§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the 30 English non-metropolitan districts which have shown the greatest percentage growth in their electorate since 1981; and what has been the percentage growth and actual figures in each case.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is as follows:
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Nun-metropolitan County District (ranked by percentage growth) Electorate 1981–86 growth 1981 Register 1986 Register Increase in electorate Percentage increase Milton Keynes 85,323 109,031 23,708 27.8 Wokingham 80,764 98,416 17,652 21.9 Crawley 56,123 65,231 9,108 16.2 Thamesdown 106,500 121,751 15,251 14.3 Bracknell 57,792 65,350 7,558 13.1 Redditch 46,689 52,650 5,961 12.8 Wimborne 54,753 61,659 6,906 12.6 Peterborough 94,205 105,382 11,177 11.9 East Hampshire 65,884 73,579 7,695 11.7 Basingstoke and Deane 92,905 103,724 10,819 11.6 Huntingdonshire 84,665 94,453 9,788 11.6 Northampton 114,933 127,957 13,024 11.3 Hart 53,130 58,935 5,805 10.9 Eastleigh 69,280 76,716 7,436 10.7 Fareham 64,989 71,958 6,969 10.7 Caradon 51,088 56,498 5,410 10.6 Poole 90,523 100,042 9,519 10.5 South Staffordshire 71,374 78,659 7,285 10.2 Selby 59,844 65,841 5,997 10.0 South Cambridgeshire 78,209 86,031 7,822 10.0 Maldon 35,373 38,904 3,531 10.0 Christchurch 31,914 35,067 3,153 9.9 Test Valley 66,111 72,617 6,506 9.8 Daventry 41,997 46,120 4,123 9.8 West Oxfordshire 57,483 63,103 5,620 9.8 New Forest 113,148 124,119 10,971 9.7 Cherwell 73,493 80,615 7,122 9.7 Richmondshire 27,724 30,378 2,654 9.6 Chelmsford 103,361 113,044 9,683 9.4 Mid Bedfordshire 73,050 79,882 6,832 9.4