§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in order of size those constituencies in England whose electorates are above the quota.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is given in the table.
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Parliamentary constituency 1987 electorate (as first published) Amount by which electorate is above the electoral quota England 36,393,203 *69,585 Isle of Wight 99,760 30,175 Milton Keynes 98,215 28,630 East Berkshire 88,884 19,299 Eastleigh 88,664 19,079 East Hampshire 87,476 17,891 Horsham 87,229 17,644 Huntingdon 87,195 17,610 Devizes 87,145 17,560 Swindon 87,140 17,555 Wokingham 86,587 17,002 Westbury 85,708 16,123 South Colchester and Maldon 85,302 15,717 Peterborough 85,244 15,659 Cirencester and Tewkesbury 85,181 15,596 Crosby 85,099 15,514 North West Surrey 84,295 14,710 Ryedale 84,205 14,620 The Wrekin 83,796 14,211 Chelmsford 83,696 14,111 Woking 83,453 13,868 North Colchester 83,391 13,806 South Suffolk 83,143 13,558 Waveney 82,920 13,335 Dudley West 82,884 13,299 South West Cambridgeshire 82,692 13,107 Stroud 82,340 12,755 Stratford-on-Avon 82,255 12,670 Feltham and Heston 81,999 12,414 Chichester 81,862 12,277 Harrow East 81,842 12,257 Aldershot 81,791 12,206 Mid Bedfordshire 81,697 12,112 North Wiltshire 81,670 12,085 Mid Worcestershire 81,581 11,996 Portsmouth North 81,350 11,765 Brigg and Cleethorpes 81,214 11,629 Mid Sussex 81,138 11,553 Hornsey and Wood Green 81,122 11,537 Bridlington 81,072 11,487 South Derbyshire 81,041 11,456 Billericay 80,588 11,003 Grantham 80,366 10,781 South Staffordshire 80,336 10,751 Windsor and Maidenhead 80,272 10,687 Richmond (Yorks) 80,255 10,670 451W
Parliamentary constituency 1987 electorate (as first published) Amount by which electorate is above the electoral quota Central Suffolk 80,204 10,619 Langbaurgh 80,201 10,616 Romsey and Waterside 80,179 10,594 York 80,159 10,574 Cheltenham 80,121 10,536 Faversham 80,062 10,477 Beverley 79,958 10,373 South West Bedfordshire 79,927 10,342 West Hertfordshire 79,886 10,301 North Hertfordshire 79,689 10,104 Northavon 79,610 10,025 Chorley 79,514 9,929 Arundel 79,468 9,883 Meriden 79,436 9,851 South Norfolk 79,359 9,774 South Hams 79,356 9,771 Basingstoke 79,116 9,531 West Gloucestershire 78,982 9,397 Halesowen and Stourbridge 78,979 9,394 Rutland and Melton 78,921 9,336 Solihull 78,855 9,270 Houghton and Washington 78,821 9,236 Guildford 78,783 9,198 North Shropshire 78,240 8,655 Blaby 78,155 8,570 Bosworth 78,131 8,546 South Worcestershire 78,129 8,544 Braintree 78,025 8,440 Tonbridge and Malling 77,956 8,371 Honiton 77,942 8,357 Lincoln 77,939 8,354 Aylesbury 77,933 8,348 Fareham 77,910 8,325 Gloucester 77,899 8,314 Harwich 77,827 8,242 Worthing 77,719 8,134 Rugby and Kenilworth 77,640 8,055 Bury St. Edmunds 77,615 8,030 Winchester 77,527 7,942 Poole 77,481 7,896 Wallsend 77,465 7,880 Havant 77,412 7,827 Erewash 77,381 7,796 Woodspring 77,255 7,670 Warrington South 77,245 7,660 Sheffield, Hillsborough 77,236 7,651 Tunbridge Wells 77,205 7,620 Weston-Super-Mare 77,172 7,587 West Lancashire 77,054 7,469 Rochford 77,048 7,463 Salisbury 77,045 7,460 Macclesfield 77,018 7,433 Northampton South 76,948 7,363 Canterbury 76,931 7,346 Portsmouth South 76,814 7,229 Tottenham 76,713 7,128 Harrogate 76,607 7,022 Suffolk Coastal 76,547 6,962 South West Hertfordshire 76,535 6,950 Warrington North 76,517 6,932 Sunderland North 76,503 6,918 Hertford and Stortford 76,470 6,885 Witney 76,221 6,636 St. Albans 76,206 6,621 Dudley East 76,154 8,569 Newbury 76,145 6,560 Stockton South 76,136 6,551 Wandsdyke 76,108 6,523 Boothferry 76,084 6,499 Exeter 76,053 6,468 Bournemouth East 75,906 6,321 Rossendale and Darwen 75,894 6,309 New Forest 75,780 6,195 Sunderland South 75,762 6,177 452W
Parliamentary constituency 1987 electorate (as first published) Amount by which electorate is above the electoral quota Harborough 75,666 6,101 Ealing, Southall 75,660 6,075 Scarborough 75,628 6,043 Blackburn 75,586 6,001 Don Valley 75,452 5,867 Torridge and West Devon 75,373 5,788 Batley and Spen 75,334 5,749 Staffordshire Moorlands 75,318 5,733 Bournemouth West 75,290 5,705 North Luton 75,270 5,685 Tynemouth 75,180 5,595 South West Norfolk 75,152 5,567 Taunton 75,035 5,450 Stoke-on-Trent North 75,029 5,444 North East Cambridgeshire 75,026 5,441 East Lindsey 74,915 5,330 Eddisbury 74,882 5,297 Sheffield, Hallam 74,868 5,283 Halton 74,853 5,268 Mid Norfolk 74,778 5,193 Harrow West 74,771 5,186 Southampton, Test 74,711 5,126 Eastbourne 74,705 5,120 Sheffield, Heeley 74,688 5,103 Loughborough 74,622 5,037 North West Norfolk 74,605 5,020 North Bedfordshire 74,506 4,921 Welwyn Hatfield 74,435 4,850 Birmingham, Perry Barr 74,413 4,828 Watford 74,314 4,729 Kingston upon Hull North 74,258 4,673 Calder Valley 74,238 4,653 Halifax 74,201 4,616 Burton 74,151 4,566 Slough 74,147 4,562 Hertsmere 74,142 4,557 Saffron Walden 74,093 4,508 Leicester South 74,074 4,489 Sevenoaks 74,047 4,462 South East Cambridgeshire 74,031 4,446 Wealdon 73,984 4,399 South West Surrey 73,983 4,398 Birmingham, Northfield 73,956 4,371 Maidstone 73,952 4,367 Doncaster North 73,944 4,359 Lewes 73,941 4,356 Worsley 73,918 4,333 Kingswood 73,888 4,303 Liverpool, Walton 73,826 4,241 North Dorset 73,790 4,205 Glanford and Scunthorpe 73,764 4,179 Spelthorne 73,751 4,166 Crewe and Nantwich 73,711 4,126 Warwick and Leamington 73,684 4,099 Gravesham 73,671 4,086 Bristol North West 73,630 4,045 South Dorset 73,607 4,022 Rushcliffe 73,581 3,996 Dartford 73,520 3,935 Hastings and Rye 73,515 3,930 Nottingham South 73,472 3,887 Stafford 73,421 3,836 Southampton, Itchen 73,412 3,827 Crawley 73,356 3,771 Truro 73,327 3,742 Mid Kent 73,223 3,638 North Cornwall 73,202 3,617 Hove 73,154 3,569 South Ribble 73,133 3,548 Sutton Coldfield 73,128 3,543 Skipton and Ripon 73,063 3,478 Reading East 73,007 3,422 Bishop Auckland 72,936 3,351 North Durham 72,934 3,349 453W
Parliamentary constituency 1987 electorate (as first published) Amount by which electorate is above the electoral quota Wycombe 72,852 3,267 Wigan 72,842 3,257 Bristol West 72,837 3,252 Birmingham, Selly Oak 72,821 3,236 Gillingham 72,790 3,205 Chesham and Amersham 72,747 3,162 Reigate 72,733 3,148 Tatton 72,701 3,116 Bootle 72,659 3,074 Broxtowe 72,618 3,033 Teignbridge 72,578 2,993 Derby North 72,548 2,963 Pudsey 72,531 2,946 Brentford and Isleworth 72,371 2,786 Ellesmere Port and Ncston 72,332 2,747 Ealing North 72,321 2,736 Mid Staffordshire 72,289 2,704 Selby 72,289 2,704 Chertsey and Walton 72,241 2,656 Sherwood 72,221 2,636 Southport 72,210 2,625 Luton South 72,037 2,452 Shoreham 71,994 2,409 Penrith and Border 71,93 2,345 Dewsbury 71,838 2,253 Ashfield 71,826 2,241 North Warwickshire 71,671 2,086 Christchurch 71,626 2,041 St Helens North 71,624 2,039 Wyre Forest 71,619 2,034 West Derbyshire 71,609 2,024 Stoke-on-Trent South 71,585 2,000 Shrewsbury and Atcham 71,582 1,997 Bradford West 71,577 1,992 North West Leicestershire 71,564 1,979 Makerfield 71,549 1,964 Stamford and Spalding 71,520 1,935 Broxbourne 71,472 1,887 Epsom and Ewell 71,458 1,873 Wcllingborough 71,403 1,818 Yeovil 71,226 1,641 North East Derbyshire 71,184 1,599 Harlow 71,181 1,596 Hackney South and Shoreditch 71,167 1,582 Torbay 71,151 1,566 Reading West 71,131 1,546 Westmorland and Lonsdale 71,110 1,525 Stockton North 71,069 1,484 Colne Valley 71,057 1,472 Buckingham 71,046 1,461 South East Cornwall 71,036 1,451 Chesterfield 71,020 1,435 Ashford 70,986 1,401 North West Hampshire 70,916 1,331 Holborn and St. Pancras 70,901 1,316 High Peak 70,819 1,234 Gainsborough and Horncastle 70,780 1,195 Leominster 70,760 1,175 Bolton West 70,722 1,137 North Norfolk 70,546 961 Nottingham North 70,480 895 Doncaster Central 70,467 882 Wakefield 70,465 880 Stevenage 70,393 808 Bradford South 70,372 787 North Thanet 70,342 757 Banbury 70,335 750 Bromsgrove 70,328 743 St. Helens South 70,254 669 Denton and Reddish 70,218 633 Enfield North 70,190 605 Barrow and Furness 70,175 590 Northampton North 70,163 578
Parliamentary constituency 1987 electorate (as first published) Amount by which electorate is above the electoral quota Daventry 70,144 559 Elmet 69,975 390 Oxford West and Abingdon 69,963 378 Leigh 69,925 340 Carshalton and Wallington 69,906 321 Cambridge 69,895 310 Newcastle upon Tyne North 69,889 304 Worcester 69,823 238 Dover 69,807 222 Somerton and Frome 69,661 76 Hartlepool 69,802 17 1 Electoral quota for England.