HC Deb 18 February 1992 vol 204 cc94-6W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Prime Minister what is the average constituency electorate in(a) Great Britain and (b) the United Kingdom.

Mr. Dorrell

I have been asked to reply.

The United Kingdom constituencies with largest and smallest parliamentary electorates in 1991 were as follows:

Number
Largest
Isle of Wight 101,784
Eastleigh 91,871
Huntingdon 91,779
East Hampshire 91,519
The Wrekin 90,980
Swindon 90,343
Smallest
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 39,608
Glasgow Provan 37,838
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 32,754
Orkney and Shetland 31,355
Number
Caithness and Sutherland 31,120
Western Isles 23,073

The average parliamentary constituency electorates in 1991 were 66,908 in the United Kingdom and 66,915 in Great Britain (counting Milton Keynes as two constituencies in both cases). Corresponding information relating to the 1992 registers is not yet available.

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