§ Sir H. Harrisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will 282W now give the electorate of all parliamentary constituencies which, on the register for 1973–74, total over 81,000 and under 40,000.
§ Mr. CarlisleFollowing 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 283W
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. Harrisonasked 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. CarlisleThe provisional figure is 58,340.
§ Sir H. Harrisonasked 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. CarlisleProvisional figures are: England, 64,757; Wales, 55,722; and Scotland, 51,946.