HC Deb 02 December 1991 vol 200 cc3-4W
Mr. Summerson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the 20 largest and smallest parliamentary constituencies, in geographical terms in the United Kingdom.

Mrs. Rumbold

The information requested is set out in the tables. The areas are given in hectares and include land and inland water.

Table 1: The 20 largest constituencies
Constituency Area
Ross, Cromarty and Skye 954,680
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber 870,708
Caithness and Sutherland 788,297
Argyll and Bute 661,362
North Tayside 485,104
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 441,883
Penrith and the Border 327,964
Western Isles 308,717
Brecon and Radnor 301,269
Fermanagh and South Tyrone 265,463
Kincardine and Deeside 261,106
Mid Ulster 257,098
Constituency Area
Hexham 250,992
Orkney and Shetland 247,928
Roxburgh and Berwickshire 242,811
Richmond (Yorkshire) 233,012
Berwick-upon-Tweed 231,456
Gordon 229,485
Ceredigion and Pembroke North 227,038
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 226,956
Table 2: The 20 smallest constituencies
Constituency Area
Chelsea 572
Peckham 609
Kensington 623
Fulham 693
Bethnal Green and Stepney 719
Islington North 741
Islington South and Finsbury 748
Westminster North 833
Hackney North and Stoke Newington 845
Vauxhall 872
Newham North West 891
Newham North East 892
Norwood 902
Hammersmith 924
Streatham 953
Holborn and St Pancras 959
Southwark and Bermondsey 1,025
Leyton 1,031
Battersea 1,039
Tooting 1,070