§ Mr. Simon CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the 30 English non-metropolitan districts which have shown the greatest percentage growth in their electorate since 1977; and what has been the percentage growth and actual figures in each case.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is as follows:
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Non-metropolitan districts in England 1977 electorate 1989 electorate Percentage increase Milton Keynes 65,821 123,394 87 Redditch 37,437 56,259 50 Wokingham 75,249 106,314 41
Non-metropolitan districts in England 1977 electorate 1989 electorate Percentage increase Tamworth 36,522 50,400 38 Peterborough 82,443 111,696 35 The Wrekin 75,830 102,315 35 Hart 47,486 63,851 34 Bracknell 49,045 65,644 34 Huntingdonshire 75,503 100,734 33 East Dorset 48,193 64,131 33 Selby 53,256 70,431 32 Eastleigh 60,844 79,403 31 Northampton 104,813 135,009 29 Basingstoke and Deane 83,726 107,806 29 Fareham 59,643 76,766 29 South Staffordshire 64,020 82,316 29 Aylesbury Vale 84,028 107,930 28 East Hampshire 60,501 77,703 28 Newbury 80,397 102,786 28 Caradon 47,018 59,681 27 Thamesdown 101,525 128,337 26 Crawley 52,831 66,455 26 South Cambridgeshire 71,785 90,295 26 Woodspring 112,291 140,951 26 Cherwell 66,599 83,326 25 Test Valley 61,063 76,366 25 Chelmsford 93,611 116,707 25 Basildon 99,792 123,516 24 Glanford 44,892 55,494 24 Daventry 38,872 48,049 24
§ Mr. Simon CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the 20 English non-metropolitan counties which have shown the greatest percentage growth in electorate since 1977; and what has been the percentage growth and actual figures in each case.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is as follows:
Non-metropolitan Counties in England 1977 electorate 1989 electorate Percentage increase Buckinghamshire 367,962 471,784 28 Cambridgeshire 397,410 487,942 23 Shropshire 256,612 310,173 21 Berkshire 460,726 554,177 20 Northamptonshire 364,561 435,831 20 Hereford and Worcester 436,878 521,824 19 Somerset 303,750 362,634 19 Wiltshire 360,645 427,764 19 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 310,500 366,452 18 Dorset 445,468 522,355 17 Lincolnshire 387,833 454,040 17 Hampshire 1,021,220 1,190,957 17 Norfolk 503,241 584,031 16 West Sussex 483,064 560,073 16 Suffolk 413,062 478,846 16 Bedfordshire 337,682 389,043 15 North Yorkshire 486,059 554,028 14 Isle of Wight 89,477 101,864 14 Gloucestershire 360,765 410,678 14 Oxfordshire 371,292 421,729 14