HC Deb 15 May 1973 vol 856 cc281-3W
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 for 1973–74, total over 81,000 and under 40,000.

Mr. Carlisle

Following are the provisional figures:

1973 ELECTORATE (PROVISIONAL FIGURES)
TABLE A. 57 Constituencies with Electorates over 81,000
England (50 constituencies)
Constituency Electorate
Meriden 96,966
Ormskirk 96,105
Newton 95,002
Wirral 93,329
Rother Valley 91,135
Wallsend 90,602
Horsham and Crawley 90,300
Basildon 90,292
Thurrock 90,155
Abingdon 89,958
Brigg and Scunthorpe 89,920
South Fylde 89,909
North Norfolk 89,252
South Norfolk 88,766
East Hertfordshire 88,354
Maidstone 88,247
Don Valley 88,123
Ipswich 88,043
Lichfield and Tamworth 87,934
North Somerset 87,890
Harwich 87,878
Gravesend 86,818
Bromsgrove and Redditch 86,124
Bebington and Ellesmere Port 86,004
Canterbury 85,952
Torbay 85,461
Basingstoke 85,295
Isle of Wight 85,217
Bury St. Edmunds 85,167
Teesside, Stockton 85,081
Kettering 84,617
Weston-super-Mare 84,403
Wellingborough 84,372
Cambridgeshire 83,835
Hemel Hempstead 83,431
Arundel 83,300
Derby North 83,263
Sudbury and Woodbridge 83,167
Leek 83,157
Daventry 82,965
Bosworth 82,799
Poole 82,789
Barkston Ash 82,769
Southampton, Itchen 82,414
Halesowen and Stourbridge 81,951
Winchester 81,739
Melton 81,704
Kingston upon Hull East 81,300
Liverpool, Garston 81,297
Hertford and Stevenage 81,048
Scotland (1 constituency)
Constituency Electorate
Midlothian 87,801

Northern Ireland (6 constituencies)
Constituency Electorate
South Antrim 115,152
North Antrim 100,302
Londonderry 90,787
North Down 90,095
Armagh 89,937
South Down 89,667

TABLE B. 19 Constituencies with Electorates under 40,000
England(4 constituencies)
Constituency Electorate
Camden, Holborn and St. Pancras South 39,697
Liverpool, Scotland Exchange 36,370
Gateshead West 31,765
Newcastle upon Tyne Central 26,112

Scotland(11 constituencies)
Constituency Electorate
Galloway 39,521
Glasgow, Queens Park 39,385
North Angus and Mearns 37,460
Glasgow, Govan 35,114
Kinross and West Perthshire 34,570
Banff 31,956
Glasgow, Central 29,096
Caithness and Sutherland 28,841
Ross and Cromarty 28,499
Orkney and Zetland 26,082
Western Isles 23,328

Wales (4 constituencies)
Constituency Electorate
Ebbw Vale 37,997
Abertillery 36,718
Montgomery 33,166
Merioneth 26,870

Sir H. Harrison

asked the Secreary of State for the Home Department if he will give the average electorate of parliamentary constituencies in Greater London according to the register of February 1973.

Mr. Carlisle

The provisional figure is 58,340.

Sir H. Harrison

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now give the average electorate of parliamentary constituencies in England, Wales and Scotland, respectively, according to the register of February 1973.

Mr. Carlisle

Provisional figures are: England, 64,757; Wales, 55,722; and Scotland, 51,946.