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]
North Durham | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Durham |
Electorate | 68,959 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | TBC |
Seats | One |
Created from | Chester-le-Street Consett |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Durham |
Replaced by | Jarrow Houghton-le-Spring Chester-le-Street Mid Durham North West Durham |
History
editA constituency formally named the Northern Division of Durham was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, when the former Durham constituency was split into the northern and southern divisions, each electing two members using the bloc vote system.[2]
This seat was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 when the two divisions were replaced by eight single-member divisions.[3]These were Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Houghton-le-Spring, Jarrow, Mid Durham, North West Durham and South East Durham.[4] In addition there were seven County Durham borough constituencies.
The seat was re-created as a single-seat constituency for the 1983 general election as a result of the redistribution following the changes to local authority boundaries under the Local Government Act 1972. The new constituency comprised those parts of the abolished Chester-le-Street constituency retained within the reconstituted county of Durham, together with those parts of the abolished Consett constituency which had comprised the urban district of Stanley.
Boundaries
edit1832–1885
editSee map on Vision of Britain website.[5]
Included non-resident 40 shilling freeholders in the parliamentary boroughs of Durham, Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland.
1983–1997
edit- 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.[6]
1997–2010
edit- 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.[7]
Burnopfield and Dipton wards were transferred to the redrawn North West Durham.
2010–2024
edit- 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.[8]
The 1997 boundaries were retained despite the official description of the constituency changing slightly in terms of the names of the local authority wards.
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.[9]
2024–present
editFurther to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency composed of the following electoral divisions of the County of Durham (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
Annfield Plain; Chester-le-Street East; Chester-le-Street North; Chester-le-Street South; Chester-le-Street West Central; Craghead and South Moor; Lanchester; Lumley; North Lodge; Pelton; Sacriston; Stanley; Tanfield.[10]
Members of Parliament
editMPs 1832–1885
editMPs since 1983
editElection | Member[11] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Giles Radice | Labour | |
2001 | Kevan Jones | Labour |
Elections
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Luke Akehurst[21] | ||||
Workers Party | Chris Bradburn[22] | ||||
Conservative | George Carter | ||||
SDP | Tom Chittenden[23] | ||||
Reform UK | Andrew Husband[24] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Craig Martin[25] | ||||
Green | Sunny Moon-Schott[26] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Elections in the 2010s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevan Jones | 18,639 | 44.2 | –15.7 | |
Conservative | Edward Parson | 13,897 | 32.9 | +2.9 | |
Brexit Party | Peter Telford | 4,693 | 11.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Craig Martin | 2,879 | 6.8 | +2.2 | |
Green | Derek Morse | 1,126 | 2.7 | New | |
Independent | Ken Rollings | 961 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 4,742 | 11.3 | –18.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,195 | 63.2 | –1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –9.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevan Jones | 25,917 | 59.9 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Laetitia Glossop[29] | 12,978 | 30.0 | +9.1 | |
UKIP | Kenneth Rollings[30] | 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[32] | 8,403 | 20.9 | –0.1 | |
UKIP | Malcolm Bint[33] | 6,404 | 16.0 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Maughan[34] | 2,046 | 5.1 | –15.9 | |
Green | Victoria Nolan[35] | 1,246 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 13,644 | 34.0 | +4.5 | ||
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 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Lindley | 8,617 | 21.0 | +1.9 | |
BNP | Peter Molloy | 1,686 | 4.1 | New | |
UKIP | Bruce Reid | 1,344 | 3.3 | New | |
Majority | 12,076 | 29.5 | –15.4 | ||
Turnout | 40,967 | 60.6 | +5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.9 |
Elections in the 2000s
editParty | 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 | -3.5 | ||
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 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 18,683 | 48.4 | -7.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,568 | 56.9 | −12.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Giles Radice | 33,142 | 70.3 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Mark T. Hardy | 6,843 | 14.5 | -10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian D. Moore | 5,225 | 11.1 | -4.2 | |
Referendum | Ian A.C. Parkin | 1,958 | 4.2 | New | |
Majority | 26,299 | 55.8 | +20.7 | ||
Turnout | 47,168 | 69.2 | -6.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Giles Radice | 33,567 | 59.9 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth A. Sibley | 13,930 | 24.8 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip J. Appleby | 8,572 | 15.3 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 19,637 | 35.1 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 56,069 | 76.1 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.0 |
Elections in the 1980s
editParty | 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 | 33.6 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 54,765 | 75.9 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Giles Radice | 26,404 | 51.0 | ||
Liberal | David Howarth | 12,967 | 25.0 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Popat | 12,418 | 24.0 | ||
Majority | 13,437 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 51,789 | 72.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1880s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Elliot | 5,548 | 53.1 | +23.5 | |
Liberal | James Laing[47] | 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 | +9.3 | |
Liberal | Charles Palmer | 5,901 | 34.3 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | George Elliot | 5,092 | 29.6 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 809 | 4.7 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,325 (est) | 86.0 (est) | +10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 13,165 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1870s
editParty | 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 | -2.1 | ||
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[48] | 3,501 | 21.6 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 353 | 2.1 | 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
editParty | 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 | 827 | 6.6 | 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[49] | 2,210 | 28.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 678 | 8.7 | 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
editParty | 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 |
Elections in the 1840s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Duncombe Shafto | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | George Vane-Tempest | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,472 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Hedworth Lambton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Liddell | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,824 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1830s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Hedworth Lambton | 2,358 | 35.0 | ||
Conservative | Henry Liddell | 2,323 | 34.5 | ||
Whig | William Chaytor | 2,062 | 30.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,282 | 82.8 | |||
Registered electors | 5,170 | ||||
Majority | 35 | 0.5 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 261 | 3.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Hedworth Lambton | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Hedworth Williamson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,772 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Hedworth Lambton | 2,558 | 39.9 | ||
Whig | Hedworth Williamson | 2,182 | 34.0 | ||
Tory | Edward Richmond-Gale-Braddyll[50] | 1,676 | 26.1 | ||
Majority | 506 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,841 | 90.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,267 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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.
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External links
edit- North Durham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- North Durham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK