The unitary authorities of Durham and Borough of Darlington are combined for parliamentary constituency boundaries, being divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies, including 2 cross-county constituencies,[nb 1] all of which are county constituencies.
Constituencies
edit† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Reform UK
Constituency[nb 2] | Electorate | Majority[nb 3] | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Electoral wards[1] | Map | ||
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Bishop Auckland CC | 70,745 | 6,672 | Sam Rushworth‡ | Jane MacBean† | Durham County Council: Barnard Castle East, Barnard Castle West, Bishop Auckland Town, Coundon, Crook, Evenwood, Shildon and Dene Valley, Tow Law, Weardale, West Auckland, Woodhouse Close. | |||
Blaydon and Consett CC (part) | 70,487 | 11,153 | Liz Twist‡ | David Ayre¤ | Durham County Council: Benfieldside; Burnopfield and Dipton; Consett North; Consett South; Delves Lane; Leadgate and Medomsley. Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead: Blaydon; Chopwell and Rowlands Gill; Crawcrook and Greenside; Ryton, Crookhill and Stella; Winlaton and High Spen. |
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City of Durham CC | 70,582 | 11,757 | Mary Foy‡ | Mark Belch¤ | Durham County Council: Belmont, Brandon, Deerness, Durham South, Elvet and Gilesgate, Esh and Witton Gilbert, Framwellgate and Newton Hall, Neville's Cross, Sherburn, Willington and Hunwick. | |||
Darlington CC | 70,763 | 2,298 | Lola McEvoy‡ | Peter Gibson† | Darlington Borough Council: Bank Top and Lascelles, Brinkburn and Faverdale, Cockerton, College, Eastbourne, Harrowgate Hill, Haughton and Springfield, Heighington and Coniscliffe, Hummersknott, Mowden, North Road, Northgate, Park East, Park West, Pierremont, Red Hall and Lingfield, Stephenson, Whinfield. | |||
Easington CC | 69,411 | 6,542 | Grahame Morris‡ | Lynn Murphy¤ | Durham County Council: Blackhalls, Dawdon, Deneside, Easington, Horden, Murton, Passfield, Peterlee East, Peterlee West, Seaham, Shotton and South Hetton, Trimdon and Thornley (polling districts DKC, EEA, SNA, SNB and SNC), Wingate. | |||
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor CC | 72,224 | 8,839 | Alan Strickland‡ | John Grant¤ | Durham County Council: Aycliffe East, Aycliffe North and Middridge, Aycliffe West, Bishop Middleham and Cornforth, Chilton, Coxhoe, Ferryhill, Sedgefield, Spennymoor, Trimdon and Thornley (polling districts SKB, SLA, SLB, SMB and SMC), Tudhoe. | |||
Stockton West CC (part) | 69,664 | 2,139 | Matt Vickers† | Joe Dancey‡ | Darlington Borough Council: Hurworth, Sadberge and Middleton St. George. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council: Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree, Eaglescliffe, Fairfield, Grangefield, Hartburn, Ingleby Barwick East, Ingleby Barwick West, Village, Western Parishes, Yarm. |
2010 boundary changes
editUnder the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Durham's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards.
Name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Boundaries 2010–present |
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Proposed boundary changes
editSee 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[2] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission has proposed that the unitary authority of County Durham be combined with the Tyne and Wear boroughs of Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland as a sub-region of the North East Region, with the creation of a cross-county boundary constituency named Blaydon and Consett, resulting in the abolition of North West Durham. It is proposed that the reconfigured Sedgefield constituency is renamed Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor. Darlington would be included in a Tees Valley sub-division.[3][4]
The following seats are proposed:
Containing electoral wards in Darlington
- Darlington
- Stockton West (part also in Stockton-on-Tees)
Containing electoral wards in County Durham
Results history
editPrimary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]
2019
editThe number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Durham in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 123,112 | 40.6% | 5.3% | 4 | 4 |
Labour | 122,547 | 40.4% | 14.2% | 3 | 4 |
Brexit | 25,444 | 8.4% | new | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 21,356 | 7.0% | 2.5% | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 5,985 | 2.0% | 1.0% | 0 | 0 |
Others | 4,725 | 1.6% | 3.0% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 303,169 | 100.0 | 7 |
Percentage votes
editElection year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 30.4 | 28.3 | 28.4 | 17.6 | 20.6 | 16.6 | 21.4 | 25.4 | 35.3 | 40.6 |
Labour | 45.5 | 52.0 | 57.1 | 68.5 | 62.7 | 56.3 | 45.3 | 48.5 | 54.6 | 40.4 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 23.9 | 19.7 | 14.2 | 9.7 | 14.2 | 21.3 | 24.1 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 7.0 |
Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | - | 3.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 3.1 | 15.7 | 3.4 | * |
Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.4 |
Other | 0.1 | - | 0.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats
editElection year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
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Conservative | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Labour | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Maps
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Historical results by party
editA cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1906
editConservative Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
1906 to 1918
editConservative Independent Conservative Independent Labour Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
1victor in January 1910, Christopher Furness, declared void. Fresh by-election held June 1910, won by Stephen Furness.
1918 to 1931
editCoalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Conservative Labour Liberal National Labour
Constituency | 1918 | 19 | 1922 | 23 | 1923 | 1924 | 26 | 29 | 1929 | 31 |
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Barnard Castle | Swan | Rogerson | Turner-Samuels | Headlam | Lawther | |||||
Bishop Auckland | Spoor | F. Dalton | H. Dalton | |||||||
Blaydon | Waring | Whiteley | ||||||||
Chester-le-Street | Taylor | Lawson | ||||||||
Consett | Williams | Dunnico | ||||||||
Darlington | H. Pease | W. Pease | Shepherd | |||||||
Durham | Hills | Ritson | ||||||||
Gateshead | Surtees | Brotherton | Dickie | Beckett | Melville | Evans | ||||
The Hartlepools | Gritten | Jowitt | Sugden | Gritten | ||||||
Houghton-le-Spring | Richardson | |||||||||
Jarrow | Palmer | Wilson | ||||||||
Seaham | Hayward | Webb | MacDonald | → | ||||||
Sedgefield | Burdon | Herriotts | Ropner | Herriotts | ||||||
South Shields | Wilson | Harney | Chuter Ede | |||||||
Spennymoor | Galbraith | Batey | ||||||||
Stockton-on-Tees | Watson | Stewart | Macmillan | Riley | ||||||
Sunderland | Greenwood | Thompson | Smith | Thompson | ||||||
Hudson | Raine | Phillips |
1931 to 1950
editConservative Labour Independent Group (1949) / Independent Labour (1949-50) Labour Liberal National Labour National Liberal (1931-68)
1950 to 1983
editConservative Labour Social Democratic
Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 53 | 1955 | 55 | 56 | 1959 | 62 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 73 | Feb 74 | Oct 74 | 1979 | 1981 | 83 |
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Bishop Auckland | Dalton | Boyden | Foster | ||||||||||||||
Blaydon | Whiteley | Woof | McWilliam | ||||||||||||||
Chester-le-Street | Bartley | Pentland | Radice | ||||||||||||||
Consett | Glanville | Stones | Watkins | ||||||||||||||
Darlington | Hardman | Graham | Bourne-Arton | Fletcher | O'Brien | ||||||||||||
Durham | Grey | Hughes | |||||||||||||||
Durham North West | Murray | Ainsley | E. Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
Easington | Shinwell | Dormand | |||||||||||||||
Gateshead East | Moody | Conlan | |||||||||||||||
Gateshead West | Hall | Randall | Horam | → | |||||||||||||
The Hartlepools | Jones | Kerans | Leadbitter | ||||||||||||||
Houghton-le-Spring | Blyton | Urwin | |||||||||||||||
Jarrow | Fernyhough | Dixon | |||||||||||||||
Stockton-on-Tees | Chetwynd | Rodgers | → | ||||||||||||||
South Shields | Chuter Ede | Blenkinsop | Clark | ||||||||||||||
Sunderland North | Willey | ||||||||||||||||
Sunderland South | Ewart | Williams | Bagier | ||||||||||||||
Sedgefield | Slater | Reed |
1983 to 2024
editConstituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 07 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Bishop Auckland | Foster | Goodman | Davison | ||||||||
City of Durham | Hughes | Steinberg | Blackman-Woods | Foy | |||||||
Darlington | Fallon | Milburn | Chapman | Gibson | |||||||
Easington | Dormand | Cummings | Morris | ||||||||
North Durham | Radice | Jones | |||||||||
North West Durham1 | E. Armstrong | H. Armstrong | Glass | Pidcock | Holden | ||||||
Sedgefield | Blair | Wilson | Howell |
1abolished in 2024, with some areas going to the Blaydon and Consett seat which is mostly in Tyne and Wear
2024 to present
editConstituency | 2024 |
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Bishop Auckland | Rushworth |
Darlington | McEvoy |
City of Durham | Foy |
Easington | Morris |
Newton Aycliffe & Spennymoor | Strickland |
North Durham | Akehurst |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Blaydon and Consett and Stockton West are cross-county constituencies, being partly located in Tyne and Wear and Cleveland respectively.
- ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
References
edit- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/1230, retrieved 14 July 2024
- ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Political boundaries across the North East could change - here's what it could mean for you". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 663-685. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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