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Mr. George Grant
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the present size of electorates in each of the parliamentary constituencies in the Northern Region.
Mr. John
The information requested is as follows:
| ELECTORATES IN NORTHERN REGION CONSTITUENCIES | ||
| Parliamentary Constituency | Provisional 1977 Parliamentary Elections | |
| Barrow-in-Furness | … | 54,421 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | … | 42,703 |
| Bishop Auckland | … | 75,134 |
| Blaydon | … | 58,316 |
| Blyth | … | 77,687 |
| Carlisle | … | 53,815 |
| Chester-le-Street | … | 79,588 |
| Cleveland and Whitby* | … | 64,651 |
| Consett | … | 58,320 |
| Darlington | … | 63,408 |
| Durham | … | 77,382 |
| Easington | … | 65,416 |
| Gateshead, East | … | 63,904 |
| Gateshead, West | … | 30,180 |
| Hartlepool | … | 65,968 |
| Hexham | … | 66,846 |
| Houghton-le-Spring | … | 60,609 |
| Jarrow | … | 55,991 |
| Morecambe and Lonsdale* | … | 68,597 |
| Morpeth | … | 49,764 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne, Central | … | 23,683 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne, East | … | 45,463 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne, North | … | 39,898 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne, West | … | 81,410 |
| Durham, North-West | … | 63,329 |
| Penrith and The Border | … | 56,974 |
| Richmond, Yorks | … | 64,669 |
| Skipton* | … | 53,438 |
| South Shields | … | 71,437 |
| Sunderland, North | … | 74,502 |
| Sunderland, South | … | 78,009 |
| Middlesbrough | … | 64,573 |
| Redcar | … | 63,249 |
| Stockton | … | 88,181 |
| Thornaby | … | 62,518 |
| Tynemouth | … | 75,801 |
| Wallsend | … | 90,179 |
| Westmorland | … | 58,189 |
| Whitehaven | … | 52,224 |
| Workington | … | 55,134 |
| * Partly in another region. | ||