§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of electors voted at local government elections in Scotland in the years 1900 to 1955 inclusive.
§ Mr. J. StuartI regret that information about the proportion of electors voting at local government elections in Scotland before 1945 is not available. The percentages of the electorate voting in contested ordinary local government elections between 1945 and 1955 are as follows:
Nov., 1945 … … 50.9 Nov., 1946 … … 44.8 Nov., 1947 … … 55.1 May, 1949 … … 52.1 May, 1950 … … 44.2 May, 1951 … … 42.2 May, 1952 … … 49.6 May, 1953 … … 41.6 May, 1954 … … 41.9 May, 1955 … … 43.7 The figures for 1945, 1949, 1952 and 1955, relate to town and county council elections, those for the other years to town council elections only.