§ Mr. Wigleyasked 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. JohnThe 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.