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Houghton-le-Spring
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Durham until 1974, then Tyne and Wear
Major settlementsHoughton-le-Spring
1885–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromSouth Durham
Replaced byHoughton & Washington and Easington[1]

Houghton-le-Spring was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983.

Centred on the town of Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. It was abolished in 1983, and replaced by the new constituency of Houghton and Washington.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal-Labour (UK)/meta/color" | 1885 John Wilson Liberal-Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1886 Nicholas Wood Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1892 Henry Thomas Fenwick Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1895 Robert Cameron Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1913 by-election Thomas Edward Wing Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1918 Robert Richardson Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1931 Robert Chapman Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1935 William Stewart Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1945 Bill Blyton Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1964 Tom Urwin Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Robert Cameron
General Election January 1910
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Cameron 10,393 70.3
Conservative Hugh Sidney Streatfield 4,382 29.7
Majority 6,011 40.6
Turnout 84.4
Liberal hold Swing
Tom Wing
Houghton-le-Spring by-election, 1913
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Edward Wing 6,930 43.6 −26.7
Unionist Thomas Richardson 4,807 30.2 +0.5
Labour Ald. William House 4,165 26.2 +26.2
Majority 2,123 13.4 −27.2
Turnout 83.6 −0.8
Liberal hold Swing -13.6

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place. House's parliamentary interests moved on to the Mid Durham constituency, while Richardson never stood again.

General Election 1914/15
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Edward Wing
Labour William Pallister Richardson

At the eleventh hour, the Labour party replaced W.P.Richardson as candidate with another local miner Robert Richardson

General Election 14 December 1918: Houghton-le-Spring[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Richardson 7,315 36.4
Liberal Thomas Edward Wing 6,626 32.9
National Democratic
  • John Lindsley
 6,185 30.7 n/a
Majority 689 3.5
Turnout 61.8
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
  • Lindsley was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Houghton-le-Spring[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Richardson 14,611 51.9
Unionist Walter William Shaw 7,555 26.9
Liberal J E Johnston 5,958 21.2
Majority 7,056 25.0
Turnout 78.4 +16.8
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1923: Houghton-le-Spring [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Richardson 15,225 59.3 +7.4
Liberal Aaron Charlton Curry 10,445 40.7 +19.5
Majority 4,780 18.6 −6.4
Turnout 69.0 −9.4
Labour hold Swing -6.1
General Election 1924: Houghton-le-Spring [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Richardson 17,857 57.8
Liberal Aaron Charlton Curry 13,023 42.2
Majority 4,834 15.6
Turnout 79.6
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1929: Houghton-le-Spring [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Richardson 25,056 57.1 −0.7
Liberal Thomas Edward Wing 10,267 23.4 −18.8
Unionist William George Pearson 8,545 19.5 n/a
Majority 14,789 33.7 −18.1
Turnout 80.3 0.7
Labour hold Swing -9.0

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Houghton-le-Spring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Chapman 25,549 52.95
Labour Robert Richardson 22,700 47.05
Majority 2,849 5.90
Turnout 82.78
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1935: Houghton-le-Spring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Stewart 30,665 57.15
Conservative Col. Robert Chapman 22,290 42.85
Majority 7,675 14.30
Turnout 82.04
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Houghton-le-Spring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Blyton 43,730 66.67
Conservative TB Martin 21,864 33.33
Majority 21,866 33.34
Turnout 76.87
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Houghton-le-Spring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Blyton 36,044 77.14
Conservative B Bolam 10,682 22.86
Majority 25,362 54.28
Turnout 87.22
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1951: Houghton-le-Spring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Blyton 37,718 75.80
Conservative B Bolam 12,042 24.20
Majority 25,676 51.60
Turnout 86.61
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1955: Houghton-le-Spring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Blyton 33,375 76.11
Conservative TES Egerton 10,476 23.89
Majority 22,899 52.22
Turnout 79.49
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1959: Houghton-le-Spring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Blyton 35,960 75.93
Conservative ARC Arbuthnot 11,398 24.07
Majority 24,562 51.86
Turnout 83.41
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Houghton-le-Spring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Urwin 32,914 74.82
Conservative Peter Coles Price 11,076 25.18
Majority 21,838 49.64
Turnout 78.70
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1966: Houghton-le-Spring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Urwin 32,067 77.51
Conservative FHM Craig-Cooper 9,304 22.49
Majority 22,763 55.02
Turnout 73.88
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Houghton-le-Spring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Urwin 32,888 73.41
Conservative FHM Craig-Cooper 11,914 26.59
Majority 20,974 46.81
Turnout 71.60
Labour hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Houghton-le-Spring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Urwin 23,263 76.89
Conservative RC Ritchie 10,300 23.11
Majority 23,963 53.77
Turnout 75.13
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Houghton-le-Spring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Urwin 29,699 68.44
Liberal W Robson 9,298 21.43
Conservative RC Ritchie 4,399 10.14
Majority 20,401 47.01
Turnout 72.44
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1979: Houghton-le-Spring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Urwin 30,181 68.45
Conservative P Straw 9,105 20.65
Liberal J Ellis 4,479 10.16
Workers Revolutionary D Temple 326 0.74
Majority 21,076 47.08
Turnout 72.89
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "'Houghton-le-Spring', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
  3. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
  4. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
  5. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
  6. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
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