HC Deb 25 June 1981 vol 7 cc153-5W
Mr. Haynes

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list the 1981 electorates for the proposed constituencies provisionally recommended by the Boundary Commission for England in its current general review for the county of Lincolnshire, and as contained in its revised recommendations for Cheshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire.

Dr. McDonald

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list the 1981 electorates for the proposed constituencies provisionally recommended by the Boundary Commission for England in its current general review for the county of Buckinghamshire, and as contained in its revised recommendations for Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey.

Mr. Terry Davis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list the 1981 electorates for the proposed constituencies provisionally recommended by the Boundary Commission for England in its current general review for the counties of Gloucestershire, Hereford and Worcester, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands.

Mr. Mayhew

We are obtaining this information and will publish it in theOfficial Report.

Mr. Roper

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, where applicable, for each county in England and Wales and for each London borough, the date on which the Boundary Commission published its provisional recommendation, the date on which the local inquiries were held and the date on which the report of the inquiries and revised recommendations were made.

Mr. Mayhew

Provisional recommendations for all 36 constituencies in Wales are published today. The information requested about the work of the Boundary Commission for England is as follows:

  1. (a) The Boundary Commission has published provisional recommendations in respect of the following counties and London boroughs.

County/London Borough Date of Publication
Avon 13 November 1980
Bedfordshire 24 July 1980
Berkshire 8 January 1981
Buckinghamshire 12 February 1981
Cambridgeshire 5 February 1981
Cornwall 15 January 1981
Devon 18 September 1980
Dorset 5 February 1981
East Sussex 13 November 1980
Gloucestershire 13 November 1980
Greater Manchester 25 June 1981
Hampshire 24 July 1980
Hillingdon 14 June 1979
Isle of Wight 24 July 1980
Kingston upon Thames 14 June 1979
Leicestershire 26 March 1981
Lincolnshire 28 August 1980
Merseyside 28 May 1981
Merton 14 June 1979
Northamptonshire 18 September 1980
Oxfordshire 12 February 1981
Redbridge 14 June 1979
South Yorkshire 20 November 1980
Suffolk 8 January 1981
Tyne and Wear 2 April 1981
West Midlands 2 April 1981
West Sussex 8 January 1981
West Yorkshire 28 May 1981
Wiltshire 15 January 1981

  1. (b) The commission has published provisional recommendations and held local inquiries in respect of the following counties and London boroughs.

County/London Borough Date of Publication of Provisional Recommendations Date of Inquiry
Barking and Dagenham 14 June 1979 5 February 1980
Barnet 14 June 1979 *22 June 1981
Bexley 14 June 1979 23 September 1980
Brent 14 June 1979 30 June 1980
Bromley 14 June 1979 3 July 1980
Camden 14 June 1979 22 July 1980
Cleveland 20 January 1977 4 July 1977
Croydon 14 June 1979 1 July 1980
Ealing 14 June 1979 17 July 1980
Enfield 28 August 1980 15 January 1981
Greenwich 14 June 1979 15 September 1980
Hackney 14 June 1979 6 February 1980
Hammersmith and Fulham 14 June 1979 1 July 1980

County/London Borough Date of Publication of Provisional Recommendations Date of Inquiry
Haringey 14 June 1979 19 June 1980
Harrow 14 June 1979 7 July 1980
Havering 14 June 1979 13 February 1980
Hounslow 14 June 1979 13 February 1980
Humberside 12 June 1980 9 December 1980
Islington 14 June 1979 26 February 1980
Kensington and Chelsea 14 June 1979 23 June 1980
Lambeth 14 June 1979 9 July 1980
Lewisham 14 June 1979 19 February 1980
Newham 14 June 1979 7 July 1980
North Yorkshire 26 June 1980 1 April 1981
Northumberland 23 February 1978 9 January 1979
Richmond upon Thames 14 June 1979 30 June 1980
Somerset 12 May 1977 18 October 1977
Southwark 14 June 1979 10 July 1980
Sutton 14 June 1979 12 February 1980

(d) The commission has published provisional recommendations, held local inquiries and published revised recommendations in respect of the following counties.

County Date of Publication of Provisional Recommendations Date of Inquiry Date of Publication of Revised Recommendations
Cheshire 14 June 1979 30 October 1979 22 May 1980
Cumbria 12 June 1980 2 December 1980 11 June 1981
Derbyshire 28 June 1979 11 March 1980 25 September 1980
Essex 11 May 1978 13 March 1979 *21 February 1980
Hertfordshire 14 June 1979 4 December 1979 25 September 1980
Kent 28 June 1979 15 January 1980 7 August 1980
Lancashire 12 May 1977 20 September 1977 15 February 1979
Norfolk 19 June 1980 6 January 1981 11 June 1981
Nottinghamshire 23 September 1976 24 January 1977 28 April 1977
Shropshire 14 June 1979 6 November 1979 15 May 1980
Staffordshire 6 September 1979 19 February 1980 18 September 1980
Surrey 22 November 1979 24 June 1980 30 October 1980
* Second inquiry into revised recommendations held on 4 November 1980. Modified recommendations published on 12 March 1981.