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List of parliamentary constituencies in County Durham

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The unitary authorities of Durham and Borough of Darlington are combined for the purpose of parliamentary constituency boundaries, being divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies, all of which are county constituencies.

Constituencies[edit]

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Reform UK

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Electoral wards[1] Map
Bishop Auckland CC 70,745 6,672   Sam Rushworth   Jane MacBean† Durham County Council: Barnard Castle East, Barnard Castle West, Bishop Auckland Town, Coundon, Crook, Evenwood, Shildon and Dene Valley, Tow Law, Weardale, West Auckland, Woodhouse Close.
City of Durham CC 70,582 11,757   Mary Foy   Mark Belch¤ Durham County Council: Belmont, Brandon, Deerness, Durham South, Elvet and Gilesgate, Esh and Witton Gilbert, Framwellgate and Newton Hall, Neville's Cross, Sherburn, Willington and Hunwick.
Darlington CC 70,763 2,298   Lola McEvoy   Peter Gibson Darlington Borough Council: Bank Top and Lascelles, Brinkburn and Faverdale, Cockerton, College, Eastbourne, Harrowgate Hill, Haughton and Springfield, Heighington and Coniscliffe, Hummersknott, Mowden, North Road, Northgate, Park East, Park West, Pierremont, Red Hall and Lingfield, Stephenson, Whinfield.
Easington CC 69,411 6,542   Grahame Morris   Lynn Murphy¤ Durham County Council: Blackhalls, Dawdon, Deneside, Easington, Horden, Murton, Passfield, Peterlee East, Peterlee West, Seaham, Shotton and South Hetton, Trimdon and Thornley (polling districts DKC, EEA, SNA, SNB and SNC), Wingate.
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor CC 72,224 8,839   Alan Strickland   John Grant¤ Durham County Council: Aycliffe East, Aycliffe North and Middridge, Aycliffe West, Bishop Middleham and Cornforth, Chilton, Coxhoe, Ferryhill, Sedgefield, Spennymoor, Trimdon and Thornley (polling districts SKB, SLA, SLB, SMB and SMC), Tudhoe.
North Durham CC 73,235 5,873   Luke Akehurst   Andrew Husband¤ Durham County Council: 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.

2010 boundary changes[edit]

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Durham's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards.

Name Boundaries 1997-2010 Boundaries 2010–present
  1. Bishop Auckland CC
  2. City of Durham CC
  3. Darlington BC
  4. Easington CC
  5. North Durham CC
  6. North West Durham CC
  7. Sedgefield CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Durham
Parliamentary constituencies in Durham
Proposed Revision
Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes[edit]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[2] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that the unitary authority of County Durham be combined with the Tyne and Wear boroughs of Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland as a sub-region of the North East Region, with the creation of a cross-county boundary constituency named Blaydon and Consett, resulting in the abolition of North West Durham. It is proposed that the reconfigured Sedgefield constituency is renamed Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor. Darlington would be included in a Tees Valley sub-division.[3][4]

The following seats are proposed:

Containing electoral wards in Darlington

Containing electoral wards in County Durham

Results history[edit]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]

2019[edit]

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Durham in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 123,112 40.6% Increase5.3% 4 Increase4
Labour 122,547 40.4% Decrease14.2% 3 Decrease4
Brexit 25,444 8.4% new 0 0
Liberal Democrats 21,356 7.0% Increase2.5% 0 0
Greens 5,985 2.0% Increase1.0% 0 0
Others 4,725 1.6% Decrease3.0% 0 0
Total 303,169 100.0 7

Percentage votes[edit]

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 30.4 28.3 28.4 17.6 20.6 16.6 21.4 25.4 35.3 40.6
Labour 45.5 52.0 57.1 68.5 62.7 56.3 45.3 48.5 54.6 40.4
Liberal Democrat1 23.9 19.7 14.2 9.7 14.2 21.3 24.1 6.0 4.5 7.0
Green Party - * * * * * - 3.7 1.0 2.0
UKIP - - - * * * 3.1 15.7 3.4 *
Brexit Party - - - - - - - - - 8.4
Other 0.1 - 0.3 4.2 2.5 5.8 6.2 0.7 1.2 1.6

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats[edit]

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Labour 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 6
Total 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6

Maps[edit]

1885-1910[edit]

1918-1945[edit]

1950-1979[edit]

1983-present[edit]

Historical results by party[edit]

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1906[edit]

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour   Liberal Unionist

Constituency 1885 1886 88 90 91 1892 93 1895 98 1900 03 04
Barnard Castle J. Pease Henderson
Bishop Auckland Paulton
Chester-le-Street Joicey
Darlington Fry A. Pease H. Pease
Durham Milvain Fowler Elliot
Durham Mid Crawford Wilson
Durham North West Atherley-Jones
Durham South East Havelock-Allan Havelock-Allan Richardson Havelock-Allan Richardson Lambton
Gateshead James Allan Johnson
The Hartlepools Richardson Richardson C. Furness Richardson C. Furness
Houghton-le-Spring Wilson Wood Fenwick Cameron
Jarrow C. Palmer
South Shields Stevenson Robson
Stockton-on-Tees Dodds Davey Wrightson Samuel Ropner
Sunderland Gourley Pemberton
Storey Doxford

1906 to 1918[edit]

  Conservative   Independent Conservative   Independent Labour   Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour   Liberal Unionist

Constituency 1906 07 Jan 10 10 Dec 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Barnard Castle Henderson
Bishop Auckland Paulton Havelock-Allan
Chester-le-Street Taylor
Darlington H. Pease Lincoln H. Pease
Durham Hills
Durham Mid Wilson Galbraith
Durham North West Atherley-Jones Williams
Durham South East Lambton Hayward
Gateshead Johnson Elverston
The Hartlepools C. Furness S. Furness1 Runciman
Houghton-le-Spring Cameron Wing
Jarrow C. Palmer Curran G. Palmer
South Shields Robson Rea Cochrane Wilson
Stockton-on-Tees Ropner Samuel Watson
Sunderland Stuart Storey Greenwood
Summerbell Knott Goldstone

1victor in January 1910, Christopher Furness, declared void. Fresh by-election held June 1910, won by Stephen Furness.

1918 to 1931[edit]

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Labour   Liberal   National Labour

Constituency 1918 19 1922 23 1923 1924 26 29 1929 31
Barnard Castle Swan Rogerson Turner-Samuels Headlam Lawther
Bishop Auckland Spoor F. Dalton H. Dalton
Blaydon Waring Whiteley
Chester-le-Street Taylor Lawson
Consett Williams Dunnico
Darlington H. Pease W. Pease Shepherd
Durham Hills Ritson
Gateshead Surtees Brotherton Dickie Beckett Melville Evans
The Hartlepools Gritten Jowitt Sugden Gritten
Houghton-le-Spring Richardson
Jarrow Palmer Wilson
Seaham Hayward Webb MacDonald
Sedgefield Burdon Herriotts Ropner Herriotts
South Shields Wilson Harney Chuter Ede
Spennymoor Galbraith Batey
Stockton-on-Tees Watson Stewart Macmillan Riley
Sunderland Greenwood Thompson Smith Thompson
Hudson Raine Phillips

1931 to 1950[edit]

  Conservative   Labour Independent Group (1949) / Independent Labour (1949-50)   Labour   Liberal   National Labour   National Liberal (1931-68)

Constituency 1931 1935 42 43 1945 47 49
Barnard Castle Headlam Sexton Lavers
Bishop Auckland Curry H. Dalton
Blaydon Martin Whiteley
Chester-le-Street Lawson
Consett Dickie Adams Glanville
Darlington Peat Hardman
Durham McKeag Ritson
Gateshead Magnay Zilliacus
The Hartlepools Gritten Greenwell Jones
Houghton-le-Spring Chapman Stewart Blyton
Jarrow Pearson Wilkinson Fernyhough
Seaham MacDonald Shinwell
Sedgefield Jennings Leslie
South Shields Johnstone Chuter Ede
Spennymoor Batey Murray
Stockton-on-Tees Macmillan Chetwynd
Sunderland Thompson Furness Ewart
Storey jr. Willey

1950 to 1983[edit]

  Conservative   Labour   Social Democratic

Constituency 1950 1951 53 1955 55 56 1959 62 1964 1966 1970 73 Feb 74 Oct 74 1979 1981 83
Bishop Auckland Dalton Boyden Foster
Blaydon Whiteley Woof McWilliam
Chester-le-Street Bartley Pentland Radice
Consett Glanville Stones Watkins
Darlington Hardman Graham Bourne-Arton Fletcher O'Brien
Durham Grey Hughes
Durham North West Murray Ainsley E. Armstrong
Easington Shinwell Dormand
Gateshead East Moody Conlan
Gateshead West Hall Randall Horam
The Hartlepools Jones Kerans Leadbitter
Houghton-le-Spring Blyton Urwin
Jarrow Fernyhough Dixon
Stockton-on-Tees Chetwynd Rodgers
South Shields Chuter Ede Blenkinsop Clark
Sunderland North Willey
Sunderland South Ewart Williams Bagier
Sedgefield Slater Reed

1983 to 2024[edit]

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 07 2010 2015 2017 2019
Bishop Auckland Foster Goodman Davison
City of Durham Hughes Steinberg Blackman-Woods Foy
Darlington Fallon Milburn Chapman Gibson
Easington Dormand Cummings Morris
North Durham Radice Jones
North West Durham1 E. Armstrong H. Armstrong Glass Pidcock Holden
Sedgefield Blair Wilson Howell

1abolished in 2024, with some areas going to the Blaydon and Consett seat which is mostly in Tyne and Wear

2024 to present[edit]

Constituency 2024
Bishop Auckland Rushworth
Darlington McEvoy
City of Durham Foy
Easington Morris
Newton Aycliffe & Spennymoor Strickland
North Durham Akehurst

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/1230, retrieved 14 July 2024
  2. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Political boundaries across the North East could change - here's what it could mean for you". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  4. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 663-685. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)