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Referendum

Volume 897: debated on Thursday 7 August 1975

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asked the Lord President of the Council whether he will publish by districts the proportion of the electorate who voted in the referendum on 5th June on British membership of the EEC.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the number of votes cast in the referendum in each local government or equivalent district.

pursuant to his replies [Official Report, 23rd and 24th June 1975; Vol 894, c. 65 and 118], circulated the following information:

Area

Total electors

Number of ballot papers counted

Ballot papers counted as percentage of total electors

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Per cent
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Aylesbury Vale81,12754,71167
Beaconsfield46,07931,96969
Chiltern64,28445,95371
Milton Keynes57,13638,43267
Wycombe102,87869,85768
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Cambridge76,61145,45559
East Cambridgeshire38,02422,92960
Fenland49,58128,39857
Huntingdon70,82345,95965
Peterborough77,62748,60663
South Cambridgeshire68,44445,11366
CHESHIRE
Chester84,77654,39764
Congleton54,56136,66367
Crewe and Nantwich72,75844,64361
Ellesmere Port56,43037,26266
Halton74,22846,30362
Macclesfield105,82173,12769
Vale Royal78,49550,56364
Warrington113,74972,56064
CLEVELAND
Hartlepool67,66840,56260
Langbaurgh106,31264,60161
Middlesbrough105,97559,27656
Stockton-on-Tees118,32072,15561
CORNWALL
Caradon45,33231,28069
Carrick56,22937,46967
Kerrier59,03037,81964
North Cornwall45,85129,93665
Penwith41,38426,75065
Restormel55,63336,30365
Cumbria
Allerdale70,60043,91462
Barrow-in-Furness54,65635,65565
Carlisle74,20048,50765
Copeland51,56832,86164
Eden31,40319,16561
South Lakeland71,28346,38665
DERBYSHIRE
Amber Valley82,08853,46165
Bolsover52,49930,77659
Chesterfield71,57643,29760
Derby157,73696,50461
Erewash74,04748,75866
High Peak58,70839,96768
North East Derbyshire67,65542,35763
South Derbyshire45,97930,63367
West Derbyshire49,69733,06567
Devon
East Devon78,45853,61768
Exeter68,16645,61967
North Devon54,53237,61769
Plymouth171,542110,07464
South Hams49,05733,50668
Teignbridge71,74749,04068
Tiverton40,59026,60766
Torbay86,72859,84169
Torridge35,18823,47767
West Devon30,71620,69667

Area

Total electors

Number of ballot papers counted

Ballot papers counted as percentage of total electors

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Per cent
DORSET
Bournemouth118,87676,87765
Christchurch28,84420,04369
North Dorset33,04122,68969
Poole84,20757,69569
Purbeck27,59618,45367
West Dorset58,23239,39368
Weymouth and Portland40,52726,92066
Wimborne44,66431,40170
DURHAM
Chester-le-Street35,79823,95467
Darlington72,95245,99263
Derwentside69,39241,90960
Durham63,16439,67763
Easington77,37043,25156
Sedgefield64,85939,44361
Teesdale18,61611,09360
Wear Valley47,69128,07259
EAST SUSSEX
Brighton123,69875,28261
Eastbourne57,77939,02768
Hastings57,57636,40163
Hove72,52646,49064
Lewes57,89939,44268
Rother60,22241,60969
Wealden86,83858,27867
ESSEX
Basildon93,72463,54068
Braintree73,43949,61468
Brentwood53,27737,54070
Castle Point57,60838,53867
Chelmsford91,57963,01869
Colchester88,16257,79666
Epping Forest86,31057,94367
Harlow53,85335,74266
Maldon31,99121,82368
Rochford49,89633,91568
Southend-on-Sea125,06181,38565
Tendring85,81556,40266
Thurrock90,69958,88365
Uttlesford40,88928,00468
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Cheltenham63,70142,44067
Cotswold48,74631,89565
Forest of Dean51,23733,66866
Gloucester63,34041,14165
Stroud69,32948,84470
Tewkesbury56,00539,70071
GREATER LONDON
Barking120,51476,35663
Barnet222,750142,86864
Bexley162,913112,66569
Brent194,230108,98356
Bromley227,980156,39869
Camden145,83479,33754
Croydon240,309153,61364
Ealing205,554128,24562
Enfield201,030123,76062
Greenwich161,534100,42362
Hackney149,50470,43647
Hammersmith113,05067,80260
Haringey161,63987,15754
Harrow152,324104,02968
Havering180,807121,19267

Area

Total electors

Number of ballot papers counted

Ballot papers counted as percentage of total electors

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Per cent
Hillingdon171,240114,44067
Hounslow150,98497,24664
Islington126,43963,79250
Kensington and Chelsea122,73365,11053
Kingston upon Thames105,49471,75468
Lambeth205,731106,37052
Lewisham191,988111,46658
Merton136,13988,43365
Newham178,82491,99451
Redbridge179,315114,99364
Richmond upon Thames125,89888,73270
Southwark183,97095,58752
Sutton128,05586,62568
Tower Hamlets114,37454,56248
Waltham Forest173,583105,61561
Wandsworth211,083122,34958
Westminster, City of146,97782,70456
GREATER MANCHESTER
Bolton190,629126,92867
Bury128,06388,42669
Manchester361,031205,41857
Oldham163,319103,87964
Rochdale149,95495,66964
Salford193,635118,54761
Stockport212,550145,28968
Tameside163,499105,03164
Trafford167,381109,95366
Wigan222,709140,74663
HAMPSHIRE
Basingstoke79,04953,78668
East Hampshire57,58338,63967
Eastleigh58,65140,82870
Fareham58,41540,18669
Gosport50,08132,79965
Hart44,94631,30470
Havant77,87651,90567
New Forest102,56369,24368
Portsmouth139,94789,58564
Rushmoor48,79532,07666
Southampton158,049100,32063
Test Valley58,96139,64467
Winchester63,11943,30069
HEREFORD AND WORCESTER
Bromsgrove56,12339,69171
Hereford33,86021,38163
Leominster26,52916,88164
Malvern Hills58,61338,53966
Redditch33,86822,37966
South Herefordshire32,41720,65164
Worcester54,13234,00563
Wychavon63,22241,63666
Wyre Forest65,93343,56066
HERTFORDSHIRE
Broxbourne51,08434,76168
Dacorum87,16562,20971
East Hertfordshire75,12450,51667
Hertsmere65,86245,63569
North Hertfordshire73,92551,73170
St. Albans86,54960,82070
Stevenage48,78332,79967
Three Rivers57,53839,97869
Watford56,22738,02068
Welwyn Hatfield68,35948,43771

Area

Total electors

Number of ballot papers counted

Ballot papers counted as percentage of total electors

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Per cent
HUMBERSIDE
Beverley77,61052,64868
Boothferry42,01424,69159
Cleethorpes48,13530,13263
Glanford43,71126,54661
Grimsby67,06939,56259
Holderness31,28220,80567
Kingston upon Hull204,278126,23262
North Wolds53,70132,71761
Scunthorpe47,76926,50655
ISLES OF SCILLY (no districts)1,4621,08574
ISLE OF WIGHT
Medina50,05633,17866
South Wight37,39825,19167
KENT
Ashford59,16639,95168
Canterbury86,61858,12667
Dartford57,72038,83267
Dover75,56651,73068
Gillingham62,99642,61468
Gravesham68,63446,74968
Maidstone88,99658,33666
Medway100,84963,46463
Sevenoaks76,71953,76770
Shepway65,15042,46065
Swale77,08050,19965
Thanet93,16059,67764
Tonbridge and Mailing66,17945,41559
Tunbridge Wells69,85247,05267
LANCASHIRE
Blackburn102,40764,94163
Blackpool116,80874,31864
Burnley68,71746,28867
Chorley60,61739,95666
Fylde53,80135,84467
Hyndburn60,98140,77167
Lancaster93,41662,49967
Pendle65,27545,44970
Preston94,37859,73963
Ribble Valley36,40625,23269
Rossendale46,44631,43568
South Ribble64,47043,71368
West Lancashire71,96345,39263
Wyre75,67749,44665
LEICESTERSHIRE
Blaby53,70437,74670
Charnwood95,87165,62568
Harborough42,06729,31270
Hinckley and Bosworth59,51841,10269
Leicester204,588126,85162
Melton29,79519,70566
North West Leicestershire55,99137,29167
Oadby and Wigston37,29126,49571
Rutland19,12212,80267
LINCOLNSHIRE
Boston37,75421,79358
East Lindsey73,84345,31861
Lincoln53,32034,84265
North Kesteven51,75732,85663
South Holland44,29425,85958
South Kesteven65,35442,14064
West Lindsey51,02933,14065

Area

Total electors

Number of ballot papers counted

Ballot papers counted as percentage of total electors

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Per cent
MERSEYSIDE
Knowsley127,31573,89958
Liverpool416,138244,88259
St. Helens138,49482,82560
Sefton222,570146,15666
Wirral256,710172,20467
NORFOLK
Breckland62,82039,71363
Broadland67,04844,03166
Great Yarmouth58,10934,95060
North Norfolk60,90138,69364
Norwich91,79757,40063
South Norfolk65,84142,88165
West Norfolk85,28052,07661
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Corby36,08722,00861
Daventry37,58625,58468
East Northamptonshire43,67429,30567
Kettering51,70234,05666
Northampton101,16465,91165
South Northamptonshire42,14829,11469
Wellingborough43,31028,57566
NORTHUMBERLAND
Alnwick21,84513,90664
Berwick-upon-Tweed20,87513,17163
Blyth Valley50,63333,12165
Castle Morpeth34,21822,72366
Tynedale40,34826,02464
Wansbeck47,49829,54162
NORTH YORKSHIRE
Craven34,95024,46870
Hambleton51,15732,10563
Harrogate97,76362,68464
Richmondshire28,01615,89157
Ryedale56,13536,22765
Scarborough78,08248,70262
Selby51,42132,67064
York77,94349,11063
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Ashfield75,95046,23561
Bassetlaw70,42744,36663
Broxtowe74,88150,69268
Gedling73,73448,73066
Mansfield70,39042,65861
Newark72,54645,82763
Nottingham210,252121,46358
Rushcliffe64,96545,25270
OXFORDSHIRE
Cherwell64,81843,52167
Oxford80,02749,88862
South Oxfordshire95,99964,86868
Vale of White Horse67,49546,19568
West Oxfordshire54,08336,65568
SALOP
Bridgnorth34,22821,63063
North Shropshire34,75320,65959
Oswestry22,65013,58860
Shrewsbury and Atcham60,92238,20263
South Shropshire25,28015,04760
The Wrekin75,27145,62761

Area

Total electors

Number of ballot papers counted

Ballot papers counted as percentage of total electors

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Per cent
SOMERSET
Mendip59,42639,94267
Sedgemoor62,93641,18065
Taunton Deane61,28341,09967
West Somerset23,16015,61767
Yeovil90,63860,71267
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Barnsley163,568101,40062
Doncaster202,894125,93362
Rotherham176,356106,22960
Sheffield421,692262,58262
STAFFORDSHIRE
Cannock Chase58,13136,61963
East Staffordshire68,54243,81764
Lichfield58,91140,49269
Newcastle-under-Lyme89,99659,59466
South Staffordshire61,93041,02566
Stafford80,41753,16166
Staffordshire Moorlands68,36543,74964
Stoke-on-Trent194,266113,66059
Tamworth33,25622,45568
SUFFOLK
Babergh48,98331,93465
Forest Heath26,16116,15162
Ipswich88,85356,61964
Mid-Suffolk47,76029,93363
St. Edmundsbury55,00835,21664
Suffolk Coastal64,72642,39065
Waveney71,51345,97864
SURREY
Elmbridge84,91160,27271
Epsom and Ewell50,23934,67569
Guildford88,47359,64067
Mole Valley58,24341,86272
Reigate and Banstead86,24159,79869
Runnymede54,29535,97666
Spelthorne70,20948,47569
Surrey Heath46,68332,12369
Tandridge56,57339,46770
Waverley79,68055,01369
Woking54,79538,00169
TYNE AND WEAR
Gateshead164,040102,42862
Newcastle-upon-Tyne223,936136,39961
North Tyneside151,848100,91466
South Tyneside129,25181,16963
Sunderland212,985126,09859
WARWICKSHIRE
North Warwickshire42,15828,33267
Nuneaton79,19952,84967
Rugby60,06541,54769
Stratford-on-Avon70,10346,54266
Warwick80,31053,79367
WEST MIDLANDS
Birmingham771,636466,23360
Coventry236,769154,08865
Dudley219,891141,84065
Sandwell238,230138,95058
Solihull139,53696,36569
Walsall194,785123,05863
Wolverhampton191,455113,25459

Area

Total electors

Number of ballot papers counted

Ballot papers counted as percentage of total electors

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Per cent
WEST SUSSEX
Adur44,41130,69069
Arun87,58858,38067
Chichester72,07347,31166
Crawley50,75135,08169
Horsham66,21145,56769
Mid-Sussex76,16252,60869
Worthing73,01949,13767
WEST YORKSHIRE
Bradford327,257212,23465
Calderdale143,80294,56866
Kirklees270,634173,26564
Leeds539,882333,62462
Wakefield219,330131,81460
WLLTSHIRE
Kennet44,42428,41064
North Wiltshire69,71046,67267
Salisbury72,79147,47765
Thamesdown99,04265,03166
West Wiltshire66,63246,16069
CLWYD
Alyn and Deeside48,49132,17466
Colwyn36,11924,19967
Delyn44,71629,29266
Glyndwr29,26319,47367
Rhuddlan38,39824,94765
Wrexham Maelor78,77649,37863
DYFED
Carmarthen38,63425,48766
Ceredigion44,08129,10066
Dinefwr28,49619,41868
Llanelli58,96038,68366
Preseli46,22130,28366
South Pembrokeshire27,56218,01265
GWENT
Blaenau Gwent62,26041,51167
Islwyn48,92832,25566
Monmouth48,15532,76868
Newport93,78765,07169
Torfaen64,63942,79266
GWYNEDD
Aberconwy39,53125,90166
Arfon39,90624,79062
Dwyfor20,82912,42360
Merionnydd24,04216,67069
Ynys Mon—Isle of Anglesey45,22827,98362
MID GLAMORGAN
Cynon Valley51,58933,91466
Merthyr Tydfil45,20330,18267
Ogwr91,55260,94867
Rhondda65,89244,52168
Rhymney Valley74,28948,54665
Taff-Ely65,70442,20864
POWYS
Brecknock28,33820,00671
Montgomery34,20622,10665
Radnor14,9469,88966
SOUTH GLAMORGAN
Cardiff204,579132,73965
Vale of Glamorgan74,13350,76768

Area

Total electors

Number of ballot papers counted

Ballot papers counted as percentage of total electors

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Per cent
WEST GLAMORGAN
Afan42,33828,27967
Lliw Valley44,26830,02368
Neath50,80735,23069
Swansea137,92690,36366
NORTHERN IRELAND (Constituencies)
Antrim—North102,38243,78643
Antrim—South118,88652,71044
Armagh90,62740,56845
Belfast—East77,67941,54453
Belfast—North69,95833,27448
Belfast—South72,64839,40234
Belfast—West63,30725,13640
Down—North93,93746,35349
Down—South89,82444,09549
Fermanagh and South Tyrone70,31440,66758
Londonderry92,34040,79544
Mid-Ulster80,28240,02350

Notes:

(1) Figures for the number of ballot papers counted in districts in Scotland are not available because no separate district verification was undertaken.
(2) The figures for total electors are taken from the 1975 Register and include peers, merchant seamen and registered Service voters as well as young people who become entitled to vote before 16th February 1976 by reaching their 18th birthday.
(3) Column 3 includes votes rejected at the counting stages.
(4) The percentages given in Column 4 are subject to error because:
(a) The names of people who have died or emigrated since 10th October 1975 (or 15th September 1974 in Northern Ireland) will still appear on the register; as will those entitled to vote before 16th February 1976 who were not 18 on 5th June 1975;
(b) Some voters may be registered at more than one address;
(c) Column 2 includes all members of the forces and their spouses who were registered as service voters on 16th February 1975. These would have been entitled to vote under the normal electoral arrangements and if they did so would be included in Column 3. They might, however, have been entitled to vote instead in accordance with the special arrangements made under Section 1(5) of the Referendum Act and if they did so they would not be included in Column 3.