Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list the 1980 electorates for the 22 proposed constituencies provisionally recommended by the Boundary Commission for England for the counties of Hampshire and Dorset in its notices dated 24 July 1980 and 5 February, respectively.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information available is as follows:
Constituency 1980 electorate HAMPSHIRE Aldershot 73,809 Basingstoke 73,960 East Hampshire 74,677 Eastleigh 78,427 Fareham 70,446 Gosport 79,254 Havant 72,296 North West Hampshire 62,252 Portsmouth North * Portsmouth South * Ringwood and Lymington 64,276 Romsey 65,818 Southampton, Itchen 72,927 Southampton, Test 75,493 Winchester 64,330 DORSET Bournemouth East 69,210 Bournemouth West * Christchurch * Mid Dorset * North West Dorset * Poole * Weymouth and Dorchester * * figures for these proposed constituencies are not available and could be calculated only at disproportionate cost.