HC Deb 26 January 1993 vol 217 cc627-8W
Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing, in descending order, the geographical area, expressed in hectares, of parliamentary constituencies in Scotland.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested is as follows:

Parliamentary constituency Area by hectares1
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
Western Isles 308,717
Kincardine and Deeside 261,106
Orkney and Shetland 247,928
Roxburgh and Berwickshire 242,811
Gordon 229,485
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 226,956
Moray 224,399
Stirling 219,243
Dumfries 200,662
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 198,818
Banff and Buchan 153,278
Perth and Kinross 152,963
Clydesdale 138,829
Angus East 121,034
Cunninghame North 77,188
North East Fife 76,125
East Lothian 71,682

Parliamentary constituency Area by hectares1
Dumbarton 53,127
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 37,521
Midlothian 36,128
Renfrew West and Inverclyde 33,812
East Kilbride 28,613
Livingston 27,117
Clackmannan 24,142
Linlithgow 23,512
Dunfermline West 19,733
Eastwood 17,003
Falkirk East 15,547
Ayr 15,501
Dunfermline East 14,727
Motherwell North 13,576
Monklands East 13,463
Monklands West 11,388
Cunninghame South 11,302
Central Fife 10,874
Falkirk West 10,610
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 10,511
Kirkcaldy 10,414
Strathkelvin and Bearsden 9,451
Edinburgh Pentlands 8,630
Hamilton 7,703
Clydebank and Milngavie 6,381
Motherwell South 3,807
Paisley South 3,801
Aberdeen North 3,552
Aberdeen South 3,342
Glasgow Rutherglen 2,997
Dundee East 2,587
Edinburgh South 2,585
Edinburgh West 2,554
Dundee West 2,511
Greenock and Port Glasgow 2,438
Glasgow Shettleston 2,388
Paisley North 2,325
Glasgow Pollok 2,220
Glasgow Provan 2,188
Glasgow Maryhill 1,910
Edinburgh East 1,832
Glasgow Springburn 1,824
Glasgow Govan 1,734
Glasgow Cathcart 1,658
Edinburgh Leith 1,506
Glasgow Hillhead 1,461
Edinburgh Central 1,426
Glasgow Central 1,380
Glasgow Garscadden 1,270
1 Land and inland water.