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Mr. John D. Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the size of the electorate in each Northern Ireland constituency; and what they were immediately following the last revision of parliamentary boundaries in Northern Ireland.
Dr. Mawhinney
The number of electors in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland on the electoral register in 1990 and in 1983—the first register with details of the revised parliamentary constituencies—was:
| Constituency | 1990 Register | 1983 Register |
| Belfast East | 53,933 | 56,065 |
| Belfast North | 56,991 | 61,703 |
| Belfast South | 53,516 | 54,115 |
| Belfast West | 57,456 | 60,404 |
| East Antrim | 63,025 | 59,372 |
| East Londonderry | 75,407 | 68,215 |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 70,535 | 68,913 |
| Foyle | 74,558 | 67,918 |
| Lagan Valley | 71,904 | 60,685 |
| Mid Ulster | 69,415 | 64,840 |
| Newry and Armagh | 68,154 | 62,896 |
| North Antrim | 69,562 | 63,951 |
| North Down | 68,496 | 62,194 |
| Strangford | 68,242 | 60,813 |
| South Antrim | 66,763 | 59,931 |
| South Down | 75,364 | 67,723 |
| Upper Bann | 67,281 | 61,447 |
| Totals | 1,130,602 | 1,061,185 |