§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the change in the size of the electorate was in each Lancashire constituency in each year since 1997; and what these figures were as a percentage of the total. [162149]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Lindsay Hoyle, dated 22 March 2004:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question concerning the change in size of parliamentary electorate
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Parliamentary electors on the 1996 to 2003 electoral registers: Lancashire Constituency 16 February 1996 16 February 1997 16 February 1998 16 February 1999 16 February 2001 1 December 2001 1 December 2002 1 December 2003 Blackpool North and Fleetwood 75,901 75,681 75,371 75,321 74,756 75,552 75,036 75,304 Burnley 67,538 68,219 68,268 68,396 66,934 67,119 65,803 64,659 Chorley 74,621 75,251 76,047 76,468 77,758 78,526 78,510 79,243 Fylde 70,601 72,026 71,921 72,859 73,717 74,402 74,726 75,518 Hyndburn 67,507 67,395 67,291 67,442 66,936 67,123 66,730 66,780 Lancaster and Wyre 77,746 78,942 78,847 78,983 79,495 80,816 81,253 81,456 Morecambe and Lunesdale 68,632 68,624 68,559 68,228 68,070 68,417 68,756 68,240 Pendle 64,077 63,541 63,464 63,333 63,281 63,674 63,935 64,483 Preston 73,226 73,492 73,444 73,088 72,809 72,032 71,614 72,539 Ribble Valley 72,504 73,524 74,023 74,500 75,083 75,607 76,009 76,646 Rossendale and Darwen 70,524 70,435 70,380 70,704 70,884 71,276 70,966 71,494 South Ribble 72,301 72,510 72,865 73,368 74,283 75,012 75,739 75,745 West Lancashire 73,755 73,892 73,900 74,782 73,538 73,594 73,099 73,458 Blackburn 73,896 73,744 73,829 73,967 73,498 73,985 72,669 72,840 Blackpool South 77,538 76,395 75,732 75,614 74,651 75,086 72,512 73,749 657W
for each Lancashire parliamentary constituency since 1997. (162149)Attached is a table showing the total and percentage change of the number of registered parliamentary electors in each Lancashire constituency over the period 16 February 1996 to 1 December 2003. For completeness the Blackburn and Blackpool South constituencies are also shown. The Office for National Statistics did not publish electoral data for parliamentary constituencies for 2000. A new reference date for electoral registers came into effect on 1 December 2001. Previously the reference date was 16 February. Hence two figures are shown for 2001.It should be noted that these figures represent the number of registered electors. In many cases, larger decreases may be due to 'cleaning' the registers rather than 'real' drops in the number of electors.
Change in number of parliamentary electors Change in number Constituency 16 February 1996 to 16 February 1997 16 February 1997 to 16 February 1998 16 February 1998 to 16 February 1999 16 February 1999 to 16 February 2001 16 February 2001 to 1 December 2001 1 December 2001 to 1 December 2002 1 December 2002 to 1 December 2003 Blackpool North and Fleetwood -220 -310 -50 -565 796 -516 268 Burnley 681 49 128 -1,462 185 -1,316 -1,144 Chorley 630 796 421 1,290 768 -16 733 Fylde 1,425 -105 938 858 685 324 792 Hyndburn -112 -104 151 -506 187 -393 50 Lancaster and Wyre 1,196 -95 136 512 1,321 437 203 Morecambe and Lunesdale -8 -65 -331 -158 347 339 -516 Pendle -536 -77 -131 -52 393 261 548 Preston 266 -48 -356 -279 -111 -418 925 Ribble Valley 1,020 499 477 533 574 402 637 Rossendale and Darwen -89 -55 324 180 392 -310 528 South Ribble 209 355 503 915 729 727 6 West Lancashire 137 8 882 -1,244 56 -495 359 Blackburn -152 85 138 -469 487 -1,316 171 Blackpool South -1,143 -663 -118 -963 435 -2,574 1,237
Percentage change in Parliamentary electors Percentage change Constituency 16 February 1996 to 16 February 1997 16 February 1997 to 16 February 1998 16 February 1998 to 16 February 1999 16 February 1999 to 16 February 2001 16 February 2001 to 1 December 2001 1 December 2001 to 1 December 2002 1 December 2002 to 1 December 2003 Blackpool North and Fleetwood -0.3 -0.4 -0.1 -0.8 1.1 -0.7 0.4 Burnley 1.0 0.1 0.2 -2.1 0.3 -2.0 -1.7 Chorley 0.8 1.1 0.6 1.7 1.0 0.0 0.9 Fylde 2.0 -0.1 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.4 1.1 Hyndburn -0.2 -0.2 0.2 -0.8 -0.3 -0.6 0.1 Lancaster and Wyre 1.5 -0.1 0.2 0.6 1.7 0.5 0.2 Morecambe and Lunesdale 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.2 0.5 0.5 -0.8 Pendle -0.8 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 0.6 0.4 0.9 Preston 0.4 -0.1 -0.5 -0.4 -1.1 -0.6 1.3 Ribble Valley 1.4 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.8 Rossendale and Darwen -0.1 -0.1 0.5 0.3 0.6 -0.4 0.7 South Ribble 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.0 West Lancashire 0.2 0.0 1.2 -1.7 0.1 -0.7 0.5 Blackburn -0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.6 0.7 -1.8 0.2 Blackpool South -1.5 -0.9 -0.2 -1.3 0.6 -3.4 1.7 Source:
Office for National Statistics