HC Deb 31 January 1963 vol 670 cc216-21W
65. Mr. A. Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving, for the latest convenient stated date, the municipal and parliamentary electorates for the constituencies of West Ham, North, West Ham, South, East Ham, North, and East Ham, South, and that part of Barking west of Barking Creek and that part of Woolwich north of the River Thames as is proposed to form the new London Borough No. 17.

Mr. Woodhouse

The figures are as follows:

Constituency Parliamentary electorate, 1962 Local government electorate, 1962
West Ham, North 56,486 56,942
West Ham, South 50,457 50,716
East Ham, North 36,668 37,010
East Ham, South 38,325 38,570
Barking (West of Barking Creek) 99 99
Woolwich, East (North of the Thames) 1,274 1,292
TOTAL 183,309 184,629

Mr. A. Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the municipal and parliamentary electorate for each of the boroughs in the proposed Greater London Council area, and the similar figures for the various groupings of these councils as proposed in the London Government Bill.

Mr. Brooke

The figures are as follows:

Proposed London borough Parliamentary electorate, 1962 Total of col. (3) Local Government electorate, 1962 Total of col. (5)
No. Present local authority area
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 [City of London 3,626 11,202]
City of Westminster 60,698 68,333
Paddington 75,979 76,777
St. Marylebone 52,329 192,632 55,707 212,019
2 Hampstead 68,883 69,370
Holborn 14,547 18,218
St. Pancras 86,052 169,482 87,679 175,267
3 Finsbury 22,786 23,885
Islington 154,125 176,911 155,432 179,317
4 Hackney 113,640 114,821
Shoreditch 26,848 27,844
Stoke Newington 34,032 174,520 34,304 176,969
5 Bethnal Green 32,540 33,142
Poplar 44,326 44,687
Stepney 60,863 137,729 62,168 139,997
6 Greenwich 58,512 58,780
Woolwich (except that part north of the River Thames included in London borough No. 17). 100,417 158,929 100,588 159,368
7 Deptford 48,256 48,553
Lewisham 156,834 205,090 157,508 206,061
8 Bermondsey 35,694 36,281
Camberwell 120,035 121,071
Southwark 60,009 215,738 60,635 217,987
9 Lambeth 152,472 153,739
Wandsworth (the wards of Larkhall, Clapham Park, Clapham North, Thornton (east of Cavendish Road), Streatham Hill, St. Leonards (east of railway), Streatham Common and Streatham South). 80,768 233,240 81,131 234,870
10 Battersea 73,704 74,373
Wandsworth (except that part included in London borough No. 9). 154,297 228,001 154.808 229,181
11 Fulham 76,561 76,953
Hammersmith 69,841 146,402 70,206 147,159
12 Chelsea 35,482 35,988
Kensington 118,124 153,606 119,480 155,468
13 Chingford 33,042 33,109
Leyton 68,163 68,603
Walthamstow 78,778 179,983 78,866 180,578
14 Chigwell (Hainault Estate area) 4,194 4,200
Dagenham (that part of the Chadwell Heath ward north of Billet Road). 2,242 2,250
Ilford 126,268 126,786
Wanstead and Woodford 44,896 177,600 45,069 178,305
15 Hornchurch 90,024 90,114
Romford 73,311 163,335 73,653 163,767
16 Barking (except that part west of Barking Creek). 50,650 50,789
Dagenham (except the northern part of Chadwell Heath ward). 70,355 121,005 70,552 121,341

Proposed London borough Parliamentary electorate, 1962 Total of col. (3) Local Government electorate, 1962 Total of col. (5)
No. Present local authority area
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
17 Barking (that part west of Barking Creek) 99 99
East Ham 74,993 75,580
West Ham 106,943 107,658
Woolwich (that part north of River Thames) 1,274 183,309 1,292 184,629
18 Bexley 64,350 64,557
Chislehurst and Sidcup (north of A.20) 30,960 30,976
Crayford 21,449 21,519
Erith 31,545 148,304 31,625 148,677
19 Beckenham 55,725 55,785
Bromley 49,654 49,879
Chislehurst and Sidcup (south of A.20) 28,692 28,706
Orpington 54,150 54,190
Penge 17,177 205,398 17,288 205,848
20 Coulsdon and Purley 49,957 50,082
Croydon 177,557 227,514 178,293 228,375
21 Beddington and Wallington 23,387 23,414
Carshalton 40,047 40,110
Sutton and Cheam 58,643 122,077 58,718 122,242
22 Merton and Morden 50,668 50,833
Mitcham 45,427 45,509
Wimbledon 41,336 137,431 41,644 137,986
23 Epsom and Ewell (part of, namely the wards of Cuddington, Ewell Court and Stoneleigh). 14,800 14,824
Kingston-upon-Thames 26,962 27,361
Maiden and Coombe 32,266 32,347
Surbiton 45,211 119,239 45,381 119,913
24 Barnes 29,130 29,279
Richmond 29,579 29,692
Twickenham 73,071 131,780 73,137 132,108
25 Brentford and Chiswick 38,892 39,041
Feltham 34,321 34,413
Heston and Isleworth 73,797 147,010 74,070 147,524
26 Hayes and Harlington 46,574 46,680
Ruislip-Northwood 49,579 49,598
Uxbridge 42,088 42,192
Yiewsley and West Drayton 15,557 153,798 15,645 154,115
27 Acton 45,777 45,943
Ealing 130,660 130,988
Southall 35,489 211,926 35,600 212,531
28 Wembley 90,678 91,094
Willesden 118,392 209,070 118,943 210,037
29 Harrow 149,058 149,058 149,352 149,352
30 Barnet 19,349 19,457
East Barnet 29,242 29,387
Finchley 49,163 49,491
Friern Barnet 19,014 19,092
Hendon 105,213 221,981 105,662 223,089
31 Hornsey 69,983 70,282
Tottenham 79,535 79,811
Wood Green 34,357 183,875 34,569 184,662

Proposed London borough Parliamentary electorate, 1962 Total of col. (3) Local Government electorate, 1962 Total of col. (5)
No. Present local authority area
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
32 Edmonton 65,896 66,091
Enfield 76,859 77,064
Southgate 53,502 196,257 53,588 196,743