§ Sir H. Harrisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now give the average electorate of par- 80W liamentary constituencies in England, Wales and Scotland, respectively, according to the register of February, 1972.
§ Mr. CarlisleFollowing are the provisional figures:
England … … … 64,616 Wales … … … 55,486 Scotland … … … 51,798
§ Sir H. Harrisonasked 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. CarlisleFollowing are the provisional figures:
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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