HC Deb 29 March 1993 vol 222 cc33-5W
Mr. Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 24 March, what are the district councils which cover part or all of the parliamentary constituency of Newbury; what are the latest available estimates from the Registrar General of Populations of those aged 17 years and over, plus 63 per cent. of those aged 16 years for those district council areas; and what are their equivalent electoral registration figures.

Mr. Sackville

The Newbury parliamentary constituency comprises most of Newbury district (with 81,106 of the total of 105,336 parliamentary electors on the 1993 registers) and a small part of Basingstoke and Deane district (with 833 of the 111,452 parliamentary electors in 1993), this information is shown in the table. The latest population estimates available relate to mid–1991. The estimates for residents aged 17 and over, plus 63 per cent. of those aged 16, at that date are 108,900 in the whole of Newbury district and 114,600 in the whole of Basingstoke and Deane district.

Ward electorates
1991 1992 1993 Present constituency
26. Thatcham South 7,028 7,149 7,273 Newbury CC
27. Thatcham West 4,333 4,319 4,342 Newbury CC
28. Theale 0 15 16 Newbury CC
7,224 7,406 7,407 Reading West CC
7,224 7,421 7,423
29. Tilehurst 8,319 8,248 8,243 Reading West CC
30. Turnpike 2,459 2,530 2,555 Newbury CC
31. Winchcombe 3,105 3,117 3,130 Newbury CC
Basingstoke CC (pt) 219 207 220
Devizes CC (pt) 4 3 3
Henley CC (pt) 4 5 5
Newbury CC (pt) 79,494 80,318 81,106
Reading West CC (pt) 23,667 23,933 24,002
Basingstoke and Deane borough2 110,103 111,625 111,452
1. Basing 5,802 5,836 5,804 Basingstoke CC
2. Baughurst and Heath End 669 661 610 Newbury CC
3,376 3,384 3,407 North West Hampshire CC
4,045 4,045 4,017
3. Brighton Hill 6,221 6,367 6,310 Basingstoke CC
4. Brookvale 4,280 4,341 4,290 Basingstoke CC
5. Buckskin 4,552 4,375 4,304 Basingstoke CC
6. Burghclere 1,903 1,948 1,904 North West Hampshire CC
7. Calleva 6,120 6,382 6,437 Basingstoke CC
237 232 223 Newbury CC
6,357 6,614 6,660
8. Chineham 4,277 4,459 4,611 Basingstoke CC
9. Eastrop 3,593 3,574 3,601 Basingstoke CC
10. East Woodhay 1,924 1,970 1,964 North West Hampshire CC
11. Grove 4,451 4,403 4,356 Basingstoke CC
12. Hatch Warren 4,399 4,920 5,333 Basingstoke CC
13. Highclere and Bourne 2,286 2,300 2,295 North West Hampshire CC
14. Kempshott 5,671 5,725 5,666 Basingstoke CC
15. Kingsclere 3,934 3,963 3,949 North West Hampshire CC
16. Norden 5,339 5,457 5,377 Basingstoke CC
17. Oakley and North Waltham 5,790 5,811 5,793 Basingstoke CC
18. Overton and Laverstoke 3,234 3,283 3,294 North West Hampshire CC
19. Popley 6,661 6,605 6,507 Basingstoke CC
20. Sherborne St. John 1,846 2,017 2,011 Basingstoke CC
21. South Ham 5,849 5,756 5,671 Basingstoke CC
22. Tadley 6,230 6,374 6,368 North West Hampshire CC
23. Upton Grey 2,081 2,142 2,141 Basingstoke CC
24. Whitchurch 3,604 3,613 3,587 North West Hampshire CC
25. Winklebury 5,774 5,727 5,639 Basingstoke CC
Basingstoke CC (pt) 82,706 83,897 83,851
Newbury CC (pt) 906 893 833
North West Hampshire CC (pt) 26,491 26,835 26,768
1 As altered by The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991 and The Newbury (Parishes) Order 1991.
2 As altered by The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991 and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1992.