Chester-le-Street (UK Parliament constituency)
Chester-le-Street | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | North Durham |
Replaced by | North Durham, Houghton & Washington and Blaydon[1] |
Chester-le-Street was a county constituency centred on the town of Chester-le-Street in County Durham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Chester-le-Street and its successor constituency (North Durham) have over 100 years of continuous Labour representation.
Boundaries
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Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | Sir James Joicey | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1906 | John Wilkinson Taylor | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1919 by-election | John James Lawson | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1950 | Patrick Bartley | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1956 by-election | Norman Pentland | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1973 by-election | Giles Radice | Labour |
1983 | constituency abolished: see North Durham |
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Joicey | n/a | |||
Conservative | n/a | ||||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Joicey | ||||
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Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Joicey | ||||
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Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir James Joicey | ||||
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Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir James Joicey | ||||
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Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Wilkinson Taylor | ||||
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Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Wilkinson Taylor | ||||
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Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Wilkinson Taylor | ||||
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Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Wilkinson Taylor | ||||
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Labour hold | Swing |
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Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John James Lawson | 20,712 | 74.7 | ||
Unionist | Charles Reginald Schiller Harris | 7,015 | 25.3 | ||
Majority | 13,697 | 49.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John James Lawson | 26,975 | 69.8 | ||
Unionist | E G Payne | 6,334 | 16.4 | ||
Liberal | Joseph W Wright | 5,340 | 13.8 | n/a | |
Majority | 20,641 | 53.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John James Lawson | 24,373 | 60.62 | ||
Conservative | RG Kellett | 15,834 | 39.38 | ||
Majority | 8,539 | 21.24 | |||
Turnout | 79.35 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John James Lawson | 29,111 | 70.98 | ||
Conservative | CR Besley | 11,901 | 29.02 | ||
Majority | 17,210 | 41.96 | |||
Turnout | 78.24 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John James Lawson | 33,788 | 76.76 | ||
Conservative | Viscount Lambton | 10,228 | 23.24 | ||
Majority | 23,560 | 53.53 | |||
Turnout | 79.79 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patrick Bartley | 35,348 | 77.30 | ||
Conservative | Harry John Martin Millican | 10,379 | 22.70 | ||
Majority | 24,969 | 54.60 | |||
Turnout | 87.28 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patrick Bartley | 35,511 | 76.96 | ||
Conservative | Harry John Martin Millican | 10,632 | 23.04 | ||
Majority | 24,879 | 53.92 | |||
Turnout | 86.64 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patrick Bartley | 32,323 | 76.29 | ||
Conservative | David A Wright | 10,047 | 23.71 | ||
Majority | 22,276 | 52.57 | |||
Turnout | 79.57 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Norman Pentland | 27,912 | 80.8 | ||
Conservative | William Rees-Mogg | 6,625 | 19.2 | ||
Majority | 21,287 | ||||
Turnout | 34,537 | 65.0 | - | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Norman Pentland | 33,901 | 75.78 | ||
Conservative | William Rees-Mogg | 10,838 | 24.22 | ||
Majority | 23,063 | 51.55 | |||
Turnout | 83.03 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Norman Pentland | 32,895 | 75.20 | ||
Conservative | John Michael Gorst | 10,851 | 24.80 | ||
Majority | 22,044 | 50.39 | |||
Turnout | 79.43 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Norman Pentland | 32,467 | 76.96 | ||
Conservative | Charles Maxwell Kirwan Taylor | 9,720 | 23.04 | ||
Majority | 22,747 | 53.92 | |||
Turnout | 74.87 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Norman Pentland | 33,694 | 71.60 | ||
Conservative | Dennis Ramshaw | 13,363 | 28.40 | ||
Majority | 20,331 | 43.21 | |||
Turnout | 73.67 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Giles Heneage Radice | 25,874 | 53.0 | ||
Liberal | George Suggett | 18,802 | 38.6 | ||
Conservative | Neil Roxburgh Balfour | 4,092 | 8.4 | ||
Majority | 7,066 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 48,768 | 71.4 | - | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Giles Heneage Radice | 33,534 | 59.21 | ||
Liberal | DJ Herd | 14,808 | 26.15 | ||
Conservative | Neil Roxburgh Balfour | 8,291 | 14.64 | ||
Majority | 18,726 | 33.07 | |||
Turnout | 83.48 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Giles Heneage Radice | 33,511 | 65.69 | ||
Liberal | D McCourt | 9,233 | 18.10 | ||
Conservative | R Ditchburn | 8,268 | 16.21 | ||
Majority | 24,278 | 47.59 | |||
Turnout | 74.63 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Giles Heneage Radice | 38,672 | 60.40 | ||
Conservative | James Randall Couchman | 16,112 | 25.16 | ||
Liberal | D McCourt | 9,247 | 14.44 | ||
Majority | 22,560 | 35.23 | |||
Turnout | 76.76 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "'Chester-le-Street', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig