Houghton-le-Spring (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Houghton-le-Spring | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| County | County Durham until 1974, then Tyne and Wear |
| Major settlements | Houghton-le-Spring |
| 1885–1983 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Houghton & Washington |
| Created from | South Durham |
Houghton-le-Spring was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983.
Centred on the town of Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. It was abolished in 1983, and replaced by the new constituency of Houghton and Washington.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | John Wilson | Liberal-Labour | |
| 1886 | Nicholas Wood | Conservative | |
| 1892 | Henry Thomas Fenwick | Liberal | |
| 1895 | Robert Cameron | Liberal | |
| 1913 by-election | Thomas Edward Wing | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Robert Richardson | Labour | |
| 1931 | Robert Chapman | Conservative | |
| 1935 | William Stewart | Labour | |
| 1945 | Bill Blyton | Labour | |
| 1964 | Tom Urwin | Labour | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
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[edit] References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 270. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 344. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
