HC Deb 20 January 1994 vol 235 cc758-63W
Mr. Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list(a) the latest estimates by the Registrar-General of Populations of those aged 17 years and over, plus 63 per cent. of those aged 16 years, for each district council area and parliamentary constituency in Scotland, together in each case with the equivalent year's electoral registration figures expressed as a percentage of (a).

Mr. Stewart

The information requested is given in the tables. For clarity of presentation, table A includes figures

Table A: Local Government Areas
Local government area Estimate of population aged 17 and over plus 63 per cent. of 16 year olds (as at 30 June 1992) Parliamentary electors on the 1993 electoral registers (qualifying date 10 October 1992) (b) as a percentage of (a)
(a) (b)
SCOTLAND 4,062,331 3,931,429 96.8
Borders Region 84,593 84,421 99.8
Berwickshire 15,533 15,632 100.6
Ettrick and Lauderdale 28,040 27,803 99.2
Roxburgh 28,672 28,569 99.6
Tweeddale 12,347 12,417 100.6
Central Region 216,661 211,094 97.4
Clackmannan 37,903 36,806 97.1
Falkirk 113,793 110,598 97.2
Stirling 64,966 63,690 98.0
Dumfries and Galloway Region 118,360 116,950 98.8
Annandale and Eskdale 29,902 29,579 98.9
Nithsdale 45,412 44,540 98.1
Stewartry 19,136 19,107 99.8
Wigtown 23,910 23,724 99.2
Fife Region 276,720 266,883 96.4
Dunfermline 101,554 96,861 95.4
Kirkcaldy 116,857 114,365 97.9
North East Fife 58,308 55,657 95.5
Grampian Region 414,201 401,816 97.0
Aberdeen City 177,559 170,689 96.1
Banff and Buchan 67,625 66,721 98.7
Gordon 59,796 59,114 98.9
Kincardine and Deeside 42,194 40,700 96.5
Moray 67,027 64,592 96.4
Highland Region 160,896 159,035 98.8
Badenoch and Strathspey 9,074 9,351 103.1
Caithness 20,725 20,647 99.6
Inverness 49,806 48,562 97.5
Lochaber 15,027 14,912 99.2
Nairn 8,473 8,497 100.3
Ross and Cromarty 38,128 37,375 98.0
Skye and Lochalsh 9,258 9,225 99.6
Sutherland 10,405 10,466 100.6
Lothian Region 607,795 589,561 97.0
East Lothian 68,084 67,541 99.2
Edinburgh City 364,293 350,581 96.2
Midlothian 62,622 60,979 97.4
West Lothian 112,796 110,460 97.9
Strathclyde Region 1,811,308 1,740,266 96.1
Argyll and Bute 50,668 48,995 96.7
Bearsden and Milngavie 32,306 31,606 97.8
Clydebank 36,546 35,184 96.3
Clydesdale 45,791 44,592 97.4
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 49,115 47,422 96.6
Cumnock and Doon Valley 33,528 33,110 98.8
Cunninghame 108,359 105,208 97.1
Dumbarton 61,765 57,525 93.1
East Kilbride 66,761 65,051 97.4
Eastwood 47,497 46,674 98.3
Glasgow City 549,034 518,416 94.4
Hamilton 83,794 80,750 96.4
Inverclyde 71,666 70,304 98.1
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 64,170 62,638 97.6
Kyle and Carrick 91,171 89,206 97.8
Monklands 80,257 77,727 96.8
Motherwell 112,961 108,282 95.9

for regions, islands areas and the whole of Scotland. The population figures in table B have been prepared by a method that involves a certain degree of approximation and therefore they must be treated with some caution.

Local government area Estimate of population aged 17 and over plus 63 per cent, of 16 year olds (as at 30 June 1992) (a) Parliamentary electors on the 1993 electoral registers (qualifying date 10 October 1992) (b) (b) as a percentage of (a)
Renfrew 158,855 153,571 96.7
Strathkelvin 67,063 64,005 95.4
Tayside Region 316,249 306,224 96.8
Angus 76,556 74,129 96.8
Dundee City 138,469 133,570 96.5
Perth and Kinross 101,224 98,525 97.3
Orkney Islands Area 15,372 15,553 101.2
Shetland Islands Area 17,220 16,499 95.8
Western Isles Islands Area 22,959 23,127 100.7

Table B: Parliamentary Constituencies
Parliamentary constituency Estimate of population aged 17 and over plus 63 per cent, of 16 year olds (as at 30 June 1992) Parliamentary electors on the 1993 electoral registers (qualifying date 10 October 1992) (b) as a percentage of(a)
(a) (b)
Aberdeen North 62,700 60,242 96.1
Aberdeen South 61,800 59,389 96.1
Angus East 66,400 64,223 96.7
Argyll and Bute 50,700 48,995 96.6
Ayr 68,000 66,495 97.8
Banff and Buchan 67,600 66,721 98.7
Caithness and Sutherland 31,100 31,113 100.0
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 56,700 55,821 98.4
Central Fife 57,700 56,491 97.9
Clackmannan 51,000 49,538 97.1
Clydebank and Milngavie 49,500 47,900 96.8
Clydesdale 64,900 62,978 97.0
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 49,100 47,422 96.6
Cunninghame North 57,200 55,564 97.1
Cunninghame South 51,100 49,644 97.2
Dumbarton 61,800 57,525 93.1
Dumfries 62,800 61,876 98.5
Dundee East 60,700 58,570 96.5
Dundee West 61,800 59,624 96.5
Dunfermline East 53,000 50,700 95.7
Dunfermline West 54,200 51,713 95.4
East Kilbride 66,800 65,051 97.4
East Lothian 68,100 67,541 99.2
Eastwood 65,900 64,506 97.9
Edinburgh Central 59,400 57,127 96.2
Edinburgh East 47,600 45,779 96.2
Edinburgh Leith 58,900 56,662 96.2
Edinburgh Pentlands 58,400 56,171 96.2
Edinburgh South 64,800 62,330 96.2
Edinburgh West 61,700 59,331 96.2
Falkirk East 54,100 52,550 97.1
Falkirk West 51,700 50,220 97.1
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 55,500 55,074 99.2
Glasgow Cathcart 47,300 44,623 94.3
Glasgow Central 50,800 47,963 94.4
Glasgow Garscadden 43,400 40,975 94.4
Glasgow Govan 48,300 45,629 94.5
Glasgow Hillhead 60,900 57,524 94.5
Glasgow Maryhill 51,000 48,109 94.3
Glasgow Pollok 48,500 45,786 94.4
Glasgow Provan 38,800 36,625 94.4
Glasgow Rutherglen 56,000 52,903 94.5
Glasgow Shettleston 55,300 52,263 94.5
Glasgow Springburn 48,700 46,016 94.5
Gordon 84,300 82,654 98.0
Greenock and Port Glasgow 53,200 52,185 98.1
Hamilton 64,700 62,364 96.4

Parliamentary constituency Estimate of population aged 17 and over plus 63 per cent, of 16 year olds (as at 30 June 1992) Parliamentary electors on the 1993 electoral registers (qualifying date 10 October 1992) (b) as a percentage of (a)
(a) (b)
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber 71,700 70,955 99.0
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 64,200 62,638 97.6
Kincardine and Deeside 70,800 68,218 96.4
Kirkcaldy 53,500 52,322 97.8
Linlithgow 63,300 61,884 97.8
Livingston 63,300 61,905 97.8
Midlothian 62,500 60,831 97.3
Monklands East 50,600 49,041 96.9
Monklands West 51,900 49,903 96.2
Moray 67,000 64,592 96.4
Motherwell North 60,500 57,955 95.8
Motherwell South 52,500 50,327 95.9
North East Fife 58,300 55,657 95.5
North Tayside 58,800 57,135 97.2
Orkney and Shetland 32,600 32,052 98.3
Paisley North 48,100 46,491 96.7
Paisley South 49,600 47,937 96.6
Perth and Kinross 68,500 66,672 97.3
Renfrew West and Inverclyde 61,200 59,430 97.1
Ross, Cromarty and Skye 58,000 56,967 98.2
Roxburgh and Berwickshire 44,200 44,201 100.0
Stirling 60,000 58,786 98.0
Strathkelvin and Bearsden 64,100 61,678 96.2
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 40,400 40,220 99.6
Western Isles 23,000 23,127 100.6