§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many non-metropolitan district councils have a a council with more than 60 members; and if he will list these councils and the size of the electorate.
§ Dr. SummerskillFifteen. Details are as follows:
Non-metropolitan district and the size of the Provisional 1975 electorate Bristol … 312,924 Chester … 84,776 Dacorum … 87,165 Durham … 63,164 Elmbridge … 84,911 Kingston upon Hull … 204,278 Langbaurgh … 106,312 Macclesfield … 105,821 Newcastle-under-Lyme … 89,996 Plymouth … 171,542 South Oxfordshire … 95,999 Stoke-on-Trent … 194,266 Thanet … 93,160 Waverley … 79,680 Woodspring … 107,924
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the total numbers for England and 650W Wales of members of (a) county councils, (b) metropolitan district councils and (c) non-metropolitan district councils, and the estimated number of members of each council which is expected following the review of local government electoral arrangements.
§ Dr. SummerskillIn England, there are 3,729 county councillors, 2,514 metropolitan district councillors, and 13,583 non-metropolitan district councillors, and in Wales, 578 county councillors and 1,521 district councillors. At this stage of the initial review of electoral arrangements by the Local Government Boundary Commissions, it is not possible to estimate the numbers of councillors in the future.
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many metropolitan district councils currently have a council membership of more than 80 members; and if he will list these councils and the size of the electorate.
§ Dr. SummerskillSeven. Details are as follows:
Metropolitan district and the size of the Provisional 1975 electorate Birmingham … … … 771,636 Bradford … … … 327,257 Leeds … … … 539,882 Liverpool … … … 416,138 Manchester … … … 361,031 Sandwell … … … 238,230 Sheffield … … … 421,692