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Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-26.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will publish the names of the 10 local authorities with the (a) smallest and (b) biggest percentage increase in registration after the implementation of the Standard Three door-to-door canvassing for 2013 canvass; and which parliamentary constituencies each such local authority covers.

Mr Gary Streeter

The Electoral Commission informs me that the table below shows the ten local authorities with the biggest increases and decreases in electorate between the start and end of the 2013 canvass.

Local authority

Change (November 2013 – Feb/March 2014

Edinburgh, City of

20,241

Cheshire West and Chester

14,676

Tower Hamlets

10,566

Newcastle upon Tyne

9,550

Taunton Deane

9,023

North Lanarkshire

9,001

South Lanarkshire

8,926

Glasgow City

8,710

Huntingdonshire

8,023

Mole Valley

7,866

Northampton

-10,309

Barnet

-12,743

Newham

-16,617

Maidstone

-10,121

Cornwall

-13,195

East Devon

-6,424

Birmingham

-20,572

Shropshire

-14,350

Leeds

-24,119

Renfrewshire

-7693

These local authorities cover the following parliamentary constituencies:

Local authority

Constituencies covered

Edinburgh, City of

Edinburgh East

Edinburgh North and Leith

Edinburgh South

Edinburgh South West

Edinburgh West

Cheshire West and Chester

City of Chester

Eddisbury

Ellesmere Port and Neston

Tatton

Weaver Vale

Tower Hamlets

Bethnal Green and Bow

Poplar and Limehouse

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne Central

Newcastle upon Tyne East

Newcastle upon Tyne North

Taunton Deane

Taunton Deane

North Lanarkshire

Airdrie and Shotts

Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill

Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

Motherwell and Wishaw

South Lanarkshire

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

Lanark and Hamilton East

Rutherglen and Hamilton West

Glasgow City

East Dunbartonshire

Glasgow Central

Glasgow East

Glasgow North

Glasgow North East

Glasgow North West

Glasgow South

Glasgow South West

Huntingdonshire

Huntingdon

North West Cambridgeshire

Mole Valley

Epsom and Ewell

Mole Valley

Northampton

Northampton North

Northampton South

South Northamptonshire

Barnet

Chipping Barnet

Finchley and Golders Green

Hendon

Newham

East Ham

West Ham

Maidstone

Faversham and Mid Kent

Maidstone and The Weald

Cornwall

Camborne and Redruth

North Cornwall

South East Cornwall

St Austell and Newquay

St Ives

Truro and Falmouth

East Devon

Central Devon

East Devon

Tiverton and Honiton

Birmingham

Birmingham, Edgbaston

Birmingham, Erdington

Birmingham, Hall Green

Birmingham, Hodge Hill

Birmingham, Ladywood

Birmingham, Northfield

Birmingham, Perry Barr

Birmingham, Selly Oak

Birmingham, Yardley

Sutton Coldfield

Shropshire

Ludlow

North Shropshire

Shrewsbury and Atcham

The Wrekin

Leeds

Elmet and Rothwell

Leeds Central

Leeds East

Leeds North East

Leeds North West

Leeds West

Morley and Outwood

Pudsey

Renfrewshire

Paisley and Renfrewshire North

Paisley and Renfrewshire South