HC Deb 20 February 1969 vol 778 cc141-2W
61. Mr. Speed

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all the constituencies in England and Wales, together with the size of their electorate, whose electorates were 85,000 and over and 25,000 and under, respectively, as published in the Electoral Registers just issued.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

Statistics of electorates of constituencies in England and Wales as at 16th February, 1969, have not yet been collected centrally.

There was no constituency in Wales with a 1968 electorate above 85,000 or below 25,000. The following is the list of such constituencies in England.

Constituency (above 85,000 electors) 1968 electorate
Billericay 109,319
Epping 102,872
Portsmouth Langstone 102,582
Cheadle 97,875
Hitchin 96,738
Wokingham 95,811
Horsham 94,137
Hornchurch 93,538
Arundel and Shoreham 92,990
Huyton 92,845
Harborough 92,673
South East Essex 91,937
South Bedfordshire 91,335
Gosport and Fareham 91,142
Hemel Hempstead 89,003
Brierley Hill 88,416
Birmingham. Northfield 87,184
Wirral 86,278
Kettering 85,798
South Buckinghamshire 85,695
Woking 85,580
Wycombe 85,190
Sutton Coldfield 85,185
Constituency (below 25,000 electors)
Birmingham, Ladywood 20,730
Manchester. Exchange 19,573