§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the total number of people in the parliamentary constituencies of Greenock and Port Glasgow and Renfrew, West and Inverclyde listed in (a) the electoral registers for 1988–89, (b) the electoral registers for 1989–90 and (c) the electoral registers for five and 10 years ago, respectively.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is as follows:
Number of electors Constituency 1989 electoral register 1988 electoral register 1984 electoral register 1979 electoral register Greenock and Port Glasgow 55,612 57,339 60,217 62,360 Renfrew West and Inverclyde 57,234 57,025 54,893 79,339 The 1979 figures relate to the former constituencies of Greenock and Port Glasgow, and Renfrewshire, West whose areas correspond broadly with those of the present constituencies created in 1983.