Chester-le-Street (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chester-le-Street was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Chester-le-Street in County Durham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

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Year Member Party
1885 Sir James Joicey Liberal
1906 John Wilkinson Taylor Labour
1919 John James Lawson Labour
1950 Patrick Bartley Labour
1956 Norman Pentland Labour
1973 Giles Heneage Radice Labour
1983 constituency abolished

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

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