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Written question asked by Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 6 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 December 2005. It was answered by Baroness Harman (Labour) on Monday, 19 December 2005 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.


Electoral Register

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what percentage of households in each (a) London borough and (b) constituency were on the electoral register on 1 January; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

I have been asked to reply.Treasury has transferred this question to my Department as we deal with Electoral Policy.The most recent published statistics on electoral registration are for 1 December 2004. Following, there are two tables showing:"1. The number of local government electors in each London borough; and""2. The number of parliamentary electors in each London constituency."Please note that these statistics relate to individual electors rather than to households. Estimates on the percentage of individuals and households registered are not available at constituency or borough level.

Table 1: Number of registered local government electors at 1 December 2004, by London borough
Borough Number of local government electors
Barking and Dagenham 119,372
Barnet 214,421
Bexley 171,904
Brent 180,665
Bromley 228,983
Camden 144,326
City of London 6,018
Croydon 246,866
Ealing 215,814
Enfield 194,611
Greenwich 160,176
Hackney 129,274
Hammersmith and Fulham 116,144
Haringey 152,486
Harrow 162,049
Havering 175,668
Hillingdon 181,145
Hounslow 165,583
Islington 120,297
Kensington and Chelsea 98,629
Kingston upon Thames 99,014
Lambeth 203,055
Lewisham 177,731
Merton 135,678
Newham 171,815
Redbridge 181,192
Richmond upon Thames 120,146
Southwark 180,173
Sutton 131,315
Tower Hamlets 145,444
Waltham Forest 159,399
Wandsworth 211,816
Westminster 135,810
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Table 2: Number of registered parliamentary electors at 1 December 2004, by constituency in London
Constituency Number of parliamentary electors
Barking 57,310
Battersea 69,093
Beckenham 75,143
Bethnal Green and Bow 82,157
Bexleyheath and Crayford 64,840
Brent East 55,115
Brent North 59,629
Brent South 55,722
Brentford and Isleworth 79,433
Bromley and Chislehurst 71,532
Camberwell and Peckham 55,755
Carshalton and Wallington 66,949
Chingford and Woodford Green 61,585
Chipping Barnet 66,260
Cities of London and Westminster 71,321
Croydon Central 81,038
Croydon North 83,826
Croydon South 77,071
Dagenham 60,311
Dulwich and West Norwood 72,148
Ealing North 78,180
Baling, Acton and Shepherd's Bush 70,094
Ealing, Southall 83,471
East Ham 77,547
Edmonton 58,676
Eltham 57,267
Enfield North 66,378
Enfield, Southgate 63,539
Erith and Thamesmead 71,774
Feltham and Heston 80,476
Finchley and Golders Green 69,252
Greenwich and Woolwich 63,764
Hackney North and Stoke Newington 58,635
Hackney South and Shoreditch 63,776
Hammersmith and Fulham 78,295
Hampstead and Highgate 66,725
Harrow East 84,044
Harrow West 74,286
Hayes and Harlington 57,810
Hendon 70,959
Holborn and St. Pancras 66,301
Hornchurch 60,256
Hornsey and Wood Green 76,646
Ilford North 69,972
Ilford South 78,296
Islington North 56,975
Islington South and Finsbury 56,457
Kensington and Chelsea 61,426
Kingston and Surbiton 71,231
Lewisham East 57,616
Lewisham West 57,998
Lewisham, Deptford 56,519
Leyton and Wanstead 60,089
Mitcham and Morden 65,608
North Southwark and Bermondsey 77,088
Old Bexley and Sidcup 68,072
Orpington 78,925
Poplar and Canning Town 83,129
Putney 61,279
Regent's Park and Kensington North 77,350
Richmond Park 69,025
Romford 58,993
Ruislip-Northwood 61,206
Streatham 78,615
Sutton and Cheam 62,321
Tooting 70,201
Tottenham 66,400
Twickenham 71,116
Upminster 55,493
Uxbridge 58,311
Vauxhall 79,022
Walthamstow 62,833
West Ham 61,634
Wimbledon 63,943
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
36462; 440 c2463-5W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Greater London Electoral register
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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