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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14

Anomalies of the New Representation

Anomalies of the New Representation.

Twenty-three Constituencies under 20,000 population return 23 Members.
Population 1881.
Bedford 19,533
Boston 18,873
Bury St. Edmunds 16,111
Buteshire 17,489
Durham 15,372
Galway 19,171
Grantham 17,345
Hereford 19,821
Kilkenny 15,278
King's Lynn 18,539
Montgomery 19,925
Newry 15,590
Penryn and Falmouth 18,072
Pontefract 15,332
St Andrews 19,396
Salisbury 16,435
Selkirk and Peebles 17,966
Stafford 19,977
Taunton 16,614
Whitehaven 19,295
Wick 17,461
Winchester 17,780
Windsor 19,082
410,457
Eight Constituencies between 20,000 and 25,000 return 8 Members.
Canterbury 21,704
Denbigh 22,924
Flint 24,154
Peterborough 22,394
Radnorshire 23,528
Rochester 21,307
Rutland 21,434
Sutherlandshire 22,805
180,250
Nineteen Constituencies between 25,000 and 30,000 (per Member) return 24 Members.
Bath (2) 53,785
Carnarvon 28,891
Christchurch 28,535
Colchester 28,374
Dumfries 25,584
Huntingdon—Huntingdon Division 27,412
Huntingdon—Ramsey Division 29,808
Hythe 28,239
Inverness 26,425
Ipswich (2) 50,546
Kidderminster 25,633
London, City of (2) 50,652
Londonderry 29,162
Maidstone 29,647
Northampton (2) 57,544
Perth 28,949
Shrewsbury 26,478
Stockport (2) 59,553
Waterford 29,181
664,398
Five Constituencies just exceeding 30,000 population each, return 5 Members.
Caithness-shire 30,762
Carmarthen District 30,636
Dover 30,270
Longford (North) 30,540
Scarborough 30,504
152,712
Thirty Constituencies between 70,000 and 75,000 (per Member) return 32 Members.
Ayrshire, N. 72,742
Battersea, Clapham—Battersea 73,181
Battersea, Clapham—Clapham 70,461
Cardiganshire 70,270
Clare, E. 70,569
Clare, W. 70,888
Dublin Co., N. 72,992
Dublin Co., S. 72,636
Dublin, College Green 72,153
Dundee (2) 140,063
Glasgow—Camlachie 70,500
Glasgow—St. Rollox 72,173
Glasgow—Blackfriars & Hutchesontown 71,744
Hammersmith 71,939
Inverness-shire 72,755
Islington 70,096
Leith 72.856
Liverpool, Scotland 70,606
Liverpool, Exchange 72,007
Manchester, N. 70,043
Manchester, N.E. 71,067
Manchester, S.W. 72,147
Marylebone, E. 71,039
Middlesborough 72,601
Newcastle-on-Tyne (2) 145,359
Ross and Cromarty 72,483
Tower Hamlets, Whitechapel 71,314
Tower Hamlets, Poplar 74,104
Wight, Isle of 78,633
Woolwich 74,963
2,299,384
Eleven Constituencies between 75,000 and 80,000 (per Member) return 12 Members.
Croydon 78,840
Deptford 76,752
Edinburghshire 78,901
Glasgow—Bridgeton 79,500
Hanley 75,912
Finsbury—Holborn 78,739
Islington (East) 77,890
Liverpool, Everton 78,569
Manchester, E 76,217
Oldham (2) 152,513
Stirlingshire 78,000
931,833
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Nine Constituencies between 80,000 and 86,000 return 9 Members.
Aberdeenshire, E. 83,298
Birkenhead 84,006
Glasgow 83,665
Kensington, N. 82,517
Kensington, S. 80,634
Marylebone, W. 83,871
Southwark, Bermondsey 84,537
Strand 80,036
Tower Hamlets (Bow and Bromley) 82,406
744,967
Seven Constituencies between 85,000 and 90,000 return 7 Members.
Ayrshire, S. 89,256
Cardiff 85,862
Chelsea 88,128
Dudley 87,527
Huddersfield 87,157
Lewisham 86,150
St. George, Hanover Square 89,573
613,653

Summary.

  • 23 Constituencies return 23 Members for 410,457 Population.
  • 8 Constituencies return 8 Members for 180,250 Population.
  • 19 Constituencies return 24 Members for 664,398 Population.
  • 5 Constituencies return 5 Members for 152,712 Population.
  • 55 Constituencies 60 Members 1,407,817 Population, or an average of 23,464 per Member,
  • 30 Constituencies return 32 Members for 2,299,384 Population.
  • 11 Constituencies return 12 Members for 931,833 Population.
  • 9 Constituencies return 9 Members for 744,067 Population.
  • 7 Constituencies return 7 Members for 613,653 Population.
  • 57 Constituencies 60 Members 4,588,937 Population, or an average of 76,482 per Member.