§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what his latest estimate is of(a) the population and (b) the electorate of each metropolitan district in England and each London borough; [90012]
(2) what his latest estimate is of (a) the population and (b) the electorate of each region in England; [90011]
(3) what his latest estimate is of (a) the population and (b) the electorate for each shire and metropolitan county and the GLA area in England. [90010]
§ Ruth KellyI have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter to George Howarth from John Pullinger, dated 13 January 2003:
387WThe National Statistician has been asked to reply to your question concerning the latest estimate of (a) the population and (b) the electorate for each shire and metropolitan county of the GLA area in England. I am also including responses to your two related questions requesting the population and the electorate for each metropolitan district in England and each London borough, and for each region in England. I am replying in the National Statisticians' absence. (90010, 90012, 90011).Attached are three tables which relate specifically to your three requests. These show the total population and the 18+ population estimated for mid-2001, and the 18+ population registered to vote as at 1 December 2001.Even though figures are shown in the tables for comparable age-ranges, it is still not easy to make direct comparisons between the population and the electorate data. For one thing, there is a difference in timing: the mid-year estimates relate to 30 June 2001 whereas electorate data are as at 1 December 2001. In addition, there are differences in population coverage. The mid-year estimates include foreign citizens resident here who are not eligible to vote and people who choose not to register. On the other hand, there are a number of reasons why the electorate data may be higher than the mid-year estimates. Students are entitled to register both at their home and their term-time addresses, and second homeowners may also register in two places. Citizens who are not resident due to working abroad may be registered as overseas voters. In addition, electoral registers may be inflated if it is some years before non-respondents to the annual electoral canvass arc deleted from electoral registers.
Table 1: 2001 population and electorate data for metropolitan and shire counties of England Thousands Persons all ages1 Persons 18+1 Electorate 18+2 Metropolitan counties 18,009.8 13,829.8 13,345.6 Greater London 7,188.0 5,568.3 5,169.9 Greater Manchester 2,482.8 1,890.6 1,903.1 Merseyside 1,361.7 1,042.1 1,041.1 South Yorkshire 1,266.5 981.0 953.9 Tyne and Wear 1,076.3 839.9 823.0 West Midlands 2,554.4 1,923.9 1,907.6 West Yorkshire 2,080.2 1,584.0 1,547.1 Shire counties 22,990.7 17,904.4 17,692.8 Bedfordshire 382.1 291.4 288.4 Buckinghamshire 479.1 366.7 359.7 Cambridgeshire 553.6 433.1 423.3 Cheshire 674.2 524.8 520.9 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 502.1 397.0 389.5 Cumbria 487.8 383.9 382.6 Derbyshire 734.9 572.6 575.5 Devon 705.6 561.4 554.3 Dorset 391.5 312.2 311.7 Durham 493.7 387.1 386.2 East Sussex 493.1 388.6 381.4 Essex 1,312.7 1,018.7 1,012.4 Gloucestershire 565.0 439.9 434.8 Hampshire 1,240.8 960.1 951.6 Hertfordshire 1,034.9 794.9 777.6 388W
Table 2: 2001 population and electorate data for districts in metropolitan counties and London boroughs Thousands Persons all ages1 Persons 18+1 Electors 18+2 Greater Manchester (metropolitan county) 2,482.8 1,890.6 1,903.1 Bolton 261.3 197.5 203.9 Bury 180.7 137.0 138.6 Manchester 392.9 300.5 312.5 Oldham 217.5 161.3 158.4 Rochdale 205.2 152.6 152.3 Salford 215.9 166.2 159.5 Stockport 284.6 219.6 218.4 Tameside 213.1 161.9 162.7 Trafford 210.2 162.0 163.7 Wigan 301.5 232.0 233.1 Merseyside (metropolitan county) 1,361.7 1,042.1 1,041.1 Knowsley 150.5 111.3 108.8 Liverpool 439.2 338.5 337.1 St. Helens 176.8 135.6 134.9 Sefton 282.9 218.0 213.6 Wirral 312.2 238.7 246.6 South Yorkshire (metropolitan county) 1,266.5 981.0 953.9 Barnsley 218.1 168.3 170.1 Doncaster 286.9 219.4 215.1 Rotherham 248.4 189.7 192.6 Sheffield 513.1 403.6 376.1 Tyne and Wear (metropolitan county) 1,076.3 839.9 823.0 Gateshead 191.2 149.4 150.2 Newcastle upon Tyne 259.6 205.0 198.3 North Tyneside 192.0 150.5 141.7 South Tyneside 152.8 117.8 115.6 Sunderland 280.8 217.2 217.2 West Midlands (metropolitan county) 2,554.4 1,923.9 1,907.6 Birmingham 976.4 719.6 714.3 Coventry 300.7 229.2 221.8 Dudley 305.1 236.8 236.5 Sandwell 282.8 213.7 213.0 Solihull 199.6 152.4 152.5 Walsall 253.3 191.5 188.2 Wolverhampton 236.4 180.7 181.3 West Yorkshire (metropolitan county) 2,080.2 1,584.0 1,547.1 Bradford 467.9 344.9 332.7 Calderdale 192.4 146.4 145.8 Kirklees 388.9 294.6 287.6 Leeds 715.5 555.4 533.0 Wakefield 315.4 242.7 248.1
Table 1: 2001 population and electorate data for metropolitan and shire counties of England Thousands Persons all ages1 Persons 18+1 Electorate 18+2 Kent 1,331.1 1,025.2 1,006.8 Lancashire 1,135.8 873.7 868.9 Leicestershire 610.3 476.1 470.7 Lincolnshire 647.6 507.5 501.4 Norfolk 797.9 634.8 625.2 Northamptonshire 630.4 480.7 477.7 Northumberland 307.4 241.5 241.8 North Yorkshire 570.1 445.5 439.3 Nottinghamshire 748.8 582.8 580.6 Oxfordshire 605.9 472.9 460.0 Shropshire 283.3 221.6 220.5 Somerset 498.7 388.5 388.0 Staffordshire 807.1 627.5 627.5 Suffolk 669.4 520.3 512.3 Surrey 1,059.5 828.6 804.1 Warwickshire 506.2 395.4 388.8/ West Sussex 754.3 592.3 579.2 Wiltshire 433.5 334.4 328.6 Worcestershire 542.2 423.1 421.5 1 Figures from the 2001 mid-year population estimates 2 Figures from the Register of Electors as at 1 December 2001 Note:
Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.
Source:
Population Estimates Unit, ONS
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Table 2: 2001 population and electorate data for districts in metropolitan counties and London boroughs Thousands Persons all ages1 Persons 18+1 Electors 18+2 London Boroughs Greater London 7,188.0 5,568.3 5,169.9 City of London 7.2 6.5 5.7 Barking and Dagenham 164.3 121.5 115.4 Barnet 315.3 243.7 230.7 Bexley 218.8 167.4 167.5 Brent 263.8 204.8 179.5 Bromley 296.2 230.5 225.8 Camden 198.4 161.4 136.9 Croydon 331.5 250.1 239.9 Ealing 301.6 234.4 212.9 Enfield 274.3 209.4 198.8 Greenwich 215.2 163.1 155.1 Hackney 203.4 150.6 130.0 Hammersmith and Fulham 165.5 135.2 114.0 Haringey 216.8 167.0 148.4 Harrow 208.0 160.5 157.5 Havering 224.7 174.6 176.2 Hillingdon 243.1 185.7 179.7 Hounslow 212.7 163.4 158.3 Islington 176.1 140.2 128.7 Kensington and Chelsea 159.1 132.0 98.9 Kingston upon Thames 147.6 116.5 100.1 Lambeth 266.8 210.2 194.1 Lewisham 249.5 191.0 179.8 Merton 188.3 147.7 133.3 Newham 244.3 172.7 155.4 Redbridge 239.3 182.0 178.4 Richmond upon Thames 172.8 137.1 129.0 Southwark 245.4 190.5 170.6 Sutton 180.2 138.1 131.2 Tower Hamlets 196.6 146.4 138.2 Waltham Forest 218.6 166.3 159.7 Wandsworth 260.8 214.0 209.1 Westminster 181.7 154.2 131.2 1 Figures from the 2001 mid-year population estimates. 2 Figures from the Register of Electors as at 1 December 2001. Note:
Figures may not add due to rounding.
Source:
Population Estimates Unit, ONS.
Table 3: 2001 population and electorate data for Government office regions of England Thousands Persons all ages1 Persons 18+1 Electors 18+2 North East 2,516.5 1,954.5 1,937.1 North West 6,731.5 5,161.6 5,167.3 Yorkshire and the Humber 4,967.2 3,824.8 3,752.1 East Midlands 4,175.1 3,233.2 3,185.5 West Midlands 5,267.1 4,033.2 3,995.5 East 5,394.9 4,179.6 4,118.7 London 7,188.0 5,568.3 5,169.9 South East 8,006.9 6,124.9 6,081.2 South West 4,934.2 3,875.9 3,824.7 1 Figures from the 2001 mid-year population estimates. 2 Figures from the Register of Electors as at 1 December 2001. Source:
Population Estimates Unit, ONS.