Chester-le-Street (UK Parliament constituency)
Chester-le-Street | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | North Durham |
Replaced by | North Durham, Houghton & Washington and Blaydon[1] |
Chester-le-Street was a county constituency centred on the town of Chester-le-Street in County Durham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Chester-le-Street and its successor constituency (North Durham) have over 100 years of continuous Labour representation.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Sessional Division of Chester-le-Street, the Municipal Borough of Gateshead, and part of the Sessional Division of Gateshead.
1918-1950: The Urban District of Chester-le-Street, and the Rural District of Chester-le-Street.
1950-1983: The Urban Districts of Chester-le-Street and Washington, and the Rural District of Chester-le-Street.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | Sir James Joicey | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1906 | John Wilkinson Taylor | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1919 by-election | John James Lawson | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1950 | Patrick Bartley | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1956 by-election | Norman Pentland | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1973 by-election | Giles Radice | Labour |
1983 | constituency abolished: see North Durham |
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/James_Joicey.jpg/120px-James_Joicey.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Joicey | 4,409 | n/a | ||
Independent Liberal | R Lloyd Jones | 3,606 | n/a | ||
Conservative | Walter Ashworth | 2,118 | n/a | ||
Majority | 803 | n/a | |||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Joicey | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Joicey | 6,453 | |||
Liberal Unionist | Sir Edward Sullivan | 4,066 | |||
Majority | 2,387 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e9/1910_Viscount_Morpeth.jpg/120px-1910_Viscount_Morpeth.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir James Joicey | 7,370 | |||
Liberal Unionist | Viscount Morpeth | 4,113 | |||
Majority | 3,257 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir James Joicey | 5,830 | |||
Conservative | Capt. John Nicholson | 5,391 | |||
Majority | 439 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | John Wilkinson Taylor | 8,085 | |||
Conservative | Slingsby Duncombe Shafto | 4,985 | |||
Liberal | Rev. Alfred Barrett Tebb | 4,660 | |||
Majority | 3,100 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Wilkinson Taylor | 12,684 | |||
Conservative | Slingsby Duncombe Shafto | 6,891 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Wilkinson Taylor | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: John Gilliland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Wilkinson Taylor | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John James Lawson | 17,838 | |||
National Democratic | David Gilmour | 5,313 | |||
Majority | 12,525 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John James Lawson | ||||
Unionist | |||||
Liberal | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John James Lawson | 20,712 | 74.7 | ||
Unionist | Charles Reginald Schiller Harris | 7,015 | 25.3 | ||
Majority | 13,697 | 49.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | |||||
Unionist | |||||
Liberal | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John James Lawson | 26,975 | 69.8 | ||
Unionist | E G Payne | 6,334 | 16.4 | ||
Liberal | Joseph William Wright | 5,340 | 13.8 | n/a | |
Majority | 20,641 | 53.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John James Lawson | 24,373 | 60.62 | ||
Conservative | RG Kellett | 15,834 | 39.38 | ||
Majority | 8,539 | 21.24 | |||
Turnout | 79.35 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John James Lawson | 29,111 | 70.98 | ||
Conservative | CR Besley | 11,901 | 29.02 | ||
Majority | 17,210 | 41.96 | |||
Turnout | 78.24 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John James Lawson | 33,788 | 76.76 | ||
Conservative | Viscount Lambton | 10,228 | 23.24 | ||
Majority | 23,560 | 53.53 | |||
Turnout | 79.79 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Bartley | 35,348 | 77.30 | ||
Conservative | Harry John Martin Millican | 10,379 | 22.70 | ||
Majority | 24,969 | 54.60 | |||
Turnout | 87.28 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Bartley | 35,511 | 76.96 | ||
Conservative | Harry John Martin Millican | 10,632 | 23.04 | ||
Majority | 24,879 | 53.92 | |||
Turnout | 86.64 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Bartley | 32,323 | 76.29 | ||
Conservative | David A Wright | 10,047 | 23.71 | ||
Majority | 22,276 | 52.57 | |||
Turnout | 79.57 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Pentland | 27,912 | 80.8 | ||
Conservative | William Rees-Mogg | 6,625 | 19.2 | ||
Majority | 21,287 | ||||
Turnout | 34,537 | 65.0 | − | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Pentland | 33,901 | 75.78 | ||
Conservative | William Rees-Mogg | 10,838 | 24.22 | ||
Majority | 23,063 | 51.55 | |||
Turnout | 83.03 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Pentland | 32,895 | 75.20 | ||
Conservative | John Michael Gorst | 10,851 | 24.80 | ||
Majority | 22,044 | 50.39 | |||
Turnout | 79.43 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Pentland | 32,467 | 76.96 | ||
Conservative | Charles Maxwell Kirwan Taylor | 9,720 | 23.04 | ||
Majority | 22,747 | 53.92 | |||
Turnout | 74.87 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Pentland | 33,694 | 71.60 | ||
Conservative | Dennis Ramshaw | 13,363 | 28.40 | ||
Majority | 20,331 | 43.21 | |||
Turnout | 73.67 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Giles Heneage Radice | 25,874 | 53.0 | ||
Liberal | George Suggett | 18,802 | 38.6 | ||
Conservative | Neil Roxburgh Balfour | 4,092 | 8.4 | ||
Majority | 7,066 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 48,768 | 71.4 | − | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Giles Heneage Radice | 33,534 | 59.21 | ||
Liberal | DJ Herd | 14,808 | 26.15 | ||
Conservative | Neil Roxburgh Balfour | 8,291 | 14.64 | ||
Majority | 18,726 | 33.07 | |||
Turnout | 83.48 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Giles Heneage Radice | 33,511 | 65.69 | ||
Liberal | D McCourt | 9,233 | 18.10 | ||
Conservative | R Ditchburn | 8,268 | 16.21 | ||
Majority | 24,278 | 47.59 | |||
Turnout | 74.63 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Giles Heneage Radice | 38,672 | 60.40 | ||
Conservative | James Randall Couchman | 16,112 | 25.16 | ||
Liberal | D McCourt | 9,247 | 14.44 | ||
Majority | 22,560 | 35.23 | |||
Turnout | 76.76 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "'Chester-le-Street', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ a b c d e The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ a b c d e f British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ "Chester-le-Street Election". Tamworth Herald. 6 December 1919. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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