The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 13 February 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your question concerning what the Office for National Statistics’ estimate is of the total registered electorate eligible to vote in the UK general elections in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. I am replying in her absence. (119477)
The attached table shows the number of registered electors by the constituent countries of the UK (excluding attainers) for 1997 to 2005. Data for 1 December 2006 will be published on 22 February 2007 and will be downloadable from:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=319&Pos=&ColRank=l&Rank=272
February 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 United Kingdom 43,888,115 44,035,670 44,175,166 44,272,419 44,422,543 England 36,568,394 36,696,571 36,808,100 36,909,180 37,043,755 Wales 2,199,377 2,209,781 2,206,490 2,212,151 2,218,453 Scotland 3,947,813 3,958,700 3,975,665 3,961,944 3,970,838 Northern Ireland 1,172,531 1,170,618 1,184,911 1,189,144 1,189,497
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 United Kingdom 44,568,029 44,248,947 44,071,274 44,180,204 44,448,897 England 37,231,972 37,121,228 36,973,617 37,092,001 37,241,084 Wales 2,217,396 2,207,347 2,204,395 2,217,495 2,221,883 Scotland 3,938,081 3,856,856 3,830,079 3,833,072 3,836,876 Northern Ireland 1,180,580 1,063,516 1,063,183 1,037,636 1,149,054 Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)