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1 Electorate statistics 2009 Standard Note: SN/SG/5423 Last updated: 1 April 2010 Author: Edmund Tetteh Social and General Statistics This Note provides data on the number of electors and attainers in each parliamentary constituency as at 1 December 2009, published by the Office for National Statistics on 26 February There are 646 constituencies in the UK at the moment. At the next General Election, there will be new boundaries for constituencies in England and Wales. There will be 650 constituencies as a result of the number in England being increased by four. On average, the number of electors in constituencies in England will, however, remain higher than in any of the other three home countries, although the gap will be smaller than previously. Constituencies in Scotland will on average have around 6,000 fewer electors than in England.. Electors per constituency at 1 Dec 2009 Current constituencies Number of seats Average electorate England ,078 Scotland 59 65,588 Wales 40 56,532 Northern Ireland 18 64,487 United Kingdom ,311 Electors per constituency at 1 Dec 2009 New boundaries Number Average of seats electorate England ,537 Scotland 59 65,588 Wales 40 56,532 Northern Ireland 18 64,487 United Kingdom ,878 The source data can be accessed from the Office for National Statistics website: A description of the work of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission, including the criteria used in its reviews can be found on its website at: 1 Further information, including data for local government electors, are available online at: Standard Notes are compiled for the benefit of Members of Parliament and their personal staff. Authors are available to discuss the contents of these papers with Members and their staff but cannot advise others.

2 Contents 1 Constituency level data Parliamentary electors: 2001 to Distribution of UK parliamentary seats by country and average electorate Distribution of UK parliamentary seats by party Distribution of UK parliamentary seats by constituency type Electorate in UK parliamentary constituencies, 1 Dec Electoral registers, 1 December 2009 : Parliamentary electors 18 2

3 1 Constituency level data The number of parliamentary electors in the UK rose by 226,359 (0.5%) from December 2008 to 45,420,808 in December Following the passage of the Electoral Administration Act in Summer 2006 electoral registration officers (ERO s) were required to take certain specified steps in conducting the electoral registration canvassing as part of complying with this amended duty. This resulted in an increase in the numbers for England and Wales. In Great Britain, electors remain on the register unless they information their electoral registration office of a change of circumstances, whereas in Northern Ireland they must reregister each year. Outreach projects in schools and colleges in Northern Ireland have helped increase the number of young people on the registers and in the number of attainers 2. Within the UK there is a considerable range in the size of the electorate of individual constituencies; from the largest, the Isle of Wight, with 110,228 electors to the smallest, Na h-eileanan an Iar (Western Isles) with 21,908 registered voters. On average, constituencies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are smaller than in England. Following the reduction in the number of Westminster constituencies for Scotland, the average for Welsh constituencies is the lowest of the four UK countries. The number of constituencies in use at the next election will increase from 646 to Parliamentary electors: 2001 to 2009 Parliamentary Electors: By country England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland United Kingdom 1 December ,296,327 2,235,666 3,966,801 1,196,970 44,695, ,179,095 2,225,599 3,887,059 1,071,600 44,363, ,991,118 2,219,973 3,857,997 1,067,564 44,136, ,043,608 2,233,467 3,857,852 1,045,537 44,180, ,151,991 2,236,808 3,861,207 1,153,409 44,403, ,588,775 2,243,244 3,872,901 1,070,265 44,775, ,817,466 2,257,474 3,887,571 1,120,343 45,082, ,912,549 2,261,769 3,885,148 1,134,983 45,194, ,129,082 2,261,269 3,869,700 1,160,757 45,420,808 Office of National Statistics, Electoral Statistics 2 Attainer is the term used to describe a person who attains the age of 18 during the currency of the electoral register, and is entitled to vote at an election held on or after his or her eighteenth birthday 3

4 1.2 Distribution of UK parliamentary seats by country and average electorate Electors per constituency at 1 Dec 2009 New boundaries Number Average of seats electorate England ,537 Scotland 59 65,588 Wales 40 56,532 Northern Ireland 18 64,487 United Kingdom , Distribution of UK parliamentary seats by party. Electors per constituency at 1 Dec 2009 New boundaries Number of seats Average electorate Labour ,878 Conservatives ,798 Liberal Democrats 62 68,977 Others 29 62,699 United Kingdom , Distribution of UK parliamentary seats by constituency type. Electors per constituency at 1 Dec 2009 New boundaries Number of seats Average electorate Borough ,494 County ,171 United Kingdom ,878 4

5 1.5 Electorates in UK parliamentary constituencies, 1 December 2009 Parliamentary constituency Change C - county constituency; B - borough/burgh constituency 1 December December 2008 Change (number) (%) Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors 45,420, ,533 45,194, , ,359-9, % England 38,129, ,817 37,912, , ,533-16, % Aberavon C 51, , % Aberconwy C 44, , % Aberdeen North B 64, , % Aberdeen South B 63, , % Airdrie and Shotts C 62, , % Aldershot B 70, , % Aldridge-Brownhills B 59, , % Altrincham and Sale West B 71,192 1,042 71,334 1, % Alyn and Deeside C 60, , % Amber Valley C 69, , % Angus C 63, , % Arfon C 40, , % Argyll and Bute C 67, , % Arundel and South Downs C 76,018 1,188 73, , % Ashfield C 77, , % Ashford C 81,088 1,119 80,397 1, % Ashton-under-Lyne B 67, , , % Aylesbury C 78, ,927 1, % Ayr Carrick and Cumnock C 73, , % Banbury C 83,933 1,062 83, % Banff and Buchan C 64, , % Barking B 73,303 1,013 74,000 1, % Barnsley Central B 64, , % Barnsley East C 68, , % Barrow and Furness C 69, , % Basildon and Billericay B 65, , % Basingstoke B 75, , , % Bassetlaw C 76, ,413 1, % Bath B 65, , % Batley and Spen B 76, , , % Battersea B 71, , % Beaconsfield C 74, , % Beckenham B 66, , % Bedford B 68, , % Belfast East B 58, , , % Belfast North B 64, , , % Belfast South B 58, , , % Belfast West B 59, , , % Bermondsey and Old Southwark B 75, , % Berwickshire Roxburgh and Selkirk C 74, , % Berwick-upon-Tweed C 57,112 1,051 57, % Bethnal Green and Bow B 76, , % Beverley and Holderness C 79, ,675 1, % Bexhill and Battle C 78,169 1,200 77, % Bexleyheath and Crayford B 64, , %

6 C - county constituency; B - borough/burgh constituency 1 December December 2008 Change (number) (%) Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors 45,420, ,533 45,194, , ,359-9, % England 38,129, ,817 37,912, , ,533-16, % Birkenhead B 62, , % Birmingham Edgbaston B 68, , % Birmingham Erdington B 66, , % Birmingham Hall Green B 76,576 1,036 75, % Birmingham Hodge Hill B 75,330 1,198 74, % Birmingham Ladywood B 72, , , % Birmingham Northfield B 71, , % Birmingham Perry Barr B 71, , % Birmingham Selly Oak B 75, , , % Birmingham Yardley B 72,732 1,012 72, % Bishop Auckland C 68, , % Blackburn B 71, , % Blackley and Broughton B 68, , % Blackpool North and Cleveleys B 66, , % Blackpool South B 63, , % Blaenau Gwent C 52, , % Blaydon B 67, , % Blyth Valley B 64,035 1,306 63,790 1, % Bognor Regis and Littlehampton C 71,033 1,437 71,223 1, % Bolsover C 73, , % Bolton North East B 66, , , % Bolton South East B 69, , , % Bolton West C 71, , % Bootle B 71,995 1,149 72,350 1, % Boston and Skegness C 70, , , % Bosworth C 77, , % Bournemouth East B 71, ,629 1,238 1, % Bournemouth West B 70, ,929 1, % Bracknell C 76,947 1,191 76,364 1, % Bradford East B 64,382 1,006 66,189 1,069-1, % Bradford South B 63, , , % Bradford West B 60, ,811 1,025-2, % Braintree C 70, , % Brecon and Radnorshire C 53, , % Brent Central B 72, , % Brent North B 81, , , % Brentford and Isleworth B 82, ,701 1, % Brentwood and Ongar C 70, , % Bridgend C 58,948 1,070 58,680 1, % Bridgwater and West Somerset C 81, , % Brigg and Goole C 66, , % Brighton Kemptown B 65, , , % Brighton Pavilion B 72, , , % Bristol East B 68, , % Bristol North West B 73, , % Bristol South B 78, , % Bristol West B 79, , , % Broadland C 71, ,866 1, % Bromley and Chislehurst B 65, , %

7 C - county constituency; B - borough/burgh constituency 1 December December 2008 Change (number) (%) Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors 45,420, ,533 45,194, , ,359-9, % England 38,129, ,817 37,912, , ,533-16, % Bromsgrove C 73,430 1,535 73, % Broxbourne B 71, , % Broxtowe C 71, , % Buckingham C 75,076 1,194 74,278 1, % Burnley B 66, , % Burton C 75, , % Bury North B 67,421 1,099 66, % Bury South B 74,313 1,117 73, % Bury St. Edmunds C 84,588 1,096 82,597 1,114 1, % Caerphilly C 61, , % Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross C 47, , % Calder Valley C 77, , % Camberwell and Peckham B 76, , % Camborne and Redruth C 63, , % Cambridge B 75, , % Cannock Chase C 74, , % Canterbury C 73, , % Cardiff Central B 60, , , % Cardiff North B 65, , % Cardiff South and Penarth B 73,405 1,056 72,673 1, % Cardiff West B 62, , % Carlisle C 65, , % Carmarthen East & Dinefwr C 52, , % Carmarthen W & S Pembrokeshire C 58, , % Carshalton and Wallington B 66,634 1,103 66,216 1, % Castle Point B 67, , % Central Ayrshire C 68, , % Central Devon C 71, , % Central Suffolk and North Ipswich C 76, ,823 1,049-3, % Ceredigion C 58, , , % Charnwood C 74,734 1,036 73,877 1, % Chatham and Aylesford C 67, , % Cheadle B 71,927 1,220 71, % Chelmsford B 77,607 1,077 77,452 1, % Chelsea and Fulham B 63, , % Cheltenham B 78,469 1,037 78,786 1, % Chesham and Amersham C 70,021 1,018 69, % Chesterfield B 72, , % Chichester C 81, , % Chingford and Woodford Green C 64,804 1,682 61,620 1,738 3, % Chippenham C 71, , % Chipping Barnet B 73, , % Chorley C 71, , % Christchurch C 68, , % Cities of London and Westminster B 64, , % City of Chester C 68, , , % City of Durham C 67, , % Clacton C 67, , % Cleethorpes C 70, , % Clwyd South C 53, , % Clwyd West C 57, , %

8 C - county constituency; B - borough/burgh constituency 1 December December 2008 Change (number) (%) Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors 45,420, ,533 45,194, , ,359-9, % England 38,129, ,817 37,912, , ,533-16, % Coatbridge Chryston and Bellshil B 70, , % Colchester B 73, , % Colne Valley C 79, , , % Congleton C 74,806 1,712 73,960 1, % Copeland C 63, , % Corby C 78, , % Coventry North East B 72, , , % Coventry North West B 73, , % Coventry South B 73, , % Crawley B 72, , % Crewe and Nantwich C 78,469 1,729 76, ,068 1, % Croydon Central B 75, , % Croydon North B 83, , % Croydon South B 80, , % Cumbernauld Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch Eas C 64, , % Cynon Valley C 50, , % Dagenham and Rainham B 69,599 1,081 69,825 1, % Darlington B 68, , % Dartford C 75,085 1,077 74,161 1, % Daventry C 71, ,373 1, % Delyn C 53, , % Denton and Reddish B 64, , , % Derby North B 71, , , % Derby South B 71, , , % Derbyshire Dales C 63, , , % Devizes C 66, , % Dewsbury C 78, , , % Don Valley C 72, , , % Doncaster Central B 73, , % Doncaster North C 72, , % Dover C 71, , % Dudley North B 60, , % Dudley South B 60, , % Dulwich and West Norwood B 70, , , % Dumfries and Galloway C 74, , % Dumfriesshire Clydesdale and Tweeddale C 66, , % Dundee East B 65, , % Dundee West B 62, , % Dunfermline and West Fife C 74,702 1,597 73, % Dwyfor Meirionnydd C 45, , % Ealing Central and Acton B 69, , % Ealing North B 72, , % Ealing Southall B 64, , % Easington C 63, , , % East Antrim C 59, , , % East Devon C 72, , , % East Dunbartonshire C 63, , % East Ham B 87,809 1,866 86,873 1, % East Hampshire C 71, , % East Kilbride Strathaven and Lesmahagow C 77, , %

9 C - county constituency; B - borough/burgh constituency 1 December December 2008 Change (number) (%) Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors 45,420, ,533 45,194, , ,359-9, % England 38,129, ,817 37,912, , ,533-16, % East Londonderry C 63, , , % East Lothian C 73, , % East Renfrewshire C 66, , % East Surrey C 76,847 1,366 76,230 1, % East Worthing and Shoreham C 72, , % East Yorkshire C 80, ,266 1, % Eastbourne B 77, ,202 1, % Eastleigh B 77,320 1,023 76,571 1, % Eddisbury C 67, , , % Edinburgh East B 60, , , % Edinburgh North and Leith B 67, , % Edinburgh South B 58, , % Edinburgh South West B 66, , % Edinburgh West B 65, , % Edmonton B 63,457 1,571 64,315 1, % Ellesmere Port and Neston C 65, , , % Elmet and Rothwell C 77, , % Eltham B 62, , % Enfield North B 66,638 1,676 66,536 1, % Enfield Southgate B 63,890 1,211 63,043 1, % Epping Forest C 72, , % Epsom and Ewell B 76, , % Erewash C 69, , % Erith and Thamesmead B 69, , % Esher and Walton B 75, , % Exeter B 75, , , % Falkirk C 82,667 1,082 81,986 1, % Fareham C 75, ,483 1, % Faversham and Mid Kent C 69,075 1,497 69,043 1, % Feltham and Heston B 80,783 1,061 80,877 1, % Fermanagh and South Tyrone C 67, , , % Filton and Bradley Stoke C 68, , % Finchley and Golders Green B 69, , , % Folkestone and Hythe C 77, , % Forest of Dean C 68,839 1,251 68,858 1, % Foyle C 65, , , % Fylde C 65, , % Gainsborough C 72, ,327 1, % Garston and Halewood B 71, , % Gateshead B 66, , % Gedling C 70, , % Gillingham and Rainham B 71, , , % Glasgow Central B 58, , , % Glasgow East B 61, , , % Glasgow North B 50, , % Glasgow North East B 59, , % Glasgow North West B 60, , , % Glasgow South B 64, , , % Glasgow South West B 58, , , % Glenrothes C 68,821 1,427 68, % Gloucester B 79,972 1,513 79,397 1, %

10 C - county constituency; B - borough/burgh constituency 1 December December 2008 Change (number) (%) Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors 45,420, ,533 45,194, , ,359-9, % England 38,129, ,817 37,912, , ,533-16, % Gordon C 73,364 1,012 73, % Gosport B 72, , % Gower C 61, , % Grantham and Stamford C 77, , % Gravesham C 69, , % Great Grimsby B 61, , % Great Yarmouth C 70, , % Greenwich and Woolwich B 62, , % Guildford C 76,836 1,001 76,699 1, % Hackney North and Stoke Newington B 72,355 1,462 68,610 1,279 3, % Hackney South and Shoreditch B 71,245 1,207 67,464 1,051 3, % Halesowen and Rowley Regis B 67, , % Halifax B 70, , % Haltemprice and Howden C 70, , % Halton C 69, ,331 1, % Hammersmith B 69, , % Hampstead and Kilburn B 77, , , % Harborough C 78,125 1,022 78,415 1, % Harlow C 67, , % Harrogate and Knaresborough C 74, , % Harrow East B 71,533 1,299 70, , % Harrow West B 68,264 1,178 66, , % Hartlepool B 69, , % Harwich and North Essex C 70, , % Hastings and Rye C 77, ,954 1, % Havant B 70, , % Hayes and Harlington B 69, , % Hazel Grove C 62,665 1,027 62, % Hemel Hempstead C 72, , % Hemsworth C 73,195 1,656 73,253 1, % Hendon B 72, , , % Henley C 73,538 1,014 74,019 1, % Hereford and South Herefordshire C 72, , , % Hertford and Stortford C 78,211 1,029 77, % Hertsmere C 69, ,834 1,221-1, % Hexham C 61,085 1,172 60, % Heywood and Middleton C 79,031 1, High Peak C 71, ,193 1, % Hitchin and Harpenden C 73, , , % Holborn and St Pancras B 84, , % Hornchurch and Upminster B 78,913 1,108 78,406 1, % Hornsey and Wood Green B 78, , % Horsham C 76,224 1,123 77,500 1,138-1, % Houghton and Sunderland South B 69, , % Hove B 70, , % Huddersfield B 66, , % Huntingdon C 83,376 1,099 82, , % Hyndburn B 66, , % Ilford North B 72,281 1,679 71,562 1, % Ilford South B 84,599 1,951 83,450 2,119 1, % Inverclyde C 58, , %

11 C - county constituency; B - borough/burgh constituency 1 December December 2008 Change (number) (%) Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors 45,420, ,533 45,194, , ,359-9, % England 38,129, ,817 37,912, , ,533-16, % Inverness Nairn Badenoch and Strathspey C 72,390 1,079 72,351 1, % Ipswich B 76, , , % Isle of Wight C 110,228 1, ,349 1, % Islington North B 66,472 1,088 64,275 1,071 2, % Islington South and Finsbury B 66,184 1,104 63,745 1,097 2, % Islwyn C 54, , % Jarrow B 64, , % Keighley C 65, ,592 1,005-1, % Kenilworth and Southam C 63, , % Kensington B 63, , % Kettering C 68, , % Kilmarnock and Loudoun C 74, , % Kingston and Surbiton B 80, ,173 1, % Kingston upon Hull East B 68, , % Kingston upon Hull North B 63, , % Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle B 60, , % Kingswood B 66, , % Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath C 74,572 1,496 74, % Knowsley B 79, , % Lagan Valley C 64, , , % Lanark and Hamilton East C 75, , , % Lancaster and Fleetwood C 66,260 1,016 66, % Leeds Central B 79, , , % Leeds East B 64, , % Leeds North East B 67, , % Leeds North West B 64, , , % Leeds West B 67, , % Leicester East B 73, , % Leicester South B 77, , % Leicester West B 65, , % Leigh C 75, , % Lewes C 68, , % Lewisham Deptford B 64, , , % Lewisham East B 64, , % Lewisham West and Penge B 68, , % Leyton and Wanstead C 62,102 1,181 65,404 1,198-3, % Lichfield C 72, , % Lincoln B 72, ,342 1, % Linlithgow and East Falkirk C 81, , % Liverpool Riverside B 73, , % Liverpool Walton B 62, , % Liverpool Wavertree B 62, , % Liverpool West Derby B 63, , % Livingston C 76, , % Llanelli C 55, , % Loughborough C 77, , % Louth and Horncastle C 77, , % Ludlow C 66, , % Luton North B 65, , , % Luton South B 65, , , %

12 C - county constituency; B - borough/burgh constituency 1 December December 2008 Change (number) (%) Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors 45,420, ,533 45,194, , ,359-9, % England 38,129, ,817 37,912, , ,533-16, % Macclesfield C 74,595 1,767 73,979 1, % Maidenhead C 72,568 1,164 72,489 1, % Maidstone and The Weald C 71,199 1,686 71,173 1, % Makerfield C 73, , % Maldon C 68, ,669 1, % Manchester Central B 85, , , % Manchester Gorton B 72, , % Manchester Withington B 72, , , % Mansfield C 80,247 1,116 80,502 1, % Meon Valley C 70, , % Meriden C 82, ,391 1,146 2, % Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney C 52, , , % Mid Bedfordshire C 75, , % Mid Derbyshire C 65, , % Mid Dorset and North Poole C 64, , % Mid Norfolk C 74,464 1,279 74,301 1, % Mid Sussex C 75, , , % Mid Ulster C 63, , , % Mid Worcestershire C 71, , % Middlesbrough B 65, , % Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland C 73, , % Midlothian C 61, , % Milton Keynes North C 81,991 1,040 79,304 1,094 2, % Milton Keynes South B 86,901 1,262 83,992 1,266 2, % Mitcham and Morden B 65, , % Mole Valley C 72, , % Monmouth C 64, , , % Montgomeryshire C 48, , % Moray C 66, , % Morecambe and Lunesdale C 68,750 1,341 67,968 1, % Morley and Outwood C 74,487 1,077 73,888 1, % Motherwell and Wishaw B 67, , % Na h-eileanan an Iar C 21, , % Neath C 57, , % New Forest East C 72, , % New Forest West C 68, , % Newark C 71, , % Newbury C 78,468 1,010 77, % Newcastle upon Tyne Central B 60, , , % Newcastle upon Tyne East B 64, , , % Newcastle upon Tyne North B 67, , % Newcastle-under-Lyme B 68, , % Newport East C 54, , % Newport West C 61, , % Newry and Armagh C 74,364 1,150 72, , % Newton Abbot C 69, , % Normanton Pontefract and Castleford C 82,834 1,815 82,460 1, % North Antrim C 72, , , % North Ayrshire and Arran C 74, , % North Cornwall C 68, , %

13 C - county constituency; B - borough/burgh constituency 1 December December 2008 Change (number) (%) Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors 45,420, ,533 45,194, , ,359-9, % England 38,129, ,817 37,912, , ,533-16, % North Devon C 74, ,302 1, % North Dorset C 74, , , % North Down C 60, , % North Durham C 67, , % North East Bedfordshire C 77, , , % North East Cambridgeshire C 82, ,469 1, % North East Derbyshire C 71, , % North East Fife C 63,688 1,301 63, % North East Hampshire C 71,580 1,001 71,558 1, % North East Hertfordshire C 71, , % North East Somerset C 68, , % North Herefordshire C 67, , , % North Norfolk C 67, , % North Shropshire C 78, , % North Somerset C 77, , % North Swindon C 78, , , % North Thanet C 68, , , % North Tyneside B 78,389 1,501 78,754 1, % North Warwickshire C 70, , , % North West Cambridgeshire C 84,255 1,163 82,722 1,019 1, % North West Durham C 70, , , % North West Hampshire C 76, , , % North West Leicestershire C 71, , % North West Norfolk C 73, , % North Wiltshire C 65, , % Northampton North B 61, , % Northampton South B 62, , % Norwich North B 64, ,956 1, % Norwich South B 72, , , % Nottingham East B 57, , , % Nottingham North B 63, , % Nottingham South B 66, , % Nuneaton C 68, , , % Ochil and South Perthshire C 75,576 1,296 74,748 1, % Ogmore C 55, , % Old Bexley and Sidcup B 65, , % Oldham East and Saddleworth C 72, , % Oldham West and Royton B 72, , % Orkney and Shetland C 33, , % Orpington B 67, , % Oxford East B 80, , % Oxford West and Abingdon C 77,826 1,131 77,875 1, % Paisley and Renfrewshire North C 63, , , % Paisley and Renfrewshire South C 61, , , % Pendle B 66, , % Penistone and Stocksbridge C 68, , , % Penrith and The Border C 65, ,241 1, % Perth and North Perthshire C 72, , % Peterborough B 69,732 1,007 69, % Plymouth Moor View B 67, , , % Plymouth Sutton and Devonport B 69, , , %

14 C - county constituency; B - borough/burgh constituency 1 December December 2008 Change (number) (%) Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors 45,420, ,533 45,194, , ,359-9, % England 38,129, ,817 37,912, , ,533-16, % Pontypridd C 58, , % Poole B 72, , % Poplar and Limehouse B 70, , , % Portsmouth North B 70, , , % Portsmouth South B 69, , , % Preseli Pembrokeshire C 56, , , % Preston B 60, , , % Pudsey B 69, , % Putney B 62, , % Rayleigh and Wickford C 75, , % Reading East B 74, , % Reading West C 71, , % Redcar B 67, , % Redditch C 66,977 1,245 66, % Reigate B 71, , % Rhondda C 51, , % Ribble Valley C 77,282 1,706 76,801 1, % Richmond (Yorks) C 81, , , % Richmond Park B 75, , % Rochdale C 77,471 1, Rochester and Strood C 74, , , % Rochford and Southend East C 71, ,552 1,178 1, % Romford B 71, , % Romsey and Southampton North C 67, , % Ross Skye and Lochaber C 51, , % Rossendale and Darwen B 73, , % Rother Valley C 72, , % Rotherham B 62, , % Rugby C 68, , , % Ruislip Northwood and Pinner B 70,979 1,015 69, , % Runnymede and Weybridge C 72, , , % Rushcliffe C 72, , % Rutherglen and Hamilton West B 76, , , % Rutland and Melton C 77,096 1,072 76, , % Saffron Walden C 75,871 1,133 75,139 1, % Salford and Eccles B 74,817 1,154 75,472 1, % Salisbury C 67, , % Scarborough and Whitby C 76,032 1,074 76,162 1, % Scunthorpe C 63, , % Sedgefield C 65, , % Sefton Central C 67, ,132 1, % Selby and Ainsty C 72, ,094 1, % Sevenoaks C 70,079 1,686 69,639 1, % Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough B 68, , , % Sheffield Central B 65, , , % Sheffield Hallam C 68, , , % Sheffield Heeley B 65, , , % Sheffield South East B 67, , , % Sherwood C 71, , , % Shipley C 67, , % Shrewsbury and Atcham C 75, ,874 1,081 1, %

15 C - county constituency; B - borough/burgh constituency 1 December December 2008 Change (number) (%) Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors 45,420, ,533 45,194, , ,359-9, % England 38,129, ,817 37,912, , ,533-16, % Sittingbourne and Sheppey C 75, , % Skipton and Ripon C 76, ,450 1, % Sleaford and North Hykeham C 84, , % Slough B 78, , , % Solihull B 76, ,420 1,005 2, % Somerton and Frome C 81,566 1,204 79,802 1,246 1, % South Antrim C 62, , , % South Basildon and East Thurrock C 71, , % South Cambridgeshire C 78,612 1,041 78,339 1, % South Derbyshire C 70, , % South Dorset C 73, ,488 1, % South Down C 70,408 1,059 74, , % South East Cambridgeshire C 81,144 1,023 80,960 1, % South East Cornwall C 71,900 1,241 71,525 1, % South Holland and The Deepings C 76, , % South Leicestershire C 77,031 1,005 76,567 1, % South Norfolk C 76, , % South Northamptonshire C 82,052 1,007 79,468 1,092 2, % South Ribble C 75,039 1,224 74,996 1, % South Shields B 63, ,909 1, % South Staffordshire C 73, , % South Suffolk C 72, ,467 1, % South Swindon C 72, ,673 1,004 1, % South Thanet C 70, , , % South West Bedfordshire C 76, , % South West Devon C 70, , % South West Hertfordshire C 78, ,990 1, % South West Norfolk C 74,186 1,036 74,462 1, % South West Surrey C 76, ,630 1,003 1, % South West Wiltshire C 71, , % Southampton Itchen B 74, , % Southampton Test B 71, , % Southend West B 66, ,049 1, % Southport B 67,761 1,132 67,834 1, % Spelthorne B 70, , % St. Albans C 69, , , % St. Austell and Newquay C 75,721 1,124 74, , % St. Helens North B 75,866 1,347 75, % St. Helens South and Whiston B 78,705 1,172 77, % St. Ives C 66, , % Stafford C 70, , % Staffordshire Moorlands C 62, , % Stalybridge and Hyde C 69, , , % Stevenage C 67, , % Stirling C 66,218 1,130 65, % Stockport B 62,950 1,003 63, % Stockton North B 66, , % Stockton South B 73, ,501 1, % Stoke-on-Trent Central B 61, , % Stoke-on-Trent North B 72, , % Stoke-on-Trent South B 68, , %

16 C - county constituency; B - borough/burgh constituency 1 December December 2008 Change (number) (%) Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors 45,420, ,533 45,194, , ,359-9, % England 38,129, ,817 37,912, , ,533-16, % Stone C 66, , % Stourbridge B 69, , % Strangford C 60, , , % Stratford-on-Avon C 69, , % Streatham B 71, , , % Stretford and Urmston B 70, ,758 1, % Stroud C 78, ,450 1, % Suffolk Coastal C 77, , % Sunderland Central B 74, , % Surrey Heath C 77, , % Sutton and Cheam B 66, , % Sutton Coldfield B 74, , % Swansea East B 59, , % Swansea West B 61, , % Tamworth C 71, , % Tatton C 66,236 1,250 64,476 1,312 1, % Taunton Deane C 82, , % Telford B 65, , % Tewkesbury C 76, , % The Cotswolds C 77,147 1,000 74, , % The Wrekin C 65, , % Thirsk and Malton C 76,833 1,048 76,366 1, % Thornbury and Yate C 64, , % Thurrock B 77, , % Tiverton and Honiton C 76, , % Tonbridge and Malling C 71, , % Tooting B 71, , % Torbay B 76, , % Torfaen C 61, ,600 1, % Torridge and West Devon C 76, , % Totnes C 67, , % Tottenham B 68, , % Truro and Falmouth C 70, , % Tunbridge Wells C 72,364 1,678 70,703 1,608 1, % Twickenham B 78, , % Tynemouth B 76,445 1,524 76,653 1, % Upper Bann C 74,727 1,012 72, , % Uxbridge and South Ruislip B 71, , , % Vale of Clwyd C 55, , % Vale of Glamorgan C 70,428 1,643 70,288 1, % Vauxhall B 71, , , % Wakefield C 71,111 1,458 70,883 1, % Wallasey B 66, , % Walsall North B 64, , % Walsall South B 64, , % Walthamstow C 64,293 1,328 64,879 1, % Wansbeck C 62,882 1,222 63, % Wantage C 78,777 1,077 79,069 1, % Warley B 63, , % Warrington North B 70, , , % Warrington South B 79, , %

17 C - county constituency; B - borough/burgh constituency 1 December December 2008 Change (number) (%) Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors Attainers Total electors 45,420, ,533 45,194, , ,359-9, % England 38,129, ,817 37,912, , ,533-16, % Warwick and Leamington B 67, , % Washington and Sunderland West B 69, , % Watford B 80, ,917 1, % Waveney C 79, ,670 1, % Wealden C 76,724 1,062 76,714 1, % Weaver Vale C 66, , % Wellingborough C 76, , % Wells C 79, , , % Welwyn Hatfield C 71, , % Wentworth and Dearne C 72, , % West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine C 66, ,887 1, % West Bromwich East B 63, , % West Bromwich West B 65, , % West Dorset C 76, , % West Dunbartonshire C 66, , % West Ham B 83,572 1,737 83,498 1, % West Lancashire C 72, , % West Suffolk C 74, , , % West Tyrone C 60, , , % West Worcestershire C 72, , % Westminster North 64, , % Westmorland and Lonsdale C 67, , % Weston-Super-Mare C 78, , % Wigan C 75, , % Wimbledon B 64, , % Winchester C 73,339 1,129 72,673 1, % Windsor C 68, ,871 1, % Wirral South C 56, , % Wirral West C 55, , % Witham C 66, , % Witney C 78,141 1,033 77,725 1, % Woking C 73,064 1,071 71,947 1,047 1, % Wokingham C 76,378 1,666 75,518 1, % Wolverhampton North East B 59, , % Wolverhampton South East B 60, , % Wolverhampton South West B 58, , % Worcester B 72, , % Workington C 59, , % Worsley and Eccles South C 73,019 1,473 73,616 1, % Worthing West B 73, , % Wrexham C 50, , % Wycombe C 73, , % Wyre and Preston North C 71, , % Wyre Forest C 76, , % Wythenshawe and Sale East B 75, , % Yeovil C 82,767 1,550 82,599 1, % Ynys Mon C 50, , % York Central B 74, , % York Outer C 74, , % Source : Office for National Statistics, General Register Office for Scotland, and Electoral Office for Northern Ireland.

18 1.6 Electoral registers, 1 December 2009 : Parliamentary electors Constituent countries of the United Kingdom, Parliamentary constituencies 1 Note: C - county constituency; B - borough constituency Parliamentary constituency Total electors Total electors Attainers 13 Attainers 13 1st December st December st December st December 2009 England 12 37,912,549 38,129, , ,817 Aldershot 11 B 69,921 70, Aldridge-Brownhills B 59,260 59, Altrincham and Sale West B 71,334 71,192 1,693 1,042 Amber Valley 2 C 68,852 69, Arundel and South Downs 9 C 73,777 76, ,188 Ashfield C 77,525 77, Ashford C 80,397 81,088 1,192 1,119 Ashton-under-Lyne B 66,303 67, Aylesbury C 77,927 78,017 1, Banbury 4 C 83,332 83, ,062 Barking B 74,000 73,303 1,084 1,013 Barnsley Central B 64,809 64, Barnsley East C 67,062 68, Barrow and Furness 2 C 69,305 69, Basildon and Billericay 2 B 64,995 65, Basingstoke 4 B 73,468 75, Bassetlaw C 77,413 76,741 1, Bath B 65,079 65, Batley and Spen B 75,610 76, Battersea B 71,957 71, Beaconsfield C 73,436 74, Beckenham B 65,572 66, Bedford B 68,982 68, Bermondsey and Old Southwark B 75,024 75, Berwick-upon-Tweed 9 C 57,468 57, ,051 Bethnal Green and Bow B 75,548 76, Beverley and Holderness 2 C 79,675 79,788 1, Bexhill and Battle C 77,393 78, ,200 Bexleyheath and Crayford B 64,400 64, Birkenhead B 63,397 62, Birmingham Edgbaston 2 B 67,579 68, Birmingham Erdington 2 B 66,613 66, Birmingham Hall Green 2 B 75,686 76, ,036 Birmingham Hodge Hill 2 B 74,406 75, ,198 2 Birmingham Ladywood 2 B 70,492 72, Birmingham Northfield 2 B 71,436 71, Birmingham Perry Barr 2 B 71,061 71, Birmingham Selly Oak 2 B 73,973 75, Birmingham Yardley 2 B 72,152 72, ,012 Bishop Auckland C 68,208 68, Blackburn B 72,427 71, Blackley and Broughton B 68,238 68, Blackpool North and Cleveleys B 65,842 66, Blackpool South B 63,361 63, Blaydon B 67,404 67, Blyth Valley 8 B 63,790 64,035 1,008 1,306 Bognor Regis and Littlehampton C 71,223 71,033 1,038 1,437 Bolsover C 73,478 73, Bolton North East B 68,426 66, Bolton South East B 70,509 69, Bolton West C 71,661 71, Bootle B 72,350 71,995 1,344 1,149 Boston and Skegness 2 C 72,295 70, Bosworth C 77,001 77, Bournemouth East 3 B 70,629 71,886 1, Bournemouth West 3 B 69,929 70,913 1, Bracknell C 76,364 76,947 1,247 1,191 Bradford East 2 B 66,189 64,382 1,069 1,006 Bradford South 2 B 64,677 63, Bradford West 2 B 62,811 60,658 1, Braintree C 70,321 70, Brent Central B 72,161 72, Brent North B 80,473 81, Brentford and Isleworth B 81,701 82,569 1, Brentwood and Ongar C 69,694 70, Bridgwater and West Somerset C 81,659 81, Brigg and Goole 2 C 66,783 66, Brighton Kemptown B 63,370 65, Brighton Pavilion B 70,679 72, Bristol East B 68,456 68, Bristol North West B 72,724 73, Bristol South B 77,311 78, Bristol West B 75,280 79, Broadland 8 C 72,866 71,982 1,

19 Note: C - county constituency; B - borough constituency Parliamentary constituency Total electors Total electors Attainers 13 Attainers 13 1st December st December st December st December 2009 Bromley and Chislehurst B 65,199 65, Bromsgrove 10 C 73,482 73, ,535 Broxbourne B 70,916 71, Broxtowe C 71,355 71, Buckingham C 74,278 75,076 1,278 1,194 Burnley B 66,751 66, Burton C 74,768 75, Bury North 10 B 66,795 67, ,099 Bury South 10 B 73,622 74, ,117 Bury St. Edmunds C 82,597 84,588 1,114 1,096 Calder Valley C 76,121 77, Camberwell and Peckham B 76,073 76, Camborne and Redruth C 63,235 63, Cambridge B 74,788 75, Cannock Chase C 74,721 74, Canterbury C 73,576 73, Carlisle C 65,427 65, Carshalton and Wallington B 66,216 66,634 1,106 1,103 Castle Point B 66,944 67, Central Devon 9 C 70,718 71, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich C 79,823 76,137 1, Charnwood C 73,877 74,734 1,060 1,036 Chatham and Aylesford 2 C 66,910 67, Cheadle 10 B 71,373 71, ,220 Chelmsford B 77,452 77,607 1,093 1,077 Chelsea and Fulham 2 B 62,996 63, Cheltenham B 78,786 78,469 1,013 1,037 Chesham and Amersham C 69,741 70, ,018 Chesterfield B 71,665 72, Chichester C 80,370 81, Chingford and Woodford Green C 61,620 64,804 1,738 1,682 Chippenham 2 C 72,233 71, Chipping Barnet B 73,035 73, Chorley C 70,955 71, Christchurch C 68,172 68, Cities of London and Westminster B 63,293 64, City of Chester C 65,628 68, City of Durham C 66,857 67, Clacton C 67,451 67, Cleethorpes C 70,678 70, Colchester B 73,498 73, Colne Valley C 78,780 79, Congleton 10 C 73,960 74,806 1,059 1,712 Copeland C 63,686 63, Corby C 77,767 78, Coventry North East B 71,116 72, Coventry North West B 72,368 73, Coventry South B 72,800 73, Crawley B 71,694 72, Crewe and Nantwich 10 C 76,401 78, ,729 Croydon Central B 75,209 75, Croydon North B 82,823 83, Croydon South B 80,398 80, Dagenham and Rainham B 69,825 69,599 1,062 1,081 Darlington B 67,771 68, Dartford C 74,161 75,085 1,091 1,077 Daventry C 72,373 71,636 1, Denton and Reddish 10 B 66,492 64, Derby North B 60,981 71, Derby South B 81,272 71, Derbyshire Dales 2 C 62,963 63, Devizes 2 C 66,567 66, Dewsbury C 77,222 78, Don Valley C 71,390 72, Doncaster Central B 72,584 73, Doncaster North C 71,046 72, Dover C 71,673 71, Dudley North B 61,012 60, Dudley South B 60,754 60, Dulwich and West Norwood 2 B 69,583 70, Ealing Central and Acton 2 B 69,497 69, Ealing North 2 B 72,673 72, Ealing Southall 2 B 64,084 64, Easington C 64,996 63, East Devon C 71,592 72, East Ham B 86,873 87,809 1,994 1,866 East Hampshire C 71,226 71, East Surrey, 9,10 C 76,230 76,847 1,013 1,366 East Worthing and Shoreham C 72,521 72, East Yorkshire 2 C 80,266 80,513 1,