§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the six largest and six smallest electorates in parliamentary constituencies and the average electorate for each constituency.
§ Mr. DorrellI have been asked to reply.
143WThe 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 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.