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Electorates

Volume 311: debated on Thursday 30 April 1998

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To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the electorates at 16 February for each ward of each local authority area in Scotland. [39752]

Electorate in each electoral ward: 16 February 1998

Electoral ward No.

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Name of council

Aberdeen City3,3453,4413,0683,0074,9463,2183,7263,5143,9562,9253,3792,9083,4203,210
Aberdeenshire4,0383,9624,1653,7053,7344,0822,3042,3732,7794,1373,2843,7804,0003,735
Angus
Argyll and Bute3,2593,1813,6133,2613,339
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway1,6791,7431,7081,7611,5441,7131,4322,0271,7571,6591,5001,9681,9991,704
Dundee City3,1052,3363,1573,1293,4193,5153,2153,707
East Ayrshire3,8723,608
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of6,4756,3806,1716,9257,1626,0926,4585,7266,5415,8575,9276,0056,7065,546
Eilean Siar (formerly Western Isles)534477
Falkirk3,2013,1043,9133,1593,3093,3223,3503,243
Fife2,7773,1683,5403,5842,6722,7952,4472,7463,3163,1512,7572,8982,8033,099
Glasgow City5,9375,7396,1596,5495,5145,9216,4326,0115,2505,5415,0094,6245,5504,740
Highland4,0533,6323,0651,3242,4321,3002,0161,7611,7281,3061,6951,9203,0473,058
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire4,8783,826
North Lanarkshire3,5614,0603,3813,8443,6094,0933,4853,7783,3673,6623,3813,1503,8414,070
Orkney
Perth and Kinross3,1634,4253,8232,234
Renfrewshire3,2463,3593,8314,0083,2242,7593,6904,1763,2883,2273,6383,219
Scottish Borders2,2192,3071,6981,6741,4461,2301,5001,4521,5311,5041,5931,5371,6281,581
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire3,0363,1773,5673,9384,2523,0953,7183,7053,1082,8503,3013,4733,0843,059
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian

Electorate in each electoral ward: 16 February 1998

Electoral ward No.

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Name of council

Aberdeen City3,4363,3543,3043,0183,3673,2113,3964,058
Aberdeenshire3,8552,8873,2153,9383,218
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway1,6441,9521,7661,4941,7451,8691,4701,4931,2642,1531,7351,2671,3291,658
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of5,9526,2406,8646,2696,7497,0076,3046,3886,4546.0996,1695,9156,2645,846
Eilean Siar (formerly Western Isles)
Falkirk
Fife2,8582,8292,9043,3362,8492,6202,6572,6503,2182,9413,0003,0832,9102,825
Glasgow City5,1564,9196,0106,9406,2626,5054,5294,9664,9465,3945,0245,8215,5386,056
Highland3,2252,4533,1792,8542,6613,0452,9492,5524,4573,7593,4351,9711,7941,759
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire4,2513,9003,7504,3093,7024,5054,6604,2293,3013,5873,0583,1033,0673,584
Orkney
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders1,4871,4771,3911,4529181,0099801,0238971,1821,1401,1188861,480
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire3,2723,1663,3542,9622,8683,3692,9803,0342,9713,0663,2483,0973,2163,480
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian

Electorate in each electoral ward: 16 February 1998

Electoral ward No.

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Name of council

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway1,5821,8031,5041,6631,8101,8451,4411,4632,0291,4721,8911,5481,5201,800
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of6,3015,678
Eilean Siar (formerly Western Isles)
Falkirk
Fife2,7952,8082,8622,7433,1333,0163,0772,5782,8093,2302,9872,6582,9402,601
Glasgow City5,6695,7576,8065,3014,6436,5075,3714,7084,0725,1386,1346,2686,0425,576
Highland1,3721,8901,2041,7321,9981,7619201,8471,4541,6671,7272,1132,1361,646
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire3,8593,6723,6923,0372,8572,8013,2403,1023,2413,3713,2823,3192,806
Orkney
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders1,0791,185
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire3,6063,6693,6603,1974,3113,4023,6633,1213,2153,7413,6382,9212,8563,816
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian

Electorate in each electoral ward: 16 February 1998

Electoral ward No.

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Name of council

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar (formerly Western Isles)
Falkirk
Fife3,1363,9323,0242,5993,8223,2963,7832,8073,1612,6972,9903,1483,6303,478
Glasgow City6,4085,3844,9795,0566,2896,8405,2875,6644,5745,1954,4254,5703,606
Highland2,2482,348
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire2,6362,7264,1642,984
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian

Electorate in each electoral ward: 16 February 1998

Electoral ward No.

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Name of council

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute

Electorate in each electoral ward: 16 February 1998

Electoral ward No.

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86

87

88

89

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92

Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar (formerly Western Isles)
Falkirk
Fife3,3143,3163,5073,1613,2283,8533,5653,064
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland
South Ayrshire —
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the size of the electorates as of 16 February for each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local government area in Scotland. [39751]

The information is set out in the tables.

Electors
Parliamentary Constituency
Aberdeen Central53,713
Aberdeen, North55,009
Aberdeen, South60,968
Airdrie and Shotts58,534
Angus60,427
Argyll and Bute50,271
Ayr57,000
Banff and Buchan58,949
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross41,902
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley66,588
Central Fife59,123
Clydebank and Milngavie52,963
Clydesdale64,548
Coatbridge and Chryston52,501
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth49,201
Cunninghame, North56,374
Cunninghame, South50,727
Dumbarton57,013
Dumfries63,513
Dundee, East58,629
Dundee, West56,937
Dunfermline, East52,200
Dunfermline, West53,361
East Kilbride66,479
East Lothian58,577
Eastwood68,021
Edinburgh Central64,051
Edinburgh, East and Musselburgh60,364
Edinburgh, North and Leith61,786
Edinburgh Pentlands60,729

Electors

Edinburgh, South63,775
Edinburgh, West61,988
Falkirk, East57,629
Falkirk, West53,427
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale53,406
Glasgow Anniesland53,397
Glasgow Baillieston49,062
Glasgow Cathcart50,429
Glasgow Govan50,870
Glasgow Kelvin57,058
Glasgow Maryhill53,506
Glasgow Pollok48,303
Glasgow Rutherglen51,059
Glasgow Shettleston48,209
Glasgow Springburn53,427
Gordon59,621
Greenock and Inverclyde49,400
Hamilton North and Bellshill54,403
Hamilton, South47,145
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber66,531
Kilmarnock and Loudoun62,171
Kircaldy52,079
Linlithgow54,728
Livingston61,800
Midlothian48,772
Moray58,845
Motherwell and Wishaw53,004
North East Fife59,820
North Tayside62,230
Ochil57,715
Orkney and Shetland32,761
Paisley, North49,915
Paisley, South54,436
Perth61,457
Ross, Skye and Inverness, West56,448
Roxburgh and Berwickshire47,907
Stirling53,452
Strathkelvin and Bearsden64,016

Electors

Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale51,811
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine60,270
West Renfrewshire53,223
Western Isles22,539
Total3,992,502

Local authority

Aberdeen City171,445
Aberdeenshire173,140
Angus87,049
Argyll and Bute70,350
Clackmannanshire37,049
Dumfries and Galloway117,126
Dundee City115,890
East Ayrshire94,477
East Dunbartonshire85,476
East Lothian70,592
East Renfrewshire68,116
Edinburgh, City of364,612
Eilean Siar22,565
Falkirk111,114
Fife277,321
Glasgow, City of474,620
Highland165,308
Inverclyde67,636
Midlothian62,370
Moray65,243
North Ayrshire107,242
North Lanarkshire248,028
Orkney Islands15,697
Perth and Kinross105,488
Renfrewshire139,662
Scottish Borders86,431
Shetland Islands17,130
South Ayrshire91,579
South Lanarkshire237,165
Stirling66,415
West Dunbartonshire72,701
West Lothian116,683
Total4,005,720