§ Sir David Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report each of the parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire in ranking order according to the size of their current electorates and indicating the percentage variation on the English average of 68,716 electors per constituency.
§ Mr. WhitneyI have been asked to reply.
The information requested has been taken from OPCS Monitor EL85/2 (published 4 June 1985) and is as follows: 465W
Parliamentary Constituency 1985 Electorate Percentage Difference from English Average Eastleigh 86,329 +25.6 Hampshire, East 84,333 +22.7 Portsmouth, North 80,366 +17.0 Aldershot 80,153 +16.6 Basingstoke 76,838 +11.8 Portsmouth, South 76,303 +11.0 Havant 75,880 +10.4 Winchester 75,590 +10.0 Romsey and Waterside 75,337 +9.6 Fareham 75,104 +9.3 Southampton, Test 74,891 +9.0 Southampton, Itchen 73,657 +7.2 New Forest 73,452 +6.9 Hampshire, North-West 69,026 +0.5 Gosport 68,253 -0.7