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Electoral Register

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Letter from Jil Matheson, National Statistician, to Lord Roberts of Conwy, dated November 2009. As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your questions asking what was the average number of electors per parliamentary constituency in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland, at the latest date for which figures are available. (HL6226) The table below shows the average number of parliamentary electors in (a) English, (b) Welsh, (c) Scottish and (d) Northern Ireland parliamentary constituencies for 2008 which is the latest date for which figures are available.

Average number of electors per parliamentary constituency. ¹
	2008
England	71,668
Wales	56,544
Scotland	65,850
Northern Ireland	63,055

"1. Parliamentary constituencies are based on existing boundaries.""Source: Office for National Statistics, General Register Office for Scotland, and Electoral Office for Northern Ireland." "Source: Office for National Statistics, General Register Office for Scotland, and Electoral Office for Northern Ireland."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

6226; 714 c137WA

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Constituencies Electorate Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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