§ Mr. Wigginasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many constituencies are currently crossed by a county boundary.
§ Dr. SummerskillFifty-nine constituencies in England and Wales are in more than one county.
§ Mr. Wigginasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in order in the Official Report the 30 constituencies with the largest electorates at the last register, giving the constituency name, the area concerned and the number on the register.
§ Dr. SummerskillInformation about the total area of each constituency is not immediately available and my noble Friend will write to the hon. Member in due course about this. The remainder of the information is as follows:
Constituency 1975 electorate South Antrim 121,313 North Antrim 104,472 Meriden 98,459 Ormskirk 98,438 Newton 97,940 North Down 95,148 Wirral 94,108 Londonderry 93,906 Basildon 93,651 Rother Valley 93,637 Horsham and Crawley 93,449 South Norfolk 93,228 North Norfolk 92,314 Lichfield and Tamworth 92,163 Armargh 92,071 North Somerset 91,861 South Fylde 91,825 Abingdon 91,551 Brigg and Scunthorpe 91,480 East Hertfordshire 91,241 South Down 91,038 Midlothian 91,009 Don Valley 90,998 Thurrock 90,772 Wallsend 90,224 Bromsgrove and Redditch 89,990 Harwich 89,886 Bury St. Edmunds 89,655 Basingstoke 89,457 Maidstone 88,994
§ Mr. Wigginasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many constituencies currently have more than one district council within their boundaries.
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§ Dr. SummerskillTwo hundred and eighty-eight constituencies in England and Wales.