HC Deb 29 November 1988 vol 142 cc189-90W
Mr. Hayward

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the numbers of registered voters for the years 1973, 1978, 1983 and 1988 in the cities of Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield.

Mrs. Currie

The information requested is as follows:

Local authority Registered local government electors
19731 1978 1983 1988
Birmingham 767,093 759,290 760,402 749,033
Bradford 320,339 332,056 342,177 345,052
Bristol 310,137 309,443 309,310 296,025
Cardiff 204,354 206,172 209,453 208,507
Coventry 233,126 236,299 238,874 238,914
Edinburgh City 352,703 359,262 366,654 366,102
Glasgow City 663,518 610,529 586,525 561,512
Leeds 537,444 541,681 548,630 527,893
Liverpool 420,610 407,524 393,088 365,893
Manchester 364,516 352,580 343,404 328,112
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 222,901 225,369 225,592 221,157
Sheffield 420,292 419,686 424,841 421,084

1 Figures for 1973 have been adjusted to relate to districts constituted after the 1974 local government reorganisations.