HC Deb 28 February 1978 vol 945 c125W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the proportion of the total electorate which voted for each Member of Parliament returned for Welsh seats at the last General Election.

Mr. John

The information is as follows:

PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY AND PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ON THE ELECTORAL REGISTER* WHO VOTED FOR THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE
Aberavon 45.7
Aberdare 49.8
Abertillery 56.8
Anglesey 31.6
Barry 33.2
Bedwellty 54.4
Brecon and Radnor 34.2
Caernarvon 34.3
Caerphilly 42.6
Cardiff North 30.6
Cardiff North West 35.6
Cardiff South East 36.6
Cardiff West 34.7
Cardigan 33.8
Carmarthen 38.5
Conway 30.1
Denbigh 29.4
East Flint 38.8
Ebbw Vale 56.2
Gower 43.9
Llanelli 45.6
Merioneth 35.6
Merthyr Tydfil 53.4
Monmouth 33.9
Montgomery 33.4
Neath 47.7
Newport 39.9
Ogmore 44.6
Pembroke 32.1
Pontypool 45.9
Pontypridd 41.6
Rhondda 58.5
Swansea East 45.3
Swansea West 34.5
West Flint 31.1
Wrexham 37.8
* These percentages are based on the number of electors in each constituency as shown on the electoral register and published in "Election Expenses" (House of Commons Paper 478) on 28th July 1975. No official estimates were made of the number of people actually entitled to vote in the General Election of October 1974.