§ Mr. Simon CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the shire counties, London boroughs and metropolitan boroughs in England in ranking order according to the degree by which their electorates vary from the nationally averaged electorate appropriate to the number of parliamentary constituencies within them.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is as follows:
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Area 1987 Electorate Average Electorate per Constituency Number Percentage difference from national average Bradford 346,000 69,200 -0.6 Hackney 138,190 69,096 -0.7 Oxfordshire 412,914 68,819 -1.1 Enfield 204,166 68,055 -2.2 Bury 134,615 67,308 -3.3 Camden 134,493 67,247 -3.4 Sutton 134,365 67,183 -3.5 Durham 468,998 67,000 -3.7 Stockport 227,629 66,950 -3.8 Walsall 199,949 66,650 -4.2 Lancashire 1,065,58 66,599 -4.3 Wandsworth 199,718 66,573 -4.3 Salford 179,445 66,461 -4.5 Bolton 197,674 65,891 -5.3 Gateshead 163,884 65,554 -5.8 Leeds 542,913 65,411 -6.0 Wirral 261,547 65,387 -6.0 Rotherham 194,250 64,750 -6.9 Wakefield 238,699 64,513 -7.3 Rochdale 154,025 64,177 -7.8 Newcastle upon Tyne 224,530 64,151 -7.8 Tameside 166,589 64,073 -7.9 Trafford 172,743 63,979 -8-1 Oldham 165,901 63,808 -8.3 Merton 127,576 63,788 -8.3 Cumbria 381,759 63,627 -8.6 Wolverhampton 189,944 63,315 -9.0 Manchester 334,959 63,200 -9.2 Brent 188,259 62,753 -9.8 Birmingham 752,719 62,727 -9.9 Liverpool 375,803 62,634 -10.0 South Tyneside 124,966 62,483 -10.2 Havering 186,926 62,309 -10.5 East Sussex 555,401 61,711 -11.3 Lambeth 184,464 61,488 -11.6 Croydon 243,150 60,788 -12.6 Lewisham 182,279 60,760 -12.7 Richmond upon Thame 120,477 60,239 -13-4 Coventry 240,834 60,209 -13.5 Knowsley 120,039 60,020 -13-7 Hillingdon 179,744 59,915 -13.9 Redbridge 178,401 59,467 -14.5 Bromley 237,293 59,323 -14.7 Northumberland 235,174 58,794 -15.5 Islington 117,496 58,748 -15.6 Cities of London and Westminster 117,157 58,579 -15.8 Sandwell 233,303 58,326 -16.2 Tower Hamlets 115,487 57,744 -17.0 Barnsley 172,600 57,533 -17.3 Barnet 230,055 57,514 -17.3 Southwark 172,186 57,395 -17.5 Barking and Dagenham 114,486 57,243 -17.7 Bexle 171,654 57,218 -17.8 Waltham Forest 164,902 54,967 -21.0 Greenwich 164,657 54,886 -21.1 Newham 160,106 53,369 -23.3 Hammersmith and Fulham 103,464 51,732 -25.7 Kingston upon Thames 101,253 50,627 -27.2 Kensington and Chelsea 98,201 49,100 -29.4
§ Mr. Simon CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Service if he will list the 30 English non-metropolitan districts which have the greatest894W percentage growth in their electorate since 1982; and what has been the percentage growth and actual figures in each case.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is as follows:
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Total electors Non-Metropolitan County District (ranked by percentage growth) 1982 Register 1987 Register Difference Percentage growth Milton Keynes 90,251 114,252 24,001 26.6 Wokingham 83,321 101,633 18,312 22.0 Crawley 56,283 66,095 9,812 17.4 East Hertfordshire 79,942 89,722 9,780 12.2 Huntingdonshire 86,175 96,591 10,416 12.1 Peterborough 96,370 107,949 11,579 12.0 Wimborne 56,060 62,712 6,652 11.9 Redditch 48,423 54,094 5,671 11.7 Selby 60,434 67,394 6,960 11.5 Hart 54,406 60,260 5,854 10.8 West Oxfordshire 58,595 64,822 6,227 10.6 Fareham 66,633 73,706 7,073 10.6 Maldon 36,013 39,817 3,804 10.6 South Staffordshire 72,687 80,324 7,637 10.5 New Forest 114,752 126,690 11,938 10.4 Test Valley 67,263 74,253 6,990 10.4 South Cambridgeshire 79,331 87,571 8,240 10.4 Bracknell 60,523 66,764 6,241 10.3 Caradon 51,991 57,345 5,354 10.3 Basingstoke and Deane 95,287 104,967 9,680 10.2 Thamesdown 113,080 124,508 11,428 10.1 East Hampshire 67,644 74,463 6,819 10.1 Northampton 117,467 129,195 11,728 10.0 Richmondshire 28,268 31,067 2,799 9.9 North Cornwall 50,408 55,370 4,962 9.8 Daventry 42,647 46,786 4,139 9.7 Aylesbury Vale 96,180 105,466 9,286 9.7 Lewes 63,017 69,080 6,063 9.6 Chelmsford 105,314 115,438 10,124 9.6 Northavon 86,660 94,872 8,212 9.5