City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency)

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City of Durham
County constituency

City of Durham shown within County Durham, and County Durham shown within England
Created: 1678
MP: Roberta Blackman-Woods
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: County Durham
EP constituency: North East England

City of Durham 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. It has elected Labour MPs since 1935, although there have been strong Liberal-SDP Alliance and Liberal Democrat challenges to Labour since the 1980s.

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[edit] History

The City of Durham was first given the right to return Members to Parliament in 1678, one of the last Boroughs to be enfranchised. In the boundary changes of 1918, the Borough was disfranchised but a division of County Durham was named after the City.

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the City of Durham local government district and as such includes a number of surrounding villages and suburbs as well as Durham itself, the largest of these are Brandon, Coxhoe, Bowburn, Framwellgate Moor, Sherburn and Ushaw Moor. The constituency expands as far west as Waterhouses and as far east as Ludworth. The seat has traditionally been dominated by Labour, with support particularly strong in those villages historically connected to County Durham's mining industry. Durham is famous as an educational centre, for Durham University and the feepaying Preparatory School, Chorister School where Tony Blair was educated.The city itself is more inclined to the Liberal Democrats,mainly because of it's sizeable student population which are hostile to Labour's top-up fees policy.This is certainly a valid reason why the Lib-Dems reduced Labour's majority by over 10,000 votes in 2005.

Following a review of parliamentary representation in County Durham, the Boundary Commission for England has made no changes to the City of Durham constituency, which will remain co-terminous with the boundaries of the city itself.

[edit] Members of Parliament

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[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: City of Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roberta Blackman-Woods 20,928 47.2 -8.9
Liberal Democrats Carol Woods 17,654 39.8 +16.1
Conservative Ben Rogers 4,179 9.4 -7.9
Veritas Tony Martin 1,603 3.6 +3.6
Majority 3,274 7.4
Turnout 44,364 62.1 +2.5
Labour hold Swing -12.5
General Election 2001: City of Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerry Steinberg 23,254 56.1 -7.2
Liberal Democrats Carol Woods 9,813 23.7 +8.4
Conservative Nick Cartmell 7,167 17.3 -0.2
UK Independence Chris Williamson 1,252 3.0 N/A
Majority 13,441 32.4
Turnout 41,486 59.6 -11.2
Labour hold Swing

[edit] See also

Constituencies in North East England
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

Berwick-upon-Tweed
Conservative

Hexham
North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)
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