§ Mr Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was(a) the number of people on the current electoral register published earlier this month and (b) the number of people on the electoral register at the last general election; and if he will express the change in percentage terms.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe Scottish registers published earlier this month contained 3,932,921 names, compared with 3,994,893 in February 1987, a change of minus 1.55 per cent. There is no central record of the numbers on the register at June 1987.
§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what he expects the percentage change to be of the number of people on the electoral register in Scotland for each of the next five years.
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Number of electors Constituency 1988 Electoral register 1989 Electoral register Numerical change Percentage change Aberdeen North 62,075 60,604 -1,471 -2.37 Aberdeen South 60,323 58,947 -1,376 -2.28 Angus East 61,643 61,899 +256 +0.42 Argyll and Bute 48,912 48,695 -217 -0.44 Ayr 67,063 66,545 -518 -0.77 Banff and Buchan 63,054 62,830 -224 -0.36 Caithness and Sutherland 30,978 31,031 +53 +0.17 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 56,708 56,338 -370 +0.65 Central Fife 56,440 56,183 -257 -0.46 Clackmannan 49,127 48,757 -370 -0.75 Clydebank and Milngavie 50,128 49,075 -1,053 -2.10 Clydesdale 62,602 62,456 -146 -0.23 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 46,392 46,345 -47 -0.10 Cunninghame North 55,566 55,262 -304 -0.55 Cunninghame South 50,414 49,931 -483 -0.96 Dumbarton 59,369 58,328 -1,041 -1.75 Dumfries 59,972 59,962 -10 -0.02 Dundee East 61,221 60,394 -827 -1.35 Dundee West 61,445 60,246 -1,199 -1.95 Dunfermline East 51,008 50,894 -114 -0.22 Dunfermline West 51,384 51,413 +29 +0.06 East Kilbride 63,956 63,715 -214 -0.38 East Lothian 65,542 66,108 +566 +0.86 Eastwood 62,839 63,483 +644 +1.02 Edinburgh Central 58,975 57,069 -1,906 -3.23 Edinburgh East 48,745 47,802 -943 -1.93 Edinburgh Leith 60,031 58,984 -1,047 -1.74 Edinburgh Pentlands 58,884 58,538 -346 -0.59 Edinburgh South 64,026 62,452 -1,574 -2.46 Edinburgh West 62,652 61,172 -1,480 -2.36 Falkirk East 52,737 52,679 -58 -0.11 Falkirk West 50,606 50,506 -100 -0.20 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 53,621 53,481 -140 -0.26 Glasgow Cathcart 48,767 47,702 -1,065 -2.18 Glasgow Central 50,867 50,535 -332 -0.65 Glasgow Garscadden 46,916 44,931 -1,985 -4.23 Glasgow Govan 50,190 48,908 -1,282 -2.55 Glasgow Hillhead 57,704 56,718 -986 -1.71 Glasgow Maryhill 52,039 50,589 -1,450 -2.79 Glasgow Pollok 50,829 49,497 -1,332 -2.62
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonForecasts of the numbers on the electoral register are not prepared on a regular basis. Percentage changes over the previous year in the projected population for Scotland aged 17 and over are as follows:
Year Per cent. 1990 0.00 1991 -0.12 1992 -0.17 1993 -0.19 1994 -0.33
§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing for each Scottish constituency the numerical and percentage change of the number of people on the electoral register between February 1988 and February 1989.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is set out in the following table.
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Number of electors Constituency 1988 Electoral register 1989 Electoral register Numerical change Percentage change Glasgow Provan 42,908 41,086 -1,822 -4.25 Glasgow Rutherglen 56,929 55,695 -1,234 -2.17 Glasgow Shettleston 53,883 53,254 -629 -1.17 Glasgow Springburn 50,489 48,785 -1,704 -3.37 Gordon 75,228 75,537 +309 +0.41 Greenock and Port Glasgow 57,339 55,612 -1,727 -3.01 Hamilton 63,167 62,688 -479 -0.76 Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber 66,695 67,262 +567 +0.85 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 63,325 62,834 -491 -0.78 Kincardine and Deeside 64,398 64,432 +34 +0.05 Kirkcaldy 53,823 53,626 -197 -0.37 Linlithgow 60,584 61,135 +551 +0.91 Livingston 58,008 59,533 +1,525 +2.63 Midlothian 61,139 61,089 -50 -0.08 Monklands East 50,271 49,533 -738 -1.47 Monklands West 51,300 50,450 -850 -1.66 Moray 63,206 62,840 -366 -0.58 Motherwell North 58,331 57,971 -360 -0.62 Motherwell South 52,599 51,704 -895 -1.70 North East Fife 52,442 52,313 -129 -0.25 North Tayside 54,582 54,367 -215 -0.39 Orkney and Shetland 31,180 31,115 -65 -0.21 Paisley North 48,973 48,213 -760 -1.55 Paisley South 50,403 49,595 -808 -1.60 Perth and Kinross 63,957 64,505 +548 +0.86 Renfrew West and Inverclyde 57,025 57,234 +209 +0.37 Ross, Cromarty and Skye 52,278 53,062 +784 +1.50 Roxburgh and Berwickshire 43,631 43,484 -147 -0.34 Stirling 58,715 58,387 -328 -0.56 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 63,296 62,706 -590 -0.93 Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 38,438 38,773 +335 +0.87 Western Isles 23,085 23,097 +12 +0.05 Total 3,967,377 3,932,921 -34,456 -0.87