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Referendum Voting

Volume 300: debated on Friday 7 November 1997

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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for (a) each of the county and county borough council areas and (b) Wales the percentage of the total registered electorate who voted (i) Yes and (ii) No, in the Assembly referendum; and if he will give the percentage turnout and the total number voting ranked by the percentage voting Yes. [14620]

The information requested is as follows:

Country/country boroughValid "yes" votes as percentage of electorateValid "no" votes as percentage of electorate
Blaenau Gwent27.721.7
Bridgend27.523.1
Caerphilly27.022.3
Cardiff20.826.1
Carmarthenshire36.819.6
Ceredigion33.623.2
Conwy21.130.4
Denbighshire20.329.4
Flintshire15.725.4
Gwynedd38.321.5
Isle of Anglesey29.027.9
Merthyr Tydfil28.820.7
Monmouthshire16.234.3
Neath Port Talbot34.517.4
Newport17,228.7
Pembrokeshire22.530.1
Powys24.032.2
Rhondda Cynon Taff29.220.7
Swansea24.522.6
Torfaen22.722.8
Vale of Glamorgan19.934.4
Wrexham19.223.2
Wales total25.224.9
County/county borough"Yes" votes as percentage of electoratePercentage turnoutTotal ballot papers counted (including rejected ballot papers)
Gwynedd38.360.055,467
Carmarthenshire36.856.675,523
Neath Port Talbot34.552.155,439
Ceredigion33.657.131,103
Rhondda Cynon Taff29.249.987,700
Isle of Anglesey29.057.030,830
Merthyr Tydfil28.849.821,950
Blaenau Gwent27.749.627,312
Bridgend27.550.851,053
Caerphilly27.049.563,927
Swansea24.547.382,701
Powys24.056.554,269
Torfaen22.745.631,700
Pembrokeshire22.552.846,847
Conwy21.151.645,020
Cardiff20.847.0107,523
Denbighshire20.349.935,102
Vale of Glamorgan19.954.548,538
Wrexham19.242.541,099
Newport17.246.143,335
Monmouthshire16.250.733,111
Flintshire15.741.146,571
Wales total25.250.31,116,120