§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the current size of electorate for each parliamentary
Constituency Provisional 1977 Parliamentary electorate Percentage difference from 66,056 (English Average) Aldershot … … … … … 86,156 + 30.4 Basingstoke … … … … … 94,702 +43.4 Christchurch and Lymington* … … … … … 57,232 -13.4 Eastleigh … … … … … 80,353 +21.6 Fareham … … … … … 59,643 -9.7 Gosport … … … … … 50,193 -24.0 Havant and Waterloo … … … … … 80,543 +21.9 New Forest* … … … … … 82,971 +25.6 Petersfield … … … … … 80,014 +21.1 Portsmouth North … … … … … 69,182 +4.7 Portsmouth South … … … … … 68,402 +3.6 Southampton, Itchen … … … … … 82,126 +24.3 Southampton, Test … … … … … 77,515 +17.3 Winchester … … … … … 87,018 +31.7 * Part of the constituency lies in Dorset. On the basis of the current average English electorate the provisional 1977 parliamentary electorate of Hampshire would entitle the county to 15 constituencies.