§ Mr. MacGregorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in ascending order, beginning with the smallest, those constituencies in the United Kingdom whose electorate in the 1976 Electoral Register is more than one-third smaller than the national average electorate, showing also their total electorate and their geographical size.
§ Mr. JohnOn provisional figures the average 1976 electorate of constituencies in all parts of the United Kingdom is 64,207. The following are the constituencies with less than 42,805 electors—two-thirds of 64,207—together with their electorates and areas:
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Constituency 1976 electorate Area (land and inland water) Hectares Glasgow Central 22,338 660 Western Isles 22,779 289,758 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central 24,114 787 Orkney and Zetland 27,200 240,503 Merioneth 27,225 170,929 Glasgow Govan 29,524 965 Caithness and Sutherland 29,649 701,999 Gateshead, West 30,476 985 Ross and Cromarty 32,333 636,510 Banff 32,530 163,124 Montgomery 34,955 206,435 Liverpool, Scotland Exchange 35,100 1,232 Glasgow Shettleston 35,837 608 Abertillery 36,778 8,038 Ebbw Vale 37,270 7,145 Kinross and West Perthshire 37,325 528,542 Glasgow Queen's Park 37,374 579 Birmingham, Ladywood 37,847 1,094 Manchester Central 37,971 1,511 Salford East 38,007 933 Liverpool, Edge Hill 38,179 667 Edinburgh Leith 38,601 797 Camden, Holborn and St. Pancras South 38,887 531 North Angus and Mearns 39,194 171,595 Manchester, Openshaw 39,415 1,540 Islington North 39,482 472 Glasgow Kelvingrove 39,541 616 Edinburgh Central 39,820 846 Galloway 40,481 358,553 Camden, St. Pancras North 40,662 730 Newcastle-upon-Tyne North 40,716 1,034 Islington South and Finsbury 40,847 487 Glasgow Hillhead 41,338 971 City of Westminster, St. Marylebone 42,334 595 Berwick-upon-Tweed 42,520 205,618
§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, by reference to the electoral register which came into operation in February, each English constituency in order of the size of the electorate, specifying the number and percentage by which each exceeds or falls short of the prescribed electoral quota.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe information is not at present available in the form requested. It is being prepared and will be sent to the hon. Member as soon as possible. Copies will be placed in the Library of the House.