§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the average number of electors per constituency in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland at the latest available date.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is as follows:
Area Total number of electors on the 1987 register Average number of electors per constituency United Kingdom 43,666,375 67,179 England 38,393,203 69,585 Scotland 3,994,893 55,485 Wales 2,175,168 57,241 Northern Ireland 1,103,111 64,889
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in theOfficial Report those constituencies in the United Kingdom which have electorates greater than 75,000 and those which have electorates less than 40,000 at the latest available date, showing in each case the number of electors.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is as follows:
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Parliamentary constituency Electors on 1987 register Constituencies with electorate greater than 75,000 Isle of Wight 99,760 Milton Keynes 98,215 East Berkshire 88,884 Eastleigh 88,664 East Hampshire 87,476 Horsham 87,229
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Parliamentary constituency Electors on 1987 register Huntingdon 87,195 Devizes 87,145 Swindon 87,140 Wokingham 86,587 Westbury 85,708 South Colchester and Maldon 85,302 Peterborough 85,244 Cirencester and Tewkesbury 85,181 Crosby 85,099 North West Surrey 84,295 Ryedale 84,205 The Wrekin 83,796 Chelmsford 83,696 Woking 83,453 North Colchester 83,391 South Suffolk 83,143 Waveney 82,920 Dudley West 82,884 South West Cambridgeshire 82,692 Stroud 82,340 Stratford-on-Avon 82,255 Feltham and Heston 81,999 Chichester 81,862 Harrow East 81,842 Aldershot 81,791 Mid Bedfordshire 81,697 North Wiltshire 81,670 Mid Worcestershire 81,581 Portsmouth North 81,350 Brigg and Cleethorpes 81,214 Mid Sussex 81,138 Hornsey and Woodgreen 81,122 Bridlington 81,072 South Derbyshire 81,041 Billericay 80,588 Grantham 80,366 South Staffordshire 80,338 Windsor and Maidenhead 80,272 Richmond (Yorkshire) 80,255 Central Suffolk 80,204 Langbaurgh 80,201 Romsey and Waterside 80,179 York 80,159 Cheltenham 80,121 Faversham 80,062 Beverley 79,958 South West Bedfordshire 79,927 West Hertfordshire 79,886 North Hertfordshire 79,689 Northavon 79,610 Chorley 79,514 Arundel 79,468 Meriden 79,436 South Norfolk 79,359 South Hams 79,356 Basingstoke 79,116 West Gloucestershire 78,982 Halesowen and Stourbridge 78,979 Rutland and Melton 78,921 Solihull 78,355 Houghton and Washington 78,821 Guildford 78,783 North Shropshire 78,240 Blaby 78,155 Bosworth 78,131 South Worcestershire 78,129 Braintree 78,025 Tonbridge and Malling 77,956 Honiton 77,942 Lincoln 77,939 Aylesbury 77,933 Fareham 77,910 Gloucester 77,899 Harwich 77,827 Worthing 77,719 Rugby and Kenilworth 77,640
Parliamentary constituency Electors on 1987 register Bury St. Edmunds 77,615 Winchester 77,527 Poole 77,481 Wallsend 77,465 Havant 77,412 Erewash 77,381 Woodspring 77,255 Warrington, South 77,245 Sheffield, Hillsborough 77,236 Tunbridge Wells 77,205 Weston-Super-Mare 77,172 West Lancashire 77,054 Rochford 77,048 Salisbury 77,045 Macclesfield 77,018 Northampton, South 76,948 Canterbury 76,931 Portsmouth, South 76,814 Tottenham 76,713 Harrogate 76,607 Suffolk Coastal 76,547 South West Hertfordshire 76,535 Warrington, North 76,517 Sunderland, North 76,503 Hertford and Stortford 76,470 Witney 76,221 St. Albans 76,206 Dudley, East 76,154 Newbury 76,145 Stockton, South 76,136 Wansdyke 76,108 Boothferry 76,084 Exeter 76,053 Bournemouth, East 75,906 Rossendale and Darwen 75,894 New Forest 75,780 Sunderland, South 75,762 Harborough 75,686 Ealing, Southall 75,660 Scarborough 75,628 Blackburn 75,586 Don Valley 75,452 Torridge and West Devon 75,373 Batley and Spen 75,334 Staffordshire Moorlands 75,318 Bournemouth, West 75,290 North Luton 75,270 Tynemouth 75,180 South West Norfolk 75,152 Taunton 75,035 Stoke-on-Trent, North 75,029 North East Cambridgeshire 75,026 Constituencies and electorates less than 40,000 Tweedale, Ettrick and Luaderdale 38,283 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 31,972 Caithness and Sutherland 31,519 Orkney and Shetland 31,332 Western Isles 23,685
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Service if he will list the 12 largest constituencies by area in the United Kingdom, showing their electorates at the latest available date.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is as follows:
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Parliamentary constituency 1Hectares Electors on the 1987 register Ross, Cromarty and Skye 954,680 52,808 Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber 870,708 67,336 Caithness and Sutherland 788,297 31,519 Argyll and Bute 681,362 49,272
Parliamentary constituency 1Hectares Electors on the 1987 register North Tayside 485,104 54,464 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 441,883 53,994 Penrith and Border 327,984 71,930 Western Isles 308,717 23,685 Brecon and Radnor 301,269 49,936 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 265,463 69,997 Kincardine and Deeside 261,106 64,219 Mid Ulster 257,098 68,341 1These figures relate to land and inland water.