§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the Scottish regions in order of percentage growth in electorate since 1981; and what has been the percentage growth and actual figures in each case.
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§ Mr. LangThe information for the Scottish regions and islands areas for the period 1981–87 is set out in the table.
Local government electorate Region-islands area 1981 1987 Increase Percentage increase Grampian region 359,151 391,115 31,964 8.9 Highland region 140,922 151,641 10,719 7.6 Orkney Islands area 14,142 14,975 833 5.9 Dumfries and Galloway region 108,276 113,970 5,694 5.3 Shetland Islands area 15,600 16,367 757 4.9 Fife region 254,545 266,585 12,040 4.7 Western Isles islands region 22,695 23,685 990 4.4 Borders region 78,878 81,963 3,085 3.9 Central region 204,207 211,944 7,737 3.8 Lothian region 580,283 599,036 18,753 3.2 Tayside region 297,116 303,808 6,692 2.3 Strathclyde region 1,809,773 1,819,132 9,359 0.5