Bottom 10 per cent of constituencies for university application rates

Here is a list of the bottom 10% of constituencies for university application rates in 2017, according to data from Ucas.
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The political party of the sitting MP is also listed, along with the area of the UK.

Data for Scotland is not comparable and is therefore not included.

1. Havant: 17.4% (Conservative, South-east)

2. Bristol South: 18.0% (Labour, South-west)

3. Brighton Kemptown: 18.7% (Conservative, South-east)

4. Great Yarmouth: 18.9% (Conservative, Eastern)

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5. Leeds Central: 19.1% (Labour, Yorkshire & Humberside)

6. Nottingham North: 19.2% (Labour, East Midlands)

7. Swansea East: 19.2% (Labour, Wales)

8. Hastings & Rye: 19.7% (Conservative, South-east)

9. Barrow & Furness: 21.2% (Labour, North-west)

10. Portsmouth North: 21.9% (Conservative, South-east)

11. Basildon South & Thurrock East: 22.1% (Conservative, Eastern)

12. Great Grimsby: 22.1% (Labour, Yorkshire & Humberside)

13. Blaenau Gwent: 22.4% (Labour, Wales)

14. Rhondda: 22.4% (Labour, Wales)

15. Swindon North: 22.4% (Conservative, South-west)

16. Hull East: 22.5% (Labour, Yorkshire & Humberside)

17. Hull North: 22.5% (Labour, Yorkshire & Humberside)

18. Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney: 22.5% (Labour, Wales)

19. Plymouth Moor View: 22.5% (Conservative, South-west)

20. Derby South: 22.7% (Labour, East Midlands)

21. Barnsley East: 22.9% (Labour, Yorkshire & Humberside)

22. Southampton Itchen: 23.4% (Conservative, South-east)

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23. Cambridgeshire North East: 23.5% (Conservative, Eastern)

24. Bolsover: 23.6% (Labour, East Midlands)

25. Torfaen: 23.6% (Labour, Wales)

26. Scunthorpe: 23.7% (Labour, Yorkshire & Humberside)

27. Knowsley: 23.8% (Labour, North-west)

28. Aberavon: 23.9% (Labour, Wales)

29. Mansfield: 23.9% (Labour, East Midlands)

30. Ashfield: 24.0% (Labour, East Midlands)

31. Bristol East: 24.0% (Labour, South-west)

32. Birmingham Erdington: 24.2% (Labour, West Midlands)

33. Erewash: 24.2% (Conservative, East Midlands)

34. Amber Valley: 24.6% (Conservative, East Midlands)

35. Washington & Sunderland West: 24.6% (Labour, North-east)

36. Doncaster North: 24.7% (Labour, Yorkshire & Humberside)

37. Stoke-on-Trent Central: 24.7% (Labour, West Midlands)

38. Manchester Central: 24.8% (Labour, North-west)

39. Neath: 24.8% (Labour, Wales)

40. Nottingham East: 24.9% (Labour, East Midlands)

41. Rotherham: 24.9% (Labour, Yorkshire & Humberside)

42. Portsmouth South: 25.1% (Conservative, South-east)

43. Clacton: 25.2% (UK Independence Party, Eastern)

44. Exeter: 25.2% (Labour, South-west)

45. Worthing East & Shoreham: 25.2% (Conservative, South-east)

46. Ipswich: 25.3% (Conservative, Eastern)

47. Eastbourne: 25.4% (Conservative, South-east)

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48. Sheffield Central: 25.6% (Labour, Yorkshire & Humberside)

49. Southampton Test: 25.7% (Labour, South-east)

50. Torbay: 25.7% (Conservative, South-west)

51. Yeovil: 25.7% (Conservative, South-west)

52. Boston & Skegness: 25.8% (Conservative, East Midlands)

53. New Forest East: 25.9% (Conservative, South-east)

54. Wentworth & Dearne: 25.9% (Labour, Yorkshire & Humberside)

55. Isle of Wight: 26.0% (Conservative, South-east)

56. Bridgwater & Somerset West: 26.1% (Conservative, South-west)

57. Waveney: 26.3% (Conservative, Eastern)

58. Dover: 26.4% (Conservative, South-east)

59. Gosport: 26.4% (Conservative, South-east)