North Durham (UK Parliament constituency)
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| North Durham County constituency |
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| North Durham shown within County Durham, and County Durham shown within England | |
| Created: | 1832, 1983 |
| MP: | Kevan Jones |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | County Durham |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
North 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is located in the north of County Durham, which is in the North East England region of the United Kingdom. It includes the whole of the Chester-le-Street district and the eastern part of Derwentside district. The main population centres in the constituency are Chester-le-Street, Stanley and Sacriston. The constituency includes the North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in County Durham, the Boundary Commission for England has made only minor changes to the North Durham constituency. The seat will be fought at the UK general election of 2009 or 2010.
The electoral wards used in the creation of this slightly modified seat are;
- The entire district of Chester-le-Street
- Annfield Plain, Catchgate, Craghead and South Stanley, Havannah, South Moor, Stanley Hall and Tanfield from Derwentside
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency abolished (1885)
- Constituency recreated (1983)
- 1983 — 2001: Giles Radice, Labour
- 2001 — present: Kevan Jones, Labour
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: North Durham | |||||
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| Party | 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 | |||
| Turnout | 37,341 | 55.3 | -1.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: North Durham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kevan Jones | 25,920 | 67.2 | -3.1 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Palmer | 7,237 | 18.8 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carole Field | 5,411 | 14.0 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 18,683 | 48.4 | |||
| Turnout | 38,568 | 56.9 | -12.3 | ||
| 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) | |
