HC Deb 02 July 1984 vol 63 cc59-67W
Mr. Penhaligon

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list each constituency in the United Kingdom in order of the proportion of self-employed according to the most recent census.

Mr. John Patten

The percentage of persons in employment who were self-employed according to the 1981 census of population, for each constituency of the United Kingdom in order was as follows:

Per cent. Self-employed
Ceredigion and Pembroke North 26.1
Montgomery 25.5
North Cornwall 24.4
Carmarthen 24.0
Brecon and Radnor 23.9
St. Ives 23.3
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 23.2
Fermanagh and South Tyrone 22.2
Torridge and West Devon 22.0
North Devon 21.9
Mid-Ulster 21.8
Penrith and the Border 20.3
Bexhill and Battle 20.3
South Hams 20.2
Skipton and Ripon 19.8
Leominster 19.7
Westmorland and Lonsdale 19.5
Torbay 19.1
Caernarfon 19.0
South Down 19.0
Tiverton 18.6
Orkney and Shetland 18.1
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 17.3
Argyll and Bute 17.3
Honiton 17.3
East Lindsey 17.1
Clwyd South West 16.9
Pembroke 16.8
Scarborough 16.6
Somerton and Frome 16.4
South East Comwall 16.4
Blackpool South 16.3
Truro 16.3
North Antrim 16.1
West Dorset 16.0
Teignbridge 16.0
Clwyd North West 15.8
Blackpool North 15.8
Ludlow 15.8
Newry and Armagh 15.7
Richmond (Yorks) 15.7
Boumemouth East 15.6
Ryedale 15.5
North Norfolk 15.4
North Shropshire 15.4
Falmouth and Camborne 15.4
North Dorset 15.2
Morecambe and Lunesdale 15.2
Wealden 15.1
Bridgwater 15.1
East Londonderry 15.0
Wells 15.0
New Forest 14.9
Westem Isles 14.7
Hexham 14.6

Per cent. Self-employed
Banff and Buchan 14.3
Monmouth 14.3
South Norfolk 14.3
North East Cambridgeshire 14.2
Holland with Boston 14.2
Hendon South 14.1
Isle of Wight 14.1
Bridlington 13.9
Ynys Mon 13.7
Chichester 13.7
North Thanet 13.4
Harwich 13.4
Taunton 13.4
Hampstead and Highgate 13.3
Saffron Walden 13.2
Caithness and Sutherland 13.2
Cirencester and Tewkesbury 13.1
Conwy 13.1
West Derbyshire 13.1
Christchurch 13.0
Hastings and Rye 13.0
Hereford 13.0
Fylde 12.9
North Tayside 12.9
South Worcestershire 12.8
South Thanet 12.8
Mid Norfolk 12.8
Wyre 12.6
Wanstead and Woodford 12.6
Lancaster 12.6
Gainsborough and Horncastle 12.6
Daventry 12.5
Great Yarmouth 12.4
Esher 12.4
Berwick-upon-Tweed 12.3
Boothferry 12.3
Enfield, Southgate 12.3
Ribble Valley 12.3
Stroud 12.3
Brighton, Pavilion 12.2
Stratford-on-Avon 12.2
South East Cambridgeshire 12.2
Henley 12.2
South West Norfolk 12.1
Tunbridge Wells 12.1
Ross, Cromarty and Skye 12.1
Hove 12.0
Weston-super-Mare 12.0
Richmond and Barnes 12.0
Kensington 11.9
Shoreham 11.9
North Wiltshire 11.9
Southend West 11.9
Arundel 11.8
Southport 11.8
High Peak 11.7
Stamford and Spalding 11.7
Bournemouth West 11.7
North West Norfolk 11.7
East Surrey 11.7
Suffolk Coastal 11.6
Ashford 11.6
Roxburgh and Berwickshire 11.5
South Dorset 11.5
Chelsea 11.5
Central Suffolk 11.4
Buckingham 11.4
Littleborough and Saddleworth 11.3
City of London and Westminster South 11.2
West Gloucestershire 11.2
Staffordshire Moorlands 11.2
Brent North 11.1
Poole 11.1
Shrewsbury and Atcham 11.1
Finchley 11.1
Macclesfield 11.1

Per cent. Self-employed
Mole Valley 11.0
Folkestone and Hythe 11.0
Chipping Barnet 11.0
Lewes 11.0
South West Surrey 10.9
Eastbourne 10.9
Tatton 10.9
Workington 10.9
South Suffolk 10.9
Brighton, Kemptown 10.8
Yeovil 10.8
South Colchester and Maldon 10.8
Witney 10.8
Leeds North East 10.7
Canterbury 10.7
Sevenoaks 10.7
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 10.7
Westbury 10.6
Strangford 10.6
Delyn 10.6
Worthing 10.5
Chesham and Amersham 10.5
Grantham 10.4
Ilford North 10.4
Bury South 10.4
North Colchester 10.4
Rutland and Melton 10.4
Westminster North 10.3
Winchester 10.3
Congleton 10.2
Horsham 10.2
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber 10.2
Selby 10.2
Dumfries 10.2
Beaconsfield 10.2
Altrincham and Sale 10.2
Woodspring 10.2
Salisbury 10.2
Waveney 10.1
West Lanchashire 10.1
Southend East 10.1
Kincardine and Deeside 10.1
Hornsey and Wood Green 10.0
East Hampshire 10.0
Bristol West 10.0
Gordon 10.0
Epping Forest 9.9
North East Fife 9.9
Angus East 9.8
Harrogate 9.8
Harrow East 9.8
Moray 9.8
Rossendale and Darwen 9.7
Chertsey and Walton 9.7
Hendon North 9.7
Newbury 9.6
South West Cambridgeshire 9.6
Islington South and Finsbury 9.6
Eddisbury 9.6
Braintree 9.6
Devizes 9.6
Fulham 9.6
Cheadle 9.5
North West Hampshire 9.5
Broxbourne 9.5
Wrexham 9.5
Holborn and St. Pancras 9.5
Plymouth, Drake 9.4
Pendle 9.3
Upper Bann 9.3
Chingford 9.3
Ealing, Acton 9.3
South West Hertfordshire 9.3
Epsom and Ewell 9.2
Calder Valley 9.2
Gower 9.2
Per cent. Self employed
Perth and Kinross 9.2
Castle Point 9.1
Bath 9.1
Logan Valley 9.1
Maidstone 9.1
Newark 9.1
Brent East 9.1
Mid Bedfordshire 9.1
Guildford 9.0
Hertford and Stortford 9.0
Cunninghame North 9.0
Twickenham 9.0
Wimbledon 9.0
Windsor and Maidenhead 9.0
Ilford South 8.9
Blaby 8.9
Mid Sussex 8.9
Hyndburn 8.9
Colne Valley 8.9
Vale of Glamorgan 8.9
Wantage 8.9
Rushcliffe 8.8
Eastwood 8.8
Keighley 8.8
Brigg and Cleethorpes 8.7
Rochford 8.7
Bury St. Edmunds 8.7
Stirling 8.7
Beverley 8.7
Northavon 8.7
Bethnal Green and Stepney 8.7
Harrow West 8.7
Kingston upon Thames 8.7
Banbury 8.7
Harborough 8.7
Huntingdon 8.7
Bromsgrove 8.6
Bolton North East 8.6
South Antrim 8.6
Beckenham 8.6
Ravensbourne 8.6
Brentwood and Ongar 8.5
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 8.5
Tonbridge and Malling 8.5
North East Derbyshire 8.5
Bury North 8.4
Wansdyke 8.4
Bosworth 8.4
Chislehurst 8.4
Exeter 8.4
Croydon North East 8.4
Cheltenham 8.3
Stafford 8.3
Enfield North 8.3
Chorley 8.3
Reigate 8.3
North West Durham 8.3
Hazel Grove 8.3
Pudsey 8.3
Dewsbury 8.2
Hertsmere 8.2
Sheffield, Hallam 8.2
Wycombe 8.2
Foyle 8.2
Manchester, Gorton 8.2
Putney 8.2
Sutton and Cheam 8.2
Romford 8.2
Blackburn 8.1
Fareham 8.1
Stockport 8.1
Edmonton 8.1
Mid Kent 3.1
Corby 8.1
Rochdale 81
Dover 8.1

Per cent. Self-employed
Amber Valley 8.0
Portsmouth South 8.0
East Berkshire 8.0
Bolton West 8.0
Aylesbury 8.0
Bishop Auckland 8.0
Wyre Forest 8.0
Mid Worcestershire 8.0
Faversham 8.0
North West Surrey 8.0
Alyn and Deeside 7.9
Rugby and Kenilworth 7.9
Wellingborough 7.9
Norwich South 7.9
Shipley 7.9
Bassetlaw 7.9
West Hertfordshire 7.9
Wokingham 7.9
South Ribble 7.9
Battersea 7.9
Cardiff Central 7.9
Sutton Coldfield 7.9
Burton 7.9
Dulwich 7.9
Kettering 7.9
Birmingham, Edgbaston 7.8
South Staffordshire 7.8
Llanelli 7.8
Old Bexley and Sidcup 7.8
Spelthorne 7.8
Elmet 7.8
Croydon Central 7.7
Worcester 7.7
Batley and Spen 7.7
Wirral West 7.7
Streatham 7.6
Stalybridge and Hyde 7.6
Burnley 7.6
North Down 7.6
East Lothian 7.6
South West Bedfordshire 7.6
Woking 7.6
Billericay 7.6
Clydesdale 7.6
Crewe and Nantwich 7.6
Northampton South 7.6
Bridgend 7.5
Croydon South 7.5
Ruislip—Northwood 7.5
Brentford and Isleworth 7.5
Hackney North and Stoke Newington 7.5
North West Leicestershire 7.5
Medway 7.5
Croydon North West 7.5
St. Albans 7.4
Strathkelvin and Bearsden 7.4
Leeds North West 7.4
Swansea West 7.4
Tooting 7.4
Carshalton and Wallington 7.4
South Derbyshire 7.4
Surbiton 7.4
Crosby 7.4
Warwick and Leamington 7.3
Islington North 7.3
Liverpool, Mossley Hill 7.3
Copeland 7.3
North Warwickshire 7.3
Ashton-under-Lyne 7.3
Cambridge 7.2
Sedgefield 7.2
Romsey and Waterside 7.2
Gedling 7.1
Barrow and Furness 7.1
Halesowen and Stourbridge 7.1
Havant 7.1
Per cent. Self-employed
Barnsley West and Penistone 7.1
Loughborough 7.1
Mid Staffordshire 7.1
Wolverhampton South West 7.1
Bradford South 7.0
Gravesham 7.0
Upminster 7.0
Lewisham West 7.0
North Bedfordshire 7.0
North Hertfordshire 7.0
Oxford West and Abingdon 7.0
Ayr 7.0
Makerfield 7.0
Bradford West 7.0
Reading West 7.0
Bexleyheath 6.9
Bolton South East 6.9
Broxtowe 6.9
Eastleigh 6.9
Walthamstow 6.9
Greenwich 6.9
Edinburgh Central 6.9
Cardiff North 6.9
Rhondda 6.8
Wigan 6.8
Watford 6.8
Hornchurch 6.8
Orpington 6.8
Solihull 6.8
Tottenham 6.8
Northampton North 6.8
Bolsover 6.8
Davyhulme 6.8
Hammersmith 6.8
Reading East 6.8
Lincoln 6.8
Hackney South and Shoreditch 6.7
Warrington South 6.7
Manchester, Withington 6.7
Eltham 6.7
Dartford 6.7
Cynon Valley 6.7
Kingswood 6.7
Normanton 6.7
Edinburgh South 6.6
Don Valley 6.6
Nottingham East 6.6
Oldham West 6.6
South East Staffordshire 6.6
City of Chester 6.6
East Antrim 6.6
Newport East 6.6
Oldham Central and Royton 6.6
Stretford 6.6
Norwood 6.5
Nuneaton 6.5
Dudley West 6.5
Halifax 6.5
Sheffield, Hillsborough 6.5
Denton and Reddish 6.5
Leyton 6.5
Mitcham and Morden 6.5
Harlow 6.4
Uxbridge 6.4
Chelmsford 6.4
Newcastle-under-Lyme 6.4
Newcastle upon Tyne Central 6.4
Leigh 6.4
Lewisham, Deptford 6.4
Birkenhead 6.4
Bristol East 6.4
Leicester South 6.4
Plymouth, Sutton 6.4
Welwyn Hatfield 6.3
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 6.3
Ogmore 6.3
Per cent. Self-employed
Worsley 6.3
Salford East 6.3
Birmingham, Selly Oak 6.3
Cannock and Burntwood 6.3
Basildon 6.3
Aberdeen South 6.3
Southampton, Test 6.3
Wakefield 6.3
Ealing North 6.3
Sherwood 6.3
Walsall South 6.3
Chesterfield 6.3
Erewash 6.2
Aldershot 6.2
Leicester East 6.2
Bradford North 6.2
Newport West 6.2
Preston 6.2
Lewisham East 6.2
Cardiff West 6.1
Pontypridd 6.1
Southampton, Itchen 6.1
Huddersfield 6.1
Manchester, Blackley 6.1
Ashfield 6.1
Aldridge-Brownhills 6.1
Carlisle 6.1
Gillingham 6.1
Wallasey 6.1
York 6.1
Glanford and Scunthorpe 6.1
Mansfield 6.0
Crawley 6.0
Leeds East 6.0
Norwich North 60
Doncaster Central 6.0
Doncaster North 6.0
Newham North West 6.0
The Wrekin 6.0
Meriden 6.0
Coventry South West 5.9
Islwyn 5.9
Milton Keynes 5.9
Ealing, Southall 5.9
Belfast South 5.9
Derby South 5.9
Edinburgh East 5.9
Edinburgh, Pentlands 5.9
Heywood and Middleton 5.9
Oxford East 5.9
Neath 5.8
Newham North East 5.8
Rother Valley 5.8
Eccles 5.8
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 5.8
Portsmouth North 5.8
Hamilton 5.8
Ipswich 5.8
Renfrew West and Inverclyde 5.8
Caerphilly 5.7
Stevenage 5.7
Liverpool, Garston 5.7
North Luton 5.7
Cardiff South and Penarth 5.7
St. Helens North 5.7
Morley and Leeds South 5.7
Glasgow, Hillhead 5.6
Bristol South 5.6
Kirkcaldy 5.6
Blaydon 5.6
Hayes and Harlington 5.6
Monklands West 5.6
Wirral South 5.6
Vauxhall 5.6
Bow and Poplar 5.6
Great Grimsby 5.6
Per cent. Self-employed
Basingstoke 5.5
Derby North 5.5
Tynemouth 5.5
Darlington 5.5
Thurrock 5.5
Birmingham, Hall Green 5.4
Langbaurgh 5.4
Walsall North 5.4
Erith and Crayford 5.4
Birmingham, Ladywood 5.4
Kingston upon Hull West 5.3
Monklands East 5.3
Gloucester 5.3
Barnsley Central 5.2
Swindon 5.2
Torfaen 5.2
Gosport 5.2
St. Helens South 5.2
East Kilbride 5.2
Stoke-on-Trent South 5.2
Warley West 5.2
Edinburgh West 5.1
Leicester West 5.1
Peterborough 5.1
Stockton South 5.1
Leeds Central 5.1
Coventry North West 5.1
Woolwich 5.1
Dumbarton 5.1
Dudley East 5.1
Midlothian 5.1
Rotherham 51
Stoke-on-Trent North 5.1
Coventry North East 5.1
Bristol North West 5.0
West Bromwich East 5.0
Birmingham, Erdington 5.0
Warrington North 5.0
Giasgow, Shettleston 5.0
Barnsley East 5.0
Belfast East 5.0
Edinburgh, Leith 5.0
Luton South 5.0
Dagenham 5.0
Brent South 5.0
Glasgow, Pollok 5.0
North Durham 5.0
Clackmannan 4.9
Liverpool, Broadgreen 4.9
Newcastle upon Tyne North 4.9
Nottingham South 4.9
Pontefract and Castleford 4.9
Wentworth 4.8
Birmingham, Sparkbrook 4.8
Southwark and Bermondsey 4.8
Plymouth, Devonport 4.8
Glasgow Central 4.8
Slough 4.8
Swansea East 4.8
City of Durham 4.7
Manchester Central 4.7
Sunderland South 4.7
Belfast North 4.7
Wolverhampton South East 4.7
Glasgow, Rutherglen 4.7
Wansbeck 4.7
Blyth Valley 4.7
Feltham and Heston 4.7
Peckham 4.7
Falkirk West 4.6
Newham South 4.6
Barking 4.6
Blaenau Gwent 4.6
Manchester, Wythenshawe 4.6
Birmingham, Perry Barr 4.6
Sheffield Central 4.6
Per cent. Self-employed
Glasgow, Cathcart 4.6
Hemsworth 4.6
Leeds West 4.6
Stoke-on-Trent Central 4.5
Dunfermline West 4.5
Linlithgow 4.5
Warley East 4.5
Bootle 4.5
Clydebank and Milngavie 4.5
Hartlepool 4.4
Sheffield, Heeley 4.4
Kingston upon Hull North 4.4
Ellesmere Port and Neston 4.3
Sheffield, Attercliffe 4.3
Easington 4.3
Birmingham, Small Heath 4.3
Liverpool, West Derby 4.3
Coventry South East 4.3
Jarrow 4.2
Birmingham, Yardley 4.2
Dunfermline East 4.2
Dundee East 4.2
Motherwell North 4.1
Central Fife 4.1
Halton 4.1
Wolverhampton North East 4.1
Aberavon 4.0
Sunderland North 4.0
Redcar 4.0
Knowsley South 4.0
Newcastle upon Tyne East 4.0
Falkirk East 4.0
Motherwell South 4.0
Birmingham, Northfield 4.0
South Shields 3.9
Cunninghame South 3.9
Gateshead East 3.9
Houghton and Washington 3.9
Liverpool, Riverside 3.9
West Bromwich West 3.9
Middlesbrough 3.8
Liverpool, Walton 3.8
Nottingham North 3.8
Paisley South 3.8
Livingston 3.7
Dundee West 3.7
Glasgow, Maryhill 3.7
Sheffield, Brightside 3.7
Kingston upon Hull East 3.7
Wallsend 3.6
Paisley North 3.5
Birmingham, Hodge Hill 3.5
Tyne Bridge 3.4
Stockton North 3.4
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 3.2
Belfast West 3.2
Greenock and Port Glasgow 3.1
Knowsley North 3.1
Glasgow, Govan 2.5
Glasgow, Springburn 2.4
Glasgow, Provan 2.4
Aberdeen North 2.3
Glasgow, Garscadden 1.6