City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency)
54°46′37″N 1°33′22″W / 54.777°N 1.556°W
City of Durham | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of City of Durham in County Durham | |
![]() Location of County Durham within England | |
County | County Durham |
Population | 94,375 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 72,659 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Durham, Brandon, Coxhoe, Bowburn, Framwellgate Moor, Sherburn and Ushaw Moor |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Roberta Blackman-Woods (Labour) |
Seats | One |
1678–1918 | |
Seats | 1678–1885: Two 1885–1918: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
City of Durham is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Roberta Blackman-Woods of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Constituency profile
The constituency contains a large minority of students, researchers and academics at the early 19th century founded University of Durham,[n 3] that has a claim towards being the third oldest in England and has elected Labour MPs since 1935, although there have been strong Liberal-SDP Alliance and Liberal Democrat challenges to Labour since the 1980s.
History
The parliamentary borough (1678–1918)
The City of Durham was first given the right to return Members to Parliament by an Act of Parliament in 1678, the last new borough but one to be enfranchised before the Great Reform Act of 1832. It was the only borough in County Durham, the county also having been unrepresented until the same Act of Parliament, which created two MPs for the county and two for the city. Both constituencies were frequently referred to simply as Durham, which can make for some confusion.
The constituency as constituted in 1678 consisted only of the city of Durham itself, though this included its suburbs which were within the municipal boundary. The right to vote was held by the corporation and the freemen of the city, many of whom were not resident within the boundaries. Unlike the situation in many small rotten boroughs, the corporation had no jurisdiction over the creation of freemen: freemen were generally created by connection with companies of trade, either by apprenticeship or by birth (by being the son of an existing freeman), though the common council of the city had a power to create honorary freemen.
The creation of honorary freemen with the specific intention of swaying elections was a common abuse in a number of boroughs in the 18th century, and at the Durham election of 1762 became sufficiently controversial to force a change in the law. The election was disputed because 215 new freemen, most of them not resident in the city, had been made after the writ for the election was issued. The existing freemen petitioned against this dilution of their voting rights, the candidate who had been declared elected was unseated by the Commons committee which heard the case, and the following year an Act of Parliament was passed to prevent any honorary freeman from voting in a borough election within twelve months of their being accorded that status.
Through having a freeman franchise the electorate was comparatively numerous for the period, though comprising only a small fraction of the city's population; at the time of the Reform Act there were between 1,100 and 1,200 freemen in total, of whom 427 were resident and 558 lived within seven miles, while the total population of the borough was 9,269. The Lambton and Tempest families were influential, and were generally able to secure election, but fell far short of the sort of control common in pocket boroughs.
The city retained both its MPs under the 1832 Reform Act, with its boundaries adjusted only very slightly, although as elsewhere the franchise was reformed. The Reform Act 1867 extended the boundaries to include part of Framwellgate parish which had previously been excluded. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the borough's representation was reduced from the 1885 general election to a single MP. In the boundary changes of 1918, the borough was abolished, but a division of County Durham was named after the City.
County constituency (since 1918)
From 1918, Durham City was included in a county constituency officially called The Durham Division of (County) Durham, consisting of the central part of the county. In the 1983 boundary changes, the constituency officially acquired the unambiguous City of Durham name for the first time and its boundaries were realigned to match the new City of Durham local government district.
Historic and current boundaries
- 1918–1950
- The Borough of Durham, the Urban District of Hetton, the Rural District of Durham except the parish of Brancepeth, and in the Rural District of Houghton-le-Spring the parishes of East Rainton, Great Eppleton, Little Eppleton, Moor House, Moorsley, and West Rainton.
- 1950–1974
- The Borough of Durham, the Urban Districts of Hetton and Spennymoor, and the Rural District of Durham.
- 1974–1983
- The Borough of Durham and Framwelgate, the Rural District of Sedgefield, and the Rural District of Durham except the parish of Brancepeth.
- 1983 onwards
- The City of Durham.
The constituency corresponds to the former City of Durham local government district and as such includes a number of surrounding villages and suburbs as well as Durham itself, the largest of these are Brandon, Coxhoe, Bowburn, Framwellgate Moor, Sherburn and Ushaw Moor. The seat extends as far west as Waterhouses and as far east as Ludworth. The seat has traditionally been dominated by Labour, with support particularly strong in those villages historically connected to County Durham's mining industry. Durham is famous as an educational centre, for Durham University and the feepaying preparatory school, Chorister School where Tony Blair was educated. The city centre is more inclined to the Liberal Democrats. Like many other university cities such as Cambridge and Oxford, in the 2005 election it swung strongly towards the Liberal Democrats, one possible reason being these cities' sizeable student population who were viewed as being hostile to Labour's policies on areas such as top-up fees and the Iraq War. The Liberal Democrats were able to reduce Labour's majority by over 10,000 votes, although they were still unable to gain the seat from Labour, as was the case in the 2010 election.
Following a review of parliamentary representation in County Durham, the Boundary Commission for England has made no changes to the City of Durham constituency, which will remain co-terminous with the boundaries of the former district. The City of Durham local council was abolished in the 2009 structural changes to local government in England.
Members of Parliament
Durham City (borough)
- Constituency created (1678)
MPs 1678–1885
MPs 1885–1918
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2d/Matthew_Fowler.jpg/120px-Matthew_Fowler.jpg)
Election | Member[3][19] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | Thomas Milvain | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1892 | Matthew Fowler | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" | | 1898 by-election | Arthur Elliot | Liberal Unionist |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" | | 1906 | John Waller Hills | Liberal Unionist |
1918 | Parliamentary borough abolished |
Durham, Durham/City of Durham (county constituency)
MPs since 1918
Year | Member[3][19] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1918 | John Waller Hills | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1922 | Joshua Ritson | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1931 | William McKeag | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1935 | Joshua Ritson | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 | Charles Grey | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1970 | Mark Hughes | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1987 | Gerry Steinberg | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2005 | Roberta Blackman-Woods | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roberta Blackman-Woods | 26,772 | 55.4 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Richard Lawrie[21] | 14,408 | 29.8 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Amanda Hopgood | 4,787 | 9.9 | −1.4 | |
UKIP | Malcolm Bint | 1,116 | 2.3 | −9.1 | |
Green | Jonathan Elmer | 797 | 1.6 | −4.2 | |
Independent | Jim Clark | 399 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Young People's | Jon Collings | 45 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 12,364 | 25.6 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 48,324 | 67.9 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roberta Blackman-Woods | 21,596 | 47.3 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Rebecca Coulson[24] | 10,157 | 22.2 | +8.9 | |
UKIP | Liam Clark | 5,232 | 11.4 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Craig Martin[25] | 5,183 | 11.3 | −26.3 | |
Green | Jonathan Elmer[26] | 2,687 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Independent | John Marshall[27] | 649 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Jon Collings | 195 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,439 | 25.0 | |||
Turnout | 45,699 | 66.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roberta Blackman-Woods | 20,496 | 44.3 | −2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carol Woods | 17,429 | 37.7 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Nick Varley | 6,146 | 13.3 | +3.9 | |
BNP | Ralph Musgrave | 1,153 | 2.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | Nigel Coghill-Marshall | 856 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Jon Collings | 172 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,067 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 46,252 | 67.2 | +5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roberta Blackman-Woods | 20,928 | 47.2 | −8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carol Woods | 17,654 | 39.8 | +16.1 | |
Conservative | Ben Rogers | 4,179 | 9.4 | −7.9 | |
Veritas | Tony Martin | 1,603 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,274 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 44,364 | 62.1 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −12.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerry Steinberg | 23,254 | 56.1 | −7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carol Woods | 9,813 | 23.7 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Nick Cartmell | 7,167 | 17.3 | −0.2 | |
UKIP | Chris Williamson | 1,252 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,441 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 41,486 | 59.6 | −11.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerry Steinberg | 31,102 | 63.3 | ||
Conservative | Richard Chalk | 8,598 | 17.50 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Martin | 7,499 | 15.26 | ||
Referendum | Margaret Robson | 1,723 | 3.51 | ||
Natural Law | Paul Kember | 213 | 0.43 | ||
Majority | 22,504 | 45.80 | |||
Turnout | 49,135 | 70.78 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerry Steinberg | 27,095 | 53.3 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Martin I. Woodroofe | 12,037 | 23.7 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Martin | 10,915 | 21.5 | −11.7 | |
Green | Jane Banks | 812 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 15,058 | 29.6 | +17.8 | ||
Turnout | 50,859 | 74.6 | −3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerry Steinberg | 23,382 | 44.92 | ||
SDP | David Stoker | 17,257 | 33.16 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Colquhoun | 11,408 | 21.92 | ||
Majority | 6,125 | 11.77 | |||
Turnout | 78.19 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Hughes | 18,163 | 36.48 | ||
SDP | David Stoker | 16,190 | 32.52 | ||
Conservative | M. Lavis | 15,438 | 31.01 | ||
Majority | 1,973 | 3.96 | |||
Turnout | 74.40 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Hughes | 30,903 | 52.25 | ||
Conservative | M. Lavis | 19,666 | 33.25 | ||
Liberal | Chris Foote Wood | 8,572 | 14.49 | ||
Majority | 11,237 | 19.00 | |||
Turnout | 76.35 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Hughes | 31,305 | 58.51 | ||
Conservative | Derek Conway | 13,189 | 24.65 | ||
Liberal | Alan Heesom | 9,011 | 16.84 | ||
Majority | 18,116 | 33.86 | |||
Turnout | 71.62 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Hughes | 31,405 | 52.48 | ||
Conservative | Timothy Kirkhope | 16,202 | 27.07 | ||
Liberal | Alan Heesom | 12,235 | 20.45 | ||
Majority | 15,203 | 25.41 | |||
Turnout | 80.82 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Hughes | 33,766 | 66.90 | ||
Conservative | Ernest Greenwood | 16,707 | 33.10 | ||
Majority | 17,059 | 33.80 | |||
Turnout | 73.27 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Grey | 32,200 | 70.64 | ||
Conservative | Richard Michael Yorke | 13,383 | 29.36 | ||
Majority | 18,817 | 41.28 | |||
Turnout | 74.70 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Grey | 32,818 | 68.33 | ||
Conservative | Joseph Meredith Whittaker | 15,209 | 31.67 | ||
Majority | 17,609 | 36.66 | |||
Turnout | 78.75 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Grey | 33,795 | 66.39 | ||
Conservative | Charles P. MacCarthy | 17,106 | 33.61 | ||
Majority | 16,689 | 32.79 | |||
Turnout | 81.84 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Grey | 32,412 | 66.08 | ||
Conservative | Charles P. MacCarthy | 16,640 | 33.92 | ||
Majority | 15,772 | 32.15 | |||
Turnout | 79.46 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Grey | 35,597 | 67.11 | ||
Conservative | Robert Fisher | 17,447 | 32.89 | ||
Majority | 18,150 | 34.22 | |||
Turnout | 86.10 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Grey | 36,024 | 68.06 | ||
Conservative | Henry Camden Ridge Laslett | 16,903 | 31.94 | ||
Majority | 19,121 | 36.13 | |||
Turnout | 87.03 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Grey | 24,135 | 66.18 | ||
National Liberal | John Bunyan | 12,331 | 33.82 | ||
Majority | 11,804 | 32.37 | |||
Turnout | 79.82 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joshua Ritson | 21,517 | 59.07 | ||
National Liberal | William McKeag | 14,910 | 40.93 | ||
Majority | 6,607 | 18.14 | |||
Turnout | 85.20 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William McKeag | 17,406 | 50.39 | ||
Labour | Joshua Ritson | 17,136 | 49.61 | ||
Majority | 270 | 0.78 | |||
Turnout | 83.67 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joshua Ritson | 18,514 | 56.8 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | William McKeag | 7,266 | 22.3 | +12.3 | |
Unionist | George Mervyn Anstey Hamilton-Fletcher | 6,820 | 20.9 | −14.2 | |
Majority | 11,248 | 34.5 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 32,600 | 80.1 | −5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 40,676 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joshua Ritson | 15,032 | 54.9 | −1.9 | |
Unionist | Sidney Streatfeild | 9,614 | 35.1 | −8.1 | |
Liberal | William McKeag | 2,747 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,418 | 19.8 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,393 | 85.2 | +8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 32,163 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joshua Ritson | 13,819 | 56.8 | +1.6 | |
Unionist | Thomas Andrew Bradford | 10,530 | 43.2 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 3,289 | 13.6 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,349 | 77.2 | −4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 31,523 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joshua Ritson | 14,068 | 55.2 | +5.8 | |
Unionist | John Waller Hills | 11,396 | 44.8 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 2,672 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,464 | 81.9 | +20.5 | ||
Registered electors | 31,104 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +1.8 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | John Waller Hills | 9,027 | 50.6 | −9.4 |
Labour | Joshua Ritson | 8,809 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 218 | 1.2 | −18.8 | ||
Turnout | 17,836 | 61.4 | −22.8 | ||
Registered electors | 29,037 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | John Waller Hills | 1,313 | 60.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Cecil Cochrane | 877 | 40.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 436 | 20.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,190 | 84.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,601 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | John Waller Hills | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | John Waller Hills | 1,313 | 59.9 | −1.6 | |
Free Trader | Arthur Elliot[n 4] | 880 | 40.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 433 | 19.8 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,193 | 85.0 | +7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,580 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Elliot | 1,250 | 61.5 | +11.4 | |
Liberal | William Geary | 781 | 38.5 | −11.4 | |
Majority | 469 | 23.0 | +22.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,031 | 77.9 | −11.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,607 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.4 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Elliot | 1,167 | 51.4 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | H.F. Boyd | 1,102 | 48.6 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 65 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,269 | 89.1 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,548 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.5 |
- Caused by Fowler's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Matthew Fowler | 1,110 | 50.1 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Elliot | 1,107 | 49.9 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.2 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,217 | 89.3 | −0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,482 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.7 |
- These are the final 1895 results after a recount. The original result was Fowler with 1,111 votes, and Elliot with 1,110 votes, leaving a Liberal majority of just one vote.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Matthew Fowler | 1,075 | 51.8 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Thomas Milvain | 1,000 | 48.2 | −8.7 | |
Majority | 75 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,075 | 89.4 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,322 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.7 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Milvain | 1,129 | 56.9 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | George Brooks[39] | 855 | 43.1 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 274 | 13.8 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,984 | 86.2 | −5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,302 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Milvain | 1,114 | 52.9 | +22.2 | |
Liberal | Thomas Charles Thompson | 993 | 47.1 | −22.2 | |
Majority | 121 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,107 | 91.5 | −6.1 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 2,302 | ||||
Conservative win |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Farrer Herschell | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Herschell's appointment as Solicitor General for England and Wales
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Charles Thompson | 1,237 | 35.9 | ||
Liberal | Farrer Herschell | 1,152 | 33.4 | ||
Conservative | John Lloyd Wharton | 1,058 | 30.7 | ||
Majority | 94 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,295 (est) | 97.6 (est) | |||
Registered electors | 2,352 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Farrer Herschell | 930 | 27.8 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | Arthur Monck[n 5] | 918 | 27.5 | −5.7 | |
Conservative | Francis Duncan | 752 | 22.5 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Francis Lyon Barrington | 742 | 22.2 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 166 | 5.0 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,671 (est) | 81.2 (est) | −3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 2,059 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.0 |
- Caused by the 1874 election being declared void on petition.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Charles Thompson | 924 | 34.9 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | John Henderson | 879 | 33.2 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | John Lloyd Wharton | 846 | 31.9 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 33 | 1.2 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,748 (est) | 84.9 (est) | −2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,059 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lloyd Wharton | 814 | 51.2 | +19.9 | |
Liberal | Thomas Charles Thompson | 776 | 48.8 | −19.9 | |
Majority | 38 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,590 | 81.7 | −5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,946 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +19.9 |
- Caused by Davison's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Robert Davison | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Davison's appointment as Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces.
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Henderson | 823 | 35.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Robert Davison | 784 | 33.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Lloyd Wharton | 732 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 52 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,536 (est) | 87.4 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,756 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mowbray | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Mowbray's appointment as Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Henderson | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Mowbray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,056 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Henderson | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Atherton's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Atherton | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Atherton's appointment as Attorney General for England and Wales.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Atherton | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Atherton's appointment as Solicitor General for England and Wales.
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Atherton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Mowbray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,147 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mowbray | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Mowbray's appointment as Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | William Atherton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Mowbray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,184 | ||||
Radical hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Radical |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mowbray | 529 | 54.4 | +22.5 | |
Whig | Charles Eurwicke Douglas[42][43] | 444 | 45.6 | −22.6 | |
Majority | 85 | 8.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 973 | 88.9 | −1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,094 | ||||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | +22.6 |
- Caused by the earlier by-election being declared void on petition due to bribery.[44]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adolphus Vane-Tempest | 545 | 52.4 | +20.5 | |
Whig | Henry Fenwick[45][46][47] | 496 | 47.6 | −20.6 | |
Majority | 49 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,041 | 95.2 | +4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,094 | ||||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | +20.6 |
- Caused by Granger's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Thomas Colpitts Granger | 571 | 36.0 | ||
Radical | William Atherton | 510 | 32.2 | ||
Conservative | Adolphus Vane-Tempest | 506 | 31.9 | ||
Majority | 4 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,047 (est) | 90.4 (est) | |||
Registered electors | 1,157 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing |
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.
- ^ In the 2001 Census 14.5% of those aged 16-74 were further education students and 2.4% were students aged 16 or 17 such as at a sixth form or college.
- ^ Supported by the local Liberal association
- ^ Monck changed his surname to Middleton in 1876
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- ^ "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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- ^ On petition, Gowland's election was declared void and his opponent, Lambton, was seated in his place
- ^ Wharton was unseated on petition for illegal practices during the election
- ^ On petition, Gresley's election was declared void and a by-election was held
- ^ Froude, James Anthony; Tulloch, John, eds. (1838). Fraser's Magazine, Volume 17. J. Fraser. p. 71. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ Radice, Paula Kim Vandersluys (1992). "Identification, interests and influence : voting behaviour in four English constituencies in the decade after the Great Reform Act" (PDF). Durham E-Theses. Durham University. p. 318. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ The Spectator, Volume 10. F.C. Westley. 1837. p. 628. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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- ^ Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. p. 238. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ Ollivier, John (1848). "Alphabetical List of the House of Commons". Ollivier's Parliamentary and Political Directory for the Session 1841, 1848, Volume 1. p. 30. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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- ^ Vane's election at the by-election of December 1852 was declared void on petition and a new election held
- ^ Henderson and Wharton were re-elected at the general election of 1874, but the election was declared void on petition, and neither stood in the ensuing by-election
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External links
- nomis Constituency Profile for City of Durham — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.