HC Deb 20 December 1979 vol 976 cc404-5W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland which parliamentary constituencies within Tayside region include a proportion of their electorate outwith the regional boundaries of Tayside region; and what is the percentage of the parliamentary constituency electorate outwith the regional boundaries in each case

Mr. Rifkind

53.75 per cent. of the electorate of North Angus and Mearns constituency is within Grampian region; and 32.76 per cent. of the electorate of Kinross and West Perthshire is within Central region. No other constituencies straddle the boundaries of Tayside region.

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will express the electorates in the following constituencies as a percentage of the total electorate in Scotland (a) Dundee, West (b) Dundee, East (c) Perth and East Perthshire, (d) South Angus, (e) North Angus and Mearns and (f) Kinross and West Perthshire.

Mr. Rifkind

On the basis of the current electoral register, the percentages which these constituencies represent of the total electorate in Scotland are:

Percentage change between
1966–79 1974–79
Dundee West … … … … +3.01 +0.85
Dundee East … … … … +12.13 +2.53
Perth and East Perthshire* … … … … +14.65 +8.11
South Angus … … … … +28.68 +10.62
North Angus and Mearns … … … … 25.14 +15.41
Kinross and West Perthshire* … … … … 19.49 +10.22
* The boundary between these two constituencies was altered slightly in 1970.