§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the provisional 1977 electorates of (a) the several regions of Scotland and (b) the several counties of Wales.
§ Mr. JohnThe information, which is contained in the OPSC Monitor (Reference EL 77/1) copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House, is as follows:
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A. SCOTLAND Region Provisional 1977 electorate Highland … 136,834 Grampian … 337,561 Tayside … 293,005 Fife … 244,332 Lothian … 565,324 Borders … 77,444 Central … 196,384 Strathclyde … 1,780,904 Dumfries and Galloway … 104,796 Islands Area Orkney … 13,669 Shetland … 14,079 Western Isles … 22,642
B.WALES Provisional 1977 electorate Clwyd … 281,253 Dyfed … 247,110 Gwent … 320,344 Gwynedd … 172,029 Mid Glamorgan … 395,381 Powys … 80,019 South Glamorgan … 282,304 West Glamorgan … 276,759
§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will specify the parliamentary constituencies in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively, with (a) the largest and (b) the smallest provisional 1977 electorates, giving the relevant figures in each case.
§ Mr. JohnThe information, based on the provisional 1977 parliamentary electorates, is as follows:
A. CONSTITUENCIES WITH LARGEST ELECTORATES Constituency and Provisional 1977 Parliamentary Electorate England Newton … … … 100,635 Scotland Midlothian … … … 96,254 Wales Monmouth … … … 78,385 Northern Ireland South Antrim … … … 124,398
B. CONSTITUENCIES WITH SMALLEST ELECTORATES Constituency and Provisional 1977 Parliamentary Electorate England Newcastle upon Tyne, Central … 23,683 Scotland Glasgow, Central … 21,011 Wales Merioneth … 27,403 Northern Ireland West Belfast … 61,405