HC Deb 12 December 1984 vol 69 cc535-8W
Mr. Coombs

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the shire counties, London boroughs and metropolitan boroughs in England in ranking order according to the degree by which their electorates vary from the nationally averaged electorate appropriate to the number of parliamentary constituencies within them.

Mr. John Patten

The information requested is given in the table.

Area 1984 Parliamentary Electorate Average Parliamentary Electorate Per Constituency
Number Percentage difference from national average
Isle of Wight 96,614 96,614 41.1
Wiltshire 401,618 80,324 17.3

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Area 1984 Parliamentary Electorate Average Parliamentary Electorate Per Constituency
Number Percentage difference from national average
Gloucestershire 391,412 78,282 14.4
Dudley 233,429 77,810 13.7
Harrow 155,625 77,813 13.7
Sunderland 232,614 77,538 13.3
Sefton 232,336 77,445 13.1
West Sussex 537,696 76,814 12.2
North Tyneside 152,092 76,046 11.1
Solihull 151,651 75,826 10.8
Suffolk 453,049 75,508 10.3
Hampshire 1,131,745 75,450 10.2
North Yorkshire 524,702 74,957 9.5
Cambridgeshire 448,923 74,821 9.3
Berkshire 523,495 74,785 9.3
Bedfordshire 373,2:25 74,645 9.0
Hertfordshire 736,783 73,678 7.6
Hounslow 147,305 73,653 7.6
Doncaster 219,884 73,295 7.1
Calderdale 146,493 73,247 7.0
Warwickshire 364,987 72,997 6.6
Humberside 656,707 72,967 6.6
Buckinghamshire 435,725 72,621 6.1
Leicestershire 651,837 72,426 5.8
Avon 723,416 72,342 5.7
Shropshire 288,750 72,188 5.5
Haringey 144,314 72,157 5.4
Essex 1,146,023 71,626 4.6
Cheshire 715,785 71,579 4.6
Surrey 786,102 71,464 4.4
Kirklees 285,475 71,369 4.3
St. Helens 142,347 71,174 4.0
Sheffield 425,578 70,930 3.6
Lincolnshire 425,555 70,926 3.6
Kent 1,134,343 70,896 3.6
Cleveland 425,176 70,863 3.5
Staffordshire 778,441 70,767 3.4
Hackney 141,261 70,631 3.2
Derbyshire 705,829 70,583 3.1
Wigan 231,918 70,278 2.7

Area 1984 Parliamentary Electorate Average Parliamentary Electorate Per Constituency
Number Percentage difference from national average
Hereford and Worcester 491,837 70,262 2.6
Lancashire 1,053,832 70,255 2.6
Dorset 488,660 69,809 2.0
Nottinghamshire 764,709 69,519 1.6
Bradford 344,675 68,935 0.7
Salford 185,433 68,679 0.3
Norfolk 549,316 68,665 0.3
Camden 137,219 68,610 0.2
Ealing 204,736 68,245 -0.3
Cities of London and Westminster 135,891 67,946 -0.7
East Sussex 542,708 67,839 -0.9
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly 338,775 67,755 -1.0
Northamptonshire 405,882 67,647 -1.2
Somerset 337,199 67,440 -1.5
Devon 739,945 67,268 -1.7
Oxfordshire 403,135 67,189 -1.8
Enfield 201,648 67,216 -1.8
Durham 469,662 67,095 -2.0
Sutton 133,884 66,942 -2.2
Wandsworth 200,163 66,721 -2.5
Walsall 199,946 66,649 -2.6
Bury 133,160 66,580 -2.7
Leeds 550,038 66,270 -3.2
Gateshead 165,414 66,166 -3.3
Stockport 223,904 65,854 -3.8
Bolton 197,043 65,681 -4.0
Wirral 261,967 65,492 -4.3
Liverpool 389,466 64,911 -5.2
Manchester 341,622 64,457 -5.8
Oldham 167,505 64,425 -5.9
Newcastle Upon Tyne 224,836 64,239 -6.2
Rotherham 192,550 64,183 -6.2
Merton 128,172 64,086 -6.4
Tameside 166,608 64,080 -6.4
Wakefield 236,353 63,879 -6.7
South Tyneside 127,477 63,739 -6.9
Rochdale 152,853 63,689 -7.0
Wolverhampton 190,931 63,644 -7.0
Trafford 171,729 63,603 -7.1
Birmingham 759,854 63,321 -7.5
Brent 188,911 62,970 -8.0
Cumbria 375,513 62,586 -8.6
Knowsley 124,577 62,289 -9.0
Havering 186,816 62,272 -9.0
Croydon 245,581 61,395 -10.3
Richmond upon Thames 122,444 61,222 -10.6
Lewisham 183,506 61,169 -10.6
Islington 120,267 60,134 -12.2
Coventry 239,549 59,887 -12.5
Hillingdon 179,219 59,740 -12.7
Redbridge 177,878 59,293 -13.4
Lambeth 177,857 59,286 -13.4
Bromley 235,558 58,890 -14.0
Sandwell 235,468 58,867 -14.0
Northumberland 232,491 58,123 -15.1
Barking & Dagenham 116,082 58,041 -15.2
Southwark 173,383 57,794 -15.6
Barnsley 172,132 57,377 -16.2
Bexley 169,120 56,373 -17.6
Tower Hamlets 112,255 56,128 -18.0
Barnet 223,760 55,940 -18.3
Greenwich 164,325 54,775 -20.0
Waltham Forest 164,164 54,721 -20.1
Newham 163,038 54,346 -20.6

Area 1984 Parliamentary Electorate Average Parliamentary Electorate Per Constituency
Number Percentage difference from national average
Kingston-Upon-Thames 105,314 52,657 -23.1
Kensington & Chelsea 101,378 50,689 -25.9
Hammersmith & Fulham 98,779 49,390 -27.8
England 35,800,362 68,452 —