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Sizes of constituency electorates Standard Note: SN/SG/5677 Last updated: 4 March 2011 Author: Feargal McGuinness Section Social & General Statistics The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act, passed on 16 February 2010, contains measures to reduce the number of parliamentary constituencies to 600 and to limit the permitted variation in the number of registered electors for a constituency. This note considers the possible impact by region of the measures in the Act and compares the sizes of constituency electorates at 1 December 2010 (the Boundary Commissions’ ‘review date’ for the review of constituency boundaries). It looks at the variation in electorate sizes about national and regional means and about the UK Electoral Quota as defined in the Act. Information on how boundary reviews will be conducted has been published by the respective Boundary Commissions for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The background to the Act is examined in detail in Library Research Paper 10/55. The passage of the Bill through the Commons is summarised in Research Paper 10/72 and standard notes SN/PC/5780 and SN/PC/5863 respectively summarise the Lords stages of the Bill and amendments added during the Bill’s passage. Contents 1 Measures in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2 2 Distribution of parliamentary constituencies 3 2.1 Current distribution of seats 3 2.2 Distribution of seats by parity of electorate 3 2.3 Limits on Northern Ireland constituency electorates 5 2.4 Partisan effects of boundary changes 6 3 Tables 6 3.1 Variation of constituency electorates about national and regional means 7 3.2 Variation of constituency electorates about UK Electoral Quota 23 This information is provided to Members of Parliament in support of their parliamentary duties and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual. It should not be relied upon as being up to date; the law or policies may have changed since it was last updated; and it should not be relied upon as legal or professional advice or as a substitute for it. A suitably qualified professional should be consulted if specific advice or information is required. This information is provided subject to our general terms and conditions which are available online or may be provided on request in hard copy. Authors are available to discuss the content of this briefing with Members and their staff, but not with the general public.

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Sizes of constituency electorates Standard Note: SN/SG/5677

Last updated: 4 March 2011

Author: Feargal McGuinness

Section Social & General Statistics

The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act, passed on 16 February 2010, contains measures to reduce the number of parliamentary constituencies to 600 and to limit the permitted variation in the number of registered electors for a constituency. This note considers the possible impact by region of the measures in the Act and compares the sizes of constituency electorates at 1 December 2010 (the Boundary Commissions’ ‘review date’ for the review of constituency boundaries). It looks at the variation in electorate sizes about national and regional means and about the UK Electoral Quota as defined in the Act.

Information on how boundary reviews will be conducted has been published by the respective Boundary Commissions for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The background to the Act is examined in detail in Library Research Paper 10/55. The passage of the Bill through the Commons is summarised in Research Paper 10/72 and standard notes SN/PC/5780 and SN/PC/5863 respectively summarise the Lords stages of the Bill and amendments added during the Bill’s passage.

Contents

1  Measures in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2 

2  Distribution of parliamentary constituencies 3 

2.1  Current distribution of seats 3 

2.2  Distribution of seats by parity of electorate 3 

2.3  Limits on Northern Ireland constituency electorates 5 

2.4  Partisan effects of boundary changes 6 

3  Tables 6 

3.1  Variation of constituency electorates about national and regional means 7 

3.2  Variation of constituency electorates about UK Electoral Quota 23 

This information is provided to Members of Parliament in support of their parliamentary duties and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual. It should not be relied upon as being up to date; the law or policies may have changed since it was last updated; and it should not be relied upon as legal or professional advice or as a substitute for it. A suitably qualified professional should be consulted if specific advice or information is required.

This information is provided subject to our general terms and conditions which are available online or may be provided on request in hard copy. Authors are available to discuss the content of this briefing with Members and their staff, but not with the general public.

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3.3  UK parliamentary constituencies ranked by electorate size 32 

3.4  British parliamentary constituencies ranked by mid-2009 population 41 

1 Measures in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act1 sets the number of UK constituencies at 600. With the exceptions of Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney and Shetland and the Isle of Wight, constituencies will need to be within 5% of an electoral quota of 76,641. The quota is obtained by dividing the total UK electorate on 1 December 2010 (minus the electorates of the excepted constituencies) by 596. The current UK mean electorate, excluding Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney and Shetland and the Isle of Wight, is 70,600.

Each constituency shall be wholly within one of the four constituent parts of the UK. The geographical area of constituencies will be limited at 13,000 km2. Should a constituency be greater than 12,000 km2, it does not have to be within 5% of the electoral quota should the relevant Boundary Commission be satisfied that it is not reasonably possible. Currently the only constituency with an area greater than 12,000 km2 is Ross, Skye & Lochaber at 12,715 km2, but it could still see its boundaries changed under the provisions of the Act.

Clause 11, Rule 5 of the Bill (below) explains other factors the Boundary Commissions may take into account when recommending constituency boundaries. These considerations are secondary to the principle of parity of electorate. The boundaries of the electoral regions specified in Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 are Government Office Regions:

(1) A Boundary Commission may take into account, if and to such extent as they think fit— (a) special geographical considerations, including in particular the size, shape and

accessibility of a constituency; (b) local government boundaries as they exist on the most recent ordinary council-

election day before the review date; (c) boundaries of existing constituencies; (d) any local ties that would be broken by changes in constituencies; (e) the inconveniences attendant on such changes.

(2) The Boundary Commission for England may take into account, if and to such extent as they

think fit, boundaries of the electoral regions specified in Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (ignoring paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule and the references to Gibraltar) as it has effect on the most recent ordinary council-election day before the review date.

1 The Act is available at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/contents/enacted

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2 Distribution of parliamentary constituencies 2.1 Current distribution of seats

At 1 December 2010 the average constituency electorate in the UK was 70,530. Wales has the lowest number of electors per constituency, with an average electorate of 57,040. Among English regions the North East has the lowest average electorate at 67,974, compared to the England average of 72,127. The South East has the highest average electorate at 75,041. Table 1 below sets out the mean electorates for constituencies in each constituent part of the UK and electoral region.

Table 1: Parliamentary electorate by region, 1 December 2010

Total electorate Number of Mean electorate Difference from1 December 2010 constituencies 1st December 2010 UK mean

UK 45,844,691 650 70,530UK (excluding Orkney & Shetland, Na h-Eileanan an Iar and Isle of Wight) 45,678,175 647 70,600 70

England 38,443,481 533 72,127 1,596Scotland 3,928,979 59 66,593 -3,937 Wales 2,281,596 40 57,040 -13,490 Northern Ireland 1,190,635 18 66,146 -4,384

East Midlands 3,361,089 46 73,067 2,537East of England 4,280,707 58 73,805 3,275London 5,266,904 73 72,149 1,619North East 1,971,249 29 67,974 -2,556 North West 5,253,019 75 70,040 -490 South East 6,303,428 84 75,041 4,511South West 4,042,475 55 73,500 2,969West Midlands 4,115,668 59 69,757 -773 Yorkshire and the Humber 3,848,942 54 71,277 746

Isle of Wight 110,924 1 110,924 40,394Orkney and Shetland 33,755 1 33,755 -36,775 Na h-Eileanan an Iar 21,837 1 21,837 -48,693

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

2.2 Distribution of seats by parity of electorate

Table 2 below shows how seats will be distributed between constituent parts of the UK according to the method described in the Bill (the Sainte-Laguë method). The Boundary Commission for England has proposed to use boundaries of electoral regions as a template in their review, using the Sainte-Laguë method to determine the distribution of constituencies across the regions (the Commission is consulting on the proposal). Table 2 shows how seats will be distributed should the proposal be followed through.

Of the constituent parts of the UK, Wales would see the greatest percentage decrease in the number of constituencies, losing ten seats (a 25% reduction). England would see the smallest percentage decrease, losing thirty one seats (a 6% reduction).

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Table 2: Proposed revised distribution of seats per region

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1st December 2010

UK 650 600 50 76,641

England 533 502 31 76,665Scotland 59 52 7 77,468Wales 40 30 10 76,053Northern Ireland 18 16 2 74,415

East Midlands 46 44 2 76,388East of England 58 56 2 76,441London 73 68 5 77,454North East 29 26 3 75,817North West 75 68 7 77,250South East 84 83 1 76,451South West 55 53 2 76,273West Midlands 59 54 5 76,216Yorkshire and the Humber 54 50 4 76,979

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Notes: (i) The revised distribution has been calculated by the Boundary Commission for England by allocating seats per electoral region based on the Sainte-Laguë method, the same method used to allocate seats across the constituent parts of the UK. The revised mean electorate is then obtained by dividing the areas' electorates by its proposed revised number of seats. The Boundary Commission are consulting as to whether it should use this method of seat allocation for English electoral regions (although under the provisions of the Act they are not obliged to prevent seats from crossing regional boundaries). Note that the Boundary Commission could fit one more seat into each region or one fewer seat into each region and still keep each seat within 5% of the electoral quota.

(ii) Figures for the revised number of seats for Scotland include Na h-Eileanan an Iar and Orkney and Shetland; figures for the revised number of seats in England and in the South East region include two constituencies on the Isle of Wight.

(iii) When calculating the revised mean electorate per region, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney and Shetland and the Isle of Wight constituencies are excluded.

Source: Boundary Commission for England; ONS

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2.3 Limits on Northern Ireland constituency electorates The Act specifies lower and upper bounds for constituency electorates, of 95% and 105% of the UK electoral quota. Therefore constituencies will have to contain between 72,809 electors and 80,473 electors at 1 December 2010. If necessary, constituency electorates in Northern Ireland can lie within a more generous range (between 70,583 and 80,473 electors) because of difficulties that could arise from there being only a small number of seats. The limits for Northern Ireland constituencies are calculated as follows:

Step 1: Do different limits apply?

1. The total electorate of Northern Ireland is 1,190,635. Using the constituency allocation method described in the Act, there will be 16 seats in Northern Ireland with a mean electorate of 74,415.

2. The UK electoral quota, as defined in the Act, is 76,641. The number of seats in Northern Ireland multiplied by the electoral quota is 1,226,260, which is 35,625 electors greater than the total Northern Ireland electorate.

3. The Bill specifies that if this difference (35,625) is greater than one third of the UK quota, then different electorate limits apply to Northern Ireland constituencies. One third of the UK quota is 25,547 and therefore the different limits are introduced.

Step 2: Calculating the new limits

4. Lower Limit

The lower limit is the smaller of:

• 95% of the UK electoral quota = 72,809

• the Northern Ireland mean electorate minus 5% of the UK quota = 70,583

Since 70,583 is the lesser number, it is the new lower limit.

5. Upper Limit

The upper limit is the greater of:

• 105% of the UK electoral quota = 80,473

• the Northern Ireland mean electorate plus 5% of the UK quota = 78,247

Since 80,473 is the greater number, it becomes the new upper limit.

6. Therefore Northern Ireland constituencies will have to contain between 70,583 and 80,473 electors.

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2.4 Partisan effects of boundary changes A study by Lewis Baston for Democratic Audit, The New Constituency Map of Britain?, estimated the number of seats each party would notionally have won in a 600 seat House of Commons at the 2010 General Election. Its findings suggest a very wide range of possible outcomes depending on the constituency boundaries used – for example, it estimates the Conservatives could have won as many as 302 seats or as few as 276 seats, indicating the difficulty of conducting such analysis when precise constituency boundaries are unknown. Note the analysis did not treat the Isle of Wight as a special case, as is now provided for in the Act.

3 Tables

3.1 Variation of UK parliamentary constituency electorates about national and regional means, 1 December 2010

The table shows the difference between the electorate of a constituency and the averages for the UK and the relevant Government Office Region.

3.2 Variation of UK parliamentary constituency electorates about UK Electoral Quota, 1 December 2010

The table shows the variation in electorates from the UK Electoral Quota as defined in the Act, in terms of number of electors and as a percentage of the electoral quota. Note that even if a constituency is currently within 5% of the electoral quota, it could still be redrawn to ensure that other constituencies in the area can have electorates close to the quota.

3.3 UK parliamentary constituencies ranked by electorate size at 1 December 2010

Of the 42 constituencies with electorates greater than 80,000, 19 are in London or the South East. Of the 39 constituencies with electorates less than 60,000, two thirds of them (26 constituencies) are in Wales.

3.4 British parliamentary constituencies ranked by mid-2009 population

The table shows the population of each constituency in mid-2009, the latest date for which data are available. Under the provisions of the Act, population will not be taken into account when redrawing boundaries. However as Table 6 shows, an MP may have a relatively small electorate but a large population to represent. For example, Kensington has an electorate of 62,784 (571st largest) but a population of 124,280 (9th largest). Population estimates for the current Northern Ireland constituencies have not yet been published.

The UK Electoral Quota as referred to in the tables is the quota described in the Act for a 600 seat House of Commons, calculated at 76,641 electors.

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3.1 Variation of UK parliamentary constituency electorates about national and regional means, 1 December 2010i

UK Electoral Quota: 76,641

Electorate PopulationConstituency Party 1 December 2010 UK meanii UK country mean Regional mean No of electors Percentage mid-2009iii

East Midlands 3,361,089Amber Valley CON 69,538 -992 -2,589 -3,529 -7,103 -9.3% 86,894Ashfield LAB 77,049 6,519 4,922 3,982 408 0.5% 100,204Bassetlaw LAB 78,306 7,776 6,179 5,239 1,665 2.2% 102,572Bolsover LAB 72,162 1,632 35 -905 -4,479 -5.8% 92,553Boston and Skegness CON 70,620 90 -1,507 -2,447 -6,021 -7.9% 97,875

Bosworth CON 77,787 7,257 5,660 4,720 1,146 1.5% 97,999Broxtowe CON 71,961 1,431 -166 -1,106 -4,680 -6.1% 96,993Charnwood CON 75,454 4,924 3,327 2,387 -1,187 -1.5% 92,903Chesterfield LAB 72,866 2,336 739 -201 -3,775 -4.9% 90,519Corby CON 79,468 8,938 7,341 6,401 2,827 3.7% 103,385

Daventry CON 71,903 1,373 -224 -1,164 -4,738 -6.2% 95,319Derby North LAB 72,617 2,087 490 -450 -4,024 -5.3% 96,819Derby South LAB 72,048 1,518 -79 -1,019 -4,593 -6.0% 107,675Derbyshire Dales CON 63,732 -6,798 -8,395 -9,335 -12,909 -16.8% 77,592Erewash CON 70,022 -508 -2,105 -3,045 -6,619 -8.6% 92,972

Gainsborough CON 73,795 3,265 1,668 728 -2,846 -3.7% 91,001Gedling LAB 70,886 356 -1,241 -2,181 -5,755 -7.5% 92,483Grantham and Stamford CON 79,118 8,588 6,991 6,051 2,477 3.2% 102,147Harborough CON 78 753 8 223 6 626 5 686 2 112 2 8% 101 715

Difference from Difference from UK Electoral Quota

Harborough CON 78,753 8,223 6,626 5,686 2,112 2.8% 101,715High Peak CON 72,178 1,648 51 -889 -4,463 -5.8% 92,373

Kettering CON 69,610 -920 -2,517 -3,457 -7,031 -9.2% 90,083Leicester East LAB 74,377 3,847 2,250 1,310 -2,264 -3.0% 101,567Leicester South LAB 78,433 7,903 6,306 5,366 1,792 2.3% 108,447Leicester West LAB 65,432 -5,098 -6,695 -7,635 -11,209 -14.6% 94,708Lincoln CON 72,662 2,132 535 -405 -3,979 -5.2% 101,342

Loughborough CON 77,884 7,354 5,757 4,817 1,243 1.6% 99,918Louth and Horncastle CON 76,233 5,703 4,106 3,166 -408 -0.5% 99,534Mansfield LAB 79,849 9,319 7,722 6,782 3,208 4.2% 99,663Mid Derbyshire CON 66,572 -3,958 -5,555 -6,495 -10,069 -13.1% 84,240Newark CON 72,407 1,877 280 -660 -4,234 -5.5% 97,551

North East Derbyshire LAB 72,374 1,844 247 -693 -4,267 -5.6% 89,978North West Leicestershire CON 72,022 1,492 -105 -1,045 -4,619 -6.0% 90,603Northampton North CON 62,095 -8,435 -10,032 -10,972 -14,546 -19.0% 86,766Northampton South CON 63,748 -6,782 -8,379 -9,319 -12,893 -16.8% 91,933Nottingham East LAB 59,489 -11,041 -12,638 -13,578 -17,152 -22.4% 96,053

Nottingham North LAB 64,578 -5,952 -7,549 -8,489 -12,063 -15.7% 96,847Nottingham South LAB 69,154 -1,376 -2,973 -3,913 -7,487 -9.8% 107,876Rushcliffe CON 73,430 2,900 1,303 363 -3,211 -4.2% 95,332Rutland and Melton CON 77,324 6,794 5,197 4,257 683 0.9% 99,802

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Electorate PopulationConstituency Party 1 December 2010 UK meanii UK country mean Regional mean No of electors Percentage mid-2009iii

Difference from Difference from UK Electoral Quota

Sherwood CON 72,111 1,581 -16 -956 -4,530 -5.9% 91,797

Sleaford and North Hykeham CON 85,561 15,031 13,434 12,494 8,920 11.6% 109,058South Derbyshire CON 71,326 796 -801 -1,741 -5,315 -6.9% 92,754South Holland and The Deepings CON 76,939 6,409 4,812 3,872 298 0.4% 96,968South Leicestershire CON 77,412 6,882 5,285 4,345 771 1.0% 100,122South Northamptonshire CON 82,956 12,426 10,829 9,889 6,315 8.2% 111,164

Wellingborough CON 76,848 6,318 4,721 3,781 207 0.3% 105,141

East of England 4,280,707Basildon and Billericay CON 65,373 -5,157 -6,754 -8,432 -11,268 -14.7% 88,565Bedford CON 69,019 -1,511 -3,108 -4,786 -7,622 -9.9% 101,673Braintree CON 72,064 1,534 -63 -1,741 -4,577 -6.0% 95,035Brentwood and Ongar CON 71,041 511 -1,086 -2,764 -5,600 -7.3% 93,422Broadland CON 73,066 2,536 939 -739 -3,575 -4.7% 93,756

Broxbourne CON 71,872 1,342 -255 -1,933 -4,769 -6.2% 95,738Bury St Edmunds CON 85,933 15,403 13,806 12,128 9,292 12.1% 108,122Cambridge LD 75,259 4,729 3,132 1,454 -1,382 -1.8% 112,644Castle Point CON 64,562 -5,968 -7,565 -9,243 -12,079 -15.8% 89,232Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CON 76,177 5,647 4,050 2,372 -464 -0.6% 96,673

Chelmsford CON 77,835 7,305 5,708 4,030 1,194 1.6% 104,681Clacton CON 67,447 -3,083 -4,680 -6,358 -9,194 -12.0% 91,555Colchester LD 73,638 3,108 1,511 -167 -3,003 -3.9% 110,296Epping Forest CON 72,212 1,682 85 -1,593 -4,429 -5.8% 93,849Great Yarmouth CON 70,526 -4 -1,601 -3,279 -6,115 -8.0% 96,271

Harlow CON 67,700 -2,830 -4,427 -6,105 -8,941 -11.7% 91,213Harwich and North Essex CON 71,087 557 -1,040 -2,718 -5,554 -7.2% 96,051Hemel Hempstead CON 72,561 2,031 434 -1,244 -4,080 -5.3% 96,427Hertford and Stortford CON 79,255 8,725 7,128 5,450 2,614 3.4% 106,104Hertsmere CON 70,772 242 -1,355 -3,033 -5,869 -7.7% 98,910

Hitchin and Harpenden CON 74,189 3,659 2,062 384 -2,452 -3.2% 97,148Huntingdon CON 79,134 8,604 7,007 5,329 2,493 3.3% 109,193Ipswich CON 75,195 4,665 3,068 1,390 -1,446 -1.9% 103,175Luton North LAB 66,273 -4,257 -5,854 -7,532 -10,368 -13.5% 97,940Luton South LAB 65,889 -4,641 -6,238 -7,916 -10,752 -14.0% 102,414

Maldon CON 69,539 -991 -2,588 -4,266 -7,102 -9.3% 90,071Mid Bedfordshire CON 76,381 5,851 4,254 2,576 -260 -0.3% 101,746Mid Norfolk CON 75,079 4,549 2,952 1,274 -1,562 -2.0% 98,483North East Bedfordshire CON 78,350 7,820 6,223 4,545 1,709 2.2% 101,897North East Cambridgeshire CON 83,661 13,131 11,534 9,856 7,020 9.2% 108,679

North East Hertfordshire CON 72,658 2,128 531 -1,147 -3,983 -5.2% 94,499North Norfolk LD 68,277 -2,253 -3,850 -5,528 -8,364 -10.9% 84,614North West Cambridgeshire CON 89,419 18,889 17,292 15,614 12,778 16.7% 118,357North West Norfolk CON 73,269 2,739 1,142 -536 -3,372 -4.4% 92,469Norwich North CON 64,982 -5,548 -7,145 -8,823 -11,659 -15.2% 90,330

Norwich South LD 73,569 3,039 1,442 -236 -3,072 -4.0% 100,855

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Electorate PopulationConstituency Party 1 December 2010 UK meanii UK country mean Regional mean No of electors Percentage mid-2009iii

Difference from Difference from UK Electoral Quota

Peterborough CON 72,787 2,257 660 -1,018 -3,854 -5.0% 109,386Rayleigh and Wickford CON 76,089 5,559 3,962 2,284 -552 -0.7% 97,614Rochford and Southend East CON 71,131 601 -996 -2,674 -5,510 -7.2% 94,381Saffron Walden CON 77,109 6,579 4,982 3,304 468 0.6% 98,088

South Basildon and East Thurrock CON 71,819 1,289 -308 -1,986 -4,822 -6.3% 98,304South Cambridgeshire CON 80,001 9,471 7,874 6,196 3,360 4.4% 107,807South East Cambridgeshire CON 82,265 11,735 10,138 8,460 5,624 7.3% 112,120South Norfolk CON 77,317 6,787 5,190 3,512 676 0.9% 94,636South Suffolk CON 72,965 2,435 838 -840 -3,676 -4.8% 89,541

South West Bedfordshire CON 76,178 5,648 4,051 2,373 -463 -0.6% 99,583South West Hertfordshire CON 78,269 7,739 6,142 4,464 1,628 2.1% 105,285South West Norfolk CON 75,034 4,504 2,907 1,229 -1,607 -2.1% 101,954Southend West CON 66,780 -3,750 -5,347 -7,025 -9,861 -12.9% 85,421St Albans CON 70,298 -232 -1,829 -3,507 -6,343 -8.3% 94,896

Stevenage CON 69,357 -1,173 -2,770 -4,448 -7,284 -9.5% 91,351Suffolk Coastal CON 76,932 6,402 4,805 3,127 291 0.4% 99,566Thurrock CON 77,667 7,137 5,540 3,862 1,026 1.3% 114,305Watford CON 80,939 10,409 8,812 7,134 4,298 5.6% 107,852Waveney CON 79,132 8,602 7,005 5,327 2,491 3.2% 104,523

Welwyn Hatfield CON 71,766 1,236 -361 -2,039 -4,875 -6.4% 107,260West Suffolk CON 76,158 5,628 4,031 2,353 -483 -0.6% 112,373Witham CON 67,451 -3,079 -4,676 -6,354 -9,190 -12.0% 88,292

London 5,266,904Barking LAB 74 027 3 497 1 900 1 878 2 614 3 4% 114 591Barking LAB 74,027 3,497 1,900 1,878 -2,614 -3.4% 114,591Battersea CON 73,028 2,498 901 879 -3,613 -4.7% 95,952Beckenham CON 66,470 -4,060 -5,657 -5,679 -10,171 -13.3% 86,470Bermondsey and Old Southwark LD 77,186 6,656 5,059 5,037 545 0.7% 127,292Bethnal Green and Bow LAB 79,581 9,051 7,454 7,432 2,940 3.8% 118,022

Bexleyheath and Crayford CON 64,144 -6,386 -7,983 -8,005 -12,497 -16.3% 86,291Brent Central LD 73,385 2,855 1,258 1,236 -3,256 -4.2% 111,030Brent North LAB 82,648 12,118 10,521 10,499 6,007 7.8% 107,538Brentford and Isleworth CON 83,332 12,802 11,205 11,183 6,691 8.7% 117,771Bromley and Chislehurst CON 65,508 -5,022 -6,619 -6,641 -11,133 -14.5% 88,694

Camberwell and Peckham LAB 78,605 8,075 6,478 6,456 1,964 2.6% 122,924Carshalton and Wallington LD 67,044 -3,486 -5,083 -5,105 -9,597 -12.5% 96,514Chelsea and Fulham CON 62,958 -7,572 -9,169 -9,191 -13,683 -17.9% 103,649Chingford and Woodford Green CON 64,770 -5,760 -7,357 -7,379 -11,871 -15.5% 80,507Chipping Barnet CON 76,455 5,925 4,328 4,306 -186 -0.2% 114,072

Cities of London and Westminster CON 65,140 -5,390 -6,987 -7,009 -11,501 -15.0% 133,657Croydon Central CON 76,980 6,450 4,853 4,831 339 0.4% 108,908Croydon North LAB 85,107 14,577 12,980 12,958 8,466 11.0% 128,654Croydon South CON 81,554 11,024 9,427 9,405 4,913 6.4% 105,254Dagenham and Rainham LAB 70,187 -343 -1,940 -1,962 -6,454 -8.4% 99,132

Dulwich and West Norwood LAB 71,523 993 -604 -626 -5,118 -6.7% 104,625

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Ealing Central and Acton CON 69,828 -702 -2,299 -2,321 -6,813 -8.9% 111,656Ealing North LAB 73,105 2,575 978 956 -3,536 -4.6% 111,357Ealing, Southall LAB 65,768 -4,762 -6,359 -6,381 -10,873 -14.2% 93,617East Ham LAB 91,531 21,001 19,404 19,382 14,890 19.4% 119,530

Edmonton LAB 64,356 -6,174 -7,771 -7,793 -12,285 -16.0% 103,733Eltham LAB 63,059 -7,471 -9,068 -9,090 -13,582 -17.7% 85,531Enfield North CON 66,761 -3,769 -5,366 -5,388 -9,880 -12.9% 97,263Enfield, Southgate CON 64,932 -5,598 -7,195 -7,217 -11,709 -15.3% 90,234Erith and Thamesmead LAB 69,718 -812 -2,409 -2,431 -6,923 -9.0% 101,789

Feltham and Heston LAB 80,437 9,907 8,310 8,288 3,796 5.0% 116,475Finchley and Golders Green CON 71,595 1,065 -532 -554 -5,046 -6.6% 110,433Greenwich and Woolwich LAB 66,982 -3,548 -5,145 -5,167 -9,659 -12.6% 94,739Hackney North and Stoke Newington LAB 74,780 4,250 2,653 2,631 -1,861 -2.4% 113,118Hackney South and Shoreditch LAB 73,778 3,248 1,651 1,629 -2,863 -3.7% 102,869

Hammersmith LAB 70,008 -522 -2,119 -2,141 -6,633 -8.7% 111,682Hampstead and Kilburn LAB 78,552 8,022 6,425 6,403 1,911 2.5% 123,914Harrow East CON 72,537 2,007 410 388 -4,104 -5.4% 97,160Harrow West LAB 69,135 -1,395 -2,992 -3,014 -7,506 -9.8% 99,858Hayes and Harlington LAB 70,589 59 -1,538 -1,560 -6,052 -7.9% 106,479

Hendon CON 74,329 3,799 2,202 2,180 -2,312 -3.0% 118,583Holborn and St Pancras LAB 85,243 14,713 13,116 13,094 8,602 11.2% 144,210Hornchurch and Upminster CON 79,568 9,038 7,441 7,419 2,927 3.8% 103,000Hornsey and Wood Green LD 79,878 9,348 7,751 7,729 3,237 4.2% 111,439Ilford North CON 72,702 2,172 575 553 -3,939 -5.1% 100,280

Ilford South LAB 86,401 15,871 14,274 14,252 9,760 12.7% 123,689Islington North LAB 68,777 -1,753 -3,350 -3,372 -7,864 -10.3% 94,620Islington South and Finsbury LAB 67,613 -2,917 -4,514 -4,536 -9,028 -11.8% 97,201Kensington CON 62,784 -7,746 -9,343 -9,365 -13,857 -18.1% 124,280Kingston and Surbiton LD 80,639 10,109 8,512 8,490 3,998 5.2% 124,236

Lewisham East LAB 65,508 -5,022 -6,619 -6,641 -11,133 -14.5% 98,060Lewisham West and Penge LAB 69,399 -1,131 -2,728 -2,750 -7,242 -9.4% 103,580Lewisham, Deptford LAB 67,590 -2,940 -4,537 -4,559 -9,051 -11.8% 108,599Leyton and Wanstead LAB 63,021 -7,509 -9,106 -9,128 -13,620 -17.8% 91,634Mitcham and Morden LAB 67,074 -3,456 -5,053 -5,075 -9,567 -12.5% 106,422

Old Bexley and Sidcup CON 65,161 -5,369 -6,966 -6,988 -11,480 -15.0% 83,683Orpington CON 68,221 -2,309 -3,906 -3,928 -8,420 -11.0% 89,264Poplar and Limehouse LAB 74,919 4,389 2,792 2,770 -1,722 -2.2% 116,743Putney CON 62,153 -8,377 -9,974 -9,996 -14,488 -18.9% 91,442Richmond Park CON 76,650 6,120 4,523 4,501 9 0.0% 119,300

Romford CON 71,978 1,448 -149 -171 -4,663 -6.1% 93,005Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner CON 71,706 1,176 -421 -443 -4,935 -6.4% 92,868Streatham LAB 71,913 1,383 -214 -236 -4,728 -6.2% 105,438Sutton and Cheam LD 66,571 -3,959 -5,556 -5,578 -10,070 -13.1% 95,704Tooting LAB 72,707 2,177 580 558 -3,934 -5.1% 99,227

Tottenham LAB 70,162 -368 -1,965 -1,987 -6,479 -8.5% 114,090

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Twickenham LD 79,172 8,642 7,045 7,023 2,531 3.3% 112,168Uxbridge and South Ruislip CON 71,954 1,424 -173 -195 -4,687 -6.1% 94,290Vauxhall LAB 73,274 2,744 1,147 1,125 -3,367 -4.4% 108,639Walthamstow LAB 64,482 -6,048 -7,645 -7,667 -12,159 -15.9% 95,943

West Ham LAB 86,400 15,870 14,273 14,251 9,759 12.7% 121,682Westminster North LAB 65,936 -4,594 -6,191 -6,213 -10,705 -14.0% 127,256Wimbledon CON 65,936 -4,594 -6,191 -6,213 -10,705 -14.0% 99,996

North East 1,971,249Berwick-upon-Tweed LD 55,785 -14,745 -16,342 -12,189 -20,856 -27.2% 73,917Bishop Auckland LAB 68,501 -2,029 -3,626 527 -8,140 -10.6% 85,434Blaydon LAB 68,156 -2,374 -3,971 182 -8,485 -11.1% 85,100Blyth Valley LAB 63,173 -7,357 -8,954 -4,801 -13,468 -17.6% 80,986City of Durham LAB 72,659 2,129 532 4,685 -3,982 -5.2% 94,747

Darlington LAB 67,476 -3,054 -4,651 -498 -9,165 -12.0% 87,127Easington LAB 65,618 -4,912 -6,509 -2,356 -11,023 -14.4% 83,352Gateshead LAB 66,066 -4,464 -6,061 -1,908 -10,575 -13.8% 89,318Hartlepool LAB 70,010 -520 -2,117 2,036 -6,631 -8.7% 90,948Hexham CON 60,499 -10,031 -11,628 -7,475 -16,142 -21.1% 74,870

Houghton and Sunderland South LAB 70,115 -415 -2,012 2,141 -6,526 -8.5% 89,903Jarrow LAB 65,047 -5,483 -7,080 -2,927 -11,594 -15.1% 84,219Middlesbrough LAB 65,851 -4,679 -6,276 -2,123 -10,790 -14.1% 94,515Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland LAB 72,876 2,346 749 4,902 -3,765 -4.9% 95,082Newcastle upon Tyne Central LAB 60,795 -9,735 -11,332 -7,179 -15,846 -20.7% 97,199

Newcastle upon Tyne East LAB 65 203 5 327 6 924 2 771 11 438 14 9% 95 095Newcastle upon Tyne East LAB 65,203 -5,327 -6,924 -2,771 -11,438 -14.9% 95,095Newcastle upon Tyne North LAB 67,401 -3,129 -4,726 -573 -9,240 -12.1% 91,963North Durham LAB 68,959 -1,571 -3,168 985 -7,682 -10.0% 84,584North Tyneside LAB 78,617 8,087 6,490 10,643 1,976 2.6% 100,186North West Durham LAB 72,760 2,230 633 4,786 -3,881 -5.1% 89,229

Redcar LD 67,195 -3,335 -4,932 -779 -9,446 -12.3% 88,388Sedgefield LAB 67,386 -3,144 -4,741 -588 -9,255 -12.1% 82,402South Shields LAB 63,765 -6,765 -8,362 -4,209 -12,876 -16.8% 84,621Stockton North LAB 67,333 -3,197 -4,794 -641 -9,308 -12.1% 91,977Stockton South CON 74,521 3,991 2,394 6,547 -2,120 -2.8% 99,074

Sunderland Central LAB 76,292 5,762 4,165 8,318 -349 -0.5% 99,968Tynemouth LAB 76,618 6,088 4,491 8,644 -23 0.0% 96,972Wansbeck LAB 62,395 -8,135 -9,732 -5,579 -14,246 -18.6% 81,303Washington and Sunderland West LAB 70,177 -353 -1,950 2,203 -6,464 -8.4% 91,783

North West 5,253,019Altrincham and Sale West CON 72,008 1,478 -119 1,968 -4,633 -6.0% 91,852Ashton-Under-Lyne LAB 68,553 -1,977 -3,574 -1,487 -8,088 -10.6% 89,876Barrow and Furness LAB 69,148 -1,382 -2,979 -892 -7,493 -9.8% 90,444Birkenhead LAB 62,432 -8,098 -9,695 -7,608 -14,209 -18.5% 84,376Blackburn LAB 72,112 1,582 -15 2,072 -4,529 -5.9% 101,211

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Blackley and Broughton LAB 69,006 -1,524 -3,121 -1,034 -7,635 -10.0% 106,078Blackpool North and Cleveleys CON 66,187 -4,343 -5,940 -3,853 -10,454 -13.6% 83,052Blackpool South LAB 64,081 -6,449 -8,046 -5,959 -12,560 -16.4% 80,265Bolton North East LAB 66,600 -3,930 -5,527 -3,440 -10,041 -13.1% 90,493Bolton South East LAB 69,088 -1,442 -3,039 -952 -7,553 -9.9% 97,048

Bolton West LAB 71,454 924 -673 1,414 -5,187 -6.8% 91,647Bootle LAB 70,824 294 -1,303 784 -5,817 -7.6% 97,820Burnley LD 67,003 -3,527 -5,124 -3,037 -9,638 -12.6% 85,575Bury North CON 67,911 -2,619 -4,216 -2,129 -8,730 -11.4% 85,972Bury South LAB 75,140 4,610 3,013 5,100 -1,501 -2.0% 96,625

Carlisle CON 66,322 -4,208 -5,805 -3,718 -10,319 -13.5% 83,382Cheadle LD 71,797 1,267 -330 1,757 -4,844 -6.3% 91,183Chorley LAB 71,333 803 -794 1,293 -5,308 -6.9% 92,683City of Chester CON 68,280 -2,250 -3,847 -1,760 -8,361 -10.9% 89,576Congleton CON 73,820 3,290 1,693 3,780 -2,821 -3.7% 92,104

Copeland LAB 63,696 -6,834 -8,431 -6,344 -12,945 -16.9% 79,859Crewe and Nantwich CON 78,845 8,315 6,718 8,805 2,204 2.9% 104,166Denton and Reddish LAB 65,684 -4,846 -6,443 -4,356 -10,957 -14.3% 85,230Eddisbury CON 65,914 -4,616 -6,213 -4,126 -10,727 -14.0% 85,151Ellesmere Port and Neston LAB 66,995 -3,535 -5,132 -3,045 -9,646 -12.6% 87,131

Fylde CON 66,504 -4,026 -5,623 -3,536 -10,137 -13.2% 82,492Garston and Halewood LAB 71,618 1,088 -509 1,578 -5,023 -6.6% 97,270Halton LAB 70,322 -208 -1,805 282 -6,319 -8.2% 88,869Hazel Grove LD 62,422 -8,108 -9,705 -7,618 -14,219 -18.6% 79,487, , , , , ,Heywood and Middleton LAB 79,636 9,106 7,509 9,596 2,995 3.9% 101,201

Hyndburn LAB 69,617 -913 -2,510 -423 -7,024 -9.2% 92,532Knowsley LAB 79,334 8,804 7,207 9,294 2,693 3.5% 105,426Lancaster and Fleetwood CON 67,305 -3,225 -4,822 -2,735 -9,336 -12.2% 87,648Leigh LAB 77,001 6,471 4,874 6,961 360 0.5% 99,741Liverpool, Riverside LAB 73,406 2,876 1,279 3,366 -3,235 -4.2% 97,511

Liverpool, Walton LAB 61,974 -8,556 -10,153 -8,066 -14,667 -19.1% 90,021Liverpool, Wavertree LAB 61,679 -8,851 -10,448 -8,361 -14,962 -19.5% 88,747Liverpool, West Derby LAB 62,709 -7,821 -9,418 -7,331 -13,932 -18.2% 90,218Macclesfield CON 73,613 3,083 1,486 3,573 -3,028 -4.0% 90,899Makerfield LAB 74,856 4,326 2,729 4,816 -1,785 -2.3% 95,683

Manchester Central LAB 89,519 18,989 17,392 19,479 12,878 16.8% 125,770Manchester, Gorton LAB 74,681 4,151 2,554 4,641 -1,960 -2.6% 106,926Manchester, Withington LD 73,656 3,126 1,529 3,616 -2,985 -3.9% 95,378Morecambe and Lunesdale CON 69,254 -1,276 -2,873 -786 -7,387 -9.6% 89,786Oldham East and Saddleworth LAB 72,249 1,719 122 2,209 -4,392 -5.7% 98,379

Oldham West and Royton LAB 72,402 1,872 275 2,362 -4,239 -5.5% 99,767Pendle CON 66,735 -3,795 -5,392 -3,305 -9,906 -12.9% 89,312Penrith and The Border CON 65,234 -5,296 -6,893 -4,806 -11,407 -14.9% 80,695Preston LAB 61,025 -9,505 -11,102 -9,015 -15,616 -20.4% 89,237Ribble Valley CON 77,437 6,907 5,310 7,397 796 1.0% 96,754

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Rochdale LAB 77,699 7,169 5,572 7,659 1,058 1.4% 103,510Rossendale and Darwen CON 73,443 2,913 1,316 3,403 -3,198 -4.2% 94,387Salford and Eccles LAB 76,863 6,333 4,736 6,823 222 0.3% 101,657Sefton Central LAB 67,696 -2,834 -4,431 -2,344 -8,945 -11.7% 85,547South Ribble CON 75,116 4,586 2,989 5,076 -1,525 -2.0% 97,391

Southport LD 67,803 -2,727 -4,324 -2,237 -8,838 -11.5% 89,936St Helens North LAB 75,688 5,158 3,561 5,648 -953 -1.2% 97,609St Helens South and Whiston LAB 78,612 8,082 6,485 8,572 1,971 2.6% 101,977Stalybridge and Hyde LAB 70,691 161 -1,436 651 -5,950 -7.8% 89,138Stockport LAB 62,764 -7,766 -9,363 -7,276 -13,877 -18.1% 84,729

Stretford and Urmston LAB 70,520 -10 -1,607 480 -6,121 -8.0% 93,788Tatton CON 65,200 -5,330 -6,927 -4,840 -11,441 -14.9% 82,656Wallasey LAB 65,732 -4,798 -6,395 -4,308 -10,909 -14.2% 86,936Warrington North LAB 71,836 1,306 -291 1,796 -4,805 -6.3% 94,175Warrington South CON 81,212 10,682 9,085 11,172 4,571 6.0% 103,588

Weaver Vale CON 66,008 -4,522 -6,119 -4,032 -10,633 -13.9% 87,369West Lancashire LAB 73,028 2,498 901 2,988 -3,613 -4.7% 94,043Westmorland and Lonsdale LD 66,609 -3,921 -5,518 -3,431 -10,032 -13.1% 84,204Wigan LAB 76,779 6,249 4,652 6,739 138 0.2% 96,996Wirral South LAB 56,238 -14,292 -15,889 -13,802 -20,403 -26.6% 69,467

Wirral West CON 55,077 -15,453 -17,050 -14,963 -21,564 -28.1% 67,716Workington LAB 59,361 -11,169 -12,766 -10,679 -17,280 -22.5% 76,459Worsley and Eccles South LAB 73,409 2,879 1,282 3,369 -3,232 -4.2% 98,761Wyre and Preston North CON 71,612 1,082 -515 1,572 -5,029 -6.6% 89,333y , , , , ,Wythenshawe and Sale East LAB 75,602 5,072 3,475 5,562 -1,039 -1.4% 103,985

South East 6,303,428Aldershot CON 71,908 1,378 -219 -3,133 -4,733 -6.2% 101,673Arundel and South Downs CON 76,697 6,167 4,570 1,656 56 0.1% 95,308Ashford CON 81,947 11,417 9,820 6,906 5,306 6.9% 108,966Aylesbury CON 78,750 8,220 6,623 3,709 2,109 2.8% 106,593Banbury CON 84,063 13,533 11,936 9,022 7,422 9.7% 115,493

Basingstoke CON 75,470 4,940 3,343 429 -1,171 -1.5% 104,211Beaconsfield CON 75,320 4,790 3,193 279 -1,321 -1.7% 97,990Bexhill and Battle CON 78,602 8,072 6,475 3,561 1,961 2.6% 98,703Bognor Regis and Littlehampton CON 70,535 5 -1,592 -4,506 -6,106 -8.0% 98,305Bracknell CON 77,490 6,960 5,363 2,449 849 1.1% 107,065

Brighton, Kemptown CON 66,557 -3,973 -5,570 -8,484 -10,084 -13.2% 86,885Brighton, Pavilion GRN 73,430 2,900 1,303 -1,611 -3,211 -4.2% 96,494Buckingham Speaker 75,837 5,307 3,710 796 -804 -1.0% 97,225Canterbury CON 73,779 3,249 1,652 -1,262 -2,862 -3.7% 107,817Chatham and Aylesford CON 68,437 -2,093 -3,690 -6,604 -8,204 -10.7% 95,176

Chesham and Amersham CON 70,723 193 -1,404 -4,318 -5,918 -7.7% 90,936Chichester CON 81,804 11,274 9,677 6,763 5,163 6.7% 103,382Crawley CON 71,793 1,263 -334 -3,248 -4,848 -6.3% 105,333

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Dartford CON 74,756 4,226 2,629 -285 -1,885 -2.5% 99,521Dover CON 71,993 1,463 -134 -3,048 -4,648 -6.1% 92,473

East Hampshire CON 72,648 2,118 521 -2,393 -3,993 -5.2% 92,272East Surrey CON 77,145 6,615 5,018 2,104 504 0.7% 103,839East Worthing and Shoreham CON 72,996 2,466 869 -2,045 -3,645 -4.8% 95,107Eastbourne LD 76,978 6,448 4,851 1,937 337 0.4% 103,743Eastleigh LD 78,313 7,783 6,186 3,272 1,672 2.2% 100,201

Epsom and Ewell CON 76,916 6,386 4,789 1,875 275 0.4% 102,033Esher and Walton CON 76,962 6,432 4,835 1,921 321 0.4% 109,478Fareham CON 76,457 5,927 4,330 1,416 -184 -0.2% 96,452Faversham and Mid Kent CON 68,521 -2,009 -3,606 -6,520 -8,120 -10.6% 89,533Folkestone and Hythe CON 84,156 13,626 12,029 9,115 7,515 9.8% 105,456

Gillingham and Rainham CON 71,109 579 -1,018 -3,932 -5,532 -7.2% 95,795Gosport CON 72,845 2,315 718 -2,196 -3,796 -5.0% 95,012Gravesham CON 70,412 -118 -1,715 -4,629 -6,229 -8.1% 98,822Guildford CON 77,517 6,987 5,390 2,476 876 1.1% 102,402Hastings and Rye CON 76,422 5,892 4,295 1,381 -219 -0.3% 104,594

Havant CON 70,568 38 -1,559 -4,473 -6,073 -7.9% 88,523Henley CON 73,851 3,321 1,724 -1,190 -2,790 -3.6% 95,335Horsham CON 77,001 6,471 4,874 1,960 360 0.5% 101,999Hove CON 71,181 651 -946 -3,860 -5,460 -7.1% 93,758Isle of Wight CON 110,924 40,394 38,797 35,883 34,283 44.7% 140,229

Lewes LD 68,515 -2,015 -3,612 -6,526 -8,126 -10.6% 87,192Maidenhead CON 74,028 3,498 1,901 -1,013 -2,613 -3.4% 100,519, , , , , ,Maidstone and The Weald CON 70,576 46 -1,551 -4,465 -6,065 -7.9% 95,280Meon Valley CON 71,291 761 -836 -3,750 -5,350 -7.0% 87,792Mid Sussex CON 77,044 6,514 4,917 2,003 403 0.5% 99,661

Milton Keynes North CON 81,226 10,696 9,099 6,185 4,585 6.0% 113,953Milton Keynes South CON 85,552 15,022 13,425 10,511 8,911 11.6% 122,714Mole Valley CON 72,568 2,038 441 -2,473 -4,073 -5.3% 93,568New Forest East CON 73,542 3,012 1,415 -1,499 -3,099 -4.0% 92,697New Forest West CON 68,987 -1,543 -3,140 -6,054 -7,654 -10.0% 83,657

Newbury CON 77,898 7,368 5,771 2,857 1,257 1.6% 106,314North East Hampshire CON 72,548 2,018 421 -2,493 -4,093 -5.3% 95,299North Thanet CON 67,110 -3,420 -5,017 -7,931 -9,531 -12.4% 91,694North West Hampshire CON 77,020 6,490 4,893 1,979 379 0.5% 98,146Oxford East LAB 81,644 11,114 9,517 6,603 5,003 6.5% 119,184

Oxford West and Abingdon CON 77,811 7,281 5,684 2,770 1,170 1.5% 103,588Portsmouth North CON 71,798 1,268 -329 -3,243 -4,843 -6.3% 98,585Portsmouth South LD 71,947 1,417 -180 -3,094 -4,694 -6.1% 104,918Reading East CON 78,170 7,640 6,043 3,129 1,529 2.0% 107,083Reading West CON 73,216 2,686 1,089 -1,825 -3,425 -4.5% 100,441

Reigate CON 72,043 1,513 -84 -2,998 -4,598 -6.0% 99,210Rochester and Strood CON 75,001 4,471 2,874 -40 -1,640 -2.1% 100,466Romsey and Southampton North CON 67,696 -2,834 -4,431 -7,345 -8,945 -11.7% 87,937

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Runnymede and Weybridge CON 73,680 3,150 1,553 -1,361 -2,961 -3.9% 105,007Sevenoaks CON 69,925 -605 -2,202 -5,116 -6,716 -8.8% 91,866

Sittingbourne and Sheppey CON 74,796 4,266 2,669 -245 -1,845 -2.4% 104,914Slough LAB 81,327 10,797 9,200 6,286 4,686 6.1% 123,419South Thanet CON 67,970 -2,560 -4,157 -7,071 -8,671 -11.3% 94,105South West Surrey CON 76,495 5,965 4,368 1,454 -146 -0.2% 100,735Southampton, Itchen LAB 74,513 3,983 2,386 -528 -2,128 -2.8% 102,494

Southampton, Test LAB 71,263 733 -864 -3,778 -5,378 -7.0% 105,856Spelthorne CON 71,211 681 -916 -3,830 -5,430 -7.1% 92,562Surrey Heath CON 78,453 7,923 6,326 3,412 1,812 2.4% 103,824Tonbridge and Malling CON 71,989 1,459 -138 -3,052 -4,652 -6.1% 96,098Tunbridge Wells CON 73,028 2,498 901 -2,013 -3,613 -4.7% 97,873

Wantage CON 79,775 9,245 7,648 4,734 3,134 4.1% 104,181Wealden CON 77,536 7,006 5,409 2,495 895 1.2% 97,062Winchester CON 74,138 3,608 2,011 -903 -2,503 -3.3% 93,821Windsor CON 70,633 103 -1,494 -4,408 -6,008 -7.8% 103,660Witney CON 78,220 7,690 6,093 3,179 1,579 2.1% 102,496

Woking CON 74,328 3,798 2,201 -713 -2,313 -3.0% 100,450Wokingham CON 75,886 5,356 3,759 845 -755 -1.0% 105,485Worthing West CON 74,468 3,938 2,341 -573 -2,173 -2.8% 93,853Wycombe CON 73,750 3,220 1,623 -1,291 -2,891 -3.8% 101,927

South West 4,042,475Bath LD 66,690 -3,840 -5,437 -6,810 -9,951 -13.0% 90,455Bournemouth East CON 72 961 2 431 834 539 3 680 4 8% 91 651Bournemouth East CON 72,961 2,431 834 -539 -3,680 -4.8% 91,651Bournemouth West CON 72,714 2,184 587 -786 -3,927 -5.1% 90,112Bridgwater and West Somerset CON 82,936 12,406 10,809 9,436 6,295 8.2% 105,554Bristol East LAB 69,347 -1,183 -2,780 -4,153 -7,294 -9.5% 97,624

Bristol North West CON 73,920 3,390 1,793 420 -2,721 -3.6% 103,298Bristol South LAB 78,703 8,173 6,576 5,203 2,062 2.7% 108,156Bristol West LD 82,503 11,973 10,376 9,003 5,862 7.6% 124,009Camborne and Redruth CON 64,798 -5,732 -7,329 -8,702 -11,843 -15.5% 85,317Central Devon CON 71,563 1,033 -564 -1,937 -5,078 -6.6% 89,112

Cheltenham LD 77,937 7,407 5,810 4,437 1,296 1.7% 103,161Chippenham LD 73,312 2,782 1,185 -188 -3,329 -4.3% 93,570Christchurch CON 69,008 -1,522 -3,119 -4,492 -7,633 -10.0% 82,547Devizes CON 68,846 -1,684 -3,281 -4,654 -7,795 -10.2% 92,222East Devon CON 72,406 1,876 279 -1,094 -4,235 -5.5% 93,013

Exeter LAB 76,796 6,266 4,669 3,296 155 0.2% 107,843Filton and Bradley Stoke CON 69,732 -798 -2,395 -3,768 -6,909 -9.0% 92,163Forest of Dean CON 68,703 -1,827 -3,424 -4,797 -7,938 -10.4% 87,202Gloucester CON 80,788 10,258 8,661 7,288 4,147 5.4% 107,750Kingswood CON 67,199 -3,331 -4,928 -6,301 -9,442 -12.3% 85,941

Mid Dorset and North Poole LD 64,705 -5,825 -7,422 -8,795 -11,936 -15.6% 80,323Newton Abbot CON 69,600 -930 -2,527 -3,900 -7,041 -9.2% 86,729

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North Cornwall LD 68,206 -2,324 -3,921 -5,294 -8,435 -11.0% 87,176North Devon LD 75,098 4,568 2,971 1,598 -1,543 -2.0% 91,492North Dorset CON 73,010 2,480 883 -490 -3,631 -4.7% 92,081

North East Somerset CON 68,546 -1,984 -3,581 -4,954 -8,095 -10.6% 87,283North Somerset CON 78,223 7,693 6,096 4,723 1,582 2.1% 100,492North Swindon CON 79,488 8,958 7,361 5,988 2,847 3.7% 101,770North Wiltshire CON 67,154 -3,376 -4,973 -6,346 -9,487 -12.4% 86,193Plymouth, Moor View LAB 68,556 -1,974 -3,571 -4,944 -8,085 -10.5% 91,573

Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport CON 71,236 706 -891 -2,264 -5,405 -7.1% 110,421Poole CON 72,773 2,243 646 -727 -3,868 -5.0% 89,943Salisbury CON 68,731 -1,799 -3,396 -4,769 -7,910 -10.3% 88,961Somerton and Frome LD 82,150 11,620 10,023 8,650 5,509 7.2% 101,774South Dorset CON 73,499 2,969 1,372 -1 -3,142 -4.1% 90,618

South East Cornwall CON 71,851 1,321 -276 -1,649 -4,790 -6.3% 88,576South Swindon CON 73,449 2,919 1,322 -51 -3,192 -4.2% 97,022South West Devon CON 70,756 226 -1,371 -2,744 -5,885 -7.7% 89,494South West Wiltshire CON 72,820 2,290 693 -680 -3,821 -5.0% 95,187St Austell and Newquay LD 75,974 5,444 3,847 2,474 -667 -0.9% 98,113

St Ives LD 66,696 -3,834 -5,431 -6,804 -9,945 -13.0% 84,874Stroud CON 79,135 8,605 7,008 5,635 2,494 3.3% 98,395Taunton Deane LD 82,882 12,352 10,755 9,382 6,241 8.1% 108,716Tewkesbury CON 77,206 6,676 5,079 3,706 565 0.7% 96,499The Cotswolds CON 78,439 7,909 6,312 4,939 1,798 2.3% 96,125

Thornbury and Yate LD 64,736 -5,794 -7,391 -8,764 -11,905 -15.5% 84,132y , , , , , ,Tiverton and Honiton CON 75,839 5,309 3,712 2,339 -802 -1.0% 97,343Torbay LD 76,219 5,689 4,092 2,719 -422 -0.6% 99,094Torridge and West Devon CON 77,417 6,887 5,290 3,917 776 1.0% 98,382Totnes CON 67,562 -2,968 -4,565 -5,938 -9,079 -11.8% 83,581

Truro and Falmouth CON 71,340 810 -787 -2,160 -5,301 -6.9% 89,228Wells LD 79,989 9,459 7,862 6,489 3,348 4.4% 102,371West Dorset CON 76,779 6,249 4,652 3,279 138 0.2% 92,927Weston-super-Mare CON 78,778 8,248 6,651 5,278 2,137 2.8% 108,599Yeovil LD 82,771 12,241 10,644 9,271 6,130 8.0% 105,056

West Midlands 4,115,668Aldridge-Brownhills CON 59,506 -11,024 -12,621 -10,251 -17,135 -22.4% 74,899Birmingham, Edgbaston LAB 69,039 -1,491 -3,088 -718 -7,602 -9.9% 93,098Birmingham, Erdington LAB 67,598 -2,932 -4,529 -2,159 -9,043 -11.8% 94,654Birmingham, Hall Green LAB 77,157 6,627 5,030 7,400 516 0.7% 112,960Birmingham, Hodge Hill LAB 75,985 5,455 3,858 6,228 -656 -0.9% 116,540

Birmingham, Ladywood LAB 74,008 3,478 1,881 4,251 -2,633 -3.4% 112,546Birmingham, Northfield LAB 72,190 1,660 63 2,433 -4,451 -5.8% 98,721Birmingham, Perry Barr LAB 71,794 1,264 -333 2,037 -4,847 -6.3% 104,497Birmingham, Selly Oak LAB 75,668 5,138 3,541 5,911 -973 -1.3% 99,738Birmingham, Yardley LD 73,261 2,731 1,134 3,504 -3,380 -4.4% 104,003

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Bromsgrove CON 73,279 2,749 1,152 3,522 -3,362 -4.4% 93,363Burton CON 75,302 4,772 3,175 5,545 -1,339 -1.7% 98,083Cannock Chase CON 75,680 5,150 3,553 5,923 -961 -1.3% 94,549Coventry North East LAB 74,870 4,340 2,743 5,113 -1,771 -2.3% 110,133Coventry North West LAB 74,180 3,650 2,053 4,423 -2,461 -3.2% 99,654

Coventry South LAB 75,705 5,175 3,578 5,948 -936 -1.2% 102,993Dudley North LAB 61,714 -8,816 -10,413 -8,043 -14,927 -19.5% 79,713Dudley South CON 61,308 -9,222 -10,819 -8,449 -15,333 -20.0% 78,212Halesowen and Rowley Regis CON 67,656 -2,874 -4,471 -2,101 -8,985 -11.7% 84,230Hereford and South Herefordshire CON 71,352 822 -775 1,595 -5,289 -6.9% 93,646

Kenilworth and Southam CON 63,772 -6,758 -8,355 -5,985 -12,869 -16.8% 82,709Lichfield CON 73,085 2,555 958 3,328 -3,556 -4.6% 90,428Ludlow CON 66,199 -4,331 -5,928 -3,558 -10,442 -13.6% 80,208Meriden CON 83,428 12,898 11,301 13,671 6,787 8.9% 108,113Mid Worcestershire CON 71,660 1,130 -467 1,903 -4,981 -6.5% 94,105

Newcastle-under-Lyme LAB 68,692 -1,838 -3,435 -1,065 -7,949 -10.4% 88,521North Herefordshire CON 66,711 -3,819 -5,416 -3,046 -9,930 -13.0% 85,476North Shropshire CON 77,673 7,143 5,546 7,916 1,032 1.3% 100,850North Warwickshire CON 70,544 14 -1,583 787 -6,097 -8.0% 89,087Nuneaton CON 68,288 -2,242 -3,839 -1,469 -8,353 -10.9% 88,760

Redditch CON 66,492 -4,038 -5,635 -3,265 -10,149 -13.2% 84,247Rugby CON 69,932 -598 -2,195 175 -6,709 -8.8% 90,075Shrewsbury and Atcham CON 73,978 3,448 1,851 4,221 -2,663 -3.5% 96,071Solihull LD 77,354 6,824 5,227 7,597 713 0.9% 97,060, , , , ,South Staffordshire CON 74,189 3,659 2,062 4,432 -2,452 -3.2% 92,021

Stafford CON 69,832 -698 -2,295 75 -6,809 -8.9% 90,990Staffordshire Moorlands CON 62,457 -8,073 -9,670 -7,300 -14,184 -18.5% 76,114Stoke-on-Trent Central LAB 61,774 -8,756 -10,353 -7,983 -14,867 -19.4% 78,710Stoke-on-Trent North LAB 72,225 1,695 98 2,468 -4,416 -5.8% 94,161Stoke-on-Trent South LAB 68,624 -1,906 -3,503 -1,133 -8,017 -10.5% 86,819

Stone CON 66,729 -3,801 -5,398 -3,028 -9,912 -12.9% 82,916Stourbridge CON 70,225 -305 -1,902 468 -6,416 -8.4% 87,983Stratford-on-Avon CON 69,108 -1,422 -3,019 -649 -7,533 -9.8% 86,569Sutton Coldfield CON 75,031 4,501 2,904 5,274 -1,610 -2.1% 91,986Tamworth CON 72,544 2,014 417 2,787 -4,097 -5.3% 94,285

Telford LAB 65,938 -4,592 -6,189 -3,819 -10,703 -14.0% 88,689The Wrekin CON 66,111 -4,419 -6,016 -3,646 -10,530 -13.7% 88,263Walsall North LAB 65,468 -5,062 -6,659 -4,289 -11,173 -14.6% 90,115Walsall South LAB 66,082 -4,448 -6,045 -3,675 -10,559 -13.8% 90,877Warley LAB 63,024 -7,506 -9,103 -6,733 -13,617 -17.8% 86,869

Warwick and Leamington CON 66,278 -4,252 -5,849 -3,479 -10,363 -13.5% 97,873West Bromwich East LAB 63,008 -7,522 -9,119 -6,749 -13,633 -17.8% 82,745West Bromwich West LAB 65,249 -5,281 -6,878 -4,508 -11,392 -14.9% 84,999West Worcestershire CON 73,001 2,471 874 3,244 -3,640 -4.7% 91,973Wolverhampton North East LAB 60,354 -10,176 -11,773 -9,403 -16,287 -21.3% 84,368

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Wolverhampton South East LAB 61,751 -8,779 -10,376 -8,006 -14,890 -19.4% 84,897Wolverhampton South West CON 59,846 -10,684 -12,281 -9,911 -16,795 -21.9% 82,055Worcester CON 73,960 3,430 1,833 4,203 -2,681 -3.5% 94,721Wyre Forest CON 77,800 7,270 5,673 8,043 1,159 1.5% 98,139

Yorkshire and The Humber 3,848,942Barnsley Central LAB 64,732 -5,798 -7,395 -6,545 -11,909 -15.5% 83,997Barnsley East LAB 68,243 -2,287 -3,884 -3,034 -8,398 -11.0% 87,524Batley and Spen LAB 77,472 6,942 5,345 6,195 831 1.1% 104,197Beverley and Holderness CON 79,775 9,245 7,648 8,498 3,134 4.1% 101,376Bradford East LD 66,718 -3,812 -5,409 -4,559 -9,923 -12.9% 109,875

Bradford South LAB 64,715 -5,815 -7,412 -6,562 -11,926 -15.6% 98,755Bradford West LAB 63,425 -7,105 -8,702 -7,852 -13,216 -17.2% 111,320Brigg and Goole CON 66,734 -3,796 -5,393 -4,543 -9,907 -12.9% 84,944Calder Valley CON 76,041 5,511 3,914 4,764 -600 -0.8% 101,295Cleethorpes CON 70,895 365 -1,232 -382 -5,746 -7.5% 91,542

Colne Valley CON 80,791 10,261 8,664 9,514 4,150 5.4% 105,165Dewsbury CON 79,634 9,104 7,507 8,357 2,993 3.9% 106,977Don Valley LAB 73,674 3,144 1,547 2,397 -2,967 -3.9% 95,307Doncaster Central LAB 73,874 3,344 1,747 2,597 -2,767 -3.6% 98,775Doncaster North LAB 72,855 2,325 728 1,578 -3,786 -4.9% 96,041

East Yorkshire CON 80,435 9,905 8,308 9,158 3,794 5.0% 101,922Elmet and Rothwell CON 77,994 7,464 5,867 6,717 1,353 1.8% 102,685Great Grimsby LAB 61,929 -8,601 -10,198 -9,348 -14,712 -19.2% 86,924Halifax LAB 69 126 1 404 3 001 2 151 7 515 9 8% 100 262Halifax LAB 69,126 -1,404 -3,001 -2,151 -7,515 -9.8% 100,262Haltemprice and Howden CON 70,864 334 -1,263 -413 -5,777 -7.5% 88,755

Harrogate and Knaresborough CON 75,044 4,514 2,917 3,767 -1,597 -2.1% 100,766Hemsworth LAB 73,487 2,957 1,360 2,210 -3,154 -4.1% 94,259Huddersfield LAB 66,681 -3,849 -5,446 -4,596 -9,960 -13.0% 90,411Keighley CON 66,971 -3,559 -5,156 -4,306 -9,670 -12.6% 94,691Kingston upon Hull East LAB 68,150 -2,380 -3,977 -3,127 -8,491 -11.1% 95,707

Kingston upon Hull North LAB 65,219 -5,311 -6,908 -6,058 -11,422 -14.9% 95,773Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle LAB 61,232 -9,298 -10,895 -10,045 -15,409 -20.1% 86,089Leeds Central LAB 80,912 10,382 8,785 9,635 4,271 5.6% 138,740Leeds East LAB 64,742 -5,788 -7,385 -6,535 -11,899 -15.5% 99,262Leeds North East LAB 68,269 -2,261 -3,858 -3,008 -8,372 -10.9% 95,595

Leeds North West LD 65,047 -5,483 -7,080 -6,230 -11,594 -15.1% 90,483Leeds West LAB 67,222 -3,308 -4,905 -4,055 -9,419 -12.3% 99,719Morley and Outwood LAB 75,163 4,633 3,036 3,886 -1,478 -1.9% 99,006Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford LAB 83,284 12,754 11,157 12,007 6,643 8.7% 105,813Penistone and Stocksbridge LAB 69,133 -1,397 -2,994 -2,144 -7,508 -9.8% 87,952

Pudsey CON 69,738 -792 -2,389 -1,539 -6,903 -9.0% 91,853Richmond (Yorks) CON 78,902 8,372 6,775 7,625 2,261 2.9% 107,063Rother Valley LAB 73,068 2,538 941 1,791 -3,573 -4.7% 93,072Rotherham LAB 63,131 -7,399 -8,996 -8,146 -13,510 -17.6% 89,047

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Scarborough and Whitby CON 76,078 5,548 3,951 4,801 -563 -0.7% 96,749

Scunthorpe LAB 63,489 -7,041 -8,638 -7,788 -13,152 -17.2% 84,605Selby and Ainsty CON 73,580 3,050 1,453 2,303 -3,061 -4.0% 94,792Sheffield Central LAB 69,975 -555 -2,152 -1,302 -6,666 -8.7% 105,947Sheffield South East LAB 67,792 -2,738 -4,335 -3,485 -8,849 -11.5% 94,532Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough LAB 69,206 -1,324 -2,921 -2,071 -7,435 -9.7% 107,471

Sheffield, Hallam LD 70,032 -498 -2,095 -1,245 -6,609 -8.6% 90,419Sheffield, Heeley LAB 66,432 -4,098 -5,695 -4,845 -10,209 -13.3% 92,563Shipley CON 68,125 -2,405 -4,002 -3,152 -8,516 -11.1% 92,166Skipton and Ripon CON 77,098 6,568 4,971 5,821 457 0.6% 99,950Thirsk and Malton CON 77,230 6,700 5,103 5,953 589 0.8% 98,345

Wakefield LAB 71,531 1,001 -596 254 -5,110 -6.7% 94,183Wentworth and Dearne LAB 72,272 1,742 145 995 -4,369 -5.7% 94,664York Central LAB 75,656 5,126 3,529 4,379 -985 -1.3% 102,710York Outer CON 75,125 4,595 2,998 3,848 -1,516 -2.0% 96,079

Scotland 3,928,979Aberdeen North LAB 64,753 -5,777 -1,840 .. -11,888 -15.5% 92,326Aberdeen South LAB 64,330 -6,200 -2,263 .. -12,311 -16.1% 92,196Airdrie and Shotts LAB 62,789 -7,741 -3,804 .. -13,852 -18.1% 84,527Angus SNP 64,178 -6,352 -2,415 .. -12,463 -16.3% 81,533Argyll and Bute LD 67,692 -2,838 1,099 .. -8,949 -11.7% 90,040

Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock LAB 73,708 3,178 7,115 .. -2,933 -3.8% 92,237Banff and Buchan SNP 65,183 -5,347 -1,410 .. -11,458 -15.0% 88,447Berwickshire Roxburgh and Selkirk LD 74 115 3 585 7 522 2 526 3 3% 94 110Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk LD 74,115 3,585 7,522 .. -2,526 -3.3% 94,110Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross LD 47,572 -22,958 -19,021 .. -29,069 -37.9% 59,376Central Ayrshire LAB 69,243 -1,287 2,650 .. -7,398 -9.7% 87,532

Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill LAB 70,877 347 4,284 .. -5,764 -7.5% 92,565Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East LAB 64,337 -6,193 -2,256 .. -12,304 -16.1% 84,519Dumfries and Galloway LAB 74,414 3,884 7,821 .. -2,227 -2.9% 94,814Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale CON 67,066 -3,464 473 .. -9,575 -12.5% 85,244Dundee East SNP 65,702 -4,828 -891 .. -10,939 -14.3% 85,404

Dundee West LAB 63,065 -7,465 -3,528 .. -13,576 -17.7% 86,703Dunfermline and West Fife LAB 74,621 4,091 8,028 .. -2,020 -2.6% 95,229East Dunbartonshire LD 64,186 -6,344 -2,407 .. -12,455 -16.3% 81,696East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow LAB 77,985 7,455 11,392 .. 1,344 1.8% 98,652East Lothian LAB 74,320 3,790 7,727 .. -2,321 -3.0% 96,830

East Renfrewshire LAB 68,117 -2,413 1,524 .. -8,524 -11.1% 89,240Edinburgh East LAB 60,594 -9,936 -5,999 .. -16,047 -20.9% 94,792Edinburgh North and Leith LAB 69,580 -950 2,987 .. -7,061 -9.2% 103,405Edinburgh South LAB 59,285 -11,245 -7,308 .. -17,356 -22.6% 89,469Edinburgh South West LAB 66,262 -4,268 -331 .. -10,379 -13.5% 99,922

Edinburgh West LD 65,526 -5,004 -1,067 .. -11,115 -14.5% 90,072Falkirk LAB 82,473 11,943 15,880 .. 5,832 7.6% 107,778Glasgow Central LAB 67,521 -3,009 928 .. -9,120 -11.9% 86,732

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Glasgow East LAB 66,142 -4,388 -451 .. -10,499 -13.7% 85,528Glasgow North LAB 54,620 -15,910 -11,973 .. -22,021 -28.7% 70,067

Glasgow North East LAB 64,171 -6,359 -2,422 .. -12,470 -16.3% 89,443Glasgow North West LAB 64,522 -6,008 -2,071 .. -12,119 -15.8% 83,699Glasgow South LAB 69,122 -1,408 2,529 .. -7,519 -9.8% 88,787Glasgow South West LAB 62,378 -8,152 -4,215 .. -14,263 -18.6% 84,214Glenrothes LAB 68,393 -2,137 1,800 .. -8,248 -10.8% 88,881

Gordon LD 74,394 3,864 7,801 .. -2,247 -2.9% 95,315Inverclyde LAB 61,038 -9,492 -5,555 .. -15,603 -20.4% 80,210Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey LD 72,764 2,234 6,171 .. -3,877 -5.1% 95,473Kilmarnock and Loudoun LAB 75,001 4,471 8,408 .. -1,640 -2.1% 93,923Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath LAB 74,247 3,717 7,654 .. -2,394 -3.1% 96,232

Lanark and Hamilton East LAB 76,190 5,660 9,597 .. -451 -0.6% 96,816Linlithgow and East Falkirk LAB 81,756 11,226 15,163 .. 5,115 6.7% 108,636Livingston LAB 76,580 6,050 9,987 .. -61 -0.1% 107,106Midlothian LAB 61,986 -8,544 -4,607 .. -14,655 -19.1% 80,810Moray SNP 66,726 -3,804 133 .. -9,915 -12.9% 87,660

Motherwell and Wishaw LAB 66,949 -3,581 356 .. -9,692 -12.6% 87,693Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP 21,837 -48,693 -44,756 .. -54,804 -71.5% 26,180North Ayrshire and Arran LAB 75,204 4,674 8,611 .. -1,437 -1.9% 93,468North East Fife LD 63,349 -7,181 -3,244 .. -13,292 -17.3% 83,118Ochil and South Perthshire LAB 75,848 5,318 9,255 .. -793 -1.0% 99,870

Orkney and Shetland LD 33,755 -36,775 -32,838 .. -42,886 -56.0% 42,170Paisley and Renfrewshire North LAB 65,847 -4,683 -746 .. -10,794 -14.1% 85,891y , , , ,Paisley and Renfrewshire South LAB 63,268 -7,262 -3,325 .. -13,373 -17.4% 84,019Perth and North Perthshire SNP 73,064 2,534 6,471 .. -3,577 -4.7% 96,580Ross, Skye and Lochaber LD 52,064 -18,466 -14,529 .. -24,577 -32.1% 65,641

Rutherglen and Hamilton West LAB 77,729 7,199 11,136 .. 1,088 1.4% 102,484Stirling LAB 66,743 -3,787 150 .. -9,898 -12.9% 88,740West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine LD 67,060 -3,470 467 .. -9,581 -12.5% 89,036West Dunbartonshire LAB 66,738 -3,792 145 .. -9,903 -12.9% 90,920

Wales 2,281,596Aberavon LAB 51,034 -19,496 -6,006 .. -25,607 -33.4% 65,024Aberconwy CON 44,962 -25,568 -12,078 .. -31,679 -41.3% 54,622Alyn and Deeside LAB 61,485 -9,045 4,445 .. -15,156 -19.8% 79,897Arfon Plaid Cymru 40,707 -29,823 -16,333 .. -35,934 -46.9% 58,113Blaenau Gwent LAB 53,517 -17,013 -3,523 .. -23,124 -30.2% 68,630

Brecon and Radnorshire LD 53,633 -16,897 -3,407 .. -23,008 -30.0% 68,364Bridgend LAB 58,936 -11,594 1,896 .. -17,705 -23.1% 76,090Caerphilly LAB 61,633 -8,897 4,593 .. -15,008 -19.6% 84,388Cardiff Central LD 62,218 -8,312 5,178 .. -14,423 -18.8% 82,706Cardiff North CON 66,290 -4,240 9,250 .. -10,351 -13.5% 89,333

Cardiff South and Penarth LAB 73,690 3,160 16,650 .. -2,951 -3.9% 103,460Cardiff West LAB 63,360 -7,170 6,320 .. -13,281 -17.3% 88,388

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Electorate PopulationConstituency Party 1 December 2010 UK meanii UK country mean Regional mean No of electors Percentage mid-2009iii

Difference from Difference from UK Electoral Quota

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Plaid Cymru 54,285 -16,245 -2,755 .. -22,356 -29.2% 70,676Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire CON 58,504 -12,026 1,464 .. -18,137 -23.7% 75,654Ceredigion LD 56,006 -14,524 -1,034 .. -20,635 -26.9% 76,400

Clwyd South LAB 54,243 -16,287 -2,797 .. -22,398 -29.2% 70,950Clwyd West CON 58,215 -12,315 1,175 .. -18,426 -24.0% 71,735Cynon Valley LAB 52,216 -18,314 -4,824 .. -24,425 -31.9% 68,441Delyn LAB 53,906 -16,624 -3,134 .. -22,735 -29.7% 70,026Dwyfor Meirionnydd Plaid Cymru 44,796 -25,734 -12,244 .. -31,845 -41.6% 60,654

Gower LAB 62,148 -8,382 5,108 .. -14,493 -18.9% 77,302Islwyn LAB 54,611 -15,919 -2,429 .. -22,030 -28.7% 72,489Llanelli LAB 58,447 -12,083 1,407 .. -18,194 -23.7% 78,899Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney LAB 54,757 -15,773 -2,283 .. -21,884 -28.6% 71,517Monmouth CON 65,101 -5,429 8,061 .. -11,540 -15.1% 80,531

Montgomeryshire CON 48,563 -21,967 -8,477 .. -28,078 -36.6% 63,523Neath LAB 57,618 -12,912 578 .. -19,023 -24.8% 72,250Newport East LAB 54,826 -15,704 -2,214 .. -21,815 -28.5% 74,113Newport West LAB 62,465 -8,065 5,425 .. -14,176 -18.5% 83,490Ogmore LAB 55,699 -14,831 -1,341 .. -20,942 -27.3% 73,328

Pontypridd LAB 60,016 -10,514 2,976 .. -16,625 -21.7% 81,238Preseli Pembrokeshire CON 57,966 -12,564 926 .. -18,675 -24.4% 72,963Rhondda LAB 52,765 -17,765 -4,275 .. -23,876 -31.2% 69,503Swansea East LAB 60,554 -9,976 3,514 .. -16,087 -21.0% 78,659Swansea West LAB 62,152 -8,378 5,112 .. -14,489 -18.9% 75,346

Torfaen LAB 61,644 -8,886 4,604 .. -14,997 -19.6% 80,908, , , , ,Vale of Clwyd LAB 56,264 -14,266 -776 .. -20,377 -26.6% 73,937Vale of Glamorgan CON 71,171 641 14,131 .. -5,470 -7.1% 96,956Wrexham LAB 51,669 -18,861 -5,371 .. -24,972 -32.6% 70,048Ynys Môn LAB 49,524 -21,006 -7,516 .. -27,117 -35.4% 68,768

Northern Ireland 1,190,635Belfast East Alliance 60,050 -10,480 -6,096 .. -16,591 -21.6%Belfast North DUP 66,825 -3,705 679 .. -9,816 -12.8%Belfast South SDLP 60,726 -9,804 -5,420 .. -15,915 -20.8%Belfast West Sinn Fein 60,520 -10,010 -5,626 .. -16,121 -21.0%East Antrim DUP 61,253 -9,277 -4,893 .. -15,388 -20.1%

East Londonderry DUP 64,546 -5,984 -1,600 .. -12,095 -15.8%Fermanagh and South Tyrone Sinn Fein 68,979 -1,551 2,833 .. -7,662 -10.0%Foyle SDLP 67,810 -2,720 1,664 .. -8,831 -11.5%Lagan Valley DUP 66,327 -4,203 181 .. -10,314 -13.5%Mid Ulster Sinn Fein 65,655 -4,875 -491 .. -10,986 -14.3%

Newry and Armagh Sinn Fein 75,856 5,326 9,710 .. -785 -1.0%North Antrim DUP 74,094 3,564 7,948 .. -2,547 -3.3%North Down IND 61,615 -8,915 -4,531 .. -15,026 -19.6%South Antrim DUP 64,254 -6,276 -1,892 .. -12,387 -16.2%South Down SDLP 72,092 1,562 5,946 .. -4,549 -5.9%

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Electorate PopulationConstituency Party 1 December 2010 UK meanii UK country mean Regional mean No of electors Percentage mid-2009iii

Difference from Difference from UK Electoral Quota

Strangford DUP 61,566 -8,964 -4,580 .. -15,075 -19.7%Upper Bann DUP 76,209 5,679 10,063 .. -432 -0.6%West Tyrone Sinn Fein 62,258 -8,272 -3,888 .. -14,383 -18.8%

(i) A positive figure for the difference indicates that the constituency electorate is greater than the mean/quota; a negative figure indicates it is less than the mean/quota.

(ii) The UK mean electorate has been calculated including the electorates of Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney and Shetland and the Isle of Wight.

(iii) Population data for Northern Ireland 2010 constituencies has not yet been published

Source: ONS

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3.2 Variation of UK parliamentary constituency electorates about UK Electoral Quota, 1 December 2010

UK Electoral Quota: 76,641

ElectorateRank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 No of electors Percentage

1 Richmond Park London CON 76,650 9 0.0%2 Tynemouth North East LAB 76,618 -23 0.0%3 Arundel and South Downs South East CON 76,697 56 0.1%4 Livingston Scotland LAB 76,580 -61 -0.1%5 West Dorset South West CON 76,779 138 0.2%

6 Wigan North West LAB 76,779 138 0.2%7 South West Surrey South East CON 76,495 -146 -0.2%8 Exeter South West LAB 76,796 155 0.2%9 Fareham South East CON 76,457 -184 -0.2%

10 Chipping Barnet London CON 76,455 -186 -0.2%

11 Wellingborough East Midlands CON 76,848 207 0.3%12 Hastings and Rye South East CON 76,422 -219 -0.3%13 Salford and Eccles North West LAB 76,863 222 0.3%14 Mid Bedfordshire East of England CON 76,381 -260 -0.3%15 Epsom and Ewell South East CON 76,916 275 0.4%

16 Suffolk Coastal East of England CON 76,932 291 0.4%17 South Holland and The Deepings East Midlands CON 76,939 298 0.4%18 Esher and Walton South East CON 76,962 321 0.4%19 Eastbourne South East LD 76,978 337 0.4%20 Croydon Central London CON 76,980 339 0.4%

21 Sunderland Central North East LAB 76,292 -349 -0.5%22 Leigh North West LAB 77,001 360 0.5%23 Horsham South East CON 77,001 360 0.5%24 North West Hampshire South East CON 77,020 379 0.5%25 Mid Sussex South East CON 77,044 403 0.5%

26 Ashfield East Midlands LAB 77,049 408 0.5%27 Louth and Horncastle East Midlands CON 76,233 -408 -0.5%28 Torbay South West LD 76,219 -422 -0.6%29 Upper Bann Northern Ireland DUP 76,209 -432 -0.6%30 Lanark and Hamilton East Scotland LAB 76,190 -451 -0.6%

31 Skipton and Ripon Yorkshire and The Humber CON 77,098 457 0.6%32 South West Bedfordshire East of England CON 76,178 -463 -0.6%33 Central Suffolk and North Ipswich East of England CON 76,177 -464 -0.6%34 Saffron Walden East of England CON 77,109 468 0.6%35 West Suffolk East of England CON 76,158 -483 -0.6%

36 East Surrey South East CON 77,145 504 0.7%37 Birmingham, Hall Green West Midlands LAB 77,157 516 0.7%

Difference from UK Electoral Quota

37 Birmingham, Hall Green West Midlands LAB 77,157 516 0.7%38 Bermondsey and Old Southwark London LD 77,186 545 0.7%39 Rayleigh and Wickford East of England CON 76,089 -552 -0.7%40 Scarborough and Whitby Yorkshire and The Humber CON 76,078 -563 -0.7%

41 Tewkesbury South West CON 77,206 565 0.7%42 Thirsk and Malton Yorkshire and The Humber CON 77,230 589 0.8%43 Calder Valley Yorkshire and The Humber CON 76,041 -600 -0.8%44 Birmingham, Hodge Hill West Midlands LAB 75,985 -656 -0.9%45 St Austell and Newquay South West LD 75,974 -667 -0.9%

46 South Norfolk East of England CON 77,317 676 0.9%47 Rutland and Melton East Midlands CON 77,324 683 0.9%48 Solihull West Midlands LD 77,354 713 0.9%49 Wokingham South East CON 75,886 -755 -1.0%50 South Leicestershire East Midlands CON 77,412 771 1.0%

51 Torridge and West Devon South West CON 77,417 776 1.0%52 Newry and Armagh Northern Ireland Sinn Fein 75,856 -785 -1.0%53 Ochil and South Perthshire Scotland LAB 75,848 -793 -1.0%54 Ribble Valley North West CON 77,437 796 1.0%55 Tiverton and Honiton South West CON 75,839 -802 -1.0%

56 Buckingham South East Speaker 75,837 -804 -1.0%57 Batley and Spen Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 77,472 831 1.1%58 Bracknell South East CON 77,490 849 1.1%59 Guildford South East CON 77,517 876 1.1%60 Wealden South East CON 77,536 895 1.2%

61 Coventry South West Midlands LAB 75,705 -936 -1.2%62 St Helens North North West LAB 75,688 -953 -1.2%63 Cannock Chase West Midlands CON 75,680 -961 -1.3%64 Birmingham, Selly Oak West Midlands LAB 75,668 -973 -1.3%65 York Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 75,656 -985 -1.3%

66 Thurrock East of England CON 77,667 1,026 1.3%67 North Shropshire West Midlands CON 77,673 1,032 1.3%68 Wythenshawe and Sale East North West LAB 75,602 -1,039 -1.4%69 Rochdale North West LAB 77,699 1,058 1.4%70 Rutherglen and Hamilton West Scotland LAB 77,729 1,088 1.4%

71 Bosworth East Midlands CON 77,787 1,146 1.5%72 Wyre Forest West Midlands CON 77,800 1,159 1.5%73 Oxford West and Abingdon South East CON 77,811 1,170 1.5%74 Basingstoke South East CON 75,470 -1,171 -1.5%75 Charnwood East Midlands CON 75,454 -1,187 -1.5%

76 Chelmsford East of England CON 77,835 1,194 1.6%77 Loughborough East Midlands CON 77,884 1,243 1.6%

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ElectorateRank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 No of electors Percentage

Difference from UK Electoral Quota

78 Newbury South East CON 77,898 1,257 1.6%79 Cheltenham South West LD 77,937 1,296 1.7%80 Beaconsfield South East CON 75,320 -1,321 -1.7%

81 Burton West Midlands CON 75,302 -1,339 -1.7%82 East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Scotland LAB 77,985 1,344 1.8%83 Elmet and Rothwell Yorkshire and The Humber CON 77,994 1,353 1.8%84 Cambridge East of England LD 75,259 -1,382 -1.8%85 North Ayrshire and Arran Scotland LAB 75,204 -1,437 -1.9%

86 Ipswich East of England CON 75,195 -1,446 -1.9%87 Morley and Outwood Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 75,163 -1,478 -1.9%88 Bury South North West LAB 75,140 -1,501 -2.0%89 York Outer Yorkshire and The Humber CON 75,125 -1,516 -2.0%90 South Ribble North West CON 75,116 -1,525 -2.0%

91 Reading East South East CON 78,170 1,529 2.0%92 North Devon South West LD 75,098 -1,543 -2.0%93 Mid Norfolk East of England CON 75,079 -1,562 -2.0%94 Witney South East CON 78,220 1,579 2.1%95 North Somerset South West CON 78,223 1,582 2.1%

96 Harrogate and Knaresborough Yorkshire and The Humber CON 75,044 -1,597 -2.1%97 South West Norfolk East of England CON 75,034 -1,607 -2.1%98 Sutton Coldfield West Midlands CON 75,031 -1,610 -2.1%99 South West Hertfordshire East of England CON 78,269 1,628 2.1%

100 Kilmarnock and Loudoun Scotland LAB 75,001 -1,640 -2.1%

101 Rochester and Strood South East CON 75,001 -1,640 -2.1%102 Bassetlaw East Midlands LAB 78,306 1,665 2.2%103 Eastleigh South East LD 78,313 1,672 2.2%104 North East Bedfordshire East of England CON 78,350 1,709 2.2%105 Poplar and Limehouse London LAB 74,919 -1,722 -2.2%

106 Coventry North East West Midlands LAB 74,870 -1,771 -2.3%107 Makerfield North West LAB 74,856 -1,785 -2.3%108 Leicester South East Midlands LAB 78,433 1,792 2.3%109 The Cotswolds South West CON 78,439 1,798 2.3%110 Surrey Heath South East CON 78,453 1,812 2.4%

111 Sittingbourne and Sheppey South East CON 74,796 -1,845 -2.4%112 Hackney North and Stoke Newington London LAB 74,780 -1,861 -2.4%113 Dartford South East CON 74,756 -1,885 -2.5%114 Hampstead and Kilburn London LAB 78,552 1,911 2.5%115 Manchester, Gorton North West LAB 74,681 -1,960 -2.6%

116 Bexhill and Battle South East CON 78,602 1,961 2.6%117 Camberwell and Peckham London LAB 78,605 1,964 2.6%118 St Helens South and Whiston North West LAB 78 612 1 971 2 6%118 St Helens South and Whiston North West LAB 78,612 1,971 2.6%119 North Tyneside North East LAB 78,617 1,976 2.6%120 Dunfermline and West Fife Scotland LAB 74,621 -2,020 -2.6%

121 Bristol South South West LAB 78,703 2,062 2.7%122 Aylesbury South East CON 78,750 2,109 2.8%123 Harborough East Midlands CON 78,753 2,112 2.8%124 Stockton South North East CON 74,521 -2,120 -2.8%125 Southampton, Itchen South East LAB 74,513 -2,128 -2.8%

126 Weston-super-Mare South West CON 78,778 2,137 2.8%127 Worthing West South East CON 74,468 -2,173 -2.8%128 Crewe and Nantwich North West CON 78,845 2,204 2.9%129 Dumfries and Galloway Scotland LAB 74,414 -2,227 -2.9%130 Gordon Scotland LD 74,394 -2,247 -2.9%

131 Richmond (Yorks) Yorkshire and The Humber CON 78,902 2,261 2.9%132 Leicester East East Midlands LAB 74,377 -2,264 -3.0%133 Hendon London CON 74,329 -2,312 -3.0%134 Woking South East CON 74,328 -2,313 -3.0%135 East Lothian Scotland LAB 74,320 -2,321 -3.0%

136 Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Scotland LAB 74,247 -2,394 -3.1%137 Hitchin and Harpenden East of England CON 74,189 -2,452 -3.2%138 South Staffordshire West Midlands CON 74,189 -2,452 -3.2%139 Coventry North West West Midlands LAB 74,180 -2,461 -3.2%140 Grantham and Stamford East Midlands CON 79,118 2,477 3.2%

141 Waveney East of England CON 79,132 2,491 3.2%142 Huntingdon East of England CON 79,134 2,493 3.3%143 Stroud South West CON 79,135 2,494 3.3%144 Winchester South East CON 74,138 -2,503 -3.3%145 Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Scotland LD 74,115 -2,526 -3.3%

146 Twickenham London LD 79,172 2,531 3.3%147 North Antrim Northern Ireland DUP 74,094 -2,547 -3.3%148 Maidenhead South East CON 74,028 -2,613 -3.4%149 Hertford and Stortford East of England CON 79,255 2,614 3.4%150 Barking London LAB 74,027 -2,614 -3.4%

151 Birmingham, Ladywood West Midlands LAB 74,008 -2,633 -3.4%152 Shrewsbury and Atcham West Midlands CON 73,978 -2,663 -3.5%153 Worcester West Midlands CON 73,960 -2,681 -3.5%154 Knowsley North West LAB 79,334 2,693 3.5%155 Bristol North West South West CON 73,920 -2,721 -3.6%

156 Doncaster Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 73,874 -2,767 -3.6%157 Henley South East CON 73,851 -2,790 -3.6%

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ElectorateRank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 No of electors Percentage

Difference from UK Electoral Quota

158 Congleton North West CON 73,820 -2,821 -3.7%159 Corby East Midlands CON 79,468 2,827 3.7%160 Gainsborough East Midlands CON 73,795 -2,846 -3.7%

161 North Swindon South West CON 79,488 2,847 3.7%162 Canterbury South East CON 73,779 -2,862 -3.7%163 Hackney South and Shoreditch London LAB 73,778 -2,863 -3.7%164 Wycombe South East CON 73,750 -2,891 -3.8%165 Hornchurch and Upminster London CON 79,568 2,927 3.8%

166 Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Scotland LAB 73,708 -2,933 -3.8%167 Bethnal Green and Bow London LAB 79,581 2,940 3.8%168 Cardiff South and Penarth Wales LAB 73,690 -2,951 -3.9%169 Runnymede and Weybridge South East CON 73,680 -2,961 -3.9%170 Don Valley Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 73,674 -2,967 -3.9%

171 Manchester, Withington North West LD 73,656 -2,985 -3.9%172 Dewsbury Yorkshire and The Humber CON 79,634 2,993 3.9%173 Heywood and Middleton North West LAB 79,636 2,995 3.9%174 Colchester East of England LD 73,638 -3,003 -3.9%175 Macclesfield North West CON 73,613 -3,028 -4.0%

176 Selby and Ainsty Yorkshire and The Humber CON 73,580 -3,061 -4.0%177 Norwich South East of England LD 73,569 -3,072 -4.0%178 New Forest East South East CON 73,542 -3,099 -4.0%179 Beverley and Holderness Yorkshire and The Humber CON 79,775 3,134 4.1%180 Wantage South East CON 79,775 3,134 4.1%

181 South Dorset South West CON 73,499 -3,142 -4.1%182 Hemsworth Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 73,487 -3,154 -4.1%183 South Swindon South West CON 73,449 -3,192 -4.2%184 Rossendale and Darwen North West CON 73,443 -3,198 -4.2%185 Mansfield East Midlands LAB 79,849 3,208 4.2%

186 Brighton, Pavilion South East GRN 73,430 -3,211 -4.2%187 Rushcliffe East Midlands CON 73,430 -3,211 -4.2%188 Worsley and Eccles South North West LAB 73,409 -3,232 -4.2%189 Liverpool, Riverside North West LAB 73,406 -3,235 -4.2%190 Hornsey and Wood Green London LD 79,878 3,237 4.2%

191 Brent Central London LD 73,385 -3,256 -4.2%192 Chippenham South West LD 73,312 -3,329 -4.3%193 Wells South West LD 79,989 3,348 4.4%194 South Cambridgeshire East of England CON 80,001 3,360 4.4%195 Bromsgrove West Midlands CON 73,279 -3,362 -4.4%

196 Vauxhall London LAB 73,274 -3,367 -4.4%197 North West Norfolk East of England CON 73,269 -3,372 -4.4%198 Birmingham Yardley West Midlands LD 73 261 -3 380 -4 4%198 Birmingham, Yardley West Midlands LD 73,261 -3,380 -4.4%199 Reading West South East CON 73,216 -3,425 -4.5%200 Ealing North London LAB 73,105 -3,536 -4.6%

201 Lichfield West Midlands CON 73,085 -3,556 -4.6%202 Rother Valley Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 73,068 -3,573 -4.7%203 Broadland East of England CON 73,066 -3,575 -4.7%204 Perth and North Perthshire Scotland SNP 73,064 -3,577 -4.7%205 Battersea London CON 73,028 -3,613 -4.7%

206 Tunbridge Wells South East CON 73,028 -3,613 -4.7%207 West Lancashire North West LAB 73,028 -3,613 -4.7%208 North Dorset South West CON 73,010 -3,631 -4.7%209 West Worcestershire West Midlands CON 73,001 -3,640 -4.7%210 East Worthing and Shoreham South East CON 72,996 -3,645 -4.8%

211 South Suffolk East of England CON 72,965 -3,676 -4.8%212 Bournemouth East South West CON 72,961 -3,680 -4.8%213 Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland North East LAB 72,876 -3,765 -4.9%214 Chesterfield East Midlands LAB 72,866 -3,775 -4.9%215 Doncaster North Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 72,855 -3,786 -4.9%

216 East Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber CON 80,435 3,794 5.0%217 Feltham and Heston London LAB 80,437 3,796 5.0%218 Gosport South East CON 72,845 -3,796 -5.0%219 South West Wiltshire South West CON 72,820 -3,821 -5.0%220 Peterborough East of England CON 72,787 -3,854 -5.0%

221 Poole South West CON 72,773 -3,868 -5.0%222 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Scotland LD 72,764 -3,877 -5.1%223 North West Durham North East LAB 72,760 -3,881 -5.1%224 Bournemouth West South West CON 72,714 -3,927 -5.1%225 Tooting London LAB 72,707 -3,934 -5.1%

226 Ilford North London CON 72,702 -3,939 -5.1%227 Lincoln East Midlands CON 72,662 -3,979 -5.2%228 City of Durham North East LAB 72,659 -3,982 -5.2%229 North East Hertfordshire East of England CON 72,658 -3,983 -5.2%230 East Hampshire South East CON 72,648 -3,993 -5.2%

231 Kingston and Surbiton London LD 80,639 3,998 5.2%232 Derby North East Midlands LAB 72,617 -4,024 -5.3%233 Mole Valley South East CON 72,568 -4,073 -5.3%234 Hemel Hempstead East of England CON 72,561 -4,080 -5.3%235 North East Hampshire South East CON 72,548 -4,093 -5.3%

236 Tamworth West Midlands CON 72,544 -4,097 -5.3%237 Harrow East London CON 72,537 -4,104 -5.4%

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Difference from UK Electoral Quota

238 Gloucester South West CON 80,788 4,147 5.4%239 Colne Valley Yorkshire and The Humber CON 80,791 4,150 5.4%240 Newark East Midlands CON 72,407 -4,234 -5.5%

241 East Devon South West CON 72,406 -4,235 -5.5%242 Oldham West and Royton North West LAB 72,402 -4,239 -5.5%243 North East Derbyshire East Midlands LAB 72,374 -4,267 -5.6%244 Leeds Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 80,912 4,271 5.6%245 Watford East of England CON 80,939 4,298 5.6%

246 Wentworth and Dearne Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 72,272 -4,369 -5.7%247 Oldham East and Saddleworth North West LAB 72,249 -4,392 -5.7%248 Stoke-on-Trent North West Midlands LAB 72,225 -4,416 -5.8%249 Epping Forest East of England CON 72,212 -4,429 -5.8%250 Birmingham, Northfield West Midlands LAB 72,190 -4,451 -5.8%

251 High Peak East Midlands CON 72,178 -4,463 -5.8%252 Bolsover East Midlands LAB 72,162 -4,479 -5.8%253 Blackburn North West LAB 72,112 -4,529 -5.9%254 Sherwood East Midlands CON 72,111 -4,530 -5.9%255 South Down Northern Ireland SDLP 72,092 -4,549 -5.9%

256 Warrington South North West CON 81,212 4,571 6.0%257 Braintree East of England CON 72,064 -4,577 -6.0%258 Milton Keynes North South East CON 81,226 4,585 6.0%259 Derby South East Midlands LAB 72,048 -4,593 -6.0%260 Reigate South East CON 72,043 -4,598 -6.0%

261 North West Leicestershire East Midlands CON 72,022 -4,619 -6.0%262 Altrincham and Sale West North West CON 72,008 -4,633 -6.0%263 Dover South East CON 71,993 -4,648 -6.1%264 Tonbridge and Malling South East CON 71,989 -4,652 -6.1%265 Romford London CON 71,978 -4,663 -6.1%

266 Broxtowe East Midlands CON 71,961 -4,680 -6.1%267 Slough South East LAB 81,327 4,686 6.1%268 Uxbridge and South Ruislip London CON 71,954 -4,687 -6.1%269 Portsmouth South South East LD 71,947 -4,694 -6.1%270 Streatham London LAB 71,913 -4,728 -6.2%

271 Aldershot South East CON 71,908 -4,733 -6.2%272 Daventry East Midlands CON 71,903 -4,738 -6.2%273 Broxbourne East of England CON 71,872 -4,769 -6.2%274 South East Cornwall South West CON 71,851 -4,790 -6.3%275 Warrington North North West LAB 71,836 -4,805 -6.3%

276 South Basildon and East Thurrock East of England CON 71,819 -4,822 -6.3%277 Portsmouth North South East CON 71,798 -4,843 -6.3%278 Cheadle North West LD 71 797 -4 844 -6 3%278 Cheadle North West LD 71,797 -4,844 -6.3%279 Birmingham, Perry Barr West Midlands LAB 71,794 -4,847 -6.3%280 Crawley South East CON 71,793 -4,848 -6.3%

281 Welwyn Hatfield East of England CON 71,766 -4,875 -6.4%282 Croydon South London CON 81,554 4,913 6.4%283 Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner London CON 71,706 -4,935 -6.4%284 Mid Worcestershire West Midlands CON 71,660 -4,981 -6.5%285 Oxford East South East LAB 81,644 5,003 6.5%

286 Garston and Halewood North West LAB 71,618 -5,023 -6.6%287 Wyre and Preston North North West CON 71,612 -5,029 -6.6%288 Finchley and Golders Green London CON 71,595 -5,046 -6.6%289 Central Devon South West CON 71,563 -5,078 -6.6%290 Wakefield Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 71,531 -5,110 -6.7%

291 Linlithgow and East Falkirk Scotland LAB 81,756 5,115 6.7%292 Dulwich and West Norwood London LAB 71,523 -5,118 -6.7%293 Chichester South East CON 81,804 5,163 6.7%294 Bolton West North West LAB 71,454 -5,187 -6.8%295 Hereford and South Herefordshire West Midlands CON 71,352 -5,289 -6.9%

296 Truro and Falmouth South West CON 71,340 -5,301 -6.9%297 Ashford South East CON 81,947 5,306 6.9%298 Chorley North West LAB 71,333 -5,308 -6.9%299 South Derbyshire East Midlands CON 71,326 -5,315 -6.9%300 Meon Valley South East CON 71,291 -5,350 -7.0%

301 Southampton, Test South East LAB 71,263 -5,378 -7.0%302 Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport South West CON 71,236 -5,405 -7.1%303 Spelthorne South East CON 71,211 -5,430 -7.1%304 Hove South East CON 71,181 -5,460 -7.1%305 Vale of Glamorgan Wales CON 71,171 -5,470 -7.1%

306 Somerton and Frome South West LD 82,150 5,509 7.2%307 Rochford and Southend East East of England CON 71,131 -5,510 -7.2%308 Gillingham and Rainham South East CON 71,109 -5,532 -7.2%309 Harwich and North Essex East of England CON 71,087 -5,554 -7.2%310 Brentwood and Ongar East of England CON 71,041 -5,600 -7.3%

311 South East Cambridgeshire East of England CON 82,265 5,624 7.3%312 Cleethorpes Yorkshire and The Humber CON 70,895 -5,746 -7.5%313 Gedling East Midlands LAB 70,886 -5,755 -7.5%314 Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Scotland LAB 70,877 -5,764 -7.5%315 Haltemprice and Howden Yorkshire and The Humber CON 70,864 -5,777 -7.5%

316 Bootle North West LAB 70,824 -5,817 -7.6%317 Falkirk Scotland LAB 82,473 5,832 7.6%

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318 Bristol West South West LD 82,503 5,862 7.6%319 Hertsmere East of England CON 70,772 -5,869 -7.7%320 South West Devon South West CON 70,756 -5,885 -7.7%

321 Chesham and Amersham South East CON 70,723 -5,918 -7.7%322 Stalybridge and Hyde North West LAB 70,691 -5,950 -7.8%323 Brent North London LAB 82,648 6,007 7.8%324 Windsor South East CON 70,633 -6,008 -7.8%325 Boston and Skegness East Midlands CON 70,620 -6,021 -7.9%

326 Hayes and Harlington London LAB 70,589 -6,052 -7.9%327 Maidstone and The Weald South East CON 70,576 -6,065 -7.9%328 Havant South East CON 70,568 -6,073 -7.9%329 North Warwickshire West Midlands CON 70,544 -6,097 -8.0%330 Bognor Regis and Littlehampton South East CON 70,535 -6,106 -8.0%

331 Great Yarmouth East of England CON 70,526 -6,115 -8.0%332 Stretford and Urmston North West LAB 70,520 -6,121 -8.0%333 Yeovil South West LD 82,771 6,130 8.0%334 Gravesham South East CON 70,412 -6,229 -8.1%335 Taunton Deane South West LD 82,882 6,241 8.1%

336 Bridgwater and West Somerset South West CON 82,936 6,295 8.2%337 South Northamptonshire East Midlands CON 82,956 6,315 8.2%338 Halton North West LAB 70,322 -6,319 -8.2%339 St Albans East of England CON 70,298 -6,343 -8.3%340 Stourbridge West Midlands CON 70,225 -6,416 -8.4%

341 Dagenham and Rainham London LAB 70,187 -6,454 -8.4%342 Washington and Sunderland West North East LAB 70,177 -6,464 -8.4%343 Tottenham London LAB 70,162 -6,479 -8.5%344 Houghton and Sunderland South North East LAB 70,115 -6,526 -8.5%345 Sheffield, Hallam Yorkshire and The Humber LD 70,032 -6,609 -8.6%

346 Erewash East Midlands CON 70,022 -6,619 -8.6%347 Hartlepool North East LAB 70,010 -6,631 -8.7%348 Hammersmith London LAB 70,008 -6,633 -8.7%349 Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 83,284 6,643 8.7%350 Sheffield Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 69,975 -6,666 -8.7%

351 Brentford and Isleworth London CON 83,332 6,691 8.7%352 Rugby West Midlands CON 69,932 -6,709 -8.8%353 Sevenoaks South East CON 69,925 -6,716 -8.8%354 Meriden West Midlands CON 83,428 6,787 8.9%355 Stafford West Midlands CON 69,832 -6,809 -8.9%

356 Ealing Central and Acton London CON 69,828 -6,813 -8.9%357 Pudsey Yorkshire and The Humber CON 69,738 -6,903 -9.0%358 Filton and Bradley Stoke South West CON 69 732 -6 909 -9 0%358 Filton and Bradley Stoke South West CON 69,732 -6,909 -9.0%359 Erith and Thamesmead London LAB 69,718 -6,923 -9.0%360 North East Cambridgeshire East of England CON 83,661 7,020 9.2%

361 Hyndburn North West LAB 69,617 -7,024 -9.2%362 Kettering East Midlands CON 69,610 -7,031 -9.2%363 Newton Abbot South West CON 69,600 -7,041 -9.2%364 Edinburgh North and Leith Scotland LAB 69,580 -7,061 -9.2%365 Maldon East of England CON 69,539 -7,102 -9.3%

366 Amber Valley East Midlands CON 69,538 -7,103 -9.3%367 Lewisham West and Penge London LAB 69,399 -7,242 -9.4%368 Stevenage East of England CON 69,357 -7,284 -9.5%369 Bristol East South West LAB 69,347 -7,294 -9.5%370 Morecambe and Lunesdale North West CON 69,254 -7,387 -9.6%

371 Central Ayrshire Scotland LAB 69,243 -7,398 -9.7%372 Banbury South East CON 84,063 7,422 9.7%373 Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 69,206 -7,435 -9.7%374 Nottingham South East Midlands LAB 69,154 -7,487 -9.8%375 Barrow and Furness North West LAB 69,148 -7,493 -9.8%

376 Harrow West London LAB 69,135 -7,506 -9.8%377 Penistone and Stocksbridge Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 69,133 -7,508 -9.8%378 Folkestone and Hythe South East CON 84,156 7,515 9.8%379 Halifax Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 69,126 -7,515 -9.8%380 Glasgow South Scotland LAB 69,122 -7,519 -9.8%

381 Stratford-on-Avon West Midlands CON 69,108 -7,533 -9.8%382 Bolton South East North West LAB 69,088 -7,553 -9.9%383 Birmingham, Edgbaston West Midlands LAB 69,039 -7,602 -9.9%384 Bedford East of England CON 69,019 -7,622 -9.9%385 Christchurch South West CON 69,008 -7,633 -10.0%

386 Blackley and Broughton North West LAB 69,006 -7,635 -10.0%387 New Forest West South East CON 68,987 -7,654 -10.0%388 Fermanagh and South Tyrone Northern Ireland Sinn Fein 68,979 -7,662 -10.0%389 North Durham North East LAB 68,959 -7,682 -10.0%390 Devizes South West CON 68,846 -7,795 -10.2%

391 Islington North London LAB 68,777 -7,864 -10.3%392 Salisbury South West CON 68,731 -7,910 -10.3%393 Forest of Dean South West CON 68,703 -7,938 -10.4%394 Newcastle-under-Lyme West Midlands LAB 68,692 -7,949 -10.4%395 Stoke-on-Trent South West Midlands LAB 68,624 -8,017 -10.5%

396 Plymouth, Moor View South West LAB 68,556 -8,085 -10.5%397 Ashton-Under-Lyne North West LAB 68,553 -8,088 -10.6%

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Difference from UK Electoral Quota

398 North East Somerset South West CON 68,546 -8,095 -10.6%399 Faversham and Mid Kent South East CON 68,521 -8,120 -10.6%400 Lewes South East LD 68,515 -8,126 -10.6%

401 Bishop Auckland North East LAB 68,501 -8,140 -10.6%402 Chatham and Aylesford South East CON 68,437 -8,204 -10.7%403 Glenrothes Scotland LAB 68,393 -8,248 -10.8%404 Nuneaton West Midlands CON 68,288 -8,353 -10.9%405 City of Chester North West CON 68,280 -8,361 -10.9%

406 North Norfolk East of England LD 68,277 -8,364 -10.9%407 Leeds North East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 68,269 -8,372 -10.9%408 Barnsley East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 68,243 -8,398 -11.0%409 Orpington London CON 68,221 -8,420 -11.0%410 North Cornwall South West LD 68,206 -8,435 -11.0%

411 Croydon North London LAB 85,107 8,466 11.0%412 Blaydon North East LAB 68,156 -8,485 -11.1%413 Kingston upon Hull East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 68,150 -8,491 -11.1%414 Shipley Yorkshire and The Humber CON 68,125 -8,516 -11.1%415 East Renfrewshire Scotland LAB 68,117 -8,524 -11.1%

416 Holborn and St Pancras London LAB 85,243 8,602 11.2%417 South Thanet South East CON 67,970 -8,671 -11.3%418 Bury North North West CON 67,911 -8,730 -11.4%419 Foyle Northern Ireland SDLP 67,810 -8,831 -11.5%420 Southport North West LD 67,803 -8,838 -11.5%

421 Sheffield South East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 67,792 -8,849 -11.5%422 Milton Keynes South South East CON 85,552 8,911 11.6%423 Sleaford and North Hykeham East Midlands CON 85,561 8,920 11.6%424 Harlow East of England CON 67,700 -8,941 -11.7%425 Romsey and Southampton North South East CON 67,696 -8,945 -11.7%

426 Sefton Central North West LAB 67,696 -8,945 -11.7%427 Argyll and Bute Scotland LD 67,692 -8,949 -11.7%428 Halesowen and Rowley Regis West Midlands CON 67,656 -8,985 -11.7%429 Islington South and Finsbury London LAB 67,613 -9,028 -11.8%430 Birmingham, Erdington West Midlands LAB 67,598 -9,043 -11.8%

431 Lewisham, Deptford London LAB 67,590 -9,051 -11.8%432 Totnes South West CON 67,562 -9,079 -11.8%433 Glasgow Central Scotland LAB 67,521 -9,120 -11.9%434 Darlington North East LAB 67,476 -9,165 -12.0%435 Witham East of England CON 67,451 -9,190 -12.0%

436 Clacton East of England CON 67,447 -9,194 -12.0%437 Newcastle upon Tyne North North East LAB 67,401 -9,240 -12.1%438 Sedgefield North East LAB 67 386 -9 255 -12 1%438 Sedgefield North East LAB 67,386 -9,255 -12.1%439 Bury St Edmunds East of England CON 85,933 9,292 12.1%440 Stockton North North East LAB 67,333 -9,308 -12.1%

441 Lancaster and Fleetwood North West CON 67,305 -9,336 -12.2%442 Leeds West Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 67,222 -9,419 -12.3%443 Kingswood South West CON 67,199 -9,442 -12.3%444 Redcar North East LD 67,195 -9,446 -12.3%445 North Wiltshire South West CON 67,154 -9,487 -12.4%

446 North Thanet South East CON 67,110 -9,531 -12.4%447 Mitcham and Morden London LAB 67,074 -9,567 -12.5%448 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Scotland CON 67,066 -9,575 -12.5%449 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Scotland LD 67,060 -9,581 -12.5%450 Carshalton and Wallington London LD 67,044 -9,597 -12.5%

451 Burnley North West LD 67,003 -9,638 -12.6%452 Ellesmere Port and Neston North West LAB 66,995 -9,646 -12.6%453 Greenwich and Woolwich London LAB 66,982 -9,659 -12.6%454 Keighley Yorkshire and The Humber CON 66,971 -9,670 -12.6%455 Motherwell and Wishaw East of England LAB 66,949 -9,692 -12.6%

456 West Ham London LAB 86,400 9,759 12.7%457 Ilford South London LAB 86,401 9,760 12.7%458 Belfast North Northern Ireland DUP 66,825 -9,816 -12.8%459 Southend West Scotland CON 66,780 -9,861 -12.9%460 Enfield North London CON 66,761 -9,880 -12.9%

461 Stirling Scotland LAB 66,743 -9,898 -12.9%462 West Dunbartonshire Scotland LAB 66,738 -9,903 -12.9%463 Pendle North West CON 66,735 -9,906 -12.9%464 Brigg and Goole Yorkshire and The Humber CON 66,734 -9,907 -12.9%465 Stone West Midlands CON 66,729 -9,912 -12.9%

466 Moray Scotland SNP 66,726 -9,915 -12.9%467 Bradford East Yorkshire and The Humber LD 66,718 -9,923 -12.9%468 North Herefordshire West Midlands CON 66,711 -9,930 -13.0%469 St Ives South West LD 66,696 -9,945 -13.0%470 Bath South West LD 66,690 -9,951 -13.0%

471 Huddersfield Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 66,681 -9,960 -13.0%472 Westmorland and Lonsdale North West LD 66,609 -10,032 -13.1%473 Bolton North East North West LAB 66,600 -10,041 -13.1%474 Mid Derbyshire East Midlands CON 66,572 -10,069 -13.1%475 Sutton and Cheam London LD 66,571 -10,070 -13.1%

476 Brighton, Kemptown South East CON 66,557 -10,084 -13.2%477 Fylde North West CON 66,504 -10,137 -13.2%

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ElectorateRank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 No of electors Percentage

Difference from UK Electoral Quota

478 Redditch West Midlands CON 66,492 -10,149 -13.2%479 Beckenham London CON 66,470 -10,171 -13.3%480 Sheffield, Heeley Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 66,432 -10,209 -13.3%

481 Lagan Valley Northern Ireland DUP 66,327 -10,314 -13.5%482 Carlisle North West CON 66,322 -10,319 -13.5%483 Cardiff North Wales CON 66,290 -10,351 -13.5%484 Warwick and Leamington West Midlands CON 66,278 -10,363 -13.5%485 Luton North East of England LAB 66,273 -10,368 -13.5%

486 Edinburgh South West Scotland LAB 66,262 -10,379 -13.5%487 Ludlow West Midlands CON 66,199 -10,442 -13.6%488 Blackpool North and Cleveleys North West CON 66,187 -10,454 -13.6%489 Glasgow East Scotland LAB 66,142 -10,499 -13.7%490 The Wrekin West Midlands CON 66,111 -10,530 -13.7%

491 Walsall South West Midlands LAB 66,082 -10,559 -13.8%492 Gateshead North East LAB 66,066 -10,575 -13.8%493 Weaver Vale North West CON 66,008 -10,633 -13.9%494 Telford West Midlands LAB 65,938 -10,703 -14.0%495 Westminster North London LAB 65,936 -10,705 -14.0%

496 Wimbledon London CON 65,936 -10,705 -14.0%497 Eddisbury North West CON 65,914 -10,727 -14.0%498 Luton South East of England LAB 65,889 -10,752 -14.0%499 Middlesbrough North East LAB 65,851 -10,790 -14.1%500 Paisley and Renfrewshire North Scotland LAB 65,847 -10,794 -14.1%

501 Ealing, Southall London LAB 65,768 -10,873 -14.2%502 Wallasey North West LAB 65,732 -10,909 -14.2%503 Dundee East Scotland SNP 65,702 -10,939 -14.3%504 Denton and Reddish North West LAB 65,684 -10,957 -14.3%505 Mid Ulster Northern Ireland Sinn Fein 65,655 -10,986 -14.3%

506 Easington North East LAB 65,618 -11,023 -14.4%507 Edinburgh West Scotland LD 65,526 -11,115 -14.5%508 Lewisham East London LAB 65,508 -11,133 -14.5%509 Bromley and Chislehurst London CON 65,508 -11,133 -14.5%510 Walsall North West Midlands LAB 65,468 -11,173 -14.6%

511 Leicester West East Midlands LAB 65,432 -11,209 -14.6%512 Basildon and Billericay East of England CON 65,373 -11,268 -14.7%513 West Bromwich West West Midlands LAB 65,249 -11,392 -14.9%514 Penrith and The Border North West CON 65,234 -11,407 -14.9%515 Kingston upon Hull North Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 65,219 -11,422 -14.9%

516 Newcastle upon Tyne East North East LAB 65,203 -11,438 -14.9%517 Tatton North West CON 65,200 -11,441 -14.9%518 Banff and Buchan Scotland SNP 65 183 -11 458 -15 0%518 Banff and Buchan Scotland SNP 65,183 -11,458 -15.0%519 Old Bexley and Sidcup London CON 65,161 -11,480 -15.0%520 Cities of London and Westminster London CON 65,140 -11,501 -15.0%

521 Monmouth Wales CON 65,101 -11,540 -15.1%522 Leeds North West Yorkshire and The Humber LD 65,047 -11,594 -15.1%523 Jarrow North East LAB 65,047 -11,594 -15.1%524 Norwich North East of England CON 64,982 -11,659 -15.2%525 Enfield, Southgate London CON 64,932 -11,709 -15.3%

526 Camborne and Redruth South West CON 64,798 -11,843 -15.5%527 Chingford and Woodford Green London CON 64,770 -11,871 -15.5%528 Aberdeen North Scotland LAB 64,753 -11,888 -15.5%529 Leeds East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 64,742 -11,899 -15.5%530 Thornbury and Yate South West LD 64,736 -11,905 -15.5%

531 Barnsley Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 64,732 -11,909 -15.5%532 Bradford South Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 64,715 -11,926 -15.6%533 Mid Dorset and North Poole South West LD 64,705 -11,936 -15.6%534 Nottingham North East Midlands LAB 64,578 -12,063 -15.7%535 Castle Point East of England CON 64,562 -12,079 -15.8%

536 East Londonderry Northern Ireland DUP 64,546 -12,095 -15.8%537 Glasgow North West Scotland LAB 64,522 -12,119 -15.8%538 Walthamstow London LAB 64,482 -12,159 -15.9%539 Edmonton London LAB 64,356 -12,285 -16.0%540 Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East Scotland LAB 64,337 -12,304 -16.1%

541 Aberdeen South Scotland LAB 64,330 -12,311 -16.1%542 South Antrim Northern Ireland DUP 64,254 -12,387 -16.2%543 East Dunbartonshire Scotland LD 64,186 -12,455 -16.3%544 Angus Scotland SNP 64,178 -12,463 -16.3%545 Glasgow North East Scotland LAB 64,171 -12,470 -16.3%

546 Bexleyheath and Crayford London CON 64,144 -12,497 -16.3%547 Blackpool South North West LAB 64,081 -12,560 -16.4%548 North West Cambridgeshire East of England CON 89,419 12,778 16.7%549 Kenilworth and Southam West Midlands CON 63,772 -12,869 -16.8%550 South Shields North East LAB 63,765 -12,876 -16.8%

551 Manchester Central North West LAB 89,519 12,878 16.8%552 Northampton South East Midlands CON 63,748 -12,893 -16.8%553 Derbyshire Dales East Midlands CON 63,732 -12,909 -16.8%554 Copeland North West LAB 63,696 -12,945 -16.9%555 Scunthorpe Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 63,489 -13,152 -17.2%

556 Bradford West Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 63,425 -13,216 -17.2%557 Cardiff West Wales LAB 63,360 -13,281 -17.3%

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558 North East Fife Scotland LD 63,349 -13,292 -17.3%559 Paisley and Renfrewshire South Scotland LAB 63,268 -13,373 -17.4%560 Blyth Valley North East LAB 63,173 -13,468 -17.6%

561 Rotherham Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 63,131 -13,510 -17.6%562 Dundee West Scotland LAB 63,065 -13,576 -17.7%563 Eltham London LAB 63,059 -13,582 -17.7%564 Warley West Midlands LAB 63,024 -13,617 -17.8%565 Leyton and Wanstead London LAB 63,021 -13,620 -17.8%

566 West Bromwich East West Midlands LAB 63,008 -13,633 -17.8%567 Chelsea and Fulham London CON 62,958 -13,683 -17.9%568 Airdrie and Shotts Scotland LAB 62,789 -13,852 -18.1%569 Kensington London CON 62,784 -13,857 -18.1%570 Stockport North West LAB 62,764 -13,877 -18.1%

571 Liverpool, West Derby North West LAB 62,709 -13,932 -18.2%572 Newport West Wales LAB 62,465 -14,176 -18.5%573 Staffordshire Moorlands West Midlands CON 62,457 -14,184 -18.5%574 Birkenhead North West LAB 62,432 -14,209 -18.5%575 Hazel Grove North West LD 62,422 -14,219 -18.6%

576 Wansbeck North East LAB 62,395 -14,246 -18.6%577 Glasgow South West Scotland LAB 62,378 -14,263 -18.6%578 West Tyrone Northern Ireland Sinn Fein 62,258 -14,383 -18.8%579 Cardiff Central Wales LD 62,218 -14,423 -18.8%580 Putney London CON 62,153 -14,488 -18.9%

581 Swansea West Wales LAB 62,152 -14,489 -18.9%582 Gower Wales LAB 62,148 -14,493 -18.9%583 Northampton North East Midlands CON 62,095 -14,546 -19.0%584 Midlothian Scotland LAB 61,986 -14,655 -19.1%585 Liverpool, Walton North West LAB 61,974 -14,667 -19.1%

586 Great Grimsby Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 61,929 -14,712 -19.2%587 Stoke-on-Trent Central West Midlands LAB 61,774 -14,867 -19.4%588 East Ham London LAB 91,531 14,890 19.4%589 Wolverhampton South East West Midlands LAB 61,751 -14,890 -19.4%590 Dudley North West Midlands LAB 61,714 -14,927 -19.5%

591 Liverpool, Wavertree North West LAB 61,679 -14,962 -19.5%592 Torfaen Wales LAB 61,644 -14,997 -19.6%593 Caerphilly Wales LAB 61,633 -15,008 -19.6%594 North Down Northern Ireland IND 61,615 -15,026 -19.6%595 Strangford Northern Ireland DUP 61,566 -15,075 -19.7%

596 Alyn and Deeside Wales LAB 61,485 -15,156 -19.8%597 Dudley South West Midlands CON 61,308 -15,333 -20.0%598 East Antrim Northern Ireland DUP 61 253 -15 388 -20 1%598 East Antrim Northern Ireland DUP 61,253 -15,388 -20.1%599 Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 61,232 -15,409 -20.1%600 Inverclyde Scotland LAB 61,038 -15,603 -20.4%

601 Preston North West LAB 61,025 -15,616 -20.4%602 Newcastle upon Tyne Central North East LAB 60,795 -15,846 -20.7%603 Belfast South Northern Ireland SDLP 60,726 -15,915 -20.8%604 Edinburgh East Scotland LAB 60,594 -16,047 -20.9%605 Swansea East Wales LAB 60,554 -16,087 -21.0%

606 Belfast West Northern Ireland Sinn Fein 60,520 -16,121 -21.0%607 Hexham North East CON 60,499 -16,142 -21.1%608 Wolverhampton North East West Midlands LAB 60,354 -16,287 -21.3%609 Belfast East Northern Ireland Alliance 60,050 -16,591 -21.6%610 Pontypridd Wales LAB 60,016 -16,625 -21.7%

611 Wolverhampton South West West Midlands CON 59,846 -16,795 -21.9%612 Aldridge-Brownhills West Midlands CON 59,506 -17,135 -22.4%613 Nottingham East East Midlands LAB 59,489 -17,152 -22.4%614 Workington North West LAB 59,361 -17,280 -22.5%615 Edinburgh South Scotland LAB 59,285 -17,356 -22.6%

616 Bridgend Wales LAB 58,936 -17,705 -23.1%617 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Wales CON 58,504 -18,137 -23.7%618 Llanelli Wales LAB 58,447 -18,194 -23.7%619 Clwyd West Wales CON 58,215 -18,426 -24.0%620 Preseli Pembrokeshire Wales CON 57,966 -18,675 -24.4%

621 Neath Wales LAB 57,618 -19,023 -24.8%622 Vale of Clwyd Wales LAB 56,264 -20,377 -26.6%623 Wirral South North West LAB 56,238 -20,403 -26.6%624 Ceredigion Wales LD 56,006 -20,635 -26.9%625 Berwick-upon-Tweed North East LD 55,785 -20,856 -27.2%

626 Ogmore Wales LAB 55,699 -20,942 -27.3%627 Wirral West North West CON 55,077 -21,564 -28.1%628 Newport East Wales LAB 54,826 -21,815 -28.5%629 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Wales LAB 54,757 -21,884 -28.6%630 Glasgow North Scotland LAB 54,620 -22,021 -28.7%

631 Islwyn Wales LAB 54,611 -22,030 -28.7%632 Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Wales Plaid Cymru 54,285 -22,356 -29.2%633 Clwyd South Wales LAB 54,243 -22,398 -29.2%634 Delyn Wales LAB 53,906 -22,735 -29.7%635 Brecon and Radnorshire Wales LD 53,633 -23,008 -30.0%

636 Blaenau Gwent Wales LAB 53,517 -23,124 -30.2%637 Rhondda Wales LAB 52,765 -23,876 -31.2%

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Difference from UK Electoral Quota

638 Cynon Valley Wales LAB 52,216 -24,425 -31.9%639 Ross, Skye and Lochaber Scotland LD 52,064 -24,577 -32.1%640 Wrexham Wales LAB 51,669 -24,972 -32.6%

641 Aberavon Wales LAB 51,034 -25,607 -33.4%642 Ynys Môn Wales LAB 49,524 -27,117 -35.4%643 Montgomeryshire Wales CON 48,563 -28,078 -36.6%644 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Scotland LD 47,572 -29,069 -37.9%645 Aberconwy Wales CON 44,962 -31,679 -41.3%

646 Dwyfor Meirionnydd Wales Plaid Cymru 44,796 -31,845 -41.6%647 Isle of Wight South East CON 110,924 34,283 44.7%648 Arfon Wales Plaid Cymru 40,707 -35,934 -46.9%649 Orkney and Shetland Scotland LD 33,755 -42,886 -56.0%650 Na h-Eileanan an Iar Scotland SNP 21,837 -54,804 -71.5%

Source: ONS

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3.3 UK parliamentary constituencies ranked by electorate size at 1 December 2010

UK Electoral Quota: 76,641

Electorate PopulationRank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009

1 Isle of Wight South East CON 110,924 140,2292 East Ham London LAB 91,531 119,5303 Manchester Central North West LAB 89,519 125,7704 North West Cambridgeshire East of England CON 89,419 118,3575 Ilford South London LAB 86,401 123,689

6 West Ham London LAB 86,400 121,6827 Bury St Edmunds East of England CON 85,933 108,1228 Sleaford and North Hykeham East Midlands CON 85,561 109,0589 Milton Keynes South South East CON 85,552 122,714

10 Holborn and St Pancras London LAB 85,243 144,210

11 Croydon North London LAB 85,107 128,65412 Folkestone and Hythe South East CON 84,156 105,45613 Banbury South East CON 84,063 115,49314 North East Cambridgeshire East of England CON 83,661 108,67915 Meriden West Midlands CON 83,428 108,113

16 Brentford and Isleworth London CON 83,332 117,77117 Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 83,284 105,81318 South Northamptonshire East Midlands CON 82,956 111,16419 Bridgwater and West Somerset South West CON 82,936 105,55420 Taunton Deane South West LD 82,882 108,716

21 Yeovil South West LD 82,771 105,05622 Brent North London LAB 82,648 107,53823 Bristol West South West LD 82,503 124,00924 Falkirk Scotland LAB 82,473 107,77825 South East Cambridgeshire East of England CON 82,265 112,120

26 Somerton and Frome South West LD 82,150 101,77427 Ashford South East CON 81,947 108,96628 Chichester South East CON 81,804 103,38229 Linlithgow and East Falkirk Scotland LAB 81,756 108,63630 Oxford East South East LAB 81,644 119,184

31 Croydon South London CON 81,554 105,25432 Slough South East LAB 81,327 123,41933 Milton Keynes North South East CON 81,226 113,95334 Warrington South North West CON 81,212 103,58835 Watford East of England CON 80,939 107,852

36 Leeds Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 80,912 138,74037 Colne Valley Yorkshire and The Humber CON 80,791 105,16537 Colne Valley Yorkshire and The Humber CON 80,791 105,16538 Gloucester South West CON 80,788 107,75039 Kingston and Surbiton London LD 80,639 124,23640 Feltham and Heston London LAB 80,437 116,475

41 East Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber CON 80,435 101,92242 South Cambridgeshire East of England CON 80,001 107,80743 Wells South West LD 79,989 102,37144 Hornsey and Wood Green London LD 79,878 111,43945 Mansfield East Midlands LAB 79,849 99,663

46 Beverley and Holderness Yorkshire and The Humber CON 79,775 101,37647 Wantage South East CON 79,775 104,18148 Heywood and Middleton North West LAB 79,636 101,20149 Dewsbury Yorkshire and The Humber CON 79,634 106,97750 Bethnal Green and Bow London LAB 79,581 118,022

51 Hornchurch and Upminster London CON 79,568 103,00052 North Swindon South West CON 79,488 101,77053 Corby East Midlands CON 79,468 103,38554 Knowsley North West LAB 79,334 105,42655 Hertford and Stortford East of England CON 79,255 106,104

56 Twickenham London LD 79,172 112,16857 Stroud South West CON 79,135 98,39558 Huntingdon East of England CON 79,134 109,19359 Waveney East of England CON 79,132 104,52360 Grantham and Stamford East Midlands CON 79,118 102,147

61 Richmond (Yorks) Yorkshire and The Humber CON 78,902 107,06362 Crewe and Nantwich North West CON 78,845 104,16663 Weston-super-Mare South West CON 78,778 108,59964 Harborough East Midlands CON 78,753 101,71565 Aylesbury South East CON 78,750 106,593

66 Bristol South South West LAB 78,703 108,15667 North Tyneside North East LAB 78,617 100,18668 St Helens South and Whiston North West LAB 78,612 101,97769 Camberwell and Peckham London LAB 78,605 122,92470 Bexhill and Battle South East CON 78,602 98,703

71 Hampstead and Kilburn London LAB 78,552 123,91472 Surrey Heath South East CON 78,453 103,82473 The Cotswolds South West CON 78,439 96,12574 Leicester South East Midlands LAB 78,433 108,44775 North East Bedfordshire East of England CON 78,350 101,897

76 Eastleigh South East LD 78,313 100,20177 Bassetlaw East Midlands LAB 78,306 102,572

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Electorate PopulationRank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009

78 South West Hertfordshire East of England CON 78,269 105,28579 North Somerset South West CON 78,223 100,49280 Witney South East CON 78,220 102,496

81 Reading East South East CON 78,170 107,08382 Elmet and Rothwell Yorkshire and The Humber CON 77,994 102,68583 East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Scotland LAB 77,985 98,65284 Cheltenham South West LD 77,937 103,16185 Newbury South East CON 77,898 106,314

86 Loughborough East Midlands CON 77,884 99,91887 Chelmsford East of England CON 77,835 104,68188 Oxford West and Abingdon South East CON 77,811 103,58889 Wyre Forest West Midlands CON 77,800 98,13990 Bosworth East Midlands CON 77,787 97,999

91 Rutherglen and Hamilton West Scotland LAB 77,729 102,48492 Rochdale North West LAB 77,699 103,51093 North Shropshire West Midlands CON 77,673 100,85094 Thurrock East of England CON 77,667 114,30595 Wealden South East CON 77,536 97,062

96 Guildford South East CON 77,517 102,40297 Bracknell South East CON 77,490 107,06598 Batley and Spen Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 77,472 104,19799 Ribble Valley North West CON 77,437 96,754

100 Torridge and West Devon South West CON 77,417 98,382

101 South Leicestershire East Midlands CON 77,412 100,122102 Solihull West Midlands LD 77,354 97,060103 Rutland and Melton East Midlands CON 77,324 99,802104 South Norfolk East of England CON 77,317 94,636105 Thirsk and Malton Yorkshire and The Humber CON 77,230 98,345

106 Tewkesbury South West CON 77,206 96,499107 Bermondsey and Old Southwark London LD 77,186 127,292108 Birmingham, Hall Green West Midlands LAB 77,157 112,960109 East Surrey South East CON 77,145 103,839110 Saffron Walden East of England CON 77,109 98,088

111 Skipton and Ripon Yorkshire and The Humber CON 77,098 99,950112 Ashfield East Midlands LAB 77,049 100,204113 Mid Sussex South East CON 77,044 99,661114 North West Hampshire South East CON 77,020 98,146115 Leigh North West LAB 77,001 99,741

116 Horsham South East CON 77,001 101,999117 Croydon Central London CON 76,980 108,908118 Eastbourne South East LD 76 978 103 743118 Eastbourne South East LD 76,978 103,743119 Esher and Walton South East CON 76,962 109,478120 South Holland and The Deepings East Midlands CON 76,939 96,968

121 Suffolk Coastal East of England CON 76,932 99,566122 Epsom and Ewell South East CON 76,916 102,033123 Salford and Eccles North West LAB 76,863 101,657124 Wellingborough East Midlands CON 76,848 105,141125 Exeter South West LAB 76,796 107,843

126 West Dorset South West CON 76,779 92,927127 Wigan North West LAB 76,779 96,996128 Arundel and South Downs South East CON 76,697 95,308129 Richmond Park London CON 76,650 119,300130 Tynemouth North East LAB 76,618 96,972

131 Livingston Scotland LAB 76,580 107,106132 South West Surrey South East CON 76,495 100,735133 Fareham South East CON 76,457 96,452134 Chipping Barnet London CON 76,455 114,072135 Hastings and Rye South East CON 76,422 104,594

136 Mid Bedfordshire East of England CON 76,381 101,746137 Sunderland Central North East LAB 76,292 99,968138 Louth and Horncastle East Midlands CON 76,233 99,534139 Torbay South West LD 76,219 99,094140 Upper Bann Northern Ireland DUP 76,209 ..

141 Lanark and Hamilton East Scotland LAB 76,190 96,816142 South West Bedfordshire East of England CON 76,178 99,583143 Central Suffolk and North Ipswich East of England CON 76,177 96,673144 West Suffolk East of England CON 76,158 112,373145 Rayleigh and Wickford East of England CON 76,089 97,614

146 Scarborough and Whitby Yorkshire and The Humber CON 76,078 96,749147 Calder Valley Yorkshire and The Humber CON 76,041 101,295148 Birmingham, Hodge Hill West Midlands LAB 75,985 116,540149 St Austell and Newquay South West LD 75,974 98,113150 Wokingham South East CON 75,886 105,485

151 Newry and Armagh Northern Ireland Sinn Fein 75,856 ..152 Ochil and South Perthshire Scotland LAB 75,848 99,870153 Tiverton and Honiton South West CON 75,839 97,343154 Buckingham South East Speaker 75,837 97,225155 Coventry South West Midlands LAB 75,705 102,993

156 St Helens North North West LAB 75,688 97,609157 Cannock Chase West Midlands CON 75,680 94,549

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Electorate PopulationRank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009

158 Birmingham, Selly Oak West Midlands LAB 75,668 99,738159 York Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 75,656 102,710160 Wythenshawe and Sale East North West LAB 75,602 103,985

161 Basingstoke South East CON 75,470 104,211162 Charnwood East Midlands CON 75,454 92,903163 Beaconsfield South East CON 75,320 97,990164 Burton West Midlands CON 75,302 98,083165 Cambridge East of England LD 75,259 112,644

166 North Ayrshire and Arran Scotland LAB 75,204 93,468167 Ipswich East of England CON 75,195 103,175168 Morley and Outwood Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 75,163 99,006169 Bury South North West LAB 75,140 96,625170 York Outer Yorkshire and The Humber CON 75,125 96,079

171 South Ribble North West CON 75,116 97,391172 North Devon South West LD 75,098 91,492173 Mid Norfolk East of England CON 75,079 98,483174 Harrogate and Knaresborough Yorkshire and The Humber CON 75,044 100,766175 South West Norfolk East of England CON 75,034 101,954

176 Sutton Coldfield West Midlands CON 75,031 91,986177 Kilmarnock and Loudoun Scotland LAB 75,001 93,923178 Rochester and Strood South East CON 75,001 100,466179 Poplar and Limehouse London LAB 74,919 116,743180 Coventry North East West Midlands LAB 74,870 110,133

181 Makerfield North West LAB 74,856 95,683182 Sittingbourne and Sheppey South East CON 74,796 104,914183 Hackney North and Stoke Newington London LAB 74,780 113,118184 Dartford South East CON 74,756 99,521185 Manchester, Gorton North West LAB 74,681 106,926

186 Dunfermline and West Fife Scotland LAB 74,621 95,229187 Stockton South North East CON 74,521 99,074188 Southampton, Itchen South East LAB 74,513 102,494189 Worthing West South East CON 74,468 93,853190 Dumfries and Galloway Scotland LAB 74,414 94,814

191 Gordon Scotland LD 74,394 95,315192 Leicester East East Midlands LAB 74,377 101,567193 Hendon London CON 74,329 118,583194 Woking South East CON 74,328 100,450195 East Lothian Scotland LAB 74,320 96,830

196 Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Scotland LAB 74,247 96,232197 Hitchin and Harpenden East of England CON 74,189 97,148198 South Staffordshire West Midlands CON 74 189 92 021198 South Staffordshire West Midlands CON 74,189 92,021199 Coventry North West West Midlands LAB 74,180 99,654200 Winchester South East CON 74,138 93,821

201 Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Scotland LD 74,115 94,110202 North Antrim Northern Ireland DUP 74,094 ..203 Maidenhead South East CON 74,028 100,519204 Barking London LAB 74,027 114,591205 Birmingham, Ladywood West Midlands LAB 74,008 112,546

206 Shrewsbury and Atcham West Midlands CON 73,978 96,071207 Worcester West Midlands CON 73,960 94,721208 Bristol North West South West CON 73,920 103,298209 Doncaster Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 73,874 98,775210 Henley South East CON 73,851 95,335

211 Congleton North West CON 73,820 92,104212 Gainsborough East Midlands CON 73,795 91,001213 Canterbury South East CON 73,779 107,817214 Hackney South and Shoreditch London LAB 73,778 102,869215 Wycombe South East CON 73,750 101,927

216 Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Scotland LAB 73,708 92,237217 Cardiff South and Penarth Wales LAB 73,690 103,460218 Runnymede and Weybridge South East CON 73,680 105,007219 Don Valley Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 73,674 95,307220 Manchester, Withington North West LD 73,656 95,378

221 Colchester East of England LD 73,638 110,296222 Macclesfield North West CON 73,613 90,899223 Selby and Ainsty Yorkshire and The Humber CON 73,580 94,792224 Norwich South East of England LD 73,569 100,855225 New Forest East South East CON 73,542 92,697

226 South Dorset South West CON 73,499 90,618227 Hemsworth Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 73,487 94,259228 South Swindon South West CON 73,449 97,022229 Rossendale and Darwen North West CON 73,443 94,387230 Brighton, Pavilion South East GRN 73,430 96,494

231 Rushcliffe East Midlands CON 73,430 95,332232 Worsley and Eccles South North West LAB 73,409 98,761233 Liverpool, Riverside North West LAB 73,406 97,511234 Brent Central London LD 73,385 111,030235 Chippenham South West LD 73,312 93,570

236 Bromsgrove West Midlands CON 73,279 93,363237 Vauxhall London LAB 73,274 108,639

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Electorate PopulationRank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009

238 North West Norfolk East of England CON 73,269 92,469239 Birmingham, Yardley West Midlands LD 73,261 104,003240 Reading West South East CON 73,216 100,441

241 Ealing North London LAB 73,105 111,357242 Lichfield West Midlands CON 73,085 90,428243 Rother Valley Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 73,068 93,072244 Broadland East of England CON 73,066 93,756245 Perth and North Perthshire Scotland SNP 73,064 96,580

246 Battersea London CON 73,028 95,952247 Tunbridge Wells South East CON 73,028 97,873248 West Lancashire North West LAB 73,028 94,043249 North Dorset South West CON 73,010 92,081250 West Worcestershire West Midlands CON 73,001 91,973

251 East Worthing and Shoreham South East CON 72,996 95,107252 South Suffolk East of England CON 72,965 89,541253 Bournemouth East South West CON 72,961 91,651254 Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland North East LAB 72,876 95,082255 Chesterfield East Midlands LAB 72,866 90,519

256 Doncaster North Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 72,855 96,041257 Gosport South East CON 72,845 95,012258 South West Wiltshire South West CON 72,820 95,187259 Peterborough East of England CON 72,787 109,386260 Poole South West CON 72,773 89,943

261 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Scotland LD 72,764 95,473262 North West Durham North East LAB 72,760 89,229263 Bournemouth West South West CON 72,714 90,112264 Tooting London LAB 72,707 99,227265 Ilford North London CON 72,702 100,280

266 Lincoln East Midlands CON 72,662 101,342267 City of Durham North East LAB 72,659 94,747268 North East Hertfordshire East of England CON 72,658 94,499269 East Hampshire South East CON 72,648 92,272270 Derby North East Midlands LAB 72,617 96,819

271 Mole Valley South East CON 72,568 93,568272 Hemel Hempstead East of England CON 72,561 96,427273 North East Hampshire South East CON 72,548 95,299274 Tamworth West Midlands CON 72,544 94,285275 Harrow East London CON 72,537 97,160

276 Newark East Midlands CON 72,407 97,551277 East Devon South West CON 72,406 93,013278 Oldham West and Royton North West LAB 72 402 99 767278 Oldham West and Royton North West LAB 72,402 99,767279 North East Derbyshire East Midlands LAB 72,374 89,978280 Wentworth and Dearne Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 72,272 94,664

281 Oldham East and Saddleworth North West LAB 72,249 98,379282 Stoke-on-Trent North West Midlands LAB 72,225 94,161283 Epping Forest East of England CON 72,212 93,849284 Birmingham, Northfield West Midlands LAB 72,190 98,721285 High Peak East Midlands CON 72,178 92,373

286 Bolsover East Midlands LAB 72,162 92,553287 Blackburn North West LAB 72,112 101,211288 Sherwood East Midlands CON 72,111 91,797289 South Down Northern Ireland SDLP 72,092 ..290 Braintree East of England CON 72,064 95,035

291 Derby South East Midlands LAB 72,048 107,675292 Reigate South East CON 72,043 99,210293 North West Leicestershire East Midlands CON 72,022 90,603294 Altrincham and Sale West North West CON 72,008 91,852295 Dover South East CON 71,993 92,473

296 Tonbridge and Malling South East CON 71,989 96,098297 Romford London CON 71,978 93,005298 Broxtowe East Midlands CON 71,961 96,993299 Uxbridge and South Ruislip London CON 71,954 94,290300 Portsmouth South South East LD 71,947 104,918

301 Streatham London LAB 71,913 105,438302 Aldershot South East CON 71,908 101,673303 Daventry East Midlands CON 71,903 95,319304 Broxbourne East of England CON 71,872 95,738305 South East Cornwall South West CON 71,851 88,576

306 Warrington North North West LAB 71,836 94,175307 South Basildon and East Thurrock East of England CON 71,819 98,304308 Portsmouth North South East CON 71,798 98,585309 Cheadle North West LD 71,797 91,183310 Birmingham, Perry Barr West Midlands LAB 71,794 104,497

311 Crawley South East CON 71,793 105,333312 Welwyn Hatfield East of England CON 71,766 107,260313 Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner London CON 71,706 92,868314 Mid Worcestershire West Midlands CON 71,660 94,105315 Garston and Halewood North West LAB 71,618 97,270

316 Wyre and Preston North North West CON 71,612 89,333317 Finchley and Golders Green London CON 71,595 110,433

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Electorate PopulationRank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009

318 Central Devon South West CON 71,563 89,112319 Wakefield Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 71,531 94,183320 Dulwich and West Norwood London LAB 71,523 104,625

321 Bolton West North West LAB 71,454 91,647322 Hereford and South Herefordshire West Midlands CON 71,352 93,646323 Truro and Falmouth South West CON 71,340 89,228324 Chorley North West LAB 71,333 92,683325 South Derbyshire East Midlands CON 71,326 92,754

326 Meon Valley South East CON 71,291 87,792327 Southampton, Test South East LAB 71,263 105,856328 Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport South West CON 71,236 110,421329 Spelthorne South East CON 71,211 92,562330 Hove South East CON 71,181 93,758

331 Vale of Glamorgan Wales CON 71,171 96,956332 Rochford and Southend East East of England CON 71,131 94,381333 Gillingham and Rainham South East CON 71,109 95,795334 Harwich and North Essex East of England CON 71,087 96,051335 Brentwood and Ongar East of England CON 71,041 93,422

336 Cleethorpes Yorkshire and The Humber CON 70,895 91,542337 Gedling East Midlands LAB 70,886 92,483338 Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Scotland LAB 70,877 92,565339 Haltemprice and Howden Yorkshire and The Humber CON 70,864 88,755340 Bootle North West LAB 70,824 97,820

341 Hertsmere East of England CON 70,772 98,910342 South West Devon South West CON 70,756 89,494343 Chesham and Amersham South East CON 70,723 90,936344 Stalybridge and Hyde North West LAB 70,691 89,138345 Windsor South East CON 70,633 103,660

346 Boston and Skegness East Midlands CON 70,620 97,875347 Hayes and Harlington London LAB 70,589 106,479348 Maidstone and The Weald South East CON 70,576 95,280349 Havant South East CON 70,568 88,523350 North Warwickshire West Midlands CON 70,544 89,087

351 Bognor Regis and Littlehampton South East CON 70,535 98,305352 Great Yarmouth East of England CON 70,526 96,271353 Stretford and Urmston North West LAB 70,520 93,788354 Gravesham South East CON 70,412 98,822355 Halton North West LAB 70,322 88,869

356 St Albans East of England CON 70,298 94,896357 Stourbridge West Midlands CON 70,225 87,983358 Dagenham and Rainham London LAB 70 187 99 132358 Dagenham and Rainham London LAB 70,187 99,132359 Washington and Sunderland West North East LAB 70,177 91,783360 Tottenham London LAB 70,162 114,090

361 Houghton and Sunderland South North East LAB 70,115 89,903362 Sheffield, Hallam Yorkshire and The Humber LD 70,032 90,419363 Erewash East Midlands CON 70,022 92,972364 Hartlepool North East LAB 70,010 90,948365 Hammersmith London LAB 70,008 111,682

366 Sheffield Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 69,975 105,947367 Rugby West Midlands CON 69,932 90,075368 Sevenoaks South East CON 69,925 91,866369 Stafford West Midlands CON 69,832 90,990370 Ealing Central and Acton London CON 69,828 111,656

371 Pudsey Yorkshire and The Humber CON 69,738 91,853372 Filton and Bradley Stoke South West CON 69,732 92,163373 Erith and Thamesmead London LAB 69,718 101,789374 Hyndburn North West LAB 69,617 92,532375 Kettering East Midlands CON 69,610 90,083

376 Newton Abbot South West CON 69,600 86,729377 Edinburgh North and Leith Scotland LAB 69,580 103,405378 Maldon East of England CON 69,539 90,071379 Amber Valley East Midlands CON 69,538 86,894380 Lewisham West and Penge London LAB 69,399 103,580

381 Stevenage East of England CON 69,357 91,351382 Bristol East South West LAB 69,347 97,624383 Morecambe and Lunesdale North West CON 69,254 89,786384 Central Ayrshire Scotland LAB 69,243 87,532385 Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 69,206 107,471

386 Nottingham South East Midlands LAB 69,154 107,876387 Barrow and Furness North West LAB 69,148 90,444388 Harrow West London LAB 69,135 99,858389 Penistone and Stocksbridge Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 69,133 87,952390 Halifax Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 69,126 100,262

391 Glasgow South Scotland LAB 69,122 88,787392 Stratford-on-Avon West Midlands CON 69,108 86,569393 Bolton South East North West LAB 69,088 97,048394 Birmingham, Edgbaston West Midlands LAB 69,039 93,098395 Bedford East of England CON 69,019 101,673

396 Christchurch South West CON 69,008 82,547397 Blackley and Broughton North West LAB 69,006 106,078

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398 New Forest West South East CON 68,987 83,657399 Fermanagh and South Tyrone Northern Ireland Sinn Fein 68,979 ..400 North Durham North East LAB 68,959 84,584

401 Devizes South West CON 68,846 92,222402 Islington North London LAB 68,777 94,620403 Salisbury South West CON 68,731 88,961404 Forest of Dean South West CON 68,703 87,202405 Newcastle-under-Lyme West Midlands LAB 68,692 88,521

406 Stoke-on-Trent South West Midlands LAB 68,624 86,819407 Plymouth, Moor View South West LAB 68,556 91,573408 Ashton-Under-Lyne North West LAB 68,553 89,876409 North East Somerset South West CON 68,546 87,283410 Faversham and Mid Kent South East CON 68,521 89,533

411 Lewes South East LD 68,515 87,192412 Bishop Auckland North East LAB 68,501 85,434413 Chatham and Aylesford South East CON 68,437 95,176414 Glenrothes Scotland LAB 68,393 88,881415 Nuneaton West Midlands CON 68,288 88,760

416 City of Chester North West CON 68,280 89,576417 North Norfolk East of England LD 68,277 84,614418 Leeds North East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 68,269 95,595419 Barnsley East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 68,243 87,524420 Orpington London CON 68,221 89,264

421 North Cornwall South West LD 68,206 87,176422 Blaydon North East LAB 68,156 85,100423 Kingston upon Hull East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 68,150 95,707424 Shipley Yorkshire and The Humber CON 68,125 92,166425 East Renfrewshire Scotland LAB 68,117 89,240

426 South Thanet South East CON 67,970 94,105427 Bury North North West CON 67,911 85,972428 Foyle Northern Ireland SDLP 67,810 ..429 Southport North West LD 67,803 89,936430 Sheffield South East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 67,792 94,532

431 Harlow East of England CON 67,700 91,213432 Romsey and Southampton North South East CON 67,696 87,937433 Sefton Central North West LAB 67,696 85,547434 Argyll and Bute Scotland LD 67,692 90,040435 Halesowen and Rowley Regis West Midlands CON 67,656 84,230

436 Islington South and Finsbury London LAB 67,613 97,201437 Birmingham, Erdington West Midlands LAB 67,598 94,654438 Lewisham Deptford London LAB 67 590 108 599438 Lewisham, Deptford London LAB 67,590 108,599439 Totnes South West CON 67,562 83,581440 Glasgow Central Scotland LAB 67,521 86,732

441 Darlington North East LAB 67,476 87,127442 Witham East of England CON 67,451 88,292443 Clacton East of England CON 67,447 91,555444 Newcastle upon Tyne North North East LAB 67,401 91,963445 Sedgefield North East LAB 67,386 82,402

446 Stockton North North East LAB 67,333 91,977447 Lancaster and Fleetwood North West CON 67,305 87,648448 Leeds West Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 67,222 99,719449 Kingswood South West CON 67,199 85,941450 Redcar North East LD 67,195 88,388

451 North Wiltshire South West CON 67,154 86,193452 North Thanet South East CON 67,110 91,694453 Mitcham and Morden London LAB 67,074 106,422454 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Scotland CON 67,066 85,244455 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Scotland LD 67,060 89,036

456 Carshalton and Wallington London LD 67,044 96,514457 Burnley North West LD 67,003 85,575458 Ellesmere Port and Neston North West LAB 66,995 87,131459 Greenwich and Woolwich London LAB 66,982 94,739460 Keighley Yorkshire and The Humber CON 66,971 94,691

461 Motherwell and Wishaw East of England LAB 66,949 87,693462 Belfast North Northern Ireland DUP 66,825 ..463 Southend West Scotland CON 66,780 85,421464 Enfield North London CON 66,761 97,263465 Stirling Scotland LAB 66,743 88,740

466 West Dunbartonshire Scotland LAB 66,738 90,920467 Pendle North West CON 66,735 89,312468 Brigg and Goole Yorkshire and The Humber CON 66,734 84,944469 Stone West Midlands CON 66,729 82,916470 Moray Scotland SNP 66,726 87,660

471 Bradford East Yorkshire and The Humber LD 66,718 109,875472 North Herefordshire West Midlands CON 66,711 85,476473 St Ives South West LD 66,696 84,874474 Bath South West LD 66,690 90,455475 Huddersfield Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 66,681 90,411

476 Westmorland and Lonsdale North West LD 66,609 84,204477 Bolton North East North West LAB 66,600 90,493

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Electorate PopulationRank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009

478 Mid Derbyshire East Midlands CON 66,572 84,240479 Sutton and Cheam London LD 66,571 95,704480 Brighton, Kemptown South East CON 66,557 86,885

481 Fylde North West CON 66,504 82,492482 Redditch West Midlands CON 66,492 84,247483 Beckenham London CON 66,470 86,470484 Sheffield, Heeley Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 66,432 92,563485 Lagan Valley Northern Ireland DUP 66,327 ..

486 Carlisle North West CON 66,322 83,382487 Cardiff North Wales CON 66,290 89,333488 Warwick and Leamington West Midlands CON 66,278 97,873489 Luton North East of England LAB 66,273 97,940490 Edinburgh South West Scotland LAB 66,262 99,922

491 Ludlow West Midlands CON 66,199 80,208492 Blackpool North and Cleveleys North West CON 66,187 83,052493 Glasgow East Scotland LAB 66,142 85,528494 The Wrekin West Midlands CON 66,111 88,263495 Walsall South West Midlands LAB 66,082 90,877

496 Gateshead North East LAB 66,066 89,318497 Weaver Vale North West CON 66,008 87,369498 Telford West Midlands LAB 65,938 88,689499 Westminster North London LAB 65,936 127,256500 Wimbledon London CON 65,936 99,996

501 Eddisbury North West CON 65,914 85,151502 Luton South East of England LAB 65,889 102,414503 Middlesbrough North East LAB 65,851 94,515504 Paisley and Renfrewshire North Scotland LAB 65,847 85,891505 Ealing, Southall London LAB 65,768 93,617

506 Wallasey North West LAB 65,732 86,936507 Dundee East Scotland SNP 65,702 85,404508 Denton and Reddish North West LAB 65,684 85,230509 Mid Ulster Northern Ireland Sinn Fein 65,655 ..510 Easington North East LAB 65,618 83,352

511 Edinburgh West Scotland LD 65,526 90,072512 Lewisham East London LAB 65,508 98,060513 Bromley and Chislehurst London CON 65,508 88,694514 Walsall North West Midlands LAB 65,468 90,115515 Leicester West East Midlands LAB 65,432 94,708

516 Basildon and Billericay East of England CON 65,373 88,565517 West Bromwich West West Midlands LAB 65,249 84,999518 Penrith and The Border North West CON 65 234 80 695518 Penrith and The Border North West CON 65,234 80,695519 Kingston upon Hull North Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 65,219 95,773520 Newcastle upon Tyne East North East LAB 65,203 95,095

521 Tatton North West CON 65,200 82,656522 Banff and Buchan Scotland SNP 65,183 88,447523 Old Bexley and Sidcup London CON 65,161 83,683524 Cities of London and Westminster London CON 65,140 133,657525 Monmouth Wales CON 65,101 80,531

526 Leeds North West Yorkshire and The Humber LD 65,047 90,483527 Jarrow North East LAB 65,047 84,219528 Norwich North East of England CON 64,982 90,330529 Enfield, Southgate London CON 64,932 90,234530 Camborne and Redruth South West CON 64,798 85,317

531 Chingford and Woodford Green London CON 64,770 80,507532 Aberdeen North Scotland LAB 64,753 92,326533 Leeds East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 64,742 99,262534 Thornbury and Yate South West LD 64,736 84,132535 Barnsley Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 64,732 83,997

536 Bradford South Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 64,715 98,755537 Mid Dorset and North Poole South West LD 64,705 80,323538 Nottingham North East Midlands LAB 64,578 96,847539 Castle Point East of England CON 64,562 89,232540 East Londonderry Northern Ireland DUP 64,546 ..

541 Glasgow North West Scotland LAB 64,522 83,699542 Walthamstow London LAB 64,482 95,943543 Edmonton London LAB 64,356 103,733544 Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East Scotland LAB 64,337 84,519545 Aberdeen South Scotland LAB 64,330 92,196

546 South Antrim Northern Ireland DUP 64,254 ..547 East Dunbartonshire Scotland LD 64,186 81,696548 Angus Scotland SNP 64,178 81,533549 Glasgow North East Scotland LAB 64,171 89,443550 Bexleyheath and Crayford London CON 64,144 86,291

551 Blackpool South North West LAB 64,081 80,265552 Kenilworth and Southam West Midlands CON 63,772 82,709553 South Shields North East LAB 63,765 84,621554 Northampton South East Midlands CON 63,748 91,933555 Derbyshire Dales East Midlands CON 63,732 77,592

556 Copeland North West LAB 63,696 79,859557 Scunthorpe Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 63,489 84,605

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Electorate PopulationRank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009

558 Bradford West Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 63,425 111,320559 Cardiff West Wales LAB 63,360 88,388560 North East Fife Scotland LD 63,349 83,118

561 Paisley and Renfrewshire South Scotland LAB 63,268 84,019562 Blyth Valley North East LAB 63,173 80,986563 Rotherham Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 63,131 89,047564 Dundee West Scotland LAB 63,065 86,703565 Eltham London LAB 63,059 85,531

566 Warley West Midlands LAB 63,024 86,869567 Leyton and Wanstead London LAB 63,021 91,634568 West Bromwich East West Midlands LAB 63,008 82,745569 Chelsea and Fulham London CON 62,958 103,649570 Airdrie and Shotts Scotland LAB 62,789 84,527

571 Kensington London CON 62,784 124,280572 Stockport North West LAB 62,764 84,729573 Liverpool, West Derby North West LAB 62,709 90,218574 Newport West Wales LAB 62,465 83,490575 Staffordshire Moorlands West Midlands CON 62,457 76,114

576 Birkenhead North West LAB 62,432 84,376577 Hazel Grove North West LD 62,422 79,487578 Wansbeck North East LAB 62,395 81,303579 Glasgow South West Scotland LAB 62,378 84,214580 West Tyrone Northern Ireland Sinn Fein 62,258 ..

581 Cardiff Central Wales LD 62,218 82,706582 Putney London CON 62,153 91,442583 Swansea West Wales LAB 62,152 75,346584 Gower Wales LAB 62,148 77,302585 Northampton North East Midlands CON 62,095 86,766

586 Midlothian Scotland LAB 61,986 80,810587 Liverpool, Walton North West LAB 61,974 90,021588 Great Grimsby Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 61,929 86,924589 Stoke-on-Trent Central West Midlands LAB 61,774 78,710590 Wolverhampton South East West Midlands LAB 61,751 84,897

591 Dudley North West Midlands LAB 61,714 79,713592 Liverpool, Wavertree North West LAB 61,679 88,747593 Torfaen Wales LAB 61,644 80,908594 Caerphilly Wales LAB 61,633 84,388595 North Down Northern Ireland IND 61,615 ..

596 Strangford Northern Ireland DUP 61,566 ..597 Alyn and Deeside Wales LAB 61,485 79,897598 Dudley South West Midlands CON 61 308 78 212598 Dudley South West Midlands CON 61,308 78,212599 East Antrim Northern Ireland DUP 61,253 ..600 Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 61,232 86,089

601 Inverclyde Scotland LAB 61,038 80,210602 Preston North West LAB 61,025 89,237603 Newcastle upon Tyne Central North East LAB 60,795 97,199604 Belfast South Northern Ireland SDLP 60,726 ..605 Edinburgh East Scotland LAB 60,594 94,792

606 Swansea East Wales LAB 60,554 78,659607 Belfast West Northern Ireland Sinn Fein 60,520 ..608 Hexham North East CON 60,499 74,870609 Wolverhampton North East West Midlands LAB 60,354 84,368610 Belfast East Northern Ireland Alliance 60,050 ..

611 Pontypridd Wales LAB 60,016 81,238612 Wolverhampton South West West Midlands CON 59,846 82,055613 Aldridge-Brownhills West Midlands CON 59,506 74,899614 Nottingham East East Midlands LAB 59,489 96,053615 Workington North West LAB 59,361 76,459

616 Edinburgh South Scotland LAB 59,285 89,469617 Bridgend Wales LAB 58,936 76,090618 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Wales CON 58,504 75,654619 Llanelli Wales LAB 58,447 78,899620 Clwyd West Wales CON 58,215 71,735

621 Preseli Pembrokeshire Wales CON 57,966 72,963622 Neath Wales LAB 57,618 72,250623 Vale of Clwyd Wales LAB 56,264 73,937624 Wirral South North West LAB 56,238 69,467625 Ceredigion Wales LD 56,006 76,400

626 Berwick-upon-Tweed North East LD 55,785 73,917627 Ogmore Wales LAB 55,699 73,328628 Wirral West North West CON 55,077 67,716629 Newport East Wales LAB 54,826 74,113630 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Wales LAB 54,757 71,517

631 Glasgow North Scotland LAB 54,620 70,067632 Islwyn Wales LAB 54,611 72,489633 Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Wales Plaid Cymru 54,285 70,676634 Clwyd South Wales LAB 54,243 70,950635 Delyn Wales LAB 53,906 70,026

636 Brecon and Radnorshire Wales LD 53,633 68,364637 Blaenau Gwent Wales LAB 53,517 68,630

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Electorate PopulationRank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009

638 Rhondda Wales LAB 52,765 69,503639 Cynon Valley Wales LAB 52,216 68,441640 Ross, Skye and Lochaber Scotland LD 52,064 65,641

641 Wrexham Wales LAB 51,669 70,048642 Aberavon Wales LAB 51,034 65,024643 Ynys Môn Wales LAB 49,524 68,768644 Montgomeryshire Wales CON 48,563 63,523645 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Scotland LD 47,572 59,376

646 Aberconwy Wales CON 44,962 54,622647 Dwyfor Meirionnydd Wales Plaid Cymru 44,796 60,654648 Arfon Wales Plaid Cymru 40,707 58,113649 Orkney and Shetland Scotland LD 33,755 42,170650 Na h-Eileanan an Iar Scotland SNP 21,837 26,180

Source: ONS

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3.4 British parliamentary constituencies ranked by mid-2009 population

UK Electoral Quota: 76,641

Electorate Population Electorate as %Rank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009 of population

1 Holborn and St Pancras London LAB 85,243 144,210 59.1%2 Isle of Wight South East CON 110,924 140,229 79.1%3 Leeds Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 80,912 138,740 58.3%4 Cities of London and Westminster London CON 65,140 133,657 48.7%5 Croydon North London LAB 85,107 128,654 66.2%

6 Bermondsey and Old Southwark London LD 77,186 127,292 60.6%7 Westminster North London LAB 65,936 127,256 51.8%8 Manchester Central North West LAB 89,519 125,770 71.2%9 Kensington London CON 62,784 124,280 50.5%

10 Kingston and Surbiton London LD 80,639 124,236 64.9%

11 Bristol West South West LD 82,503 124,009 66.5%12 Hampstead and Kilburn London LAB 78,552 123,914 63.4%13 Ilford South London LAB 86,401 123,689 69.9%14 Slough South East LAB 81,327 123,419 65.9%15 Camberwell and Peckham London LAB 78,605 122,924 63.9%

16 Milton Keynes South South East CON 85,552 122,714 69.7%17 West Ham London LAB 86,400 121,682 71.0%18 East Ham London LAB 91,531 119,530 76.6%19 Richmond Park London CON 76,650 119,300 64.2%20 Oxford East South East LAB 81,644 119,184 68.5%

21 Hendon London CON 74,329 118,583 62.7%22 North West Cambridgeshire East of England CON 89,419 118,357 75.6%23 Bethnal Green and Bow London LAB 79,581 118,022 67.4%24 Brentford and Isleworth London CON 83,332 117,771 70.8%25 Poplar and Limehouse London LAB 74,919 116,743 64.2%

26 Birmingham, Hodge Hill West Midlands LAB 75,985 116,540 65.2%27 Feltham and Heston London LAB 80,437 116,475 69.1%28 Banbury South East CON 84,063 115,493 72.8%29 Barking London LAB 74,027 114,591 64.6%30 Thurrock East of England CON 77,667 114,305 67.9%

31 Tottenham London LAB 70,162 114,090 61.5%32 Chipping Barnet London CON 76,455 114,072 67.0%33 Milton Keynes North South East CON 81,226 113,953 71.3%34 Hackney North and Stoke Newington London LAB 74,780 113,118 66.1%35 Birmingham, Hall Green West Midlands LAB 77,157 112,960 68.3%

36 Cambridge East of England LD 75,259 112,644 66.8%37 Birmingham, Ladywood West Midlands LAB 74,008 112,546 65.8%37 Birmingham, Ladywood West Midlands LAB 74,008 112,546 65.8%38 West Suffolk East of England CON 76,158 112,373 67.8%39 Twickenham London LD 79,172 112,168 70.6%40 South East Cambridgeshire East of England CON 82,265 112,120 73.4%

41 Hammersmith London LAB 70,008 111,682 62.7%42 Ealing Central and Acton London CON 69,828 111,656 62.5%43 Hornsey and Wood Green London LD 79,878 111,439 71.7%44 Ealing North London LAB 73,105 111,357 65.6%45 Bradford West Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 63,425 111,320 57.0%

46 South Northamptonshire East Midlands CON 82,956 111,164 74.6%47 Brent Central London LD 73,385 111,030 66.1%48 Finchley and Golders Green London CON 71,595 110,433 64.8%49 Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport South West CON 71,236 110,421 64.5%50 Colchester East of England LD 73,638 110,296 66.8%

51 Coventry North East West Midlands LAB 74,870 110,133 68.0%52 Bradford East Yorkshire and The Humber LD 66,718 109,875 60.7%53 Esher and Walton South East CON 76,962 109,478 70.3%54 Peterborough East of England CON 72,787 109,386 66.5%55 Huntingdon East of England CON 79,134 109,193 72.5%

56 Sleaford and North Hykeham East Midlands CON 85,561 109,058 78.5%57 Ashford South East CON 81,947 108,966 75.2%58 Croydon Central London CON 76,980 108,908 70.7%59 Taunton Deane South West LD 82,882 108,716 76.2%60 North East Cambridgeshire East of England CON 83,661 108,679 77.0%

61 Vauxhall London LAB 73,274 108,639 67.4%62 Linlithgow and East Falkirk Scotland LAB 81,756 108,636 75.3%63 Weston-super-Mare South West CON 78,778 108,599 72.5%64 Lewisham, Deptford London LAB 67,590 108,599 62.2%65 Leicester South East Midlands LAB 78,433 108,447 72.3%

66 Bristol South South West LAB 78,703 108,156 72.8%67 Bury St Edmunds East of England CON 85,933 108,122 79.5%68 Meriden West Midlands CON 83,428 108,113 77.2%69 Nottingham South East Midlands LAB 69,154 107,876 64.1%70 Watford East of England CON 80,939 107,852 75.0%

71 Exeter South West LAB 76,796 107,843 71.2%72 Canterbury South East CON 73,779 107,817 68.4%73 South Cambridgeshire East of England CON 80,001 107,807 74.2%74 Falkirk Scotland LAB 82,473 107,778 76.5%75 Gloucester South West CON 80,788 107,750 75.0%

76 Derby South East Midlands LAB 72,048 107,675 66.9%77 Brent North London LAB 82,648 107,538 76.9%

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Electorate Population Electorate as %Rank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009 of population

78 Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 69,206 107,471 64.4%79 Welwyn Hatfield East of England CON 71,766 107,260 66.9%80 Livingston Scotland LAB 76,580 107,106 71.5%

81 Reading East South East CON 78,170 107,083 73.0%82 Bracknell South East CON 77,490 107,065 72.4%83 Richmond (Yorks) Yorkshire and The Humber CON 78,902 107,063 73.7%84 Dewsbury Yorkshire and The Humber CON 79,634 106,977 74.4%85 Manchester, Gorton North West LAB 74,681 106,926 69.8%

86 Aylesbury South East CON 78,750 106,593 73.9%87 Hayes and Harlington London LAB 70,589 106,479 66.3%88 Mitcham and Morden London LAB 67,074 106,422 63.0%89 Newbury South East CON 77,898 106,314 73.3%90 Hertford and Stortford East of England CON 79,255 106,104 74.7%

91 Blackley and Broughton North West LAB 69,006 106,078 65.1%92 Sheffield Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 69,975 105,947 66.0%93 Southampton, Test South East LAB 71,263 105,856 67.3%94 Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 83,284 105,813 78.7%95 Bridgwater and West Somerset South West CON 82,936 105,554 78.6%

96 Wokingham South East CON 75,886 105,485 71.9%97 Folkestone and Hythe South East CON 84,156 105,456 79.8%98 Streatham London LAB 71,913 105,438 68.2%99 Knowsley North West LAB 79,334 105,426 75.3%

100 Crawley South East CON 71,793 105,333 68.2%

101 South West Hertfordshire East of England CON 78,269 105,285 74.3%102 Croydon South London CON 81,554 105,254 77.5%103 Colne Valley Yorkshire and The Humber CON 80,791 105,165 76.8%104 Wellingborough East Midlands CON 76,848 105,141 73.1%105 Yeovil South West LD 82,771 105,056 78.8%

106 Runnymede and Weybridge South East CON 73,680 105,007 70.2%107 Portsmouth South South East LD 71,947 104,918 68.6%108 Sittingbourne and Sheppey South East CON 74,796 104,914 71.3%109 Chelmsford East of England CON 77,835 104,681 74.4%110 Dulwich and West Norwood London LAB 71,523 104,625 68.4%

111 Hastings and Rye South East CON 76,422 104,594 73.1%112 Waveney East of England CON 79,132 104,523 75.7%113 Birmingham, Perry Barr West Midlands LAB 71,794 104,497 68.7%114 Basingstoke South East CON 75,470 104,211 72.4%115 Batley and Spen Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 77,472 104,197 74.4%

116 Wantage South East CON 79,775 104,181 76.6%117 Crewe and Nantwich North West CON 78,845 104,166 75.7%118 Birmingham Yardley West Midlands LD 73 261 104 003 70 4%118 Birmingham, Yardley West Midlands LD 73,261 104,003 70.4%119 Wythenshawe and Sale East North West LAB 75,602 103,985 72.7%120 East Surrey South East CON 77,145 103,839 74.3%

121 Surrey Heath South East CON 78,453 103,824 75.6%122 Eastbourne South East LD 76,978 103,743 74.2%123 Edmonton London LAB 64,356 103,733 62.0%124 Windsor South East CON 70,633 103,660 68.1%125 Chelsea and Fulham London CON 62,958 103,649 60.7%

126 Warrington South North West CON 81,212 103,588 78.4%127 Oxford West and Abingdon South East CON 77,811 103,588 75.1%128 Lewisham West and Penge London LAB 69,399 103,580 67.0%129 Rochdale North West LAB 77,699 103,510 75.1%130 Cardiff South and Penarth Wales LAB 73,690 103,460 71.2%

131 Edinburgh North and Leith Scotland LAB 69,580 103,405 67.3%132 Corby East Midlands CON 79,468 103,385 76.9%133 Chichester South East CON 81,804 103,382 79.1%134 Bristol North West South West CON 73,920 103,298 71.6%135 Ipswich East of England CON 75,195 103,175 72.9%

136 Cheltenham South West LD 77,937 103,161 75.5%137 Hornchurch and Upminster London CON 79,568 103,000 77.3%138 Coventry South West Midlands LAB 75,705 102,993 73.5%139 Hackney South and Shoreditch London LAB 73,778 102,869 71.7%140 York Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 75,656 102,710 73.7%

141 Elmet and Rothwell Yorkshire and The Humber CON 77,994 102,685 76.0%142 Bassetlaw East Midlands LAB 78,306 102,572 76.3%143 Witney South East CON 78,220 102,496 76.3%144 Southampton, Itchen South East LAB 74,513 102,494 72.7%145 Rutherglen and Hamilton West Scotland LAB 77,729 102,484 75.8%

146 Luton South East of England LAB 65,889 102,414 64.3%147 Guildford South East CON 77,517 102,402 75.7%148 Wells South West LD 79,989 102,371 78.1%149 Grantham and Stamford East Midlands CON 79,118 102,147 77.5%150 Epsom and Ewell South East CON 76,916 102,033 75.4%

151 Horsham South East CON 77,001 101,999 75.5%152 St Helens South and Whiston North West LAB 78,612 101,977 77.1%153 South West Norfolk East of England CON 75,034 101,954 73.6%154 Wycombe South East CON 73,750 101,927 72.4%155 East Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber CON 80,435 101,922 78.9%

156 North East Bedfordshire East of England CON 78,350 101,897 76.9%157 Erith and Thamesmead London LAB 69,718 101,789 68.5%

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Electorate Population Electorate as %Rank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009 of population

158 Somerton and Frome South West LD 82,150 101,774 80.7%159 North Swindon South West CON 79,488 101,770 78.1%160 Mid Bedfordshire East of England CON 76,381 101,746 75.1%

161 Harborough East Midlands CON 78,753 101,715 77.4%162 Aldershot South East CON 71,908 101,673 70.7%163 Bedford East of England CON 69,019 101,673 67.9%164 Salford and Eccles North West LAB 76,863 101,657 75.6%165 Leicester East East Midlands LAB 74,377 101,567 73.2%

166 Beverley and Holderness Yorkshire and The Humber CON 79,775 101,376 78.7%167 Lincoln East Midlands CON 72,662 101,342 71.7%168 Calder Valley Yorkshire and The Humber CON 76,041 101,295 75.1%169 Blackburn North West LAB 72,112 101,211 71.2%170 Heywood and Middleton North West LAB 79,636 101,201 78.7%

171 Norwich South East of England LD 73,569 100,855 72.9%172 North Shropshire West Midlands CON 77,673 100,850 77.0%173 Harrogate and Knaresborough Yorkshire and The Humber CON 75,044 100,766 74.5%174 South West Surrey South East CON 76,495 100,735 75.9%175 Maidenhead South East CON 74,028 100,519 73.6%

176 North Somerset South West CON 78,223 100,492 77.8%177 Rochester and Strood South East CON 75,001 100,466 74.7%178 Woking South East CON 74,328 100,450 74.0%179 Reading West South East CON 73,216 100,441 72.9%180 Ilford North London CON 72,702 100,280 72.5%

181 Halifax Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 69,126 100,262 68.9%182 Ashfield East Midlands LAB 77,049 100,204 76.9%183 Eastleigh South East LD 78,313 100,201 78.2%184 North Tyneside North East LAB 78,617 100,186 78.5%185 South Leicestershire East Midlands CON 77,412 100,122 77.3%

186 Wimbledon London CON 65,936 99,996 65.9%187 Sunderland Central North East LAB 76,292 99,968 76.3%188 Skipton and Ripon Yorkshire and The Humber CON 77,098 99,950 77.1%189 Edinburgh South West Scotland LAB 66,262 99,922 66.3%190 Loughborough East Midlands CON 77,884 99,918 77.9%

191 Ochil and South Perthshire Scotland LAB 75,848 99,870 75.9%192 Harrow West London LAB 69,135 99,858 69.2%193 Rutland and Melton East Midlands CON 77,324 99,802 77.5%194 Oldham West and Royton North West LAB 72,402 99,767 72.6%195 Leigh North West LAB 77,001 99,741 77.2%

196 Birmingham, Selly Oak West Midlands LAB 75,668 99,738 75.9%197 Leeds West Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 67,222 99,719 67.4%198 Mansfield East Midlands LAB 79 849 99 663 80 1%198 Mansfield East Midlands LAB 79,849 99,663 80.1%199 Mid Sussex South East CON 77,044 99,661 77.3%200 Coventry North West West Midlands LAB 74,180 99,654 74.4%

201 South West Bedfordshire East of England CON 76,178 99,583 76.5%202 Suffolk Coastal East of England CON 76,932 99,566 77.3%203 Louth and Horncastle East Midlands CON 76,233 99,534 76.6%204 Dartford South East CON 74,756 99,521 75.1%205 Leeds East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 64,742 99,262 65.2%

206 Tooting London LAB 72,707 99,227 73.3%207 Reigate South East CON 72,043 99,210 72.6%208 Dagenham and Rainham London LAB 70,187 99,132 70.8%209 Torbay South West LD 76,219 99,094 76.9%210 Stockton South North East CON 74,521 99,074 75.2%

211 Morley and Outwood Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 75,163 99,006 75.9%212 Hertsmere East of England CON 70,772 98,910 71.6%213 Gravesham South East CON 70,412 98,822 71.3%214 Doncaster Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 73,874 98,775 74.8%215 Worsley and Eccles South North West LAB 73,409 98,761 74.3%

216 Bradford South Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 64,715 98,755 65.5%217 Birmingham, Northfield West Midlands LAB 72,190 98,721 73.1%218 Bexhill and Battle South East CON 78,602 98,703 79.6%219 East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Scotland LAB 77,985 98,652 79.1%220 Portsmouth North South East CON 71,798 98,585 72.8%

221 Mid Norfolk East of England CON 75,079 98,483 76.2%222 Stroud South West CON 79,135 98,395 80.4%223 Torridge and West Devon South West CON 77,417 98,382 78.7%224 Oldham East and Saddleworth North West LAB 72,249 98,379 73.4%225 Thirsk and Malton Yorkshire and The Humber CON 77,230 98,345 78.5%

226 Bognor Regis and Littlehampton South East CON 70,535 98,305 71.8%227 South Basildon and East Thurrock East of England CON 71,819 98,304 73.1%228 North West Hampshire South East CON 77,020 98,146 78.5%229 Wyre Forest West Midlands CON 77,800 98,139 79.3%230 St Austell and Newquay South West LD 75,974 98,113 77.4%

231 Saffron Walden East of England CON 77,109 98,088 78.6%232 Burton West Midlands CON 75,302 98,083 76.8%233 Lewisham East London LAB 65,508 98,060 66.8%234 Bosworth East Midlands CON 77,787 97,999 79.4%235 Beaconsfield South East CON 75,320 97,990 76.9%

236 Luton North East of England LAB 66,273 97,940 67.7%237 Boston and Skegness East Midlands CON 70,620 97,875 72.2%

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Electorate Population Electorate as %Rank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009 of population

238 Tunbridge Wells South East CON 73,028 97,873 74.6%239 Warwick and Leamington West Midlands CON 66,278 97,873 67.7%240 Bootle North West LAB 70,824 97,820 72.4%

241 Bristol East South West LAB 69,347 97,624 71.0%242 Rayleigh and Wickford East of England CON 76,089 97,614 77.9%243 St Helens North North West LAB 75,688 97,609 77.5%244 Newark East Midlands CON 72,407 97,551 74.2%245 Liverpool, Riverside North West LAB 73,406 97,511 75.3%

246 South Ribble North West CON 75,116 97,391 77.1%247 Tiverton and Honiton South West CON 75,839 97,343 77.9%248 Garston and Halewood North West LAB 71,618 97,270 73.6%249 Enfield North London CON 66,761 97,263 68.6%250 Buckingham South East Speaker 75,837 97,225 78.0%

251 Islington South and Finsbury London LAB 67,613 97,201 69.6%252 Newcastle upon Tyne Central North East LAB 60,795 97,199 62.5%253 Harrow East London CON 72,537 97,160 74.7%254 Hitchin and Harpenden East of England CON 74,189 97,148 76.4%255 Wealden South East CON 77,536 97,062 79.9%

256 Solihull West Midlands LD 77,354 97,060 79.7%257 Bolton South East North West LAB 69,088 97,048 71.2%258 South Swindon South West CON 73,449 97,022 75.7%259 Wigan North West LAB 76,779 96,996 79.2%260 Broxtowe East Midlands CON 71,961 96,993 74.2%

261 Tynemouth North East LAB 76,618 96,972 79.0%262 South Holland and The Deepings East Midlands CON 76,939 96,968 79.3%263 Vale of Glamorgan Wales CON 71,171 96,956 73.4%264 Nottingham North East Midlands LAB 64,578 96,847 66.7%265 East Lothian Scotland LAB 74,320 96,830 76.8%

266 Derby North East Midlands LAB 72,617 96,819 75.0%267 Lanark and Hamilton East Scotland LAB 76,190 96,816 78.7%268 Ribble Valley North West CON 77,437 96,754 80.0%269 Scarborough and Whitby Yorkshire and The Humber CON 76,078 96,749 78.6%270 Central Suffolk and North Ipswich East of England CON 76,177 96,673 78.8%

271 Bury South North West LAB 75,140 96,625 77.8%272 Perth and North Perthshire Scotland SNP 73,064 96,580 75.7%273 Carshalton and Wallington London LD 67,044 96,514 69.5%274 Tewkesbury South West CON 77,206 96,499 80.0%275 Brighton, Pavilion South East GRN 73,430 96,494 76.1%

276 Fareham South East CON 76,457 96,452 79.3%277 Hemel Hempstead East of England CON 72,561 96,427 75.2%278 Great Yarmouth East of England CON 70 526 96 271 73 3%278 Great Yarmouth East of England CON 70,526 96,271 73.3%279 Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Scotland LAB 74,247 96,232 77.2%280 The Cotswolds South West CON 78,439 96,125 81.6%

281 Tonbridge and Malling South East CON 71,989 96,098 74.9%282 York Outer Yorkshire and The Humber CON 75,125 96,079 78.2%283 Shrewsbury and Atcham West Midlands CON 73,978 96,071 77.0%284 Nottingham East East Midlands LAB 59,489 96,053 61.9%285 Harwich and North Essex East of England CON 71,087 96,051 74.0%

286 Doncaster North Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 72,855 96,041 75.9%287 Battersea London CON 73,028 95,952 76.1%288 Walthamstow London LAB 64,482 95,943 67.2%289 Gillingham and Rainham South East CON 71,109 95,795 74.2%290 Kingston upon Hull North Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 65,219 95,773 68.1%

291 Broxbourne East of England CON 71,872 95,738 75.1%292 Kingston upon Hull East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 68,150 95,707 71.2%293 Sutton and Cheam London LD 66,571 95,704 69.6%294 Makerfield North West LAB 74,856 95,683 78.2%295 Leeds North East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 68,269 95,595 71.4%

296 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Scotland LD 72,764 95,473 76.2%297 Manchester, Withington North West LD 73,656 95,378 77.2%298 Henley South East CON 73,851 95,335 77.5%299 Rushcliffe East Midlands CON 73,430 95,332 77.0%300 Daventry East Midlands CON 71,903 95,319 75.4%

301 Gordon Scotland LD 74,394 95,315 78.1%302 Arundel and South Downs South East CON 76,697 95,308 80.5%303 Don Valley Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 73,674 95,307 77.3%304 North East Hampshire South East CON 72,548 95,299 76.1%305 Maidstone and The Weald South East CON 70,576 95,280 74.1%

306 Dunfermline and West Fife Scotland LAB 74,621 95,229 78.4%307 South West Wiltshire South West CON 72,820 95,187 76.5%308 Chatham and Aylesford South East CON 68,437 95,176 71.9%309 East Worthing and Shoreham South East CON 72,996 95,107 76.8%310 Newcastle upon Tyne East North East LAB 65,203 95,095 68.6%

311 Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland North East LAB 72,876 95,082 76.6%312 Braintree East of England CON 72,064 95,035 75.8%313 Gosport South East CON 72,845 95,012 76.7%314 St Albans East of England CON 70,298 94,896 74.1%315 Dumfries and Galloway Scotland LAB 74,414 94,814 78.5%

316 Selby and Ainsty Yorkshire and The Humber CON 73,580 94,792 77.6%317 Edinburgh East Scotland LAB 60,594 94,792 63.9%

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Electorate Population Electorate as %Rank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009 of population

318 City of Durham North East LAB 72,659 94,747 76.7%319 Greenwich and Woolwich London LAB 66,982 94,739 70.7%320 Worcester West Midlands CON 73,960 94,721 78.1%

321 Leicester West East Midlands LAB 65,432 94,708 69.1%322 Keighley Yorkshire and The Humber CON 66,971 94,691 70.7%323 Wentworth and Dearne Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 72,272 94,664 76.3%324 Birmingham, Erdington West Midlands LAB 67,598 94,654 71.4%325 South Norfolk East of England CON 77,317 94,636 81.7%

326 Islington North London LAB 68,777 94,620 72.7%327 Cannock Chase West Midlands CON 75,680 94,549 80.0%328 Sheffield South East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 67,792 94,532 71.7%329 Middlesbrough North East LAB 65,851 94,515 69.7%330 North East Hertfordshire East of England CON 72,658 94,499 76.9%

331 Rossendale and Darwen North West CON 73,443 94,387 77.8%332 Rochford and Southend East East of England CON 71,131 94,381 75.4%333 Uxbridge and South Ruislip London CON 71,954 94,290 76.3%334 Tamworth West Midlands CON 72,544 94,285 76.9%335 Hemsworth Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 73,487 94,259 78.0%

336 Wakefield Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 71,531 94,183 75.9%337 Warrington North North West LAB 71,836 94,175 76.3%338 Stoke-on-Trent North West Midlands LAB 72,225 94,161 76.7%339 Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Scotland LD 74,115 94,110 78.8%340 Mid Worcestershire West Midlands CON 71,660 94,105 76.1%

341 South Thanet South East CON 67,970 94,105 72.2%342 West Lancashire North West LAB 73,028 94,043 77.7%343 Kilmarnock and Loudoun Scotland LAB 75,001 93,923 79.9%344 Worthing West South East CON 74,468 93,853 79.3%345 Epping Forest East of England CON 72,212 93,849 76.9%

346 Winchester South East CON 74,138 93,821 79.0%347 Stretford and Urmston North West LAB 70,520 93,788 75.2%348 Hove South East CON 71,181 93,758 75.9%349 Broadland East of England CON 73,066 93,756 77.9%350 Hereford and South Herefordshire West Midlands CON 71,352 93,646 76.2%

351 Ealing, Southall London LAB 65,768 93,617 70.3%352 Chippenham South West LD 73,312 93,570 78.3%353 Mole Valley South East CON 72,568 93,568 77.6%354 North Ayrshire and Arran Scotland LAB 75,204 93,468 80.5%355 Brentwood and Ongar East of England CON 71,041 93,422 76.0%

356 Bromsgrove West Midlands CON 73,279 93,363 78.5%357 Birmingham, Edgbaston West Midlands LAB 69,039 93,098 74.2%358 Rother Valley Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 73 068 93 072 78 5%358 Rother Valley Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 73,068 93,072 78.5%359 East Devon South West CON 72,406 93,013 77.8%360 Romford London CON 71,978 93,005 77.4%

361 Erewash East Midlands CON 70,022 92,972 75.3%362 West Dorset South West CON 76,779 92,927 82.6%363 Charnwood East Midlands CON 75,454 92,903 81.2%364 Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner London CON 71,706 92,868 77.2%365 South Derbyshire East Midlands CON 71,326 92,754 76.9%

366 New Forest East South East CON 73,542 92,697 79.3%367 Chorley North West LAB 71,333 92,683 77.0%368 Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Scotland LAB 70,877 92,565 76.6%369 Sheffield, Heeley Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 66,432 92,563 71.8%370 Spelthorne South East CON 71,211 92,562 76.9%

371 Bolsover East Midlands LAB 72,162 92,553 78.0%372 Hyndburn North West LAB 69,617 92,532 75.2%373 Gedling East Midlands LAB 70,886 92,483 76.6%374 Dover South East CON 71,993 92,473 77.9%375 North West Norfolk East of England CON 73,269 92,469 79.2%

376 High Peak East Midlands CON 72,178 92,373 78.1%377 Aberdeen North Scotland LAB 64,753 92,326 70.1%378 East Hampshire South East CON 72,648 92,272 78.7%379 Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Scotland LAB 73,708 92,237 79.9%380 Devizes South West CON 68,846 92,222 74.7%

381 Aberdeen South Scotland LAB 64,330 92,196 69.8%382 Shipley Yorkshire and The Humber CON 68,125 92,166 73.9%383 Filton and Bradley Stoke South West CON 69,732 92,163 75.7%384 Congleton North West CON 73,820 92,104 80.1%385 North Dorset South West CON 73,010 92,081 79.3%

386 South Staffordshire West Midlands CON 74,189 92,021 80.6%387 Sutton Coldfield West Midlands CON 75,031 91,986 81.6%388 Stockton North North East LAB 67,333 91,977 73.2%389 West Worcestershire West Midlands CON 73,001 91,973 79.4%390 Newcastle upon Tyne North North East LAB 67,401 91,963 73.3%

391 Northampton South East Midlands CON 63,748 91,933 69.3%392 Sevenoaks South East CON 69,925 91,866 76.1%393 Pudsey Yorkshire and The Humber CON 69,738 91,853 75.9%394 Altrincham and Sale West North West CON 72,008 91,852 78.4%395 Sherwood East Midlands CON 72,111 91,797 78.6%

396 Washington and Sunderland West North East LAB 70,177 91,783 76.5%397 North Thanet South East CON 67,110 91,694 73.2%

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Electorate Population Electorate as %Rank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009 of population

398 Bournemouth East South West CON 72,961 91,651 79.6%399 Bolton West North West LAB 71,454 91,647 78.0%400 Leyton and Wanstead London LAB 63,021 91,634 68.8%

401 Plymouth, Moor View South West LAB 68,556 91,573 74.9%402 Clacton East of England CON 67,447 91,555 73.7%403 Cleethorpes Yorkshire and The Humber CON 70,895 91,542 77.4%404 North Devon South West LD 75,098 91,492 82.1%405 Putney London CON 62,153 91,442 68.0%

406 Stevenage East of England CON 69,357 91,351 75.9%407 Harlow East of England CON 67,700 91,213 74.2%408 Cheadle North West LD 71,797 91,183 78.7%409 Gainsborough East Midlands CON 73,795 91,001 81.1%410 Stafford West Midlands CON 69,832 90,990 76.7%

411 Hartlepool North East LAB 70,010 90,948 77.0%412 Chesham and Amersham South East CON 70,723 90,936 77.8%413 West Dunbartonshire Scotland LAB 66,738 90,920 73.4%414 Macclesfield North West CON 73,613 90,899 81.0%415 Walsall South West Midlands LAB 66,082 90,877 72.7%

416 South Dorset South West CON 73,499 90,618 81.1%417 North West Leicestershire East Midlands CON 72,022 90,603 79.5%418 Chesterfield East Midlands LAB 72,866 90,519 80.5%419 Bolton North East North West LAB 66,600 90,493 73.6%420 Leeds North West Yorkshire and The Humber LD 65,047 90,483 71.9%

421 Bath South West LD 66,690 90,455 73.7%422 Barrow and Furness North West LAB 69,148 90,444 76.5%423 Lichfield West Midlands CON 73,085 90,428 80.8%424 Sheffield, Hallam Yorkshire and The Humber LD 70,032 90,419 77.5%425 Huddersfield Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 66,681 90,411 73.8%

426 Norwich North East of England CON 64,982 90,330 71.9%427 Enfield, Southgate London CON 64,932 90,234 72.0%428 Liverpool, West Derby North West LAB 62,709 90,218 69.5%429 Walsall North West Midlands LAB 65,468 90,115 72.6%430 Bournemouth West South West CON 72,714 90,112 80.7%

431 Kettering East Midlands CON 69,610 90,083 77.3%432 Rugby West Midlands CON 69,932 90,075 77.6%433 Edinburgh West Scotland LD 65,526 90,072 72.7%434 Maldon East of England CON 69,539 90,071 77.2%435 Argyll and Bute Scotland LD 67,692 90,040 75.2%

436 Liverpool, Walton North West LAB 61,974 90,021 68.8%437 North East Derbyshire East Midlands LAB 72,374 89,978 80.4%438 Poole South West CON 72 773 89 943 80 9%438 Poole South West CON 72,773 89,943 80.9%439 Southport North West LD 67,803 89,936 75.4%440 Houghton and Sunderland South North East LAB 70,115 89,903 78.0%

441 Ashton-Under-Lyne North West LAB 68,553 89,876 76.3%442 Morecambe and Lunesdale North West CON 69,254 89,786 77.1%443 City of Chester North West CON 68,280 89,576 76.2%444 South Suffolk East of England CON 72,965 89,541 81.5%445 Faversham and Mid Kent South East CON 68,521 89,533 76.5%

446 South West Devon South West CON 70,756 89,494 79.1%447 Edinburgh South Scotland LAB 59,285 89,469 66.3%448 Glasgow North East Scotland LAB 64,171 89,443 71.7%449 Wyre and Preston North North West CON 71,612 89,333 80.2%450 Cardiff North Wales CON 66,290 89,333 74.2%

451 Gateshead North East LAB 66,066 89,318 74.0%452 Pendle North West CON 66,735 89,312 74.7%453 Orpington London CON 68,221 89,264 76.4%454 East Renfrewshire Scotland LAB 68,117 89,240 76.3%455 Preston North West LAB 61,025 89,237 68.4%

456 Castle Point East of England CON 64,562 89,232 72.4%457 North West Durham North East LAB 72,760 89,229 81.5%458 Truro and Falmouth South West CON 71,340 89,228 80.0%459 Stalybridge and Hyde North West LAB 70,691 89,138 79.3%460 Central Devon South West CON 71,563 89,112 80.3%

461 North Warwickshire West Midlands CON 70,544 89,087 79.2%462 Rotherham Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 63,131 89,047 70.9%463 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Scotland LD 67,060 89,036 75.3%464 Salisbury South West CON 68,731 88,961 77.3%465 Glenrothes Scotland LAB 68,393 88,881 76.9%

466 Halton North West LAB 70,322 88,869 79.1%467 Glasgow South Scotland LAB 69,122 88,787 77.9%468 Nuneaton West Midlands CON 68,288 88,760 76.9%469 Haltemprice and Howden Yorkshire and The Humber CON 70,864 88,755 79.8%470 Liverpool, Wavertree North West LAB 61,679 88,747 69.5%

471 Stirling Scotland LAB 66,743 88,740 75.2%472 Bromley and Chislehurst London CON 65,508 88,694 73.9%473 Telford West Midlands LAB 65,938 88,689 74.3%474 South East Cornwall South West CON 71,851 88,576 81.1%475 Basildon and Billericay East of England CON 65,373 88,565 73.8%

476 Havant South East CON 70,568 88,523 79.7%477 Newcastle-under-Lyme West Midlands LAB 68,692 88,521 77.6%

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Electorate Population Electorate as %Rank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009 of population

478 Banff and Buchan Scotland SNP 65,183 88,447 73.7%479 Redcar North East LD 67,195 88,388 76.0%480 Cardiff West Wales LAB 63,360 88,388 71.7%

481 Witham East of England CON 67,451 88,292 76.4%482 The Wrekin West Midlands CON 66,111 88,263 74.9%483 Stourbridge West Midlands CON 70,225 87,983 79.8%484 Penistone and Stocksbridge Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 69,133 87,952 78.6%485 Romsey and Southampton North South East CON 67,696 87,937 77.0%

486 Meon Valley South East CON 71,291 87,792 81.2%487 Motherwell and Wishaw East of England LAB 66,949 87,693 76.3%488 Moray Scotland SNP 66,726 87,660 76.1%489 Lancaster and Fleetwood North West CON 67,305 87,648 76.8%490 Central Ayrshire Scotland LAB 69,243 87,532 79.1%

491 Barnsley East Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 68,243 87,524 78.0%492 Weaver Vale North West CON 66,008 87,369 75.6%493 North East Somerset South West CON 68,546 87,283 78.5%494 Forest of Dean South West CON 68,703 87,202 78.8%495 Lewes South East LD 68,515 87,192 78.6%

496 North Cornwall South West LD 68,206 87,176 78.2%497 Ellesmere Port and Neston North West LAB 66,995 87,131 76.9%498 Darlington North East LAB 67,476 87,127 77.4%499 Wallasey North West LAB 65,732 86,936 75.6%500 Great Grimsby Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 61,929 86,924 71.2%

501 Amber Valley East Midlands CON 69,538 86,894 80.0%502 Brighton, Kemptown South East CON 66,557 86,885 76.6%503 Warley West Midlands LAB 63,024 86,869 72.6%504 Stoke-on-Trent South West Midlands LAB 68,624 86,819 79.0%505 Northampton North East Midlands CON 62,095 86,766 71.6%

506 Glasgow Central Scotland LAB 67,521 86,732 77.9%507 Newton Abbot South West CON 69,600 86,729 80.2%508 Dundee West Scotland LAB 63,065 86,703 72.7%509 Stratford-on-Avon West Midlands CON 69,108 86,569 79.8%510 Beckenham London CON 66,470 86,470 76.9%

511 Bexleyheath and Crayford London CON 64,144 86,291 74.3%512 North Wiltshire South West CON 67,154 86,193 77.9%513 Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 61,232 86,089 71.1%514 Bury North North West CON 67,911 85,972 79.0%515 Kingswood South West CON 67,199 85,941 78.2%

516 Paisley and Renfrewshire North Scotland LAB 65,847 85,891 76.7%517 Burnley North West LD 67,003 85,575 78.3%518 Sefton Central North West LAB 67 696 85 547 79 1%518 Sefton Central North West LAB 67,696 85,547 79.1%519 Eltham London LAB 63,059 85,531 73.7%520 Glasgow East Scotland LAB 66,142 85,528 77.3%

521 North Herefordshire West Midlands CON 66,711 85,476 78.0%522 Bishop Auckland North East LAB 68,501 85,434 80.2%523 Southend West Scotland CON 66,780 85,421 78.2%524 Dundee East Scotland SNP 65,702 85,404 76.9%525 Camborne and Redruth South West CON 64,798 85,317 75.9%

526 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Scotland CON 67,066 85,244 78.7%527 Denton and Reddish North West LAB 65,684 85,230 77.1%528 Eddisbury North West CON 65,914 85,151 77.4%529 Blaydon North East LAB 68,156 85,100 80.1%530 West Bromwich West West Midlands LAB 65,249 84,999 76.8%

531 Brigg and Goole Yorkshire and The Humber CON 66,734 84,944 78.6%532 Wolverhampton South East West Midlands LAB 61,751 84,897 72.7%533 St Ives South West LD 66,696 84,874 78.6%534 Stockport North West LAB 62,764 84,729 74.1%535 South Shields North East LAB 63,765 84,621 75.4%

536 North Norfolk East of England LD 68,277 84,614 80.7%537 Scunthorpe Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 63,489 84,605 75.0%538 North Durham North East LAB 68,959 84,584 81.5%539 Airdrie and Shotts Scotland LAB 62,789 84,527 74.3%540 Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East Scotland LAB 64,337 84,519 76.1%

541 Caerphilly Wales LAB 61,633 84,388 73.0%542 Birkenhead North West LAB 62,432 84,376 74.0%543 Wolverhampton North East West Midlands LAB 60,354 84,368 71.5%544 Redditch West Midlands CON 66,492 84,247 78.9%545 Mid Derbyshire East Midlands CON 66,572 84,240 79.0%

546 Halesowen and Rowley Regis West Midlands CON 67,656 84,230 80.3%547 Jarrow North East LAB 65,047 84,219 77.2%548 Glasgow South West Scotland LAB 62,378 84,214 74.1%549 Westmorland and Lonsdale North West LD 66,609 84,204 79.1%550 Thornbury and Yate South West LD 64,736 84,132 76.9%

551 Paisley and Renfrewshire South Scotland LAB 63,268 84,019 75.3%552 Barnsley Central Yorkshire and The Humber LAB 64,732 83,997 77.1%553 Glasgow North West Scotland LAB 64,522 83,699 77.1%554 Old Bexley and Sidcup London CON 65,161 83,683 77.9%555 New Forest West South East CON 68,987 83,657 82.5%

556 Totnes South West CON 67,562 83,581 80.8%557 Newport West Wales LAB 62,465 83,490 74.8%

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Electorate Population Electorate as %Rank Constituency Region Party 1 December 2010 mid-2009 of population

558 Carlisle North West CON 66,322 83,382 79.5%559 Easington North East LAB 65,618 83,352 78.7%560 North East Fife Scotland LD 63,349 83,118 76.2%

561 Blackpool North and Cleveleys North West CON 66,187 83,052 79.7%562 Stone West Midlands CON 66,729 82,916 80.5%563 West Bromwich East West Midlands LAB 63,008 82,745 76.1%564 Kenilworth and Southam West Midlands CON 63,772 82,709 77.1%565 Cardiff Central Wales LD 62,218 82,706 75.2%

566 Tatton North West CON 65,200 82,656 78.9%567 Christchurch South West CON 69,008 82,547 83.6%568 Fylde North West CON 66,504 82,492 80.6%569 Sedgefield North East LAB 67,386 82,402 81.8%570 Wolverhampton South West West Midlands CON 59,846 82,055 72.9%

571 East Dunbartonshire Scotland LD 64,186 81,696 78.6%572 Angus Scotland SNP 64,178 81,533 78.7%573 Wansbeck North East LAB 62,395 81,303 76.7%574 Pontypridd Wales LAB 60,016 81,238 73.9%575 Blyth Valley North East LAB 63,173 80,986 78.0%

576 Torfaen Wales LAB 61,644 80,908 76.2%577 Midlothian Scotland LAB 61,986 80,810 76.7%578 Penrith and The Border North West CON 65,234 80,695 80.8%579 Monmouth Wales CON 65,101 80,531 80.8%580 Chingford and Woodford Green London CON 64,770 80,507 80.5%

581 Mid Dorset and North Poole South West LD 64,705 80,323 80.6%582 Blackpool South North West LAB 64,081 80,265 79.8%583 Inverclyde Scotland LAB 61,038 80,210 76.1%584 Ludlow West Midlands CON 66,199 80,208 82.5%585 Alyn and Deeside Wales LAB 61,485 79,897 77.0%

586 Copeland North West LAB 63,696 79,859 79.8%587 Dudley North West Midlands LAB 61,714 79,713 77.4%588 Hazel Grove North West LD 62,422 79,487 78.5%589 Llanelli Wales LAB 58,447 78,899 74.1%590 Stoke-on-Trent Central West Midlands LAB 61,774 78,710 78.5%

591 Swansea East Wales LAB 60,554 78,659 77.0%592 Dudley South West Midlands CON 61,308 78,212 78.4%593 Derbyshire Dales East Midlands CON 63,732 77,592 82.1%594 Gower Wales LAB 62,148 77,302 80.4%595 Workington North West LAB 59,361 76,459 77.6%

596 Ceredigion Wales LD 56,006 76,400 73.3%597 Staffordshire Moorlands West Midlands CON 62,457 76,114 82.1%598 Bridgend Wales LAB 58 936 76 090 77 5%598 Bridgend Wales LAB 58,936 76,090 77.5%599 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Wales CON 58,504 75,654 77.3%600 Swansea West Wales LAB 62,152 75,346 82.5%

601 Aldridge-Brownhills West Midlands CON 59,506 74,899 79.4%602 Hexham North East CON 60,499 74,870 80.8%603 Newport East Wales LAB 54,826 74,113 74.0%604 Vale of Clwyd Wales LAB 56,264 73,937 76.1%605 Berwick-upon-Tweed North East LD 55,785 73,917 75.5%

606 Ogmore Wales LAB 55,699 73,328 76.0%607 Preseli Pembrokeshire Wales CON 57,966 72,963 79.4%608 Islwyn Wales LAB 54,611 72,489 75.3%609 Neath Wales LAB 57,618 72,250 79.7%610 Clwyd West Wales CON 58,215 71,735 81.2%

611 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Wales LAB 54,757 71,517 76.6%612 Clwyd South Wales LAB 54,243 70,950 76.5%613 Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Wales Plaid Cymru 54,285 70,676 76.8%614 Glasgow North Scotland LAB 54,620 70,067 78.0%615 Wrexham Wales LAB 51,669 70,048 73.8%

616 Delyn Wales LAB 53,906 70,026 77.0%617 Rhondda Wales LAB 52,765 69,503 75.9%618 Wirral South North West LAB 56,238 69,467 81.0%619 Ynys Môn Wales LAB 49,524 68,768 72.0%620 Blaenau Gwent Wales LAB 53,517 68,630 78.0%

621 Cynon Valley Wales LAB 52,216 68,441 76.3%622 Brecon and Radnorshire Wales LD 53,633 68,364 78.5%623 Wirral West North West CON 55,077 67,716 81.3%624 Ross, Skye and Lochaber Scotland LD 52,064 65,641 79.3%625 Aberavon Wales LAB 51,034 65,024 78.5%

626 Montgomeryshire Wales CON 48,563 63,523 76.4%627 Dwyfor Meirionnydd Wales Plaid Cymru 44,796 60,654 73.9%628 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Scotland LD 47,572 59,376 80.1%629 Arfon Wales Plaid Cymru 40,707 58,113 70.0%630 Aberconwy Wales CON 44,962 54,622 82.3%

631 Orkney and Shetland Scotland LD 33,755 42,170 80.0%632 Na h-Eileanan an Iar Scotland SNP 21,837 26,180 83.4%

Source: ONS

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