§ Mr. Garrowasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many postal votes were cast and how many spoiled ballot papers there were in each constituency in Scotland in the recent General Election.
§ Mr. RossThe information is as follows:
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GENERAL ELECTION 1966 Name of Constituency Number of Postal Ballot Papers included in the Count Number of Rejected Ballot Papers Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire 794 83 West Aberdeenshire 688 56 Aberdeen North 493 59 Aberdeen South 1,087 60 Angus and Kincardine North Angus and Mearns 786 42 South Angus 495 142 Dundee East 769 131 Dundee West 802 134 Argyll Argyll 800 38 Ayrshire and Bute Ayr 880 40 Bute and North Ayrshire 751 98 Central Ayrshire 1,204 74 South Ayrshire 440 118 Kilmarnock 370 95 Banffshire Banff 866 53 Berwickshire and East Lothian Berwick and East Lothian 2,073 63 Caithness and Sutherland Caithness and Sutherland 793 31 151W
Name of Constituency Number of Postal Ballot Papers included in the Count Number of Rejected Ballot Papers Dumfriesshire Dumfries 1,127 32 Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire 802 118 West Dunbartonshire 811 61 Fife East Fife 940 36 West Fife 426 90 Dunfermline Burghs 445 49 Kirkcaldy Burghs 399 43 Inverness-shire and Ross and Cromarty Inverness 1,228 82 Ross and Cromarty 397 30 Western Isles 679 48 Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire Galloway 376 87 Lanarkshire Bothwell 531 112 Hamilton 295 125 Lanark 1,363 100 Motherwell 375 48 North Lanarkshire 540 84 Rutherglen 718 41 Coatbridge and Airdrie 415 67 Glasgow, Bridgeton 87 102 Glasgow, Cathcart 596 102 Glasgow, Central 110 45 Glasgow, Craigton 520 44 Glasgow, Gorbals 98 68 Glasgow, Govan 137 86 Glasgow, Hillhead 337 141 Glasgow, Kelvingrove 291 72 Glasgow, Maryhill 218 58 Glasgow, Pollock 710 109 Glasgow, Provan 330 131 Glasgow, Scotstoun 326 110 Glasgow, Shettleston 158 58 Glasgow, Springburn 141 37 Glasgow, Woodside 554 59 Midlothian Midlothian 561 81 Edinburgh, Central 486 91 Edinburgh, East 798 121 Edinburgh, Leith 451 51 Edinburgh, North 468 34 Edinburgh, Pentlands 793 51 Edinburgh, South 921 115 Edinburgh, West 785 30 Moray and Nairnshire Moray and Nairn 696 93 Orkney and Zetland Orkney and Zetland 843 16 Perthshire and Kinross-shire Kinross and West Perthshire 746 45 Perth and East Perthshire 629 71
Name of Constituency Number of Postal Ballot Papers included in the Count Number of Rejected Ballot Papers Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire 599 86 West Renfrewshire 952 106 Greenock 450 28 Paisley 425 63 Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire and Peebleshire Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles 1,701 46 Stirlingshire and Clackmannansh ire Clackmannanshire and East Stirlingshire 298 88 West Stirlingshire 608 68 Stirling and Falkirk Burghs 663 36 West Lothian West Lothian 572 76 Total 45,016 5,188