Self-employed (Hansard, 22 October 1984)

§ Mr. John Patten

The numbers of persons self-employed in each of the 50 constituencies in Great Britain with the highest percentage of self-employed persons were as follows:

	Per cent. Self-employed	Number of Self-employed^*
1. Ceredigion and Pembroke North	26.1	6,830
2. Montgomery	25.5	5,020
3. North Cornwall	24.4	7,660
4. Carmarthen	24.0	7,490
5. Brecon and Radnor	23.9	5,960
6. St. Ives	23.3	6,730
7. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	23.2	3,030
8. Torridge and West Devon	22.0	7,380
9. North Devon	21.9	7,080
10. Penrith and the Border	20.3	7,640
11. Bexhill and Battle	20.3	4,950
12. South Hams	20.2	7,160
13. Skipton and Ripon	19.8	7,870
14. Leominster	19.7	6,650
15. Westmorland and Lonsdale	19.5	6,750
16. Torbay	19.1	5,830
17. Caernarfon	19.0	3,620
18. Tiverton	18.6	6,140
19. Orkney and Shetland	18.1	3,230
20. Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	17.3	4,630
21. Argyll and Bute	17.3	4,440
22. Honiton	17.3	5,210
23. East Lindsey	17.1	5,860
24. Clwyd South West	16.9	4,660
25. Pembroke	16.8	5,970

509W

	Per cent. Self-employed	Number of Self-employed^*
26. Scarborough	16.6	5.670
27. Somerton and Frome	16.4	5,780
28. South East Cornwall	16.4	5,400
29. Blackpool South	16.3	4,890
30. Truro	16.3	5,370
31. West Dorset	16.0	4,750
32. Teignbridge	16.0	4,920
33. Clwyd North West	15.8	4,090
34. Blackpool North	15.8	4,480
35. Ludlow	15.8	5,650
36. Richmond (Yorks)	15.7	7,000
37. Bournemouth East	15.6	4,760
38. Ryedale	15.5	6,670
39. North Norfolk	15.4	4,700
40. North Shropshire	15.4	6,090
41. Falmouth and Camborne	15.4	4,530
42. North Dorset	15.2	5,490
43. Morecambe and Lunesdale	15.2	3,750
44. Wealden	15.1	5,360
45. Bridgwater	15.1	4,850
46. Wells	15.0	4,930
47. New Forest	14.9	4,680
48. Western Isles	14.7	1,460
49. Hexham	14.6	4,430
50. Banff and Buchan	14.3	4,780
^* Derived from the 1981 Census 10 per cent, sample and multiplied by 10 to represent the total figure in each constituency.