§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the 20 English non-metropolitan
Electorate 1981–86 growth Non-metropolitan county (ranked by percentage growth) 1981 registerj 1986 register Increase in electorate Percentage increase Buckinghamshire 410,448 451,984 41,536 10.1 Cambridgeshire 427,090 464,302 37,212 8.7 Berkshire 499,355 541,110 41,755 8.4 Dorset 468,256 505,904 37,648 8.0 Northamptonshire 386,691 417,648 30,957 8.0 Wiltshire 382,304 410,378 28,074 7.3 Somerset 322,743 346,357 23,614 7.3 Shropshire 276,235 296,269 20,034 7.3 Hampshire 1,082,565 1,159,401 76,836 7.1 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 326,312 348,464 22,152 6.8 Oxfordshire 385,767 411,611 25,844 6.7 Devon 712,628 759,902 47,274 6.6 Hereford and Worcester 472,385 502,608 30,223 6.4 Lincolnshire 409,031 434,030 24,999 6.1 Suffolk 436,564 462,145 25,581 5.9 Bedfordshire 360,513 381,590 21,077 5.8 West Sussex 518,911 547,523 28,612 5.5 Norfolk 531,896 560,512 28,616 5.4 Essex 1,109,513 1,167,926 58,413 5.3 North Yorkshire 509,076 535,410 26,334 5.2