North Durham (UK Parliament constituency)

North Durham
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of North Durham in Durham.
Location of Durham within England.
County	Durham
Electorate	68,959 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Kevan Jones (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Chester-le-Street
1832 (1832)–1885 (1885)
Number of members	Two
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Chester-le-Street
Created from	Durham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

North Durham 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.

The current single-seat constituency was created for the 1983 general election. An earlier two-seat constituency of the same name was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, when the former Durham constituency was split into two northern and southern divisions. Elections were held using the bloc vote system.

Boundaries

The constituency is located in the north of County Durham, which is in the North East England region of the United Kingdom. It includes the whole of the former Chester-le-Street district and the eastern part of the former Derwentside district. The main population centres in the constituency are Chester-le-Street, Stanley and Sacriston. The constituency includes the North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in County Durham, the Boundary Commission for England made only minor changes to the North Durham constituency for the 2010 general election.

The electoral wards used in the creation of this slightly modified seat are:

• The entire former district of Chester-le-Street
• Annfield Plain, Catchgate, Craghead and South Stanley, Havannah, South Moor, Stanley Hall and Tanfield from the former district of Derwentside

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		Hedworth Lambton	Liberal		Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bt	Whig
1837					Hon. Henry Liddell	Conservative
1847		Robert Duncombe Shafto	Liberal		Viscount Seaham	Conservative
1854 by-election					Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest	Conservative
1864 by-election					Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bt	Liberal
1868		George Elliot	Conservative
1874		Lowthian Bell	Liberal		Charles Palmer	Liberal
1874 by-election		Sir George Elliot, Bt	Conservative
1880		John Joicey	Liberal
1881 by-election		Sir George Elliot, Bt	Conservative
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

MPs since 1983

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Giles Radice	Labour
	2001	Kevan Jones	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: North Durham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevan Jones	20,698	50.5	-13.6
	Conservative	David Skelton	8,622	21.0	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Lindley	8,617	21.0	+1.9
	BNP	Peter Molloy	1,686	4.1	+4.1
	UKIP	Bruce Reid	1,344	3.3	+3.3
Majority			12,076	29.5
Turnout			40,967	60.6	+5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North Durham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevan Jones	23,932	64.1	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Latham	7,151	19.2	+5.2
	Conservative	Mark Watson	6,258	16.8	-2.0
Majority			16,781	44.9
Turnout			37,341	55.3	-1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.1

General Election 2001: North Durham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevan Jones	25,920	67.2	-3.1
	Conservative	Matthew Palmer	7,237	18.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Carole Field	5,411	14.0	+3.0
Majority			18,683	48.4
Turnout			38,568	56.9	-12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Durham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Giles Radice	33,567	59.9	+3.6
	Conservative	Mrs EA Sibley	13,930	24.8	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	PJ Appleby	8,572	15.3	−7.3
Majority			19,637	35.0	+1.4
Turnout			56,069	76.1	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.0

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham