§
Mr. Grocott
asked 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. Currie
The information requested is given in the table.
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 |
450W
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 |
451W
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 |
452W
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 |
453W
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. |