HC Deb 15 July 1983 vol 45 c454W
Mr. William Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in which six polling stations in Northern Ireland at the general election on 9 June the highest number of tendered ballot papers were submitted; and in which six polling stations the lowest number of tendered ballot papers were used.

Mr. Prior

The information requested is as follows:

Highest number of Tendered Ballot Papers Issued
Constituency and polling place Number of Ballot papers issued Ballot Box number
Foyle—Greenhawe Primary school 29 51
Foyle—Long Tower Boys Primary school 28 31
Foyle—Slievemore Primary school 27 55
Belfast West—St. John's Primary school Colinwood street 26 43
Foyle—Slievemore Primary school 25 54
Newry and Armagh—Mullaghbanne Primary school 20 46

Lowest number of Tendered Ballot Papers Issued

There were numerous ballot boxes where no tendered ballot papers were issued, and there were two constituencies—Upper Bann and Antrim, East—in which no tendered ballot papers were issued at any polling station in the constituencies.

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