§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many individuals were on the electoral register of each local authority area in Scotland for each year since 1987. [14541]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 21 March 1995]: The information is set out in the following table. Data on the 1995 registers are not yet available centrally.
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Total electors Area 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Scotland 3,994,211 3,967,334 3,932,897 3,936,737 3,912,528 3,927,475 3,930,286 3,946,264 Borders 81,963 82,078 82,268 82,902 83,346 83,879 84,405 84,774 Berwickshire 15,020 15,038 15,041 15,177 15,261 15,400 15,631 15,620 Ettrick and Lauderdale 26,424 26,549 26,849 27,096 27,383 27,534 27,795 27,972 Roxburgh 28,665 28,601 28,450 28,505 28,496 28,598 28,572 28,625 Tweeddale 11,854 11,890 11,928 12,124 12,206 12,347 12,407 12,557 Central 211,944 211,190 210,333 210,588 210,115 211,171 211,041 211,434 Clackmannan 36,946 36,588 36,360 36,461 36,708 36,794 36,806 37,006 Falkirk 110,951 110,580 110,416 110,554 110,180 110,655 110,576 110,424 Stirling 64,047 64,022 63,557 63,573 63,227 63,722 63,659 64,004 Dumfries and Galloway 113,970 113,601 113,449 115,574 116,055 116,708 116,914 116,548 Annandale and Eskdale 28,475 28,541 28,599 29,053 29,253 29,415 29,571 29,372 Nithsdale 43,755 43,501 43,358 44,223 44,222 44,612 44,532 44,517 Stewartry 18,544 18,536 18,494 18,712 18,908 18,981 19,098 19,073 Wigtown 23,196 23,023 22,998 23,586 23,672 23,700 23,713 23,586 Fife 266,585 265,105 3,590 264,366 263,563 264,601 266,807 271,160 Dunfermline 97,250 96,468 96,480 96,498 95,861 96,147 96,839 98,179 Kirkcaldy 116,580 116,150 115,587 114,959 114,291 114,249 114,345 116,036 North East Fife 52,755 52,487 52,355 52,909 53,411 54,205 55,623 56,945 Grampian 391,115 388,252 385,170 391,081 390,279 397,563 401,700 406,199 Aberdeen City 175,434 171,205 168,266 169,336 168,169 170,075 170,627 172,043 Banff and Buchan 62,864 63,054 62,830 64,249 64,126 65,621 66,717 67,571 Gordon 53,321 53,982 54,188 56,124 56,135 57,976 59,095 60,027 Kincardine and Deeside 36,588 36,808 37,048 38,064 38,507 39,959 40,677 41,435 Moray 62,908 63,203 62,838 63,308 63,342 63,932 64,584 65,123 Highland 151,641 149,963 151,361 152,806 155,078 157,393 159,000 160,950 Badenoch and Strathspey 8,378 8,406 8,411 8,516 8,941 9,128 9,348 9,227 Caithness 20,765 20,462 20,564 20,240 20,611 20,624 20,645 20,820 Inverness 45,409 45,329 45,976 46,856 47,211 48,023 48,552 49,216 Lochaber 14,744 14,392 14,486 14,610 14,531 14,809 14,907 15,071 Nairn 7,976 7,931 7,992 7,988 8,139 8,370 8,496 8,582 Ross and Cromarty 34,776 34,393 34,871 35,379 36,170 36,759 37,361 38,065 Skye and Lochalsh 8,842 8,530 8,591 8,752 8,972 9,136 9,224 9,320 Sutherland 10,751 10,520 10,470 10,465 10,503 10,544 10,467 10,649 Lothian 599,036 598,561 593,864 597,136 590,523 590,780 589,218 592,093 East Lothian 65,559 65,543 66,112 67,519 67,193 67,565 67,530 67,832 Edinburgh City 367,582 366,102 358,940 359,122 351,743 350,930 350,281 351,748 Midlothian 61,128 61,141 61,092 60,981 60,836 61,166 60,959 61,050 West Lothian 104,767 105,775 107,720 109,514 110,751 111,119 110,448 111,463 Strathclyde 1,819,132 1,801,468 1,776,392 1,767,109 1,746,981 1,745,127 1,739,901 1,741,190 Argyll and Bute 49,274 48,923 48,704 48,637 48,056 48,428 48,991 49,345 Bearsden and Milngavie 31,853 31,806 31,570 31,598 31,508 31,593 31,588 31,743 Clydebank 38,189 37,539 36,691 35,985 35,405 35,234 35,182 35,392 Clydesdale 44,310 44,406 44,227 44,172 44,110 44,374 44,589 44,807 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 46,136 46,388 46,341 46,723 46,869 47,140 47,415 47,573 Cumnock and Doon Valley 34,107 33,869 33,554 33,543 33,332 33,243 33,106 33,049 Cunninghame 106,060 105,980 105,194 105,478 105,058 105,195 105,184 105,597 Dumbarton 59,490 59,352 58,310 58,041 57,680 57,855 57,498 57,592 East Kilbride 63,993 63,954 63,715 64,206 64,331 64,799 65,031 65,352 Eastwood 44,203 44,621 45,399 46,289 46,377 46,712 46,644 46,899 Glasgow City 573,009 561,512 547,594 537,691 524,481 523,080 518,308 518,131 Hamilton 81,268 81,364 80,918 81,347 80,738 80,638 80,743 81,151 Inverclyde 75,605 74,480 72,957 72,283 71,136 70,742 70,282 69,462 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 63,437 63,325 62,834 62,982 62,491 62,764 62,632 62,544 Kyle and Carrick 90,290 89,902 89,333 89,267 88,736 89,018 89,178 89,487 Monklands 80,280 79,784 78,456 78,717 78,098 77,693 77,720 77,191 Motherwell 111,377 110,930 109,675 109,582 109,266 108,609 108,276 107,933 Renfrew 160,171 157,482 155,782 155,771 155,206 153,772 153,543 153,913 Strathkelvin 66,080 65,851 65,138 64,797 64,103 64,238 63,991 64,029 Tayside 303,808 302,852 301,424 300,996 302,177 305,415 306,135 306,292 Angus 71,661 71,510 71,612 72,036 72,345 73,367 74,117 74,854
Total electors Area 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Dundee City 137,921 136,960 134,949 133,725 133,924 134,799 133,525 132,188 Perth and Kinross 94,226 94,382 94,863 95,235 95,908 97,249 98,493 99,250 Orkney 14,975 14,960 15,029 15,142 15,204 15,404 15,552 15,555 Shetland 16,357 16,219 16,088 15,953 16,139 16,424 16,493 16,753 Western Isles 23,685 23,085 23,097 23,084 23,068 23,010 23,120 23,316