§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the Welsh counties in order of percentage growth in electorate since 1980; and which has been the percentage growth and actual figures in each case.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe information is given in the following table:
Growth in local government electorate by county, since 1980 Electorate Change 1980 to 1986 1980 1986 Number Per cent. Powys 83,000 88,779 5,779 7.0 Clwyd 292,339 309,389 17,050 5.8 Gwynedd 174,122 182,689 8,565 4.9 Dyfed 252,946 261,985 9,039 3.6 Gwent 325,431 335,489 10,058 3.1 West Glamorgan 281,099 286,508 5,409 1.9 Mid Glamorgan 401,495 404,975 3,480 0.9 South Glamorgan 288,149 289,573 1,424 0.5