§ Lord VERNONasked Her Majesty's Government:
What proportion of the total vote was won by each of the political Parties which fought the last general election in the island of Dominica.
§ The MINISTER of STATE, FOREIGN and COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (Lord Goronwy-Roberts)The popular vote was distributed as follows:
Dominica Labour Party 45.54 per cent. Dominica Freedom Party 29.95 per cent. Progressive Labour Party 3.88 per cent. Caribbean Federal Party 0.51 per cent. Independent candidates 12.46 per cent. Rejected ballots 7.66 per cent.