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Magistrates

Volume 407: debated on Wednesday 25 June 2003

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To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will list for each magistrates bench where his Department is responsible for appointments (a) the political balance of the bench and (b) the voting pattern for the area. [121100]

Information at bench level is not readily available. However, the table sets out the breakdown of magistrates political affiliations by commission area as at 1 April 2003. My officials do not maintain a central list of the corresponding voting patterns, which could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.

Political affiliation

Commission area

Total

Conservative

Labour

Liberal Democrat

Plaid Cymru

Other

Uncommitted

Northamptonshire34416977530441
Northumberland1896541281351
North Wales38712910166462223
Nottinghamshire6522291816908165
Powys8326111631215
South East London4131471015801394
South Wales557117170711924156
South-west London369158747402835
South Yorkshire728191242106025164
Staffordshire5631991794704692
Suffolk28991524411190
Surrey364152633704171
Thames Valley1,046380200140042284
Tyne and Wear793204280102050157
Warwickshire21676533901830
West Glamorgan251691033011137
West Mercia65727015610704084
West Midlands1,6975715541690109294
West Sussex356119805701882
West Yorkshire1,252363424154041270
Wiltshire269110474602937
Totals24,4198,3956,2213,1991311,5004973
Percentage10034.425.513.10.56.14973