<<Also bear in mind that if the 1998 figures are based on the Electoral Roll not every household registers to vote. I don't know what the current proportion is - it was high during the Poll Tax period in the 1980's. Best Wishes John Lovelock>> This is true .. However , I have found that, on the CDs available to the public , the underenumeration of those who don't bother to register is more or less counterbalanced by overenumeration of those who are counted twice, in two places as they moved during the year. There was also (even before 2003 when the option to check the box excluding your name from the published list took effect) an exclusion of people in sensitive occupations like the police. Steve