§ Mr. WinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out by political party how many deposits were lost in the 1992 general election.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 19 April 1993]: The table gives details of lost deposits by party. A deposit is forfeited if a candidate fails to secure 5 per cent. of the total valid votes polled in the parliamentary constituency.
Political party Number of lost deposits Conservative 8 Labour 5 Liberal Democrat 11 Liberal 70 Plaid Cymru 25 Green 251 Natural Law 307 National Front 14 Sinn Fein 5 Others1 207 1Political parties with less than five lost deposits.