Easington (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 54°47′24″N 1°21′07″W / 54.790°N 1.352°W
| Easington | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Easington in County Durham. |
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 Location of County Durham within England. |
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| County | County Durham |
| Electorate | 65,618 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1950 |
| Member of Parliament | Grahame Morris (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | North East England |
Easington is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
It is currently ranked as the 8th-safest Labour seat in Britain, and the third-safest Labour seat in England, behind Knowsley and Liverpool Walton.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency comprises the majority of the district of the same name, which takes in the coastal portion of the administrative county of Durham. The principal towns are Peterlee and Seaham. A seat of former mining traditions, it is one of Labour's safest in Britain; former party firebrand Manny Shinwell was MP here for many years.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in County Durham, the Boundary Commission for England has made only minor changes to the boundaries of Easington constituency (on the southern part of the boundary with Sedgefield constituency). It was first fought at the 2010 UK general election.
The electoral wards used to create the seat are:
- Acre Rigg, Blackhalls, Dawdon, Dene House, Deneside, Easington Colliery, Easington Village and South Hetton, Eden Hill, Haswell and Shotton, Horden North, Horden South, Howletch, Hutton Henry, Murton East, Murton West, Passfield, Seaham Harbour and Seaham North.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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| 1950 | Manny Shinwell | Labour | |
| 1970 | Jack Dormand | Labour | |
| 1987 | John Cummings | Labour | |
| 2010 | Grahame Morris | Labour | |
[edit] 2010 election
John Cummings announced in 2006 that he would not contest the next election,[3] and in September 2007 the Easington Constituency Labour Party selected local district councillor Grahame Morris as its candidate.[4]
Local teacher Tara Saville was selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate.[5]
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Easington[6][7] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Grahame Morris | 20,579 | 58.9 | -12.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Tara Saville | 5,597 | 16.0 | +3.1 | |
| Conservative | Richard Harrison | 4,790 | 13.7 | +3.0 | |
| BNP | Cheryl Dunn | 2,317 | 6.6 | +3.4 | |
| UKIP | Martyn Aiken | 1,631 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
| Majority | 14,982 | 42.9 | |||
| Turnout | 34,914 | 54.7 | +2.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -7.7 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Easington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Cummings | 22,733 | 71.4 | -5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Ord | 4,097 | 12.9 | +2.6 | |
| Conservative | Lucille Nicholson | 3,400 | 10.7 | +0.4 | |
| BNP | Ian McDonald | 1,042 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
| Socialist Labour | Dave Robinson | 583 | 1.8 | -0.7 | |
| Majority | 18,636 | 58.5 | |||
| Turnout | 31,855 | 52.1 | -1.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Easington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Cummings | 25,360 | 76.8 | -3.4 | |
| Conservative | Philip Lovel | 3,411 | 10.3 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Ord | 3,408 | 10.3 | +3.1 | |
| Socialist Labour | Dave Robinson | 831 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 21,949 | 66.5 | |||
| Turnout | 33,010 | 53.6 | -13.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Easington[8] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Cummings | 34,269 | 72.7 | +4.6 | |
| Conservative | WJ Perry | 7,879 | 16.7 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | P Freitag | 5,001 | 10.6 | −5.0 | |
| Majority | 26,390 | 56.0 | +4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 47,149 | 72.5 | −0.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
- ^ "Labour stalwart is to step down". The Journal (Newcastle-upon-Tyne): p. 7. 10 October 2006. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2006/10/10/labour-stalwart-is-to-step-down-61634-17901254/. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
- ^ John Cummings (5 September 2007). "New standard bearer for Labour in Easington". Hartlepool Mail. http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/9772/New-standard-bearer-for-Labour.3175639.jp. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
- ^ www.easingtonlibdems.org.uk
- ^ http://www.durham.gov.uk/PDFApproved/ParliamentaryElection2010_SoPN_EAS.pdf
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Easington". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b49.stm.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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