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Mr. William Ross
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the six highest and six lowest numbers of electors in parliamentary constituencies in Scotland; and what is the average constituency electorate in Scotland.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The latest information available relates to the 1991 register of electors, when the average electorate was 54,369, and is as follows:
| Highest parliamentary constituency electorates | |
| Number | |
| Gordon | 78,438 |
| Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber | 68,848 |
| East Lothian | 67,223 |
| Ayr | 66,126 |
| Kincardine and Deeside | 65,660 |
| Perth and Kinross | 65,135 |
| Lowest parliamentary constituency electorates | |
| Number | |
| Western Isles | 23,073 |
| Caithness and Sutherland | 31,120 |
| Orkney and Shetland | 31,355 |
| Glasgow, Provan | 37,838 |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 39,608 |
| Glasgow, Central | 42,270 |