§ Dr. WhiteheadTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many registered electors for parliamentary elections there were in each year since 1994 in(a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland [160087]
§ Ruth KellyI have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Dr. Alan Whitehead, dated 1 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question concerning the number of registered electors for parliamentary elections in each year from 1994–2003 in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. (160087)Attached is a table showing parliamentary electors for 1994–2003 inclusive for each of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom. From 2001 the annual canvass resulted in registers that came into effect on 1 December, but prior to this they came into effect on 16 February. Due to local elections, Northern Ireland delayed the effective date of their '2003' figures until 2 February 2004.1657W
Parliamentary electors 1994 to 2003 year of register1 Parliamentary electors England 1994 36,455,151 1995 36,544,929 1996 36,626,853 1997 36,806,467 1998 36,885,805 1999 36,947,525 2000 36,994,211 2001 37,296,327 2002 37,179,095 2003 36,972,519 Wales 1994 2,222,091 1995 2,220,290 1996 2,217,893 1997 2,222,533 1998 2,230,452 1999 2,227,571 2000 2,232,474 2001 2,235,666 2002 2,225,599 2003 2,219,973 Scotland 1994 3,947,157 1995 3,961,566 1996 3,963,072 1997 3,984,406 1998 3,992,502 1999 4,011,450 2000 3,992,034 2001 3,966,801 2002 3,887,059 2003 3,857,997 Northern Ireland 1994 1,162,335 1995 1,169,423 1996 1,176,927 1997 1,190,198 1998 1,188,034 1999 1,202,339 2000 1,204,721 2001 1,196,970
Parliamentary electors 1994 to 2003 Year of register1 Parliamentary electors 2002 1,071,600 2003–041 1,067,564 1 Up to 2000 data are as at 16 February. From 2001 data are as 1 December, except Northern Ireland where '2003' data are in fact as at 2 February 2004. Source:
Office for National Statistics