§ Mr. DoranTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the electorate of each parliamentary constituency in Scotland(a) for parliamentary elections, (b) for local government elections and (c) the referendum on establishment of a Scottish Parliament. [12698]
§ Mr. McLeishThe information for parliamentary elections is set out in the table. Statistics for local government elections and the referendum by parliamentary constituency are not held centrally. Inquiries are currently being made to see if this information can be obtained and I will write to the hon. Member.
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Electorate Aberdeen Central 54,548 Aberdeen North 54,895 Aberdeen South 60,982 Airdrie and Shotts 58,255 Angus 60,359 Argyll and Bute 49,982 Ayr 56,455 Banff and Buchan 59,189 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 41,953 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 66,392 Central Fife 58,884 Clydebank and Milngavie 52,643 Clydesdale 64,048 Coatbridge and Chryston 52,547 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 48,590 Cunninghame North 56,147 Cunninghame South 50,234 Dumbarton 56,875 Dumfries 63,360 Dundee East 58,790 Dundee West 57,809 Dunfermline East 52,530 Dumfermline West 53,005 East Kilbride 65,915 East Lothian 57,988 Eastwood 67,525 Edinburgh Central 63,969 Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 60,097 Edinburgh North and Leith 61,962 Edinburgh Pentlands 60,338 Edinburgh South 62,949 Edinburgh West 61,715 Falkirk East 57,331 Falkirk West 53,308 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 53,273 Glasgow Anniesland 53,324 Glasgow Baillieston 51,589 Glasgow Cathcart 49,765 Glasgow Govan 50,150 Glasgow Kelvin 57,695 Glasgow Maryhill 52,854 Glasgow Pollok 49,693 Glasgow Rutherglen 51,106 Glasgow Shettleston 48,270 Glasgow Springburn 53,814 Gordon 59,503 Greenock and Inverclyde 49,364
Electorate Hamilton North and Belshill 54,158 Hamilton South 47,023 Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber 66,278 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 62,091 Kirkcaldy 52,618 Linlithgow 54,258 Livingston 60,944 Midlothian 48,045 Moray 58,957 Motherwell and Wishaw 52,702 North East Fife 59,532 North Tayside 62,007 Ochil 57,170 Orkney and Shetland 32,621 Paisley North 50,261 Paisley South 54,573 Perth 60,887 Ross, Skye and Inverness West 56,141 Roxburgh and Berwickshire 47,739 Stirling 53,069 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 63,822 Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 51,448 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 59,884 West Renfewshire 53,096 Western Isles 23,293