§ Mr. SummersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the 20 largest and smallest parliamentary constituencies, in geographical terms in the United Kingdom.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe information requested is set out in the tables. The areas are given in hectares and include land and inland water.
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Table 1: The 20 largest constituencies Constituency Area Ross, Cromarty and Skye 954,680 Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber 870,708 Caithness and Sutherland 788,297 Argyll and Bute 661,362 North Tayside 485,104 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 441,883 Penrith and the Border 327,964 Western Isles 308,717 Brecon and Radnor 301,269 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 265,463 Kincardine and Deeside 261,106 Mid Ulster 257,098
Constituency Area Hexham 250,992 Orkney and Shetland 247,928 Roxburgh and Berwickshire 242,811 Richmond (Yorkshire) 233,012 Berwick-upon-Tweed 231,456 Gordon 229,485 Ceredigion and Pembroke North 227,038 Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 226,956
Table 2: The 20 smallest constituencies Constituency Area Chelsea 572 Peckham 609 Kensington 623 Fulham 693 Bethnal Green and Stepney 719 Islington North 741 Islington South and Finsbury 748 Westminster North 833 Hackney North and Stoke Newington 845 Vauxhall 872 Newham North West 891 Newham North East 892 Norwood 902 Hammersmith 924 Streatham 953 Holborn and St Pancras 959 Southwark and Bermondsey 1,025 Leyton 1,031 Battersea 1,039 Tooting 1,070