§ Mr. Bruceasked the Paymaster General if he will list each constituency in the United Kingdom in order of the proportion of the self employed according to the most recent information or census.
§ Mr. LeeThe latest available information comes from the 1981 census of population and is shown in the following table.
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Self employed persons as a percentage of all persons in employment in parliamentary constituencies Great Britain Parliamentary constituencies Per cent. Ceredigio and Pembroke North 28.86 Montgomery 26.90 North Cornwall 26.48 Carmarthen 26.20 Brecon and Radnor 25.48 St. Ives 25.10 Torridge and West Devon 25.04 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 23.96 North Devon 23.02 Penrith and the Borders 22.04 Leominster 21.85 South Hams 21.68 Tiverton 21.17 Bexhill and Battle 20.43 Torbay 20.26 Honiton 20.25 Caernarfon 19.72 Westmorland and Lonsdale 19.57 Hendon South 19.40 South East Cornwall 19.33 Skipton and Ripon 19.23 East Lindsey 19.09 West Dorset 18.85 Teignbridge 18.35 Orkney and Shetland 18.01 Ludlow 17.94 Argyl and Bute 17.90 Truro 17.66 Clwyd South West 17.52 New Forest 17.48 Wealden 17.43 Western Isles 17.42 Somerton and Frome 17.35 Blackpool South 17.30 North Norfolk 17.23 Pembroke 17.20 Blackpool North 17.18 North Dorset 16.80 Bournemouth East 16.72 Wells 16.71 Scarborough 16.53 North Shropshire 16.43 Falmouth and Camborne 16.39 Hampstead and Highgate 16.38 Richmond 16.30 Chichester 15.88 Ryedale 15.82 Ynys Mon 15.69 Clwyd North West 15.59 Conwy 15.55 Isle of Wight 15.54 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 15.46 Chelsea 15.30 Morecambe and Lunesdale 15.29 Christchurch 15.26 Bridlington 15.23 Saffron Walden 15.19 North Thanet 15.18 Hastings and Rye 15.16 North East Cambridgeshire 15.08 Enfield Southgate 15.03 471W
Parliamentary constituencies Per cent. Holland with Boston 15.02 Bridgwater 14.91 Monmouth 14.82 Hexham 14.76 Wanstead and Woodford 14.64 Banff and Buchan 14.52 Hereford 14.49 West Derbyshire 14.48 Cirencester and Tewkesbury 14.37 Ribble Valley 14.35 South Norfolk 14.31 Stratford-on-Avon 14.28 Bournemouth West 14.20 Fylde 14.14 Arundel 14.11 Booth Ferry 14.09 Finchley 14.08 Mid Norfolk 14.06 South Worcestershire 13.99 Chipping Barnet 13.98 Berwick-upon-Tweed 13.92 Lewes 13.91 Kensington 13.89 Brent North 13.88 Caithness and Sutherland 13.82 Hove 13.80 South West Norfolk 13.76 Esher 13.76 Richmond-upon-Thames and Barnes 13.70 Harwich 13.65 Buckingham 13.61 South East Cambridgeshire 13.45 The City of London and Westminster 13.45 Taunton 13.45 Wyre 13.38 Mole Valley 13.31 Staffordshire Moorlands 13.27 Stamford and Spalding 13.22 Great Yarmouth 13.22 Roxburgh and Berwickshire 13.21 North Tayside 13.19 South Dorset 13.18 Henley 13.13 Gainsborough and Horncastle 13.12 Weston-Super-Mare 13.10 Tunbridge Wells 13.09 Brighton Pavilion 13.06 Folkestone and Hythe 13.02 Hendon North 12.99 Westminster North 12.96 Lancaster 12.91 Eastbourne 12.91 Suffolk Coastal 12.84 Southport 12.80 South Thanet 12.79 Daventry 12.76 South Colchester and Maldon 12.71 South Suffolk 12.68 Macclesfield 12.66 South West Surrey 12.66 North West Norfolk 12.65 Shoreham 12.64 Gordon 12.59 East Surrey 12.58 Ashford 12.46 Ross, Cromarty and Skye 12.42 Sevenoaks 12.33 Beaconsfield 12.33 Brighton Kemptown 12.31 Horsham 12.29 Epping Forest 12.29 Stroud 12.27 West Gloucestershire 12.25 North Wiltshire 12.25 Central Suffolk 12.23 Harrow East 12.19 Hornsey and Wood Green 12.13 472W
Parliamentary constituencies Per cent. Poole 11.97 Leeds North East 11.96 Southend West 11.95 High Peak 11.93 Worthing 11.88 Delyn 11.82 Harrogate 11.79 Yeovil 11.78 North East Fife 11.68 Woodspring 11.66 Dumfries 11.66 East Hampshire 11.65 Moray 11.59 Rutland and Melton 11.55 Chesham and Amersham 11.51 Witney 11.49 Canterbury 11.47 Southend East 11.43 Bury South 11.42 Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 11.36 West Lancashire 11.30 Tatton 11.28 Newbury 11.21 Winchester 11.20 Selby 11.19 Grantham 11.14 Chertsey and Walton 11.13 Shrewsbury and Altcham 11.07 Salisbury 11.06 Littleborough and Saddleworth 11.04 Devizes 10.93 North Colchester 10.92 South Staffordshire 10.92 Eddisbury 10.91 Fulham 10.91 Broxbourne 10.86 Kincardine and Deeside 10.85 Brentwood and Ongar 10.82 North West Hampshire 10.80 South West Hertfordshire 10.78 Guildford 10.78 Gower 10.76 Eastwood 10.76 Waveney 10.73 Perth and Kinross 10.72 Altrincham and Sale 10.70 Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber 10.70 Rossendale and Darwen 10.68 Rochford 10.68 Kingston-upon-Thames 10.68 South West Cambridgeshire 10.68 Ilford North 10.67 Holborn and St. Pancras 10.67 Cheadle 10.66 Wimbledon 10.65 Congleton 10.64 Pendle 10.63 Westbury 10.63 Workington 10.61 Calder Valley 10.60 Bristol West 10.59 Harborough 10.56 Castle Point 10.54 Ealing Acton 10.53 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 10.52 Ravensbourne 10.51 Huntingdon 10.50 Wantage 10.47 Windsor and Maidenhead 10.45 Keighley 10.45 Rushcliffe 10.45 Ilford South 10.37 Twickenham 10.37 Chislehurst 10.34 Hazel Grove 10.30 Hertsmere 10.30 Mid Bedfordshire 10.29 473W
Parliamentary constituencies Per cent. Bromsgrove 10.28 Brent East 10.27 Chingford 10.21 Chorley 10.19 Fareham 10.15 Blaby 10.11 Banbury 10.08 Harrow West 10.06 Hertford and Stortford 10.05 Croydon South 10.04 Stirling 10.04 North West Surrey 10.03 Sheffield Hallam 10.03 Epsom and Ewell 10.02 Reigate 10.01 Kettering 10.01 Mid Sussex 10.00 Newark 9.94 Bury St. Edmunds 9.94 Beverley 9.92 Wrexham 9.89 Bolton West 9.84 Shipley 9.81 Braintree 9.79 Bethnal Green and Stepney 9.77 Edmonton 9.74 Bury North 9.73 Northavon 9.71 Sutton and Cheam 9.71 Hackney North and Stoke Newington 9.71 Bosworth 9.70 Vale of Glamorgan 9.70 Cunninghame North 9.69 Hyndburn 9.67 Putney 9.66 Romford 9.64 Bath 9.63 Wycombe 9.56 Sutton Coldfield 9.56 Islington South and Finsbury 9.54 Beckenham 9.53 Tonbridge and Mailing 9.49 Brigg and Cleethorpes 9.46 Streatham 9.46 Wansdyke 9.43 Brentford and Isleworth 9.40 Maidstone 9.40 Ruislip-Northwood 9.33 Plymouth Drake 9.32 Rochdale 9.31 East Berkshire 9.28 Aylesbury 9.27 Wolverhampton South West 9.18 Mid Staffordshire 9.14 Wellingborough 9.11 Stafford 9.11 Woking 9.10 Dewsbury 9.10 Clydesdale 9.08 Wyre Forest 9.08 Birmingham Edgbaston 9.07 Colne Valley 9.05 Worcester 9.00 Surbiton 8.99 North West Durham 8.99 Dulwich 8.99 Pudsey 8.97 Burton 8.96 Islington North 8.93 North East Derbyshire 8.92 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 8.92 Northampton South 8.91 Battersea 8.91 Faversham 8.89 Wirral West 8.89 Old Bexley and Sidcup 8.87 Stockport 8.87 474W
Parliamentary constituencies Per cent. Portsmouth South 8.85 Wokingham 8.85 Llanelli 8.82 Enfield North 8.82 Bishop Auckland 8.81 Elmet 8.80 St. Albans 8.80 Dover 8.76 Cardiff Central 8.73 Corby 8.72 Batley and Spen 8.69 Manchester Withington 8.66 Carshalton and Wallington 8.66 Hammersmith 8.66 North West Leicestershire 8.65 Tooting 8.64 Stalybridgc and Hyde 8.63 Crewe and Nantwich 8.61 Reading East 8.60 Havant 8.59 Billericay 8.58 Leeds North West 8.58 Blackburn 8.57 South West Bedfordshire 8.57 Croydon North East 8.57 Bolton North East 8.56 Loughborough 8.54 Crosby 8.54 Croydon North West 8.52 South East Staffordshire 8.50 Amber Valley 8.49 North Warwickshire 8.49 West Hertfordshire 8.47 Bradford West 8.45 Exeter 8.42 Burnley 8.42 North Hertfordshire 8.41 South Ribble 8.40 Mid Worcestershire 8.40 Upminster 8.38 Mid Kent 8.37 Spelthorne 8.35 Aldridg-Brownhills 8.35 Meriden 8.32 Norwich South 8.30 Solihull 8.30 Orpington 8.30 Gravesham 8.28 Swansea West 8.25 Croydon Central 8.25 Cannock and Burntwood 8.23 Oxford West and Abingdon 8.22 Cardiff North 8.20 Uxbridge 8.18 Rugby and Kenilworth 8.16 Bridgend 8.15 Cheltenham 8.14 Gedling 8.09 Halesowen and Stourbridge 8.08 Walthamstow 8.07 Angus East 8.07 Alyn and Deeside 8.06 Warwick and Leamington 8.05 Edinburgh Central 8.05 Bassetlaw 8.04 Tottenham 8.04 North Bedfordshire 8.01 Leyton 7.96 South Derbyshire 7.96 East Lothian 7.91 Lewisham West 7.91 Romsey and Waterside 7.90 Reading West 7.89 Dartford 7.87 Copland 7.84 Huddersfield 7.84 Leicester South 7.82 475W
Parliamentary constituencies Per cent. Norwood 7.82 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central 7.77 Mitcham and Morden 7.77 Sedgefield 7.77 Aldershot 7.76 Hackney South and Shoreditch 7.73 Cambridge 7.73 Liverpool Mossley Hill 7.70 Ayr 7.70 Halifax 7.68 Watford 7.68 Bolton South East 7.67 Greenwich 7.67 Bexley Heath 7.66 Ashton-under-Lyne 7.62 Norwich North 7.59 Sheffield Hillsborough 7.58 Oldham Central and Royton 7.50 Sherwood 7.50 Hornchurch 7.49 Edinburgh South 7.46 Eastleigh 7.45 Newcastle-under-Lyme 7.45 Harlow 7.45 Chelmsford 7.44 Newport West 7.42 Manchester Gorton 7.41 City of Chester 7.40 Heywood and Middleton 7.39 Tynemouth 7.39 Wallasey 7.38 Pontypridd 7.38 Birmingham Selly Oak 7.36 Northampton North 7.36 Broxtowe 7.35 Cardiff West 7.34 Barnsley West and Penistone 7.34 Lewisham East 7.32 Bradford South 7.32 Plymouth Sutton 7.32 Kingswood 7.31 Basildon 7.31 Leigh 7.31 Lincoln 7.28 Davyhulme 7.26 Welwyn Hatfield 7.24 Dudley West 7.23 Walsall South 7.20 Worsley 7.18 North Luton 7.17 Ealing Southall 7.17 Nuneaton 7.13 Eltham 7.12 Gillingham 7.12 Nottingham East 7.11 Bolsover 7.10 Newport East 7.09 Erewash 7.09 Newham North East 7.07 Leicester East 7.07 Milton Keynes 7.05 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 7.04 Medway 7.04 Don Valley 7.04 Ealing North 7.03 Oldham West 7.02 Barrow and Furness 7.01 Vauxhall 7.00 Wirral South 6.97 Neath 6.95 Ashfield 6.93 Lewisham Deptford 6.93 Birmingham Hall Green 6.91 Stretford 6.91 Portsmouth North 6.90 Warrington South 6.90 Basingstoke 6.89 476W
Parliamentary constituencies Per cent. Bradford North 6.87 Denton and Reddish 6.85 Wigan 6.84 Wakefield 6.80 Salford East 6.80 Normanton 6.78 Birmingham Ladywood 6.78 Brent South 6.78 Mansfield 6.76 Stevenage 6.73 Makerfield 6.73 Southampton Itchen 6.73 Bow and Poplar 6.68 Newham North West 6.67 Morley and Leeds South 6.67 Cynon Valley 6.66 Preston 6.66 The Wrekin 6.64 Rhondda 6.63 Southampton Test 6.62 Coventry South West 6.61 Doncaster North 6.61 Bristol East 6.58 Rother Valley 6.57 Caerphilly 6.54 Glasgow Cathcart 6.53 Slough 6.52 Eccles 6.51 Glasgow Hillhead 6.43 Ipswich 6.41 Luton South 6.41 Birkenhead 6.40 Manchester Blackley 6.40 Leicester West 6.38 York 6.37 Stoke-on-Trent North 6.35 Islwyn 6.34 Oxford East 6.33 Ogmore 6.29 Cardiff South and Penarth 6.28 Glanford and Scunthorpe 6.28 Dumbarton 62.5 Feltham and Heston 6.24 Birmingham Sparkbrook 6.23 Erith and Crayford 6.23 Ellesmere Port and Neston 6.21 Liverpool Broadgreen 6.21 Great Grimsby 6.20 Bristol South 6.19 Gosport 6.18 Gloucester 6.14 Swindon 6.13 Monklands East 6.12 Hayes and Harlington 6.11 Southwark and Bermondsey 6.11 Doncaster Central 6.10 Chesterfield 6.08 Hamilton 6.06 Peterborough 6.05 Bristol North West 6.05 Crawley 6.03 Liverpool Garston 6.00 Hemsworth 6.00 Langbaurgh 5.98 Coventry North West 5.98 Stoke-on-Trent South 5.96 Blaydon 5.96 Sunderland South 5.96 Nottingham South 5.94 Clydebank and Milngavie 5.93 Thurrock 5.91 Dagenham 5.90 Newham South 5.85 Stockton South 5.84 Leeds East 5.84 Woolwich 5.82 Darlington 5.82 477W
Parliamentary constituencies Per cent. Dudley East 5.80 Carlisle 5.79 Walsall North 5.77 Derby South 5.77 Warrington North 5.75 St. Helens North 5.75 Torfaen 5.72 East Kilbride 5.71 Stoke-on-Trent Central 5.70 Edinburgh East 5.67 City of Durham 5.67 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 5.64 Kingston-upon-Hull West 5.61 North Durham 5.61 Sheffield Heeley 5.61 Blaenau Gwent 5.61 Derby North 5.61 Kirkcaldy 5.59 Peckham 5.59 Leeds West 5.56 Falkirk West 5.54 Dunfermline West 5.54 Wentworth 5.51 Barnsley Central 5.50 Edinburgh Leith 5.50 West Bromwich East 5.46 Aberavon 5.44 Glasgow Pollock 5.43 Barking 5.42 Wolverhampton South East 5.42 Renfrew West and Inverclyde 5.42 Midlothian 5.39 Warley East 5.36 Edinburgh Pentlands 5.34 St. Helens South 5.32 Sheffield Central 5.29 Livingston 5.27 Barnsley East 5.27 Pontefract and Castleford 5.25 Warley West 5.23 Birmingham Perry Barr 5.21 Coventry South East 5.19 Glasgow Rutherglen 5.19 Hartlepool 5.16 Coventry North East 5.12 Cunningham South 5.12 Wansbeck 5.11 Rotherham 5.11 Jarrow 5.11 Monklands West 5.10 Birmingham Yardley 5.06 Aberdeen South 5.05 Manchester Central 5.05 Swansea East 5.04 Edinburgh West 5.04 Glasgow Shettleston 4.97 Newcastle-upon-Tyne North 4.97 Falkirk East 4.97 Leeds Central 4.96 Sheffield Attercliffe 4.92 Plymouth Devonport 4.92 Manchester Wythenshawe 4.88 Clackmannan 4.83 Knowsley South 4.73 Birmingham Erdington 4.71 Linlilhgow 4.71 South Shields 4.70 Liverpool Riverside 4.67 Blyth Valley 4.66 Birmingham Small Heath 4.64 Houghton and Washington 4.63 Halton 4.61 Kingston-upon-Hull North 4.53 Central Fife 4.50 Glasgow Central 4.48 West Bromwich West 4.46 Newcastle-upon-Tyne East 4.45
Parliamentary constituencies Per cent. Wolverhampton North East 4.44 Birmingham Northfield 4.43 Dundee West 4.42 Nottingham North 4.39 Liverpool West Derby 4.38 Redcar 4.37 Birmingham Hodge Hill 4.34 Motherwell North 4.34 Liverpool Walton 4.33 Middlesbrough 4.32 Sunderland and North 4 31 Paisley South 4.27 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 4.23 Bootle 4.22 Gateshead East 4.22 Easington 4.20 Dundee East 4.16 Glasgow Maryhill 4.13 Dunfermline East 4.12 Sheffield Brightside 4.10 Stockton North 4.07 Tyne Bridge 4.04 Wallsend 4.01 Motherwell South 3.98 Kingston-upon-Hull East 3.93 Aberdeen North 3.92 Paisley North 3.90 Greenock and Port Glasgow 3.76 Knowsley North 3.74 Glasgow Govan 2.80 Glasgow Garscadden 2.42 Glasgow Springburn 2.42 Glasgow Provan 2.08 478W
Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituency Per cent. Fermanagh and South Tyrone 22.17 Mid-Ulster 21.84
Parliamentary Constituency Per cent. South Down 19.02 North Antrim 16.08 Newry and Armagh 15.62 East Londonderry 14.98 Strangford 10.58 Upper Bann 9.32 Lagan Valley 9.11 South Antrim 8.55 Foyle 8.16 North Down 7.60 East Antrim 6.64 Belfast South 5.92 Belfast East 5.03 Belfast North 4.70 Belfast West 3.30