North Durham (UK Parliament constituency)
North Durham | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of North Durham in Durham | |
![]() Location of Durham within England | |
County | Durham |
Electorate | 68,959 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Chester-le-Street, Stanley and Sacriston |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Kevan Jones (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Chester-le-Street |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Durham |
Replaced by | Chester-le-Street Mid Durham North West Durham |
North Durham is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Kevan Jones of the Labour Party.[n 2]
History
A single-seat constituency of this name has existed since the 1983 general election. An earlier two-seat constituency of the same name was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832–33 general election, when the former Durham constituency was split into two northern and southern divisions. Elections were held using the bloc vote system.
Boundaries
1832-1885: The Wards of Chester and Easington.[2]
1983-1997: The District of Chester-le-Street, and the District of Derwentside wards of Annfield Plain, Burnopfield, Catchgate, Craghead, Dipton, Havannah, South Moor, South Stanley, Stanley Hall, and Tanfield.
1997-2010: The District of Chester-le-Street, and the District of Derwentside wards of Annfield Plain, Catchgate, Craghead, Havannah, South Moor, South Stanley, Stanley Hall, and Tanfield. Burnopfield and Dipton wards were transferred to the redrawn North West Durham.
2010–present: The District of Chester-le-Street, and the District of Derwentside wards of Annfield Plain, Catchgate, Craghead and South Stanley, Havannah, South Moor, Stanley Hall, and Tanfield. The 1997 boundaries were retained despite the official description of the constituency changing slightly in terms of names of the wards of the seat.
The constituency spans the north of County Durham in North East England. It includes the whole of the former Chester-le-Street district and the eastern part of the former Derwentside district. The main population centres (large settlements) are Chester-le-Street, Stanley and Sacriston. The constituency includes the North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish.[3]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1832–1885
MPs since 1983
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Giles Radice | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2001 | Kevan Jones | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevan Jones | 25,917 | 59.9 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Laetitia Glossop[8] | 12,978 | 30.0 | +9.1 | |
UKIP | Kenneth Rollings [9] | 2,408 | 5.6 | −10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Craig Martin | 1,981 | 4.6 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 12,939 | 29.9 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,284 | 64.6 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevan Jones | 22,047 | 54.9 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Laetitia Glossop[11] | 8,403 | 20.9 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Malcolm Bint [12] | 6,404 | 16.0 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Maughan[13] | 2,046 | 5.1 | −15.9 | |
Green | Victoria Nolan[14] | 1,246 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,644 | 34.0 | |||
Turnout | 40,146 | 61.4 | +0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevan Jones | 20,698 | 50.5 | −13.6 | |
Conservative | David Skelton | 8,622 | 21.0 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Lindley | 8,617 | 21.0 | +1.9 | |
BNP | Peter Molloy | 1,686 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
UKIP | Bruce Reid | 1,344 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 12,076 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 40,967 | 60.6 | +5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.9 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevan Jones | 23,932 | 64.1 | −3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Latham | 7,151 | 19.2 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Mark Watson | 6,258 | 16.8 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 16,781 | 44.9 | |||
Turnout | 37,341 | 55.3 | −1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevan Jones | 25,920 | 67.2 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Matthew R. Palmer | 7,237 | 18.8 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carole A. Field | 5,411 | 14.0 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 18,683 | 48.4 | |||
Turnout | 38,568 | 56.9 | −12.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Giles Radice | 33,142 | 70.3 | ||
Conservative | Mark T. Hardy | 6,843 | 14.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian D. Moore | 5,225 | 11.1 | ||
Referendum | Ian A.C. Parkin | 1,958 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 26,299 | 55.8 | |||
Turnout | 47,168 | 69.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Giles Radice | 33,567 | 59.9 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth A. Sibley | 13,930 | 24.8 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip J. Appleby | 8,572 | 15.3 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 19,637 | 35.0 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 56,069 | 76.1 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.0 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Giles Radice | 30,798 | 56.2 | +5.2 | |
SDP | Derek Jeary | 12,365 | 22.6 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Gibbon | 11,602 | 21.2 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 18,433 | 33.7 | |||
Turnout | 54,765 | 75.9 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Giles Radice | 26,404 | 51.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | David Howarth | 12,967 | 25.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | S. Popat | 12,418 | 24.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,437 | 26.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,789 | 72.7 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Elliot | 5,548 | 53.1 | +23.5 | |
Liberal | James Laing[26] | 4,896 | 46.9 | −23.6 | |
Majority | 652 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,444 | 78.9 | −7.1 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 13,233 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +23.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Joicey | 6,233 | 36.2 | ||
Liberal | Charles Palmer | 5,901 | 34.3 | ||
Conservative | George Elliot | 5,092 | 29.6 | ||
Majority | 809 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 11,325 (est) | 86.0 (est) | |||
Registered electors | 13,165 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Palmer | 4,256 | 33.7 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | George Elliot | 4,254 | 33.7 | −12.7 | |
Liberal | Lowthian Bell | 4,104 | 32.5 | +5.6 | |
Turnout | 8,434 (est) | 78.4 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,760 | ||||
Majority | 2 | 0.0 | −2.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Majority | 150 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | −6.0 |
- Caused by the 1874 election being declared void on petition.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lowthian Bell | 4,364 | 26.9 | −3.7 | |
Liberal | Charles Palmer | 4,327 | 26.7 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | George Elliot | 4,011 | 24.8 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Richard Laurence Pemberton[27] | 3,501 | 21.6 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 316 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,102 (est) | 75.3 (est) | −5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,760 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | −3.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.8 |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Elliot | 4,649 | 37.2 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | Hedworth Williamson | 4,011 | 32.1 | −5.0 | |
Liberal | Lowthian Bell | 3,822 | 30.6 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 638 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,566 (est) | 81.0 (est) | −1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,576 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hedworth Williamson | 2,888 | 37.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Robert Duncombe Shafto | 2,689 | 34.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Barrington[28] | 2,210 | 28.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 479 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,999 (est) | 82.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,042 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hedworth Williamson | Unopposed | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
- Caused by Vane-Tempest's death.
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Duncombe Shafto | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Adolphus Vane-Tempest | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,863 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Duncombe Shafto | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Adolphus Vane-Tempest | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,847 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adolphus Vane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Vane-Tempest's succession to the peerage, becoming Earl Vane
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Duncombe Shafto | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | George Vane-Tempest | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,631 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
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.
- References
- ^ "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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- ^ http://www.ukip-northdurham.org.uk
- ^ http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#North East
- ^ http://www.durhamgreenparty.org.uk/
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Durham North". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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