Young participation by parliamentary constituency

North East

Parliamentary Constituency	Mean annual POLAR cohort (nearest 100)	POLAR young participation
Berwick-upon-Tweed	900	29%
Bishop Auckland	1,100	23%
Blaydon	1,000	31%
Blyth Valley	1,100	24%
City of Durham	1,100	34%
Darlington	1,100	22%
Easington	1,100	15%
Gateshead East and Washington West	1,200	23%
Hartlepool	1,200	20%
Hexham	1,000	49%
Houghton and Washington East	1,200	18%
Jarrow	1,100	22%
Middlesbrough	1,400	17%
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	1,400	28%
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	900	35%
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	1,000	20%
Newcastle upon Tyne North	1,000	24%
North Durham	1,100	23%
North Tyneside	1,100	21%
North West Durham	1,000	26%
Redcar	1,300	20%
Sedgefield	1,100	23%
South Shields	1,000	18%
Stockton North	1,200	20%
Stockton South	1,300	34%
Sunderland North	1,000	16%
Sunderland South	1,100	20%
Tyne Bridge	1,000	12%
Tynemouth	1,100	35%
Wansbeck	1,000	27%

North West

Parliamentary Constituency	Mean annual POLAR cohort (nearest 100)	POLAR young participation
Altrincham and Sale West	1,100	50%
Ashton under Lyne	1,300	19%
Barrow and Furness	1,000	23%
Birkenhead	1,100	20%
Blackburn	1,600	24%
Blackpool North and Fleetwood	1,100	22%
Blackpool South	1,100	19%
Bolton North East	1,200	29%
Bolton South East	1,200	23%
Bolton West	1,100	38%
Bootle	1,100	14%
Burnley	1,100	23%
Bury North	1,200	33%
Bury South	1,100	29%
Carlisle	900	23%
Cheadle	1,200	49%
Chorley	1,300	34%
City of Chester	1,000	35%
Congleton	1,100	44%
Copeland	900	21%
Crewe and Nantwich	1,100	26%
Crosby	1,000	48%
Denton and Reddish	1,100	17%
Eccles	1,100	16%
Eddisbury	1,100	39%
Ellesmere Port and Neston	1,100	28%
Fylde	1,000	41%
Halton	1,200	21%
Hazel Grove	1,100	33%
Heywood and Middleton	1,400	25%
Hyndburn	1,200	22%
Knowsley North and Sefton East	1,400	25%
Knowsley South	1,300	19%
Lancaster and Wyre	1,100	38%
Leigh	1,100	21%
Liverpool, Garston	1,100	29%
Liverpool, Riverside	1,000	18%
Liverpool, Walton	1,200	14%
Liverpool, Wavertree	1,100	28%
Liverpool, West Derby	1,300	17%
Macclesfield	1,200	43%
Makerfield	1,200	25%
Manchester, Blackley	1,200	15%
Manchester, Central	1,100	14%
Manchester, Gorton	1,000	20%
Manchester, Withington	900	34%
Morecambe and Lunesdale	1,000	27%
Oldham East and Saddleworth	1,300	26%
Oldham West and Royton	1,500	23%
Pendle	1,200	25%
Penrith and The Border	1,000	33%
Preston	1,300	21%
Ribble Valley	1,100	43%
Rochdale	1,400	25%
Rossendale and Darwen	1,200	26%
Salford	1,000	12%
South Ribble	1,200	33%
Southport	1,000	38%
St. Helens North	1,200	30%
St. Helens South	1,100	28%
Stalybridge and Hyde	1,200	19%
Stockport	1,000	27%
Stretford and Urmston	1,300	25%
Tatton	900	47%
Wallasey	1,200	24%
Warrington North	1,200	23%
Warrington South	1,100	37%
Weaver Vale	1,300	29%
West Lancashire	1,200	33%
Westmorland and Lonsdale	900	40%
Wigan	1,000	27%
Wirral South	1,000	41%
Wirral West	1,000	44%
Workington	1,000	25%
Worsley	1,100	27%
Wythenshawe and Sale East	1,300	18%

Yorkshire & the Humber

Parliamentary Constituency	Mean annual POLAR cohort (nearest 100)	POLAR young participation
Barnsley Central	1,000	16%
Barnsley East and Mexborough	1,100	14%
Barnsley West and Penistone	1,000	25%
Batley and Spen	1,100	22%
Beverley and Holderness	1,200	32%
Bradford North	1,400	17%
Bradford South	1,300	17%
Bradford West	1,700	23%
Brigg and Goole	1,000	29%
Calder Valley	1,200	32%
City of York	1,100	25%
Cleethorpes	1,200	25%
Colne Valley	1,200	35%
Dewsbury	1,200	23%
Don Valley	1,200	24%
Doncaster Central	1,200	21%
Doncaster North	1,100	14%
East Yorkshire	1,000	29%
Elmet	1,100	33%
Great Grimsby	1,200	17%
Halifax	1,200	21%
Haltemprice and Howden	1,000	41%
Harrogate and Knaresborough	1,000	40%
Hemsworth	1,200	22%
Huddersfield	1,000	29%
Keighley	1,200	29%
Kingston upon Hull East	1,200	11%
Kingston upon Hull North	1,200	13%
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	900	13%
Leeds Central	1,000	10%
Leeds East	1,000	16%
Leeds North East	1,000	44%
Leeds North West	900	42%
Leeds West	1,000	14%
Morley and Rothwell	1,100	19%
Normanton	1,000	27%
Pontefract and Castleford	1,000	15%
Pudsey	1,100	32%
Richmond (Yorks)	1,000	42%
Rother Valley	1,100	23%
Rotherham	1,100	19%
Ryedale	900	34%
Scarborough and Whitby	1,200	30%
Scunthorpe	1,100	21%
Selby	1,200	34%
Sheffield Central	900	21%
Sheffield, Attercliffe	1,000	15%
Sheffield, Brightside	1,000	8%
Sheffield, Hallam	800	62%
Sheffield, Heeley	900	20%
Sheffield, Hillsborough	1,000	24%
Shipley	1,200	35%
Skipton and Ripon	1,000	38%
Vale of York	1,100	40%
Wakefield	1,200	29%
Wentworth	1,100	21%

East Midlands

Parliamentary Constituency	Mean annual POLAR cohort (nearest 100)	POLAR young participation
Amber Valley	1,100	22%
Ashfield	1,200	16%
Bassetlaw	1,100	21%
Blaby	1,200	31%
Bolsover	1,000	17%
Boston and Skegness	1,000	23%
Bosworth	1,100	30%
Broxtowe	1,100	29%
Charnwood	1,200	36%
Chesterfield	1,100	24%
Corby	1,300	24%
Daventry	1,500	34%
Derby North	1,100	22%
Derby South	1,400	28%
Erewash	1,200	20%
Gainsborough	1,100	33%
Gedling	1,100	28%
Grantham and Stamford	1,200	32%
Harborough	1,100	40%
High Peak	1,200	31%
Kettering	1,200	33%
Leicester East	1,300	34%
Leicester South	1,300	31%
Leicester West	1,200	19%
Lincoln	1,000	19%
Loughborough	1,100	33%
Louth and Horncastle	1,100	30%
Mansfield	1,100	19%
Newark	1,100	30%
North East Derbyshire	1,100	29%
North West Leicestershire	1,000	29%
Northampton North	1,300	23%
Northampton South	1,300	29%
Nottingham East	1,000	17%
Nottingham North	1,200	8%
Nottingham South	900	23%
Rushcliffe	1,300	43%
Rutland and Melton	1,100	40%
Sherwood	1,200	25%
Sleaford and North Hykeham	1,100	30%
South Derbyshire	1,200	29%
South Holland and The Deepings	1,000	30%
Wellingborough	1,300	24%
West Derbyshire	1,000	42%

West Midlands

Parliamentary Constituency	Mean annual POLAR cohort (nearest 100)	POLAR young participation
Aldridge-Brownhills	900	27%
Birmingham, Edgbaston	1,000	33%
Birmingham, Erdington	1,100	13%
Birmingham, Hall Green	1,100	27%
Birmingham, Hodge Hill	1,100	13%
Birmingham, Ladywood	1,600	18%
Birmingham, Northfield	1,000	16%
Birmingham, Perry Barr	1,400	27%
Birmingham, Selly Oak	1,100	33%
Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	1,900	21%
Birmingham, Yardley	800	18%
Bromsgrove	1,000	40%
Burton	1,200	29%
Cannock Chase	1,200	18%
Coventry North East	1,400	23%
Coventry North West	1,200	28%
Coventry South	1,100	33%
Dudley North	1,100	21%
Dudley South	1,000	20%
Halesowen and Rowley Regis	1,000	25%
Hereford	1,100	28%
Leominster	1,000	38%
Lichfield	1,000	37%
Ludlow	800	37%
Meriden	1,400	31%
Mid Worcestershire	1,100	36%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	1,000	27%
North Shropshire	1,100	35%
North Warwickshire	1,100	24%
Nuneaton	1,200	24%
Redditch	1,200	20%
Rugby and Kenilworth	1,200	37%
Shrewsbury and Atcham	1,200	37%
Solihull	1,200	41%
South Staffordshire	1,100	33%
Stafford	1,100	34%
Staffordshire Moorlands	1,100	28%
Stoke-on-Trent Central	900	16%
Stoke-on-Trent North	1,000	16%
Stoke-on-Trent South	1,200	18%
Stone	1,100	39%
Stourbridge	1,000	29%
Stratford-on-Avon	1,200	43%
Sutton Coldfield	1,200	50%
Tamworth	1,300	23%
Telford	1,100	16%
The Wrekin	1,000	32%
Walsall North	1,200	16%
Walsall South	1,200	26%
Warley	1,100	22%
Warwick and Leamington	1,200	40%
West Bromwich East	1,000	21%
West Bromwich West	1,100	15%
West Worcestershire	1,000	42%
Wolverhampton North East	1,100	16%
Wolverhampton South East	1,000	25%
Wolverhampton South West	1,100	39%
Worcester	1,100	28%
Wyre Forest	1,200	29%

East of England

Parliamentary Constituency	Mean annual POLAR cohort (nearest 100)	POLAR young participation
Basildon	1,300	15%
Bedford	1,300	31%
Billericay	1,400	23%
Braintree	1,300	25%
Brentwood and Ongar	900	39%
Broxbourne	1,100	27%
Bury St. Edmunds	1,200	31%
Cambridge	800	34%
Castle Point	1,100	19%
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	1,100	34%
Colchester	1,200	30%
Epping Forest	1,000	31%
Great Yarmouth	1,100	17%
Harlow	1,100	16%
Harwich	1,000	19%
Hemel Hempstead	1,200	28%
Hertford and Stortford	1,100	41%
Hertsmere	1,100	39%
Hitchin and Harpenden	1,100	49%
Huntingdon	1,300	34%
Ipswich	1,100	23%
Luton North	1,300	26%
Luton South	1,300	23%
Maldon and East Chelmsford	1,200	31%
Mid Bedfordshire	1,000	37%
Mid Norfolk	1,200	28%
North East Bedfordshire	1,100	35%
North East Cambridgeshire	1,200	19%
North East Hertfordshire	1,100	38%
North Essex	1,100	31%
North Norfolk	1,000	25%
North West Cambridgeshire	1,300	25%
North West Norfolk	1,100	24%
Norwich North	1,100	20%
Norwich South	1,000	26%
Peterborough	1,500	24%
Rayleigh	1,200	28%
Rochford and Southend East	1,100	20%
Saffron Walden	1,200	38%
South Cambridgeshire	1,200	44%
South East Cambridgeshire	1,300	33%
South Norfolk	1,200	32%
South Suffolk	1,000	33%
South West Bedfordshire	1,300	29%
South West Hertfordshire	1,200	46%
South West Norfolk	1,300	23%
Southend West	900	28%
St. Albans	1,000	45%
Stevenage	1,100	25%
Suffolk Coastal	1,100	33%
Thurrock	1,100	13%
Watford	1,100	33%
Waveney	1,200	23%
Welwyn Hatfield	1,000	30%
West Chelmsford	1,200	34%
West Suffolk	1,100	24%

London

Parliamentary Constituency	Mean annual POLAR cohort (nearest 100)	POLAR young participation
Barking	900	16%
Battersea	700	31%
Beckenham	1,100	41%
Bethnal Green and Bow	1,400	20%
Bexleyheath and Crayford	1,000	23%
Brent East	900	44%
Brent North	1,000	60%
Brent South	1,100	36%
Brentford and Isleworth	1,200	45%
Bromley and Chislehurst	1,000	41%
Camberwell and Peckham	900	20%
Carshalton and Wallington	1,100	29%
Chingford and Woodford Green	900	34%
Chipping Barnet	1,100	51%
Cities of London and Westminster	400	65%
Croydon Central	1,300	26%
Croydon North	1,300	30%
Croydon South	1,300	44%
Dagenham	1,000	12%
Dulwich and West Norwood	1,000	33%
Ealing North	1,300	40%
Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	1,000	38%
Ealing, Southall	1,500	45%
East Ham	1,500	31%
Edmonton	1,100	29%
Eltham	1,000	22%
Enfield North	1,100	24%
Enfield, Southgate	1,000	55%
Erith and Thamesmead	1,200	19%
Feltham and Heston	1,400	32%
Finchley and Golders Green	1,100	55%
Greenwich and Woolwich	1,000	23%
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	1,200	21%
Hackney South and Shoreditch	1,100	23%
Hammersmith and Fulham	800	40%
Hampstead and Highgate	700	49%
Harrow East	1,400	53%
Harrow West	1,200	53%
Hayes and Harlington	1,000	27%
Hendon	1,300	48%
Holborn and St. Pancras	700	31%
Hornchurch	1,000	19%
Hornsey and Wood Green	1,000	44%
Ilford North	1,100	37%
Ilford South	1,300	44%
Islington North	900	28%
Islington South and Finsbury	700	28%
Kensington and Chelsea	500	69%
Kingston and Surbiton	1,100	40%
Lewisham East	800	22%
Lewisham West	900	26%
Lewisham, Deptford	900	24%
Leyton and Wanstead	1,000	36%
Mitcham and Morden	1,000	26%
North Southwark and Bermondsey	800	19%
Old Bexley and Sidcup	1,100	26%
Orpington	1,200	32%
Poplar and Canning Town	1,300	18%
Putney	700	39%
Regent's Park and Kensington North	1,100	35%
Richmond Park	1,000	59%
Romford	1,000	21%
Ruislip-Northwood	900	40%
Streatham	900	30%
Sutton and Cheam	900	39%
Tooting	700	43%
Tottenham	1,200	24%
Twickenham	1,000	49%
Upminster	900	23%
Uxbridge	900	28%
Vauxhall	1,000	26%
Walthamstow	1,000	28%
West Ham	1,200	28%
Wimbledon	800	55%

South East

Parliamentary Constituency	Mean annual POLAR cohort (nearest 100)	POLAR young participation
Aldershot	1,300	28%
Arundel and South Downs	1,000	39%
Ashford	1,200	28%
Aylesbury	1,300	35%
Banbury	1,200	30%
Basingstoke	1,300	26%
Beaconsfield	1,000	45%
Bexhill and Battle	900	32%
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	900	25%
Bracknell	1,400	32%
Brighton, Kemptown	900	17%
Brighton, Pavilion	700	31%
Buckingham	1,100	45%
Canterbury	1,100	37%
Chatham and Aylesford	1,200	19%
Chesham and Amersham	1,200	52%
Chichester	1,100	38%
Crawley	1,200	21%
Dartford	1,100	25%
Dover	1,100	25%
East Hampshire	1,300	38%
East Surrey	1,100	40%
East Worthing and Shoreham	1,000	25%
Eastbourne	900	27%
Eastleigh	1,200	26%
Epsom and Ewell	1,100	47%
Esher and Walton	1,100	47%
Fareham	1,000	34%
Faversham and Mid Kent	1,200	28%
Folkestone and Hythe	1,100	25%
Gillingham	1,400	23%
Gosport	1,100	24%
Gravesham	1,200	27%
Guildford	1,200	43%
Hastings and Rye	1,200	22%
Havant	1,300	21%
Henley	1,100	45%
Horsham	1,200	39%
Hove	800	30%
Isle of Wight	1,500	29%
Lewes	900	32%
Maidenhead	1,100	44%
Maidstone and The Weald	1,200	36%
Medway	1,100	21%
Mid Sussex	1,200	39%
Milton Keynes South West	1,400	20%
Mole Valley	1,000	47%
New Forest East	1,100	29%
New Forest West	900	39%
Newbury	1,200	36%
North East Hampshire	1,100	44%
North East Milton Keynes	1,400	27%
North Thanet	1,100	25%
North West Hampshire	1,200	30%
Oxford East	1,000	24%
Oxford West and Abingdon	1,100	43%
Portsmouth North	1,100	18%
Portsmouth South	900	22%
Reading East	1,000	34%
Reading West	1,200	23%
Reigate	900	44%
Romsey	1,100	47%
Runnymede and Weybridge	900	40%
Sevenoaks	1,100	39%
Sittingbourne and Sheppey	1,200	21%
Slough	1,300	31%
South Thanet	1,000	27%
South West Surrey	1,100	48%
Southampton, Itchen	1,100	16%
Southampton, Test	1,000	24%
Spelthorne	1,000	27%
Surrey Heath	1,200	44%
Tonbridge and Malling	1,000	37%
Tunbridge Wells	1,000	42%
Wantage	1,100	37%
Wealden	1,300	38%
Winchester	1,200	47%
Windsor	1,000	42%
Witney	1,200	35%
Woking	1,200	41%
Wokingham	1,200	47%
Worthing West	900	30%
Wycombe	1,300	35%

South West

Parliamentary Constituency	Mean annual POLAR cohort (nearest 100)	POLAR young participation
Bath	900	38%
Bournemouth East	900	29%
Bournemouth West	700	28%
Bridgwater	1,100	26%
Bristol East	1,000	16%
Bristol North West	1,200	17%
Bristol South	1,200	10%
Bristol West	900	53%
Cheltenham	900	38%
Christchurch	900	30%
Cotswold	1,000	39%
Devizes	1,300	34%
East Devon	900	32%
Exeter	1,200	24%
Falmouth and Camborne	1,100	29%
Forest of Dean	1,000	31%
Gloucester	1,300	25%
Kingswood	1,200	23%
Mid Dorset and North Poole	1,200	31%
North Cornwall	1,300	28%
North Devon	1,100	26%
North Dorset	1,100	35%
North Swindon	1,000	22%
North Wiltshire	1,200	37%
Northavon	1,300	35%
Plymouth, Devonport	1,400	16%
Plymouth, Sutton	900	25%
Poole	900	27%
Salisbury	1,200	32%
Somerton and Frome	1,200	35%
South Dorset	1,100	22%
South East Cornwall	1,200	31%
South Swindon	1,200	24%
South West Devon	1,200	37%
St. Ives	1,100	30%
Stroud	1,200	37%
Taunton	1,300	34%
Teignbridge	1,200	29%
Tewkesbury	1,000	40%
Tiverton and Honiton	1,200	31%
Torbay	1,100	27%
Torridge and West Devon	1,200	29%
Totnes	1,100	31%
Truro and St. Austell	1,200	31%
Wansdyke	1,100	30%
Wells	1,200	34%
West Dorset	1,000	35%
Westbury	1,200	35%
Weston-Super-Mare	1,100	27%
Woodspring	1,100	38%
Yeovil	1,100	26%

Scotland

Parliamentary Constituency	Mean annual POLAR cohort (nearest 100)	POLAR young participation
Aberdeen Central	500	36%
Aberdeen North	1,000	20%
Aberdeen South	800	39%
Airdrie & Shotts	1,100	28%
Angus	1,000	41%
Argyll & Bute	800	39%
Ayr	900	44%
Banff & Buchan	1,100	32%
Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	700	35%
Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley	1,200	33%
Central Fife	1,100	31%
Clydebank & Milngavie	900	43%
Clydesdale	1,100	36%
Coatbridge & Chryston	1,100	32%
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth	1,000	35%
Cunninghame North	1,000	40%
Cunninghame South	1,000	29%
Dumbarton	1,000	39%
Dumfries	1,100	33%
Dundee East	900	33%
Dundee West	800	29%
Dunfermline East	900	29%
Dunfermline West	900	37%
East Kilbride	1,100	43%
East Lothian	900	32%
Eastwood	1,200	59%
Edinburgh Central	400	51%
Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	800	28%
Edinburgh North & Leith	600	36%
Edinburgh Pentlands	1,100	43%
Edinburgh South	700	45%
Edinburgh West	900	44%
Falkirk East	1,000	29%
Falkirk West	900	32%
Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	800	37%
Glasgow Anniesland	700	31%
Glasgow Baillieston	1,000	21%
Glasgow Cathcart	900	36%
Glasgow Govan	700	36%
Glasgow Kelvin	400	48%
Glasgow Maryhill	700	21%
Glasgow Pollok	900	21%
Glasgow Rutherglen	900	33%
Glasgow Shettleston	700	21%
Glasgow Springburn	800	18%
Gordon	1,000	46%
Greenock & Inverclyde	800	34%
Hamilton North & Bellshill	1,100	35%
Hamilton South	900	36%
Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber	1,100	39%
Kilmarnock & Loudoun	1,100	35%
Kirkcaldy	800	36%
Linlithgow	900	30%
Livingston	1,200	26%
Midlothian	800	25%
Moray	1,000	40%
Motherwell & Wishaw	900	34%
North East Fife	900	53%
North Tayside	1,000	42%
Ochil	1,000	38%
Orkney & Shetland	600	41%
Paisley North	800	33%
Paisley South	900	32%
Perth	900	46%
Ross, Skye & Inverness West	1,000	39%
Roxburgh & Berwickshire	700	36%
Stirling	900	48%
Strathkelvin & Bearsden	1,200	53%
Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	900	41%
West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	1,200	49%
West Renfrewshire	1,000	47%
Western Isles	400	54%

Wales

Parliamentary Constituency	Mean annual POLAR cohort (nearest 100)	POLAR young participation
Aberavon	900	21%
Alyn and Deeside	1,000	26%
Blaenau Gwent	900	16%
Brecon and Radnorshire	800	38%
Bridgend	1,000	33%
Caernarfon	700	36%
Caerphilly	1,300	24%
Cardiff Central	800	37%
Cardiff North	900	42%
Cardiff South and Penarth	1,200	22%
Cardiff West	1,000	24%
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	800	39%
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	900	36%
Ceredigion	800	37%
Clwyd West	800	37%
Clwyd South	900	26%
Conwy	800	33%
Cynon Valley	900	22%
Delyn	900	28%
Gower	900	40%
Islwyn	800	21%
Llanelli	1,000	26%
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	500	31%
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	1,000	18%
Monmouth	900	49%
Montgomeryshire	600	32%
Neath	900	27%
Newport East	1,000	24%
Newport West	1,000	31%
Ogmore	900	18%
Pontypridd	1,100	35%
Preseli Pembrokeshire	900	34%
Rhondda	1,000	18%
Swansea East	1,100	21%
Swansea West	800	37%
Torfaen	1,100	22%
Vale of Clwyd	800	25%
Vale of Glamorgan	1,300	33%
Wrexham	900	27%
Ynys Mon	900	32%

Last updated 7 January 2005