§ Mr. Simon CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health 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 numbers of parliamentary constituencies within them.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is as follows:
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Name Number of constituencies Average number of electors per constituency on 1989 register Amount by which average constituency size differs from 1989 electoral quota1 Lancashire 16 66,748 -4.0 Cumbria 6 63,944 -8.0 Northumberland 4 59,039 -15.1 London boroughs Haringey 2 76,780 10.4 Hounslow 2 75,631 8.8 Harrow 2 74,720 7.5 Hackney 2 69,024 -0.7 Ealing 3 68,938 -0.9 Enfield 3 67,349 -3.1 Wandsworth 3 65,101 -6.4 Camden 2 65,028 -6.5 Merton 2 63,981 -8.0 Sutton 2 63,080 -9.3 Havering 3 61,277 -11.9 Brent 3 60,648 -12.8 Croydon 4 60,205 -13.4 Lambeth 3 59,995 -13.7 Hillingdon 3 59,824 -14.0 Lewisham 3 59,716 -14.1 Redbridge 3 59,654 -14.2 Bromley 4 58,511 -15.9 Richmond upon Thames 2 57,182 -17.8 Southwark 3 57,155 -17.8 Tower Hamlets 2 56,872 -18.2 Bexley 3 56,746 -18.4 Barking and Dagenham 2 56,303 -19.0 Barnet 4 55,450 -20.3 Cities of London and Westminster 2 55,434 -20.3 Islington 2 55,430 -20.3 Waltham Forest 3 53,972 -22.4 Greenwich 3 53,290 -23.4 Newham 3 53,258 -23.4 Hammersmith and Fulham 2 49,653 -28.6 Kingston upon Thames 2 48,696 -30.0 Kensington and Chelsea 2 44,387 -36.2 Metropolitan counties Tyne and Wear 13 68,385 -1.7 South Yorkshire 15 67,234 -3.3 West Yorkshire 23 67,194 -3.3 Greater Manchester 30 64,425 -7.3 West Midlands 31 64,070 -7.9 Merseyside 17 59,361 -14.6 1 A number of parliamentary constituencies straddle metropolitan borough boundaries, and information is therefore provided in respect of metropolitan counties.