Sunderland Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 54°54′14″N 1°22′52″W / 54.904°N 1.381°W
| Sunderland Central | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Sunderland Central in Tyne and Wear for the 2010 general election. |
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 Location of Tyne and Wear within England. |
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| County | Tyne and Wear |
| Electorate | 76,292 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Julie Elliott (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Sunderland North, Sunderland South |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | North East England |
Sunderland Central is a borough 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, the Boundary Commission for England created this new seat of Sunderland Central, which is formed from the following electoral wards:
- Barnes, Fulwell, Hendon, Millfield, Pallion, Ryhope, St Michael’s, St Peter’s and Southwick.
The review abolished the former Sunderland North and Sunderland South constituencies. The reorganisation also created the Houghton and Sunderland South and Washington and Sunderland West constituencies.
[edit] History
This new constituency of Sunderland Central was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election.
Sunderland Central is a slightly more marginal seat than its predecessors with a swing of 12.8% from Labour to the Conservatives required for them to win the seat in 2010, compared to the notional 2005 result. This is because it brings together virtually all of the areas of traditional Conservative strength into one seat. At the 2009 city council elections, the Conservatives carried five of Sunderland Central's nine wards, with Labour winning three and the Liberal Democrats one. However, at the city council elections held on the same day as the 2010 general election, the Conservatives carried only two of Sunderland Central's nine wards, with Labour winning seven and the Liberal Democrats none.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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| 2010 | Julie Elliott | Labour | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Sunderland Central [3][4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Julie Elliott | 19,495 | 45.9 | -4.1 | |
| Conservative | Lee Martin | 12,770 | 30.1 | +5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Paul Dixon | 7,191 | 16.9 | +0.1 | |
| BNP | John McCaffrey | 1,913 | 4.5 | +1.4 | |
| UKIP | Pauline Fentonby-Warren | 1,094 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 6,725 | 15.8 | |||
| Turnout | 42,463 | 57 | +6.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
- City of Sunderland
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Washington and Sunderland West
[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 "S" (part 6)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=8437&p=0
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Sunderland Central". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e57.stm.
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