Bishop Auckland (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bishop Auckland County constituency |
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| Bishop Auckland shown within County Durham, and County Durham shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Helen Goodman |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | County Durham |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
Bishop Auckland is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Since 1935 it has elected Labour MPs.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is located in the southern part of County Durham in the North East of England. It includes the whole of the Teesdale district and parts of Wear Valley district and Sedgefield borough. The constituency includes Barnard Castle, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Bishop Auckland, Shildon, Spennymoor, Tudhoe and surrounding areas.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review into parliamentary representation in County Durham, the Boundary Commission for England has made very minor alterations to the Bishop Auckland seat.
The electoral wards used in the creation of the modified seat, to be fought at the UK general election in 2009 or 2010, are;
- Byerley, Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange, Middlestone, Spennymoor, Sunnydale, Thickley and Tudhoe from Sedgefield
- The district of Teesdale
- Bishop Auckland Town, Cockton Hill, Coundon, Dene Valley, Escomb, Henknowle, West Auckland, and Woodhouse Close from Wear Valley
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1885)
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | James Mellor Paulton | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, 2nd Bt. | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Ben Spoor | Labour | |
| 1929 | Florence Ruth Dalton | Labour | |
| 1929 | Hugh Dalton | Labour | |
| 1931 | Aaron Charlton Curry | Liberal National | |
| 1935 | Hugh Dalton | Labour | |
| 1959 | James Boyden | Labour | |
| 1979 | Derek Foster | Labour | |
| 2005 | Helen Goodman | Labour | |
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Bishop Auckland | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Helen Goodman | 19,065 | 50.0 | -8.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Foote-Wood | 9,018 | 23.7 | +8.0 | |
| Conservative | Richard Bell | 8,736 | 22.9 | +0.2 | |
| UK Independence | Margaret Hopson | 1,309 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 10,047 | 26.4 | |||
| Turnout | 38,128 | 56.5 | -0.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -8.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Bishop Auckland | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Foster | 22,680 | 58.8 | -7.1 | |
| Conservative | Fiona McNish | 8,754 | 22.7 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Foote Wood | 6,073 | 15.7 | +6.4 | |
| Green | Carl Bennett | 1,052 | 2.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,926 | 36.1 | |||
| Turnout | 38,559 | 57.2 | -11.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in North East England | |
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| Labour |
Bishop Auckland | Blaydon | Blyth Valley | City of Durham | Darlington | Easington | Gateshead East and Washington West | Hartlepool | Houghton and Washington East | Jarrow | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Newcastle upon Tyne North | North Durham | North Tyneside | North West Durham | Redcar | Sedgefield | South Shields | Stockton North | Stockton South | Sunderland North | Sunderland South | Tyne Bridge | Tynemouth | Wansbeck |
| Liberal Democrat | |
| Conservative | |
| North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
