HC Deb 30 April 1998 vol 311 cc226-33W
Mr. Doran

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the electorates at 16 February for each ward of each local authority area in Scotland. [39752]

Mr. Dewar

The information requested is set out in the tables.

Electorate in each electoral ward: 16 February 1998
Electoral ward No. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
Name of council
Aberdeen City 3,345 3,441 3,068 3,007 4,946 3,218 3,726 3,514 3,956 2,925 3,379 2,908 3,420 3,210
Aberdeenshire 4,038 3,962 4,165 3,705 3,734 4,082 2,304 2,373 2,779 4,137 3,284 3,780 4,000 3,735
Angus
Argyll and Bute 3,259 3,181 3,613 3,261 3,339
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway 1,679 1,743 1,708 1,761 1,544 1,713 1,432 2,027 1,757 1,659 1,500 1,968 1,999 1,704
Dundee City 3,105 2,336 3,157 3,129 3,419 3,515 3,215 3,707
East Ayrshire 3,872 3,608
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of 6,475 6,380 6,171 6,925 7,162 6,092 6,458 5,726 6,541 5,857 5,927 6,005 6,706 5,546
Eilean Siar (formerly Western Isles) 534 477
Falkirk 3,201 3,104 3,913 3,159 3,309 3,322 3,350 3,243
Fife 2,777 3,168 3,540 3,584 2,672 2,795 2,447 2,746 3,316 3,151 2,757 2,898 2,803 3,099
Glasgow City 5,937 5,739 6,159 6,549 5,514 5,921 6,432 6,011 5,250 5,541 5,009 4,624 5,550 4,740
Highland 4,053 3,632 3,065 1,324 2,432 1,300 2,016 1,761 1,728 1,306 1,695 1,920 3,047 3,058
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire 4,878 3,826
North Lanarkshire 3,561 4,060 3,381 3,844 3,609 4,093 3,485 3,778 3,367 3,662 3,381 3,150 3,841 4,070
Orkney
Perth and Kinross 3,163 4,425 3,823 2,234
Renfrewshire 3,246 3,359 3,831 4,008 3,224 2,759 3,690 4,176 3,288 3,227 3,638 3,219
Scottish Borders 2,219 2,307 1,698 1,674 1,446 1,230 1,500 1,452 1,531 1,504 1,593 1,537 1,628 1,581
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire 3,036 3,177 3,567 3,938 4,252 3,095 3,718 3,705 3,108 2,850 3,301 3,473 3,084 3,059
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian

Electorate in each electoral ward: 16 February 1998
Electoral ward No. 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56
Name of council
Aberdeen City 3,436 3,354 3,304 3,018 3,367 3,211 3,396 4,058
Aberdeenshire 3,855 2,887 3,215 3,938 3,218
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway 1,644 1,952 1,766 1,494 1,745 1,869 1,470 1,493 1,264 2,153 1,735 1,267 1,329 1,658
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of 5,952 6,240 6,864 6,269 6,749 7,007 6,304 6,388 6,454 6.099 6,169 5,915 6,264 5,846
Eilean Siar (formerly Western Isles)
Falkirk
Fife 2,858 2,829 2,904 3,336 2,849 2,620 2,657 2,650 3,218 2,941 3,000 3,083 2,910 2,825
Glasgow City 5,156 4,919 6,010 6,940 6,262 6,505 4,529 4,966 4,946 5,394 5,024 5,821 5,538 6,056
Highland 3,225 2,453 3,179 2,854 2,661 3,045 2,949 2,552 4,457 3,759 3,435 1,971 1,794 1,759
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire 4,251 3,900 3,750 4,309 3,702 4,505 4,660 4,229 3,301 3,587 3,058 3,103 3,067 3,584
Orkney
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders 1,487 1,477 1,391 1,452 918 1,009 980 1,023 897 1,182 1,140 1,118 886 1,480
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire 3,272 3,166 3,354 2,962 2,868 3,369 2,980 3,034 2,971 3,066 3,248 3,097 3,216 3,480
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian

Electorate in each electoral ward: 16 February 1998
Electoral ward No. 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
Name of council
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway 1,582 1,803 1,504 1,663 1,810 1,845 1,441 1,463 2,029 1,472 1,891 1,548 1,520 1,800
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of 6,301 5,678
Eilean Siar (formerly Western Isles)
Falkirk
Fife 2,795 2,808 2,862 2,743 3,133 3,016 3,077 2,578 2,809 3,230 2,987 2,658 2,940 2,601
Glasgow City 5,669 5,757 6,806 5,301 4,643 6,507 5,371 4,708 4,072 5,138 6,134 6,268 6,042 5,576
Highland 1,372 1,890 1,204 1,732 1,998 1,761 920 1,847 1,454 1,667 1,727 2,113 2,136 1,646
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire 3,859 3,672 3,692 3,037 2,857 2,801 3,240 3,102 3,241 3,371 3,282 3,319 2,806
Orkney
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders 1,079 1,185
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire 3,606 3,669 3,660 3,197 4,311 3,402 3,663 3,121 3,215 3,741 3,638 2,921 2,856 3,816
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian

Electorate in each electoral ward: 16 February 1998
Electoral ward No. 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84
Name of council
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar (formerly Western Isles)
Falkirk
Fife 3,136 3,932 3,024 2,599 3,822 3,296 3,783 2,807 3,161 2,697 2,990 3,148 3,630 3,478
Glasgow City 6,408 5,384 4,979 5,056 6,289 6,840 5,287 5,664 4,574 5,195 4,425 4,570 3,606
Highland 2,248 2,348
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire 2,636 2,726 4,164 2,984
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian

Electorate in each electoral ward: 16 February 1998
Electoral ward No. 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92
Name of council
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute

Electorate in each electoral ward: 16 February 1998
Electoral ward No. 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar (formerly Western Isles)
Falkirk
Fife 3,314 3,316 3,507 3,161 3,228 3,853 3,565 3,064
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland
South Ayrshire —
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian

Mr. Doran

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the size of the electorates as of 16 February for each(a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local government area in Scotland. [39751]

Mr. Dewar

The information is set out in the tables.

Electors
Parliamentary Constituency
Aberdeen Central 53,713
Aberdeen, North 55,009
Aberdeen, South 60,968
Airdrie and Shotts 58,534
Angus 60,427
Argyll and Bute 50,271
Ayr 57,000
Banff and Buchan 58,949
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 41,902
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 66,588
Central Fife 59,123
Clydebank and Milngavie 52,963
Clydesdale 64,548
Coatbridge and Chryston 52,501
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 49,201
Cunninghame, North 56,374
Cunninghame, South 50,727
Dumbarton 57,013
Dumfries 63,513
Dundee, East 58,629
Dundee, West 56,937
Dunfermline, East 52,200
Dunfermline, West 53,361
East Kilbride 66,479
East Lothian 58,577
Eastwood 68,021
Edinburgh Central 64,051
Edinburgh, East and Musselburgh 60,364
Edinburgh, North and Leith 61,786
Edinburgh Pentlands 60,729

Electors
Edinburgh, South 63,775
Edinburgh, West 61,988
Falkirk, East 57,629
Falkirk, West 53,427
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 53,406
Glasgow Anniesland 53,397
Glasgow Baillieston 49,062
Glasgow Cathcart 50,429
Glasgow Govan 50,870
Glasgow Kelvin 57,058
Glasgow Maryhill 53,506
Glasgow Pollok 48,303
Glasgow Rutherglen 51,059
Glasgow Shettleston 48,209
Glasgow Springburn 53,427
Gordon 59,621
Greenock and Inverclyde 49,400
Hamilton North and Bellshill 54,403
Hamilton, South 47,145
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber 66,531
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 62,171
Kircaldy 52,079
Linlithgow 54,728
Livingston 61,800
Midlothian 48,772
Moray 58,845
Motherwell and Wishaw 53,004
North East Fife 59,820
North Tayside 62,230
Ochil 57,715
Orkney and Shetland 32,761
Paisley, North 49,915
Paisley, South 54,436
Perth 61,457
Ross, Skye and Inverness, West 56,448
Roxburgh and Berwickshire 47,907
Stirling 53,452
Strathkelvin and Bearsden 64,016

Electors
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 51,811
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 60,270
West Renfrewshire 53,223
Western Isles 22,539
Total 3,992,502
Local authority
Aberdeen City 171,445
Aberdeenshire 173,140
Angus 87,049
Argyll and Bute 70,350
Clackmannanshire 37,049
Dumfries and Galloway 117,126
Dundee City 115,890
East Ayrshire 94,477
East Dunbartonshire 85,476
East Lothian 70,592
East Renfrewshire 68,116
Edinburgh, City of 364,612
Eilean Siar 22,565
Falkirk 111,114
Fife 277,321
Glasgow, City of 474,620
Highland 165,308
Inverclyde 67,636
Midlothian 62,370
Moray 65,243
North Ayrshire 107,242
North Lanarkshire 248,028
Orkney Islands 15,697
Perth and Kinross 105,488
Renfrewshire 139,662
Scottish Borders 86,431
Shetland Islands 17,130
South Ayrshire 91,579
South Lanarkshire 237,165
Stirling 66,415
West Dunbartonshire 72,701
West Lothian 116,683
Total 4,005,720