To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland was was (a) the estimated population, (b) the estimated electorate and (c) the estimated total net valuation in each of the past five years for each of the 26 local authorities in Northern Ireland.
The information requested is set out in the tables.
Local Authority
| 1986
| 1987
| 1988
| 1989
| 1990
|
| Castlereagh | 45,580 | 46,005 | 46,052 | 46,739 | 47,435 |
| Coleraine | 33,960 | 34,623 | 34,897 | 35,697 | 36,717 |
| Cookstown | 20,433 | 20,551 | 20,757 | 20,830 | 21,254 |
| Craigavon | 51,293 | 51,716 | 51,552 | 52,764 | 53,657 |
| Derry | 57,809 | 58,310 | 59,862 | 60,423 | 61,999 |
| Down | 36,867 | 37,269 | 37,735 | 38,697 | 39,440 |
| Dungannon | 30,906 | 30,991 | 31,269 | 31,270 | 31,919 |
| Fermanagh | 38,052 | 37,868 | 37,495 | 37,300 | 38,615 |
| Lame | 20,926 | 21,295 | 21,303 | 21,794 | 22,184 |
| Limavady | 17,292 | 17,514 | 18,369 | 18,534 | 18,739 |
| Lisburn | 60,660 | 61,551 | 62,627 | 65,490 | 67,825 |
| Magherafelt | 23,867 | 24,378 | 24,662 | 24,664 | 25,028 |
| Moyle | 10,135 | 10,210 | 10,289 | 10,404 | 10,546 |
| Newry and Mourne | 53,542 | 54,709 | 54,763 | 55,980 | 57,387 |
| Newtownabbey | 52,249 | 52,718 | 52,751 | 53,674 | 54,577 |
| North Down | 49,299 | 50,089 | 50,833 | 51,660 | 53,224 |
| Omagh | 29,550 | 29,884 | 29,992 | 29,933 | 30,410 |
| Strabane | 23,578 | 24,023 | 24,062 | 23,975 | 25,233 |
| TOTALS | 1,079,082 | 1,093,501 | 1,098,481 | 1,109,450 | 1,130,595 |
Total non-exempt net annual value
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Local authority
| 1985–86 (£)
| 1986–87 (£)
| 1987–88 (£)
| 1988–89 (£)
| 1989–90 (£)
|
| Antrim | 5,830,012 | 5,994,112 | 6,187,649 | 6,513,335 | 6,570,755 |
| Ards | 6,763,974 | 6,924,571 | 7,005,564 | 7,180,240 | 7,321,190 |
| Armagh | 4,271,435 | 4,488,904 | 4,563,290 | 4,677,142 | 4,747,395 |
| Ballymena | 7,039,259 | 7,228,749 | 7,379,867 | 7,534,520 | 7,684,498 |
| Ballymoney | 2,198,716 | 2,275,208 | 2,341,678 | 2,396,412 | 2,427,267 |
| Banbridge | 3,018,341 | 3,147,404 | 3,222,734 | 3,316,300 | 3,390,459 |
| Belfast | 48,306,943 | 49,953,444 | 50,605,570 | 51,043,470 | 51,732,828 |
| Carrickfergus | 4,119,067 | 4,258,133 | 4,357,282 | 4.535,074 | 4,684,614 |
| Castlereagh | 6,946,923 | 7,139,971 | 7,294,741 | 7,408,177 | 7,649,732 |
| Coleraine | 6,715,965 | 6,886,587 | 7,015,869 | 7.213.131 | 7,385,174 |
| Cookstown | 2,588,584 | 2,674,125 | 2,766,598 | 2.X35.745 | 2,905,501 |
| Craigavon | 9,128,023 | 9,636,690 | 9,753,690 | 9,903,051 | 10,035,007 |
| Derry | 10,292,053 | 10,496,041 | 10,713,397 | 10,910,232 | 11,126,709 |
| Down | 5,033,246 | 5,133,055 | 5,256,985 | 5,420,047 | 5,588,768 |
| Dungannon | 3,760,555 | 3,917,281 | 4,026,362 | 4,153,398 | 4,240,870 |
| Fermanagh | 4,308,166 | 4,544,234 | 4,667,363 | 4,770,953 | 4,938,799 |
| Lame | 3,515,785 | 3,608,122 | 3,637,364 | 3,699,924 | 3,815,754 |
| Limavady | 2,436,042 | 2,496,315 | 2,565,414 | 2,611,704 | 2,661,796 |
| Lisburn | 10,977,484 | 11,360,776 | 11,563,568 | 11,997,608 | 12,422,095 |
| Magherafelt | 2,849,759 | 2,974,285 | 3,028,959 | 3,127,147 | 3,243,890 |
| Moyle | 1,255,239 | 1,303,200 | 1,324,525 | 1,355,398 | 1,381,285 |
| Newry & Mourne | 6,577,276 | 6,851,324 | 7,121,027 | 7,432,529 | 7,673,345 |
| Newtonabbey | 10,115,650 | 10,377,191 | 10,515,650 | 10,639,684 | 10,585,369 |
| North Down | 8,207,959 | 8,422,604 | 8,537,887 | 8,687,086 | 8,835,188 |
| Omagh | 3,561,677 | 3,741,905 | 3,886,309 | 4,013,140 | 4,121,208 |
| Strabane | 2,555,439 | 2,656,999 | 2,725,852 | 2,818,197 | 2,978,889 |
| Totals | 182,373,572 | 188,491,230 | 192,065,194 | 196,193,644 | 200,148,385 |