§ Mr. Robert McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will state, by constituency, the number of absent postal and proxy votes allowed in the 30 May elections and the equivalents figures in the 1992 general election. [32077]
§ Mr. AncramThe figures are in the table.
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Number of postal papers allowed and issued Number of proxy votes allowed and issued Constituency 1992 1996 1992 1996 Belfast, East 486 634 195 178 Belfast, North 374 566 241 180 Belfast, South 675 621 181 149 Belfast, West 443 458 271 235 North Antrim 831 1,105 201 163 South Antrim 676 698 286 241 East Antrim 706 575 296 228
Number of postal papers allowed and issued Number of proxy votes allowed and issued Constituency 1992 1996 1992 1996 North Down 755 713 293 190 South Down 4,166 2,115 1,192 555 East Londonderry 2,010 1,517 399 275 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 5,417 4,336 430 638 Foyle 1,285 1,081 246 200 Lagan Valley 844 1,065 260 195 Mid-Ulster 3,245 2,676 393 443 Newry and Armagh 3,384 2,174 195 349 Strangford 698 872 240 180 Upper Bann 1,587 1,546 266 178 West Tyrone n/a 1,913 n/a 410 Totals 27,582 24,665 5,585 4,987