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Number of MPs in County and Borough/Burgh constituencies

I've just done a quick totting up and put it on the Reference Desk but for ease of reference I'll repeat it here. Hope you understand my party abbreviations!

A quick calculation reveals that the statistics since 1997 are as follows. This is a rough calculation so don't shoot me if it's out by a few but it should be enough to go on with.

1997: London boroughs: Lab 57, C 11, L Dem 6. English boroughs: Lab 160, C 18, L Dem 7. Welsh boroughs: Lab 6. Scottish burghs: Lab 27, L Dem 1. Northern Irish boroughs: UU 2, SF 1, UDUP 1. Total Lab 250, C 29, L Dem 14, UU 2, SF 1, UDUP 1 in the 297 borough/burgh constituencies.

1997: English counties: C 136, Lab 112, L Dem 21, Ind 1. Welsh counties: Lab 28, PC 4, L Dem 2. Scottish counties: Lab 29, L Dem 9, SNP 6. Northern Irish counties: UU 8, SDLP 3, SF 1, UDUP 1, UKUP 1. Total Lab 169, C 136, L Dem 32, UU 8, SNP 6, PC 4, SDLP 3, Ind 1, SF 1, UDUP 1, UKUP 1 in the 362 county constituencies.

2001: London boroughs: Lab 55, C 13, L Dem 6. English boroughs: Lab 158, C 18, L Dem 9. Welsh boroughs: Lab 6. Scottish burghs: Lab 27, L Dem 1. Northern Irish boroughs: UDUP 2, SF 1, UU 1. Total Lab 246, C 31, L Dem 16, UDUP 2, SF 1, UU 1 in the 297 borough/burgh constituencies.

2001: English counties: C 134, Lab 110, L Dem 25, Ind 1. Welsh counties: Lab 28, PC 4, L Dem 2. Scottish counties: Lab 29, L Dem 9, SNP 5, C 1. Northern Irish counties: UU 5, SDLP 3, SF 3, UDUP 3. Total Lab 167, C 135, L Dem 36, SNP 5, UU 5, PC 4, SDLP 3, SF 3, UDUP 3, Ind 1 in the 362 county constituencies.

2005: London boroughs: Lab 44, C 21, L Dem 8, RU 1. English boroughs: Lab 152, C 20, L Dem 13. Welsh boroughs: Lab 5, L Dem 1. Scottish burghs: Lab 17, L Dem 1, SNP 1. Northern Irish boroughs: UDUP 2, SDLP 1, SF 1. Total Lab 218, C 41, L Dem 23, UDUP 2, RU 1, SDLP 1, SF 1, SNP 1 in the 288 borough/burgh constituencies.

2005: English counties: C 153, Lab 92, L Dem 24, Ind 1. Welsh counties: Lab 24, C 3, L Dem 3, PC 3, Ind 1. Scottish counties: Lab 24, L Dem 10, SNP 5, C 1. Northern Irish boroughs: UDUP 7, SF 4, SDLP 2, UU 1. Total: C 157, Lab 140, L Dem 37, UDUP 7, SNP 5, SF 4, PC 3, Ind 2, SDLP 2, UU 1 in 358 county constituencies. Sam Blacketer (talk) 22:37, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Meeting in Bristol

Hi this is Steve Virgin from the Board of Wikimedia UK

I am a fellow Bristolian

We have a Wikimedia Conference in town this weekend

We were getting some of the Bristol Project Wikipedians together at the Watershed on Saturday night for a Wiki Meet at around 6.30pm.

This is a good opportunity to meet people from the national Chapter, other Chapters from around the world and from the Wikimedia Foundation. There is a bar tab to help proceedings and we would be very keen to see you there.

RSVP - let me know if you are able to come and feel free to invite any other local Wikipedians in Bristol

Steve virgin (talk) 21:32, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

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