§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what he expects the percentage change to be of the number of people on the electoral register in Scotland for each of the next five years.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonForecasts of the numbers on the electoral register are not prepared on a
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Number of electors Constituency 1987 Electoral Register 1988 Electoral Register Numerical change Percentage change Aberdeen North 63,751 62,075 -1,676 -2.63 Aberdeen South 63,293 60,323 -2,970 -4.69 Angus East 61,597 61,643 +46 + 0.07 Argyll and Bute 49,272 48,912 -360 -0.73 Ayr 67,224 67,063 -161 -0.24 Banff and Buchan 62,867 63,054 +187 +0.30 Caithness and Sutherland 31,519 30,978 -541 -1.72 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 57,196 56,708 -488 -0.85 Central Fife 56,666 56,440 -226 -0.40 Clackmannan 49,583 49,127 -456 -0.92 Clydebank and Milngavie 50,824 50,128 -696 -1.37 regular basis. An approximation can be obtained using projected population changes for those aged 17 arid over, which are as follows:
per cent. 1988–89 +0.16 1989–90 +0.02 1990–91 -0.10 1991–92 -0.14 1992–93 -0.17
§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state(a) the number of people on the current electoral register and (b) the number of people on the electoral register at the last general election.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe Scottish register published last month contained 3,967,377 names, as compared with 3,994,893 in February 1987. Records of additions to the register between February 1987 and the general election were not kept centrally.
§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State For Scotland if he will publish a table indicating the percentage change in the number of people on the electoral register in Scotland between(a) October 1974 and May 1979, (b) May 1979 and June 1983, (c) June 1983 and June 1987 and (d) June 1987 and February 1988; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe percentages in the table are based on the number of electors on the registers published in February of each year referred to. Since 1981 it has been possible for names to be added to the register each month but records of such additions have not been kept centrally.
Change in number of names on electoral register Percentage (a) 1974–79 +3.57 (b) 1979–83 +2.53 (c) 1983–87 +1.54 (d) 1987–88 -0.69
§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing for each Scottish constituency the numerical and percentage change of the number of people on the electoral register between June 1987 and February 1988.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonRecords were not kept centrally of additions to the 1987 register following its publication in February of that year. The following table compares the registers published in February 1987 and February 1988.
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Number of electors Constituency 1987 Electoral Register 1988 Electoral Register Numerical change Percentage change Clydesdale 62,429 62,602 +173 +0.28 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 46,140 46,392 +252 +0.55 Cunninghame North 55,544 55,566 +22 +0.04 Cunninghame South 50,538 50,414 -124 -0.25 Dumbarton 59,705 59,369 -336 -0.56 Dumfries 59,992 59,972 -20 -0.03 Dundee East 61,351 61,221 -130 -0.21 Dundee West 62,453 61,445 -1,008 -1.61 Dunfermline East 51,688 51,008 -680 -1.32 Dunfermline West 51,581 51,384 -197 -0.38 East Kilbride 63,998 63,956 -42 -0.07 East Lothian 65,603 65,542 -61 -0.09 Eastwood 62,713 62,839 + 126 + 0.20 Edinburgh Central 59,757 58,975 -782 -1.31 Edinburgh East 49,236 48,745 -491 -1.00 Edinburgh Leith 60,687 60,031 -656 -1.08 Edinburgh Pentlands 58,649 58,884 +235 +0.40 Edinburgh South 64,225 64,026 -199 -0.31 Edinburgh West 62,730 62,652 -78 -0.12 Falkirk East 53,040 52,737 -303 -0.57 Falkirk West 50,706 50,606 -100 -0.20 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 53,994 53,621 -373 -0.69 Glasgow Cathcart 49,832 48,767 -1,065 -2.14 Glasgow Central 51,562 50,867 -695 -1.35 Glasgow Garscadden 48,486 46,916 -1,570 -3.24 Glasgow Govan 51,151 50,190 -961 -1.88 Glasgow Hillhead 58,246 57,704 -542 -0.93 Glasgow Maryhill 52,948 52,039 -909 -1.72 Glasgow Pollok 52,021 50,829 -1,192 -2.29 Glasgow Provan 44,394 42,908 -1,486 -3.35 Glasgow Rutherglen 58,075 56,929 -1,146 -1.97 Glasgow Shettleston 54,224 53,883 -341 -0.63 Glasgow Springburn 52,164 50,489 -1,675 -3.21 Gordon 74,199 75,228 +1,029 +1.39 Greenock and Port Glasgow 58,490 57,339 -1,151 -1.97 Hamilton 63,155 63,167 +12 +0.02 Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber 67,336 66,695 -641 -0.95 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 63,441 63,325 -116 -0.18 Kincardine and Deeside 64,219 64,398 +179 +0.28 Kirkcaldy 53,922 53,823 -99 -0.18 Linlithgow 60,014 60,584 +570 +0.95 Livingston 57,231 58,008 +777 +1.36 Midlothian 61,130 61,139 + 9 +0.01 Monklands East 50,406 50,271 - 135 -0.27 Monklands West 51,613 51,300 - 313 -0.61 Moray 62,917 63,206 + 289 + 0.46 Motherwell North 58,539 58,331 - 208 -0.36 Motherwell South 52,842 52,599 - 243 -0.46 North East Fife 52,770 52,442 - 328 -0.62 North Tayside 54,464 54,582 + 118 +0.22 Orkney and Shetland 31,332 31,180 -152 -0.49 Paisley North 50,020 48,973 -1,047 -2.09 Paisley South 51,834 50,403 -1,431 -2.76 Perth and Kinross 63,965 63,957 - 8 -0.01 Renfrew West and Inverclyde 56,958 57,025 + 67 + 0.12 Ross, Cromarty and Skye 52,808 52,278 - 530 -1.00 Roxburgh and Berwickshire 43,646 43,631 - 15 -0.03 Stirling 58,441 58,715 + 274 +0.47 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 63,579 63,296 - 283 -0.45 Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 38,283 38,438 + 155 + 0.40 Western Isles 23,685 23,085 - 600 -2.53 Total 3,994,893 3,967,377 -27,516 -0.69