HC Deb 23 March 1977 vol 928 cc536-9W
Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out in the Official Report the current parliamentary electorates for each of the constituencies in (a) inner London and (b) outer London, indicating the variation in each case from the 1971 electorate.

CONSTITUENCIES IN GREATER LONDON
A—INNER LONDON
Constituency Provisional 1977 Parliamentary electorate Parliamentary electorate 1971 Variation (Column (2) minus Column (3))
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Camden, Hampstead 63,655 70,004 -6,349
Camden, Holborn and St. Pancras South 39,505 44,031 -4,526
Camden, St. Pancras North 40,729 44,573 -3,844
Greenwich 52,944 52,575 +369
Greenwich, Woolwich East 51,780 51,063 +717
Greenwich, Woolwich West 57,053 58,420 -1,367
Hackney Central 48,177 51,095 -2,918
Hackney North and Stoke Newington 49,105 56,866 -7,761
Hackney South and Shoreditch 44,673 51,576 -6,903
Hammersmith, Fulham 56,745 64,304 -7,559
Hammersmith North 50,577 57,952 -7,375
Islington Central 42,430 51,261 -8,831
Islington North 38,740 47,093 -8,353
Islington South and Finsbury 39,789 47,203 -7,414
Kensington and Chelsea, Chelsea 61,416 74,304 -12,888
Kensington and Chelsea, Kensington 57,061 68,025 -10,964
Lambeth Central 47,059 50,593 -3,534
Lambeth, Norwood 51,219 55,556 -4,337
Lambeth, Streatham 56,302 59,063 -2,761
Lambeth, Vauxhall 43,271 50,906 -7,635
Lewisham, Deptford 56,681 65,235 -8,554
Lewisham East 68,497 71,465 -2,968
Lewisham West 60,988 65,360 -4,372
Southwark, Bermondsey 53,770 60,028 -6,258
Southwark, Dulwich 63,924 66,703 -2,779
Southwark, Peckham 59,154 73,140 -13,986
Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green and Bow 51,372 59,499 -8,127
Tower Hamlets, Stepney and Poplar 60,099 64,588 -4,489
Wandsworth, Battersea North 43,253 45,189 -1,936
Wandsworth, Battersea South 44,823 52,320 -7,497
Wandsworth, Putney 65,547 68,766 -3,219
Wandsworth, Tooting 51,954 56,180 -4,226
City of London and Westminster South 51,746 57,478 -5,732
City of Westminster, Paddington 57,004 66,187 -9,183
City of Westminster, St. Marylebone 41,700 46,846 -5,146
B—OUTER LONDON
Constituency Provisional 1977 Parliamentary electorate Parliamentary electorate 1971 Variation(Column (2) minus Column (3))
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Barking 49,956 49,599 +357
Barking, Dagenham 68,699 72,020 -3,321
Barnet, Chipping Barnet 58,943 60,178 -1,235
Barnet, Finchley 56,304 61,572 -5,268
Barnet, Hendon North 54,624 53,854 +770
Barnet, Hendon South 54,716 59,868 -5,152
Bexley, Bexleyheath 51,369 52,473 -1,104
Bexley, Erith and Crayford 62,004 58,854 +3,150
Bexley, Sidcup 50,099 50,148 -49
Brent, East 57,492 67,561 -10,069
Brent, North 72,069 73,725 -1,656
Brent, South 59,754 63,919 -4,165
Bromley, Beckenham 58,616 60,874 -2,258
Bromley, Chislehurst 54,179 54,959 -780
Bromley, Orpington 67,280 66,168 +1,112
Bromley, Ravensbourne 48,337 47,593 +774
Croydon, Central 67,704 66,922 +782
Croydon, North-East 57,568 59,575 -2,007
Croydon, North-West 55,424 56,916 -1,492

Mr. John

The information is as follows:

B—OUTER LONDON
Constituency Provisional 1977 Parliamentary electorate Parliamentary electorate 1971 Variation (Colmn (2) minus Column (3))
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Croydon, South 62,107 60,908 +1,199
Ealing, Acton 58,976 63,839 -4,863
Ealing, North 74,797 78,073 -3,276
Ealing, Southall 73,691 74,773 -1,082
Enfield, Edmonton 61,432 62,245 -813
Enfield, North 68,300 68,790 -490
Enfield, Southgate 70,606 71,887 -1,281
Haringey, Hornsey 58,870 63,826 -4,956
Haringey, Tottenham 45,923 48,850 -2,927
Haringey, Wood Green 51,977 53,660 -1,683
Harrow, Central 45,399 46,055 -656
Harrow, East 50,137 50,309 -172
Harrow, West 57,346 57,664 -318
Havering, Hornchurch 61,030 60,193 +837
Havering, Romford 55,314 56,392 -1,078
Havering, Upminster 65,525 64,760 +765
Hillingdon, Hayes and Harlington 56,418 56,528 -110
Hillingdon, Ruislip-Northwood 55,179 54,926 +253
Hillingdon, Uxbridge 60,299 59,171 +1,128
Hounslow, Brentford and Isleworth 70,815 74,872 -4,057
Hounslow, Feltham and Heston 78,931 77,469 +1,462
Kingston upon Thames 58,434 60,401 -1,967
Kingston upon Thames, Surbiton 47,320 47,673 -353
Merton, Mitcham and Morden 64,597 65,314 -717
Merton, Wimbledon 68,967 72,557 -3,590
Newham, North-East 66,214 68,431 -2,217
Newham, North-West 54,611 55,412 -801
Newham, South 55,669 59,297 -3,628
Redbridge, Ilford North 65,492 66,725 -1,233
Redbridge, Ilford South 55,306 57,946 -2,640
Redbridge, Wanstead and Woodford 57,802 59,221 -1,419
Richmond upon Thames, Richmond 51,827 56,663 -4,836
Richmond upon Thames, Twickenham 72,327 74,087 -1,760
Sutton and Cheam 62,406 60,812 +1,594
Sutton, Carshalton 67,547 68,232 -685
Waltham Forest, Chingford 56,568 59,140 -2,572
Waltham Forest, Leyton 61,790 65,408 -3,618
Waltham Forest, Walthamstow 50,718 55,060 -4,342