§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the total number of people in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland listed on (a) the electoral registers for 1988–89, (b) the electoral registers for 1989–90 and (c) the poll tax registers for 1989–90
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe following table compares the numbers on the electoral registers published in February 1988 and February 1989. Information about the numbers on the community charges register in each constituency is not held centrally.
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Constituency Number of electors 1988 electoral register 1989 electoral register Aberdeen North 62,075 60,604 Aberdeen South 60,323 58,947 Angus East 61,643 61,899 Argyll and Bute 48,912 48,695 Ayr 67,063 66,545 Banff and Buchan 63,054 62,830 Caithness and Sutherland 30,978 31,031 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 56,708 56,338 Central Fife 56,440 56,183 Clackmannan 49,127 48,757 Clydebank and Milngavie 50,128 49,075 Clydesdale 62,602 62,456 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 46,392 46,345 Cunninghame North 55,566 55,262 Cunninghame South 50,414 49,931 Dumbarton 59,369 58,328 Dumfries 59,972 59,962 Dundee East 61,221 60,394
Constituency Number of electors 1988 electoral register 1989 electoral register Dundee West 61,445 60,246 Dunfermline East 51,008 50,894 Dunfermline West 51,384 51,413 East Kilbride 63,956 63,715 East Lothian 65,542 66,108 Eastwood 62,839 63,483 Edinburgh Central 58,975 57,069 Edinburgh East 48,745 47,802 Edinburgh Leith 60,031 58,984 Edinburgh Pentlands 58,884 58,538 Edinburgh South 64,026 62,452 Edinburgh West 62,652 61,172 Falkirk East 52,737 52,679 Falkirk West 50,606 50,506 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 53,621 53,481 Glasgow Cathcart 48,767 47,702 Glasgow Central 50,867 50,535 Glasgow Garscadden 46,916 44,931 Glasgow Govan 50,190 48,908 Glasgow Hillhead 57,704 56,718 Glasgow Maryhill 52,039 50,589 Glasgow Pollok 50,829 49,497 Glasgow Provan 42,908 41,086 Glasgow Rutherglen 56,929 55,695 Glasgow Shettleston 53,883 53,254 Glasgow Springburn 50,489 48,785 Gordon 75,228 75,537 Greenock and Port Glasgow 57,339 55,612 Hamilton 63,167 62,688 Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber 66,695 67,262 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 63,325 62,834 Kincardine and Deeside 64,398 64,432 Kirkcaldy 53,823 53,626 Linlithgow 60,584 61,135 Livingston 58,008 59,533 Midlothian 61,139 61,089 Monklands East 50,271 49,533 Monklands West 51,300 50,450 Moray 63,206 62,840 Motherwell North 58,331 57,971 Motherwell South 52,599 51,704 North East Fife 52,442 52,313 North Tayside 54,582 54,367 Orkney and Shetland 31,180 31,115 Paisley North 48,973 48,213 Paisley South 50,403 49,595 Perth and Kinross 63,957 64,505 Renfrew West and Inverclyde 57,025 57,234 Ross, Cromarty and Skye 52,278 53,062 Roxburgh and Berwickshire 43,631 43,484 Stirling 58,715 58,387 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 63,296 62,706 Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 38,438 38,773 Western Isles 23,085 23,097 Total 3,967,377 3,932,921