Hythe 2.2 3.2
Gravesend 2.7 3.5
Maidstone 2.2 3.0
Royal Tunbridge Wells 2.6 3.6
Sevenoaks 3.0 4.0
Tonbridge and Mailing 2.5 3.4
Gillingham 2.4 3.1
Rochester and Chatham 2.7 3.7
Thanet, East 2.4 3.4
Thanet, West 2.7 3.9
Lancashire
Chorley 2.7 3.4
Clitheroe 2.2 2.8
Darwen 2.7 3.6
Lancaster 3.1 3.9
Morecambe and Lonsdale 2.0 2.7
North Fylde 1.4 2.0
Ormskirk 1.3 1.8
South Fylde 1.7 2.4
Accrington 3.4 4.2
Blackburn 2.8 3.8
Blackpool, North 1.7 2.4
Blackpool, South 1.9 2.7
Burnley 1.6 2.1
Nelson and Colne 4.0 5.0
Preston, North 2.4 3.1
Preston, South 2.2 2.9
Rossendale 3.3 4.1
Leicestershire
Blaby 1.7 2.1
Bosworth 1.7 2.1
Harborough 2.2 2.9
Loughborough 2.6 3.3
Melton 1.9 2.5
Leicester, East 1.5 2.1
Leicester, South 1.9 2.8
Leicester, West 1.8 2.6
Lincolnshire
Gainsborough 2.2 3.0
Grantham 2.8 3.8
Holland with Boston 1.5 2.2
Horncastle 2.3 3.2
Rutland and Stamford 2.7 3.6
Lincoln 2.9 3.9
Merseyside
Huyton 1.0 1.5
Wirral 2.0 2.6
Benington and Ellesmere Port 1.6 2.1
Birkenhead 1.4 2.2
Bootle 0.8 1.2
Crosby 1.8 2.5
Liverpool, Edge Hill 0.7 1.2
Liverpool, Garston 1.4 1.9
Liverpool, Kirkdale 0.8 1.2
Liverpool, Scotland Exchange 0.5 1.0
Liverpool, Toxteth 1.5 2.5
Liverpool, Walton 1.0 1.5
Liverpool, Wavertree 1.4 2.0
Liverpool, West Derby 1.0 1.5
St. Helens 0.8 1.2
Southport 2.5 3.4
Wallasey 21 2.8

Postal votes cast as a percentage of
Constituency Total electorate Total votes cast
Norfolk
North Norfolk 3.1 4.1
North West Norfolk 3.8 4.8
South Norfolk 3.0 4.0
South West Norfolk 4.0 5.2
Yarmouth 2.2 3.0
Norwich, North 3.1 4.4
Norwich, South 4.7 6.0
Northamptonshire
Daventry 2.2 2.9
Kettering 1.3 1.8
Wellingborough 2.7 3.4
Northampton, North 2.5 3.3
Northampton, South 3.1 4.1
Northumberland
Berwick-upon-Tweed 6.2 7.7
Hexham 3.0 3.9
Morpeth 1.2 1.6
Blyth 0.9 1.2
North Yorkshire
Harrogate 3.3 4.7
Richmond (Yorkshire) 1.7 2.6
Ripon 4.1 5.2
Scarborough 1.9 2.9
Skipton 2.9 3.5
Thirsk and Malton 2.0 2.8
York 2.6 3.4
Nottinghamshire
Ashfield 0.8 1.1
Bassetlaw 1.5 2.0
Beeston 2.8 3.5
Carlton 1.9 2.4
Mansfield 1.0 1.4
Newark 2.4 3.1
Rushcliffe 3.0 4.0
Nottingham, East 2.6 4.4
Nottingham, North 1.7 2.5
Nottingham West 1.5 2.1
Oxfordshire
Abingdon 2.5 3.3
Banbury 2.4 3.2
Henley 2.5 3.4
Mid-Oxen 2.2 2.9
Oxford 4.0 5.6
Salop
Ludlow 2.4 3.2
Oswestry 2.0 2.9
Shrewsbury 2.8 3.9
The Wrekin 2.4 3.2
Somerset
Bridgwater 2.9 3.8
Taunton 3.7 4.6
Wells 2.7 3.4
Yeovil 2.8 3.5
South Yorkshire
Dearne Valley 0.7 1.0
Don Valley 0.9 1.2
Goole 1.4 2.1
Penistone 1.0 1.3
Rother Valley 0.5 0.8
Barnsley 0.8 1.1
Doncaster 2.5 3.4
Rotherham 0.7 1.1
Sheffield, Attercliffe 1.0 1.4
Sheffield, Brightside 1.0 1.5
Sheffield, Hallam 2.4 3.4
Sheffield, Heeley 1.7 2.4
Sheffield, Hillsborough 1.4 2.1
Sheffield, Park 1.0 1.6

Postal votes cast as a percentage of
Constituency Total electorate Total votes cast
Staffordshire
Burton 2.4 3.1
Cannock 1.4 1.8
Leek 1.8 2.3
Lichfield and Tamworth 1.6 2.0
South-West Staffordshire 1.5 2.0
Stafford and Stone 2.0 2.7
Newcastle under Lyme 2.0 2.6
Stoke-on-Trent, Central 0.6 1.0
Stoke-on-Trent, North 0.6 0.8
Stoke-on-Trent, South 0.7 0.9
Suffolk
Bury St. Edmunds 2.5 3.4
Eye 3.0 3.9
Lowestoft 3.0 3.8
Sudbury and Woodbridge 2.9 3.9
Ipswich 3.4 4.4
Surrey
Dorking 2.1 2.8
East Surrey 2.9 3.8
Farnham 3.0 3.9
Guildford 2.9 4.0
North-West Surrey 2.1 3.0
Woking 2.5 3.4
Chertsey and Walton 2.4 3.2
Epsom and Ewell 2.5 3.4
Esher 2.4 3.3
Reigate 2.8 3.7
Spelthorne 1.7 2.3
Tyne and Wear
Houghton-le-Spring 0.6 0.8
Blaydon 0.6 0.9
Gateshead, East 0.7 1.0
Gateshead, West 0.6 1.0
Jarrow 1.3 1.8
Newcastle upon Tyne, Central 1.0 1.7
Newcastle upon Tyne, East 1.4 2.0
Newcastle upon Tyne, North 3.0 4.7
Newcastle upon Tyne, West 1.6 2.3
South Shields 0.8 1.3
Sunderland, North 1.0 1.5
Sunderland, South 1.6 2.3
Tynemouth 1.6 2.2
Wallsend 0.8 1.1
Warwickshire
Rugby 2.6 3.3
Stratford-on-Avon 2.0 2.8
Warwick and Leamington 2.6 3.5
Nuneaton 1.1 1.5
West Midlands
Meriden 1.7 2.3
Aldridge-Brownhills 1.6 2.0
Birmingham, Edgbaston 1.9 3.0
Birmingham, Erdington 1.1 1.7
Birmingham, Hall Green 1.6 2.2
Birmingham, Handsworth 1.5 2.3
Birmingham, Ladywood 1.6 2.9
Birmingham, Northfield 1.7 2.5
Birmingham, Perry Bar 1.0 1.4
Birmingham, Selly Oak 2.5 3.7
Birmingham, Small Heath 1.0 1.7
Birmingham, Sparkbrook 0.8 1.4
Birmingham, Stechford 1.1 1.7
Birmingham, Yardley 1.4 1.9
Coventry, North-East 0.8 1.2
Coventry, North-West 1.5 2.0
Coventry, South-East 1.1 1.6
Coventry, South-West 1.9 2.4

Postal votes cast as a percentage of
Constituency Total electorate Total votes cast
Dudley, East 1.4 2.1
Dudley, West 1.6 2.1
Halesowen and Stourbridge 1.7 2.2
Solihull 2.2 2.9
Sutton Coldfield 2.2 3.0
Walsall, North 0.6 0.9
Walsall, South 2.0 2.8
Warley, East 1.3 1.9
Warley, West 0.8 1.1
West Bromwich, East 1.1 1.7
West Bromwich, West 0.6 0.9
Wolverhampton, North-East 0.7 1.0
Wolverhampton, South-East 0.6 0.9
Wolverhampton, South-West 2.2 3.d
West Sussex
Arundel 2.1 2.9
Chichester 2.7 3.8
Horsham and Crawley 2.5 3.2
Mid-Sussex 2.4 3.2
Shoreham 2.1 2.8
Worthing 2.8 3.9
West Yorkshire
Barkston Ash 2.0 2.6
Colne Valley. 2.9 3.5
Hemsworth 1.2 1.7
Normanton 0.4 0.6
Shipley 3.0 3.7
Sowerby 3.0 3.8
Batley and Morley 1.3 1.8
Bradford, North 1.7 2.4
Bradford, South 1.6 2.3
Bradford, West 2.2 3.2
Brighouse and Spenborough 3.0 3.8
Dewsbury 1.6 2.3
Halifax 2.5 3.4
Huddersfield, East 1.9 2.7
Huddersfield, West 2.7 3.6
Keighley 3.7 4.4
Leeds, East 1.1 1.7
Leeds, North-East 2.6 3.9
Leeds, North-West 2.2 3.4
Leeds, South 1.0 1.6
Leeds, South-East 1.2 2.2
Leeds, West 1.3 1.8
Pontefract and Castleford 0.7 1.0
Pudsey 2.7 3.4
Wakefield. 1.3 1.9
Wiltshire
Chippenham 3.1 4.0
Devizes N.A. N.A.
Salisbury 2.7 3.7
Westbury 2.9 3.6
Swindon 2.2 3.0
WALES
Clwyd
Denbigh 2.6 3.5
East Flint 2.0 2.5
West Flint 2.1 2.8
Wrexham 1.2 1.6
Dyfed
Cardigan 4.4 5.5
Carmarthen 5.4 6.4
Llanelli 1.8 2.3
Pembroke 3.4 4.3

Postal votes cast us a percentage of
Constituency Total electorate Total votes cast
Gwent
Abertillery 0.8 1.1
Bedwellty 1.4 1.8
Ebbw Vale 1.5 2.0
Monmouth 2.9 3.7
Pontypool 0.9 1.2
Newport 1.5 2.0
Gwynedd
Anglesey 3.8 5.1
Caernarvon 4.6 5.7
Conway 3.4 4.5
Merioneth 6.6 7.9
Mid Glamorgan
Caerphilly 1.3 1.7
Ogmore 1.4 1.9
Pontypridd 1.2 1.6
Aberdare 2.0 2.5
Merthyr Tydfil 2.1 2.8
Rhondda 2.9 3.8
Powys
Brecon and Radnor 3.7 4.5
Montgomery 4.4 5.6
South Glamorgan
Barry 2.5 3.2
Cardiff, North 2.6 3.6
Cardiff, North-West 2.2 2.8
Cardiff, South-East 1.6 2.2
Cardiff, West 1.6 2.3
West Glamorgan
Aberavon 1.2 1.7
Gower 1.8 2.3
Neath 1.6 2.0
Swansea, East 1.0 1.5
Swansea, West 2.3 3.0
SCOTLAND
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire East 2.5 3.5
Aberdeenshire, West 2.7 3.6
Aberdeen, North 1.3 1.9
Aberdeen, South 2.7 3.6
Angus and Kincardine
North Angus and Mearns 2.4 3.3
South Angus 2.3 3.1
Dundee, East 2.1 2.9
Dundee, West 1.9 2.5
Argyll
Argyll 3.1 4.3
Ayrshire and Bute
Ayr 2.6 3.3
Bute and North Ayrshire 2.3 3.2
Central Ayrshire 2.3 2.9
South Ayrshire 1.9 2.5
Kilmarnock 1.4 1.7
Banffshire
Banff 4.6 6.3
Berwick and East Lothian
Berwick and East Lothian 3.7 4.5
Caithness and Sutherland
Caithness and Sutherland 4.6 5.9
Dumfriesshire
Dumfries 2.8 3.7

Postal votes cast as a percentage of
Constituency Total electorate Total votes cast
Dunbartonshire
Central Dunbartonshire 1.4 1.7
East Dunbartonshire 1.9 2.3
West Dunbartonshire 2.1 2.7
Fife
Central Fife 1.0 1.3
East Fife 2.7 3.7
Dunfermline Burghs 1.6 2.1
Kirkcaldy Burghs 1.4 1.9
Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty
Inverness 2.9 4.2
Ross and Cromarty 3.5 5.1
Western Isles 2.6 4.0
Kirkcudbright and Wigtownshire
Galloway 3.1 4.1
Lanarkshire
Bothwell 0.8 1.1
East Kilbride 0.9 1.2
Hamilton 1.0 1.3
Lanark 3.0 3.7
Motherwell and Wishaw 0.7 1.0
North Lanarkshire 1.3 1.7
Rutherglen 1.5 19
Coatbridge and Airdrie 0.7 1.0
Glasgow, Cathcart 1.5 2.0
Glasgow, Central 0.5 0.9
Glasgow, Craigton 1.4 1.9
Glasgow, Garscadden 0.7 1.0
Glasgow, Govan, 1.2 t.6
Glasgow, Hillhead 1.9 2.6
Glasgow, Kelvingrove 2.5 4.0
Glasgow, Maryhill 0.8 1.1
Glasgow, Pollok 1.8 2.5
Glasgow, Provan 0.5 0.7
Glasgow, Queen's Park 0.8 1.2
Glasgow, Shettleston 0.5 0.8
Glasgow, Springburn 0.7 1.1
Midlothian
Midlothian 1.4 1.8
Edinburgh, Central 2.5 3.7
Edinburgh, East 1.9 2.5
Edinburgh, Leith 1.6 2.2
Edinburgh, North 2.4 3.5
Edinburgh, Pentlands 2.3 3.1
Edinburgh, South 2.7 3.6
Edinburgh, West 2.0 2.7
Moray and Nairnshire
Moray and Nairn 3.9 5.2
Orkney and Zetland
Orkney and Zetland 4.0 6.0
Perthshire and Kinross-shire
Kinross and West Perthshire 3.4 4.5
Perth and East Perthshire 2.2 3.0
Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire, East 1.7 2.2
Renfrewshire, West 2.1 2.7
Greenock and Port Glasgow 1.2 1.8
Paisley 1.0 1.4
Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire and Peebleshire
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles 3.8 4.9
Stirling and Clackmannanshire
Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire 1.4 1.7
West Stirling 2.0 2.5
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth 1.6 2.1
West Lothian
West Lothian 1.2 1.5

Postal votes cast as a percentage of
Constituency Total electorate Total votes cast
NORTHERN IRELAND
North Antrim 1.5 2.7
South Antrim 1.1 1.9
Armagh 2.7 4.0
North Down 1.6 2.7
South Down 4.0 5.5
Fermanagh and South Tyrone 12.5 14.2
Mid-Ulster 9.3 11.8
Londonderry 3.7 5.4
Belfast, East 1.2 1.9
Belfast, North 1.5 2.3
Belfast, South 1.4 2.1
Belfast, West 0.9 1.3
UNITED KINGDOM TOTAL* 2.1 2.9
* Excluding 3 constituencies which did not submit postal vote returns

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