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Revision as of 06:39, 3 November 2016
54°39′25″N 1°40′37″W / 54.657°N 1.677°W
Bishop Auckland | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County Durham |
Population | 87,143 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 68,501 (December 2010)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Helen Goodman (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | South Durham |
Bishop Auckland is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Helen Goodman of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Constituency profile
Formed in 1885,[n 3] the seat has the market town Bishop Auckland which has a mixed modern and historic high street, the similarly sized Barnard Castle and large areas used for agriculture, particularly hill farming on the rolling landscape that cuts into the Pennines with substantial livestock.[3] Most housing, many small towns and most facilities were built in the prosperous era of coal mining which brought thousands of workers to live in Bishop Auckland town and neighbouring settlements. Manufacturing, including food processing and packaging, public sector employment, retail and agriculture are the main occupations.[3] Since 1935 the winning candidate for MP has been from the Labour Party; the former Labour Chancellor Hugh Dalton, was the MP here from 1929 to 1931, and after regaining the seat in 1935, remained MP until 1959.
Within the seat are Auckland Castle and Park, Lartington Hall, Windlestone Hall, Raby Castle, Binchester Roman Fort (Vinovia) and enclosures and industrial workings on Cockfield Fell.[4]
Boundaries
1885-1918: Part of the Sessional Division of Bishop Auckland.
1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Bishop Auckland and Shildon, and part of the Rural District of Auckland.
1950-1955: The Urban Districts of Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, and Shildon, and the Rural District of Barnard Castle.
1955-1974: The Urban Districts of Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland, the Urban District of Shildon except the part of the Middridge ward transferred to the Rural District of Darlington by the County of Durham (Parish of Great Aycliffe) Confirmation Order 1952, and the Rural District of Barnard Castle.
1974-1983: The Urban Districts of Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, and Shildon, and the Rural Districts of Barnard Castle and Darlington.
1983-1997: The District of Wear Valley wards of Bishop Auckland Town, Cockton Hill, Coundon, Coundon Grange, Escomb, Henknowle, St Helen's, West Auckland, and Woodhouse Close, the District of Teesdale, and the District of Sedgefield wards of Byerley, Middridge, Neville, Shafto, Simpasture, Sunnydale, Thickley, West, and Woodham.
1997-2010: The District of Wear Valley wards of Bishop Auckland Town, Cockton Hill, Coundon, Coundon Grange, Escomb, Henknowle, St Helen's, West Auckland, and Woodhouse Close, the District of Teesdale, and the District of Sedgefield wards of Byerley, Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange, Middlestone, Spennymoor, Sunnydale, Thickley, and Tudhoe.
2010-present: The District of Wear Valley wards of Bishop Auckland Town, Cockton Hill, Coundon, Dene Valley, Escomb, Henknowle, West Auckland, and Woodhouse Close, the District of Teesdale, and the District of Sedgefield wards of Byerley, Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange, Middlestone, Spennymoor, Sunnydale, Thickley, and Tudhoe.
The constituency is located in an upland, southern part of County Durham in the North East of England. On a more local level it was formed of the whole of the former Teesdale district, parts of former Wear Valley district and the former Sedgefield borough. The constituency includes as its major settlements the towns of Barnard Castle, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Bishop Auckland, Shildon, Spennymoor and its contiguous suburb village, Tudhoe, with their surrounding villages, dales and fields.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Goodman | 16,307 | 42.4 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Christopher Adams | 12,799 | 32.5 | +6.2 | |
UKIP | Rhys Burriss | 7,015 | 17.8 | +15.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen White | 1,723 | 4.4 | −18.0 | |
Green | Thom Robinson | 1,545 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,508 | 8.9 | |||
Turnout | 38,389 | 59.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Goodman | 16,023 | 39.0 | −11.1 | |
Conservative | Barbara Harrison | 10,805 | 26.3 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Wilkes | 9,189 | 22.3 | −1.3 | |
BNP | Adam Walker | 2,036 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Local Liberals People Before Politics | Sam Zair | 1,964 | 4.8 | N/A | |
UKIP | Dave Brothers | 1,119 | 2.7 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 5,218 | 12.7 | |||
Turnout | 41,136 | 60.2 | +4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.3 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Goodman | 19,065 | 50.0 | −8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Foote-Wood | 9,018 | 23.7 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Richard Bell | 8,736 | 22.9 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Margaret Hopson | 1,309 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 10,047 | 26.4 | |||
Turnout | 38,128 | 56.5 | −0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Foster | 22,680 | 58.8 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | Miss Fiona P. McNish | 8,754 | 22.7 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Foote Wood | 6,073 | 15.7 | +6.4 | |
Green | Carl D. Bennett | 1,052 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,926 | 36.1 | |||
Turnout | 38,559 | 57.2 | −11.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Foster | 30,359 | 65.9 | +15.9 | |
Conservative | Mrs Josephine H. Fergus | 9,295 | 20.2 | −11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Les Ashworth | 4,293 | 9.3 | −8.9 | |
Referendum | David S.W. Blacker | 2,104 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,064 | 45.7 | |||
Turnout | 46,051 | 68.4 | −8.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +13.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Foster | 27,763 | 50.0 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | David R. Williamson | 17,676 | 31.8 | −3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | William P. Wade | 10,099 | 18.2 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 10,087 | 18.2 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 55,538 | 76.5 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Foster | 25,648 | 48.0 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Robin Wight | 18,613 | 34.8 | −1.2 | |
Liberal | George Irwin | 9,195 | 17.2 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 7,035 | 13.2 | |||
Turnout | 53,456 | 74.1 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Foster | 22,750 | 44.4 | ||
Conservative | Barry Charles Legg | 18,444 | 36.0 | ||
Liberal | Andrew S. Collinge | 10,070 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 4,306 | 8.4 | |||
Turnout | 51,264 | 72.1 | −2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Foster | 27,200 | 48.8 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Fraser Irvine | 21,160 | 38.0 | +6.7 | |
Liberal | J.D. Frise | 7,439 | 13.3 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 6,040 | 10.8 | |||
Turnout | 55,799 | 74.7 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold James Boyden | 27,181 | 52.8 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | D.W. Etheridge | 16,086 | 31.3 | −2.8 | |
Liberal | David Lytton-Cobbold | 8,168 | 15.9 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 11,095 | 21.6 | |||
Turnout | 51,435 | 70.9 | −7.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold James Boyden | 27,101 | 48.1 | −12.6 | |
Conservative | D.W. Etheridge | 19,226 | 34.1 | −5.2 | |
Liberal | J.D. Frise | 10,044 | 17.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,875 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 56,371 | 78.4 | +7.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold James Boyden | 21,257 | 60.7 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Tom J. Wiseman | 13,769 | 39.3 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 7,488 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 35,026 | 71.0 | −2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.1 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold James Boyden | 22,015 | 64.8 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Jeremy Vivian Ropner | 11,936 | 35.2 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 10,079 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 33,951 | 73.4 | −3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold James Boyden | 22,310 | 61.8 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Jeremy Vivian Ropner | 13,782 | 38.2 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 8,528 | 23.6 | |||
Turnout | 36,092 | 76.2 | −4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold James Boyden | 21,706 | 55.0 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | Neil W. Murray | 13,377 | 33.9 | −8.4 | |
Liberal | Joseph Gurney Pease | 4,377 | 11.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,329 | 21.1 | |||
Turnout | 39,460 | 80.8 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton | 21,804 | 57.7 | −2.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Douglas M Youngson | 15,959 | 42.3 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 5,845 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 37,763 | 77.0 | −8.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton | 25,881 | 60.5 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Bruce Lionel Butcher | 16,895 | 39.5 | +7.9 | |
Majority | 8,986 | 21.0 | |||
Turnout | 42,776 | 85.1 | −1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton | 25,039 | 57.9 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Antony Claud Frederick Lambton | 13,669 | 31.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | L.W. Malby | 4,527 | 10.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,370 | 26.3 | |||
Turnout | 43,235 | 86.5 | +12.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton | 20,100 | 64.1 | +1.8 | |
National Liberal | William John Wilson Tily | 11,240 | 35.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,860 | 28.3 | |||
Turnout | 31,340 | 74.0 | −5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton | 20,481 | 62.3 | ||
Liberal | Aaron Charlton Curry | 12,395 | 37.7 | ||
Majority | 8,086 | 24.6 | |||
Turnout | 32,876 | 79.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Aaron Charlton Curry | 17,551 | 51.4 | ||
Labour | Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton | 16,796 | 48.6 | ||
Majority | 955 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 34,547 | 82.5 | |||
National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton | 17,838 | 55.8 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | Aaron Charlton Curry | 9,635 | 30.1 | +0.2 | |
Unionist | Herbert Thompson | 4,503 | 14.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 8,203 | 25.7 | |||
Turnout | 76.5 | +2.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Florence Ruth Dalton | 14,797 | 57.1 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Aaron Charlton Curry | 7,725 | 29.9 | −15.0 | |
Unionist | Herbert Thompson | 3,357 | 13.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,072 | 27.2 | +17.0 | ||
Turnout | 25,879 | 74.4 | −6.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rt Hon. Benjamin Charles Spoor | 15,786 | |||
Liberal | John Bainbridge | 12,868 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Benjamin Charles Spoor | 13,328 | 51.2 | −2.5 | |
Liberal | John Bainbridge | 6,686 | 25.7 | n/a | |
Unionist | Robert Gee | 6,024 | 23.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 6,642 | 25.5 | |||
Turnout | 7.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Benjamin Charles Spoor | 13,946 | |||
National Liberal | Egbert Atherley-Jones | 12,019 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Benjamin Charles Spoor | 10,060 | |||
National Liberal | 7,417 | ||||
Liberal | Vickerman Henzell Rutherford | 2,411 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
- References
- ^ "Bishop Auckland: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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- ^ Ordnance Survey map, courtesy of English Heritage
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Bishop Auckland". BBC News. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.durham.gov.uk/PDFApproved/ParliamentaryElection2010_SoPN_BA.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ Political Science Resources, Richard Kimber
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig Parliamentary Research Services, 1983
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49, FWS Craig
Sources
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.