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Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated March 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question asking how many and what proportion of people were registered to vote in each local authority area in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. (264186)
Table 1 shows the number of people who were registered to vote in Local Government elections for each District in Northern Ireland for 1998 to 2007. Table 2 shows the number of people who were registered to vote as a proportion of the resident population aged 18 and over for the same years. The latest year for which estimates of the usually resident population are available by Local Authority is mid-2007.
These proportions should not be interpreted as registration rates as not everyone who is usually resident is entitled to vote, people who have more than one address may register in more than one place and electoral registration officers vary in how quickly they remove people from the registers after they have moved away from an area or died.
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Antrim 31,981 32,379 32,440 32,159 28,215 28,857 27.620 31,589 29,808 31,658 Ards 52,492 53,097 53,569 53,272 48,875 48,561 47,388 52,373 49,231 51,167 Armagh 37,735 38,019 38,135 38,065 35,685 36,257 35,672 39,187 37,184 39,179 Ballymena 42,906 43,010 43,212 43,210 40,191 40,310 39,860 43,350 40,427 42,635 Ballymoney 18,453 18,686 18,914 19,139 18,248 18,392 18.420 20,291 19,170 20,379 Banbridge 28,646 29,149 29,511 29,652 27,899 28,279 27,947 30,731 29,207 30,690 Belfast 190,972 188,921 186,440 181,224 153,870 153,063 144.567 166,483 147,246 158,425 Carrickfergus 26,468 26,606 26,911 26,599 24,014 24,237 23,278 26,050 24,620 25,595 Castlereagh 48,795 48,667 48,361 47,648 42,851 42,367 40.878 44,707 41,387 42,864 Coleraine 38,349 38,570 38,437 38,114 35,087 34,782 34.148 37,425 34,737 36,154 Cookstown 22,590 22,681 22,577 22,687 21,547 21,668 2L150 23,538 21,802 23,347 Craigavon 55,120 55,494 55,737 55,560 51,670 52,104 5L500 56,707 53,950 56,586 Derry 68,322 69,456 69,521 68,790 61,677 61,586 60.012 68,454 61,840 66,422 Down 43,200 43,704 44,025 44,082 40,895 41,068 40,284 44,597 41,783 44,248 Dungannon 33,841 34,150 34,235 34,385 32,121 32,220 31,353 35,040 32,800 34,668 Fermanagh 40,823 41,198 41,275 41,360 39,067 39,482 38,387 42,739 40,169 42,258 Larne 22,645 22,834 22,813 22,362 20,303 20,234 19,814 21,978 20,723 21,472 Limavady 20,506 20,691 20,833 20,935 19,569 19,800 19,507 21,361 19,762 20,825 Lisburn 74,043 74,298 74,327 73,505 65,617 65,177 64,816 72,914 67,699 72,180 Magherafelt 27,012 27,359 27,479 27,538 26,399 26,769 26,218 28,665 27,095 28,656 Moyle 10,972 11,095 11,077 11,044 10,211 10,394 10,297 11,359 10,553 11,159 Newry and Mourne 59,506 60,142 60,561 60,637 55,045 55,848 54,829 61,790 57,389 61,342 Newtownabbey 56,977 57,402 57,490 56,909 50,720 51,211 48,905 54,774 51,141 53,193 North Down 55,446 55,492 55,263 54,873 49,484 49,276 47,734 52,994 49,282 51,501 Omagh 32,356 32,629 32,713 32,441 30,767 30,697 29,232 33,322 30,744 32,934 Strabane 26,241 26,599 26,716 26,526 24,622 24,615 23,855 26,575 24,542 26,154 Source: Electoral Office for Northern Ireland.
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Antrim 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 Ards 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 Armagh 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 Ballymena 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 Ballymoney 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 Banbridge 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 Belfast 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 Carrickfergus 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 Castlereagh 1,0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 Coleraine 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 Cookstown 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 Craigavon 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 Derry 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 Down 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 Dungannon 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 Fermanagh 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 Lame 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 Limavady 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 Lisburn 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 Magherafelt 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 Moyle 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 Newry and Mourne 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 Newtownabbey 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 North Down 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 Omagh 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 Strabane 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1 The proportions have been calculated using the mid-year population estimates for local authorities in Northern Ireland of those age 18 and above, and the number of people registered to vote in local government elections on 1 December. Source: Electoral Office for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.