Parliamentary Constituencies

HC Deb 16 April 1975 vol 890 cc121-3W

Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parliamentary constituencies are in more than one county; and if he will list them.

2. Dr. Summerskill

There are 59 constituencies in England and Wales that are in more than one county. A list is given below:

1. ENGLAND Constituency and Counties Abingdon—Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Barkston Ash—West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. Bassetlaw—Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire. Beaconsfield—Buckinghamshire and Berk shire. Bebington and Ellesmere Port—Merseyside and Cheshire. Blyth—Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. Bridlington—Humbersid and North Yorkshire. Cheadle—Cheshire and Greater Manchester. Chester-le-Street—Durham and Tyne and Wear. Christchurch and Lymington—Dorset and Hampshire. Cleveland and Whitby—Cleveland and North Yorkshire. Colne Valley—Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire. Crosby—Lancashire and Merseyside. Darwen—Lancashire and Greater Manchester. Dorking—Surrey and West Sussex. Easington—Cleveland and Durham. East Grinstead—East Sussex and West Sussex. Gainsborough—Humberside and Lincolnshire. Goole—Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Hemsworth—South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Hexham—Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. Heywood and Royton—Greater Manchester and Lancashire. Houghton-le-Spring—Durham and Tyne and Wear. Howden—Humberside and North Yorkshire. Ince—Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. Keighley—North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Knutsford—Cheshire and Greater Man chester. Louth—Humberside and Lincolnshire. Lowestoft—Norfolk and Suffolk. Meriden—Warwickshire and West Midlands. Morecambe and Lonsdale—Cumbria and Lancashire. New Forest—Dorset and Hampshire. Newton—Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire. North Somerset—Avon and Somerset. Ormskirk—Lancashire and Merseyside. Richmond (Yorks)—Cleveland, Durham and North Yorkshire. Ripon—North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Rossendale—Greater Manchester and Lancashire. Rutland and Stamford—Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. Skipton—Cumbria, Lancashire, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. South Gloucestershire—Avon and Gloucestershire. Stalybridge and Hyde—Derbyshire and Greater Manchester. Stratford-on-Avon—Warwickshire and West Midlands. Tynemouth—Tyne and Wear and Northumberland. Wakefield—West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. Westhoughton—Greater Manchester and Lancashire. Weston-super-Mare—Avon and Somerset. Widnes—Cheshire and Merseyside. Wirral—Merseyside and Cheshire.

WALES Constituency and Counties Aberavon—Mid Glamorgan and West Glamorgan. Barry—Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan. Bedwellty—Gwent and Mid Glamorgan. Brecon and Radnor—Powys, Gwent and Mid Glamorgan. Denbigh—Clwyd and Gwynedd. Ebbw Vale—Gwent and Mid Glamorgan. Merioneth—Clwyd and Gwynedd. Monmouth—Gwent and South Glamorgan. Neath—Mid Glamorgan and West Glamorgan. Pontypridd—Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan.