HC Deb 18 April 1972 vol 835 cc79-81W
Sir H. Harrison

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now give the average electorate of par- liamentary constituencies in England, Wales and Scotland, respectively, according to the register of February, 1972.

Mr. Carlisle

Following are the provisional figures:

England 64,616
Wales 55,486
Scotland 51,798

Sir H. Harrison

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now give the electorate of all parliamentary constituencies which on the register of 1972–73 total over 80,000 and under 40,000.

Mr. Carlisle

Following are the provisional figures:

1972 ELECTORATE (PROVISIONAL FIGURES)
TABLE A. 56 CONSTITUENCIES WITH ELECTORATES OVER 80,000
England (48 constituencies)
Constituency Electorate
Meriden 96,123
Ormskirk 94,812
Newton 93,320
Wirral 92,320
Rother Valley 90,148
Wallsend 89,885
Brigg and Scunthorpe 89,546
Abingdon 89,072
Basildon 88,943
Thurrock 88,858
Horsham and Crawley 88,530
East Hertfordshire 88,318
South Fylde 88,188
Ipswich 87,875
Maidstone 87,526
North Norfolk 87,163
Don Valley 87,153
North Somerset 86,411
Harwich 86,260
Gravesend 86,229
South Norfolk 85,688
Teesside, Stockton 85,328
Bromsgrove and Redditch 84,980
Bebington and Ellesmere Port 84,942
Lichfield and Tamworth 84,572
Canterbury 84,368
Torbay 83,866
Isle of Wight 83,629
Derby North 83,584
Weston-super-Mare 83,080
Kettering 82,706
Hemel Hempstead 82,698
Southampton, Itchen 82,513
Wellingborough 82,281
Leek 82,156
Arundel 82,031
Bury St. Edmunds 81,935
Basingstoke 81,843
Cambridgeshire 81,722
Barkston Ash 81,674
Sudbury and Woodbridge 81,625
Halesowen and Stourbridge 81,514
Bosworth 81,509
Liverpool, Garston 81,452
Poole 81,241
Epsom and Ewell 81,025
Melton 80,682
Winchester 80,582

Scotland (1 constituency)
Constituency Electorate
Midlothian 85,271

Northern Ireland (7 constituencies)
Constituency Electorate
South Antrim 112,434
North Antrim 99,276
Londonderry 91,449
Armagh 89,420
South Down 89,267
North Down 87,004
Belfast East 83,057

TABLE B.I7. CONSTITUENCIES WITH ELECTORATES UNDER 40,000
England (3 constituencies)
Constituency Electorate
Liverpool (Scotland Exchange) 37,097
Gateshead West 33,261
Newcastle upon Tyne Central 28,060
Scotland (10 constituencies)
Galloway 39,037
Glasgow, Govan 38,472
North Angus and Mearns 37,309
Kinross and West Perthshire 33,633
Glasgow, Central 32,919
Banff 31,959
Caithness and Sutherland 29,259
Ross and Cromarty 27,732
Orkney and Zetland 25,826
Western Isles 23,444
Wales (4 constituencies)
Ebbw Vale 38,277
Abertillery 37,147
Montgomery 32,824
Merioneth 26,521