1 May 2008 : Column 696W—continued
| | | 1998 | 1997 |
| |
England
|
18,312
|
18,392
|
| | | | |
| |
North East
|
994
|
1,000
|
|
841
|
Darlington
|
38
| |
|
840
|
Durham
|
251
|
289
|
|
390
|
Gateshead
|
77
|
79
|
|
805
|
Hartlepool
|
30
|
30
|
|
806
|
Middlesbrough
|
48
|
49
|
|
391
|
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
|
77
|
78
|
|
392
|
North Tyneside
|
57
|
57
|
|
929
|
Northumberland
|
143
|
143
|
|
807
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
54
|
54
|
|
393
|
South Tyneside
|
57
|
58
|
|
808
|
Stockton-on-Tees
|
65
|
66
|
|
394
|
Sunderland
|
97
|
97
|
| | | | |
| |
North West
|
2,780
|
2805
|
|
350
|
Bolton
|
105
|
105
|
|
351
|
Bury
|
70
|
70
|
|
875
|
Cheshire
|
425
|
429
|
|
909
|
Cumbria
|
299
|
300
|
|
340
|
Knowsley
|
62
|
63
|
|
888
|
Lancashire
|
597
|
597
|
|
341
|
Liverpool
|
166
|
171
|
|
352
|
Manchester
|
160
|
168
|
|
353
|
Oldham
|
101
|
102
|
|
354
|
Rochdale
|
76
|
76
|
|
355
|
Salford
|
87
|
88
|
|
343
|
Sefton
|
93
|
93
|
|
342
|
St Helens
|
62
|
62
|
|
356
|
Stockport
|
106
|
107
|
|
357
|
Tameside
|
79
|
80
|
|
358
|
Trafford
|
76
|
76
|
|
359
|
Wigan
|
114
|
116
|
|
344
|
Wirral
|
102
|
102
|
| | | | |
| |
Yorkshire and Humber
|
1,984
|
1,991
|
|
370
|
Barnsley
|
88
|
90
|
|
380
|
Bradford
|
165
|
165
|
|
381
|
Calderdale
|
89
|
90
|
|
371
|
Doncaster
|
113
|
113
|
|
811
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
135
|
135
|
|
810
|
Kingston-Upon-Hull
|
80
|
80
|
|
382
|
Kirklees
|
153
|
153
|
|
383
|
Leeds
|
245
|
245
|
|
812
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
65
|
65
|
|
813
|
North Lincolnshire
|
69
|
71
|
|
815
|
North Yorkshire
|
328
|
328
|
|
372
|
Rotherham
|
112
|
114
|
|
373
|
Sheffield
|
149
|
149
|
|
384
|
Wakefield
|
131
|
131
|
|
816
|
York
|
62
|
62
|
| | | | |
| |
East Midlands
|
1,751
|
1,754
|
|
831
|
Derby
|
81
| |
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|
830
|
Derbyshire
|
363
|
448
|
|
856
|
Leicester City
|
86
| |
|
855
|
Leicestershire
|
228
|
332
|
|
925
|
Lincolnshire
|
289
|
289
|
|
928
|
Northamptonshire
|
269
|
268
|
|
891
|
Nottinghamshire
|
417
|
417
|
|
857
|
Rutland
|
18
| |
| | | | |
| |
West Midlands
|
1,971
|
1,979
|
|
330
|
Birmingham
|
332
|
332
|
|
331
|
Coventry
|
89
|
89
|
|
332
|
Dudley
|
82
|
82
|
|
884
|
Hereford and Worcester
|
281
|
282
|
|
333
|
Sandwell
|
107
|
111
|
|
893
|
Shropshire
|
210
|
210
|
|
334
|
Solihull
|
69
|
70
|
|
860
|
Staffordshire
|
319
|
407
|
|
861
|
Stoke
|
88
| |
|
335
|
Walsall
|
102
|
102
|
|
937
|
Warwickshire
|
200
|
200
|
|
336
|
Wolverhampton
|
92
|
94
|
| | | | |
| |
Eastern
|
2,132
|
2,130
|
|
820
|
Bedfordshire
|
147
|
215
|
|
873
|
Cambridgeshire
|
263
|
263
|
|
881
|
Essex
|
581
|
577
|
|
919
|
Hertfordshire
|
427
|
428
|
|
821
|
Luton
|
68
| |
|
926
|
Norfolk
|
390
|
391
|
|
935
|
Suffolk
|
256
|
256
|
| | | | |
| |
London
|
1,927
|
1,943
|
| |
Inner London
|
745
|
755
|
|
202
|
Camden
|
42
|
42
|
|
201
|
City of London
|
1
|
1
|
|
204
|
Hackney
|
57
|
58
|
|
205
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
37
|
37
|
|
309
|
Haringey
|
74
|
76
|
|
206
|
Islington
|
54
|
56
|
|
207
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
26
|
26
|
|
208
|
Lambeth
|
70
|
76
|
|
209
|
Lewisham
|
70
|
70
|
|
316
|
Newham
|
64
|
64
|
|
210
|
Southwark
|
73
|
72
|
|
211
|
Tower Hamlets
|
76
|
76
|
|
212
|
Wandsworth
|
60
|
60
|
|
213
|
Westminster
|
41
|
41
|
| |
Outer London
|
1,182
|
1,188
|
|
301
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
51
|
52
|
|
302
|
Barnet
|
91
|
90
|
|
303
|
Bexley
|
64
|
64
|
|
304
|
Brent
|
59
|
60
|
|
305
|
Bromley
|
78
|
78
|
|
306
|
Croydon
|
96
|
97
|
|
307
|
Ealing
|
65
|
66
|
|
308
|
Enfield
|
65
|
66
|
|
203
|
Greenwich
|
70
|
72
|
|
310
|
Harrow
|
55
|
55
|
|
311
|
Havering
|
71
|
71
|
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|
312
|
Hillingdon
|
68
|
69
|
|
313
|
Hounslow
|
64
|
64
|
|
314
|
Kingston-upon-Thames
|
37
|
37
|
|
315
|
Merton
|
49
|
49
|
|
317
|
Redbridge
|
52
|
53
|
|
318
|
Richmond-upon-Thames
|
39
|
39
|
|
319
|
Sutton
|
43
|
42
|
|
320
|
Waltham Forest
|
65
|
64
|
| | | | |
| |
South East
|
2,754
|
2,765
|
|
846
|
Brighton and Hove
|
61
| |
|
825
|
Buckinghamshire
|
201
|
285
|
|
845
|
East Sussex
|
155
|
218
|
|
850
|
Hampshire
|
439
|
563
|
|
921
|
Isle of Wight
|
46
|
46
|
|
886
|
Kent
|
564
|
564
|
|
826
|
Milton Keynes
|
85
| |
|
931
|
Oxfordshire
|
234
|
239
|
|
851
|
Portsmouth
|
53
| |
|
852
|
Southampton
|
69
| |
|
936
|
Surrey
|
328
|
330
|
|
869
|
Berkshire
|
272
|
273
|
|
938
|
West Sussex
|
247
|
247
|
| | | | |
| |
South West
|
2,019
|
2,025
|
|
800
|
Bath and NE Somerset
|
69
|
69
|
|
837
|
Bournemouth
|
28
| |
|
801
|
City of Bristol
|
132
|
132
|
|
908
|
Cornwall
|
244
|
245
|
|
878
|
Devon
|
437
|
439
|
|
835
|
Dorset
|
138
|
195
|
|
916
|
Gloucestershire
|
255
|
257
|
|
420
|
Isles of Scilly
|
4
|
4
|
|
802
|
North Somerset
|
66
|
67
|
|
836
|
Poole
|
30
| |
|
933
|
Somerset
|
225
|
225
|
|
803
|
South Gloucestershire
|
99
|
99
|
|
866
|
Swindon
|
72
| |
|
865
|
Wiltshire
|
220
|
293
|
(1) Local authorities listed for each year.
Note:
Due to local government reorganisation between 1998 and 1999 local boundaries are not comparable throughout.
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