Sunderland South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sunderland South Borough constituency
Sunderland South shown within Tyne and Wear, and Tyne and Wear shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Chris Mullin
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Tyne and Wear
EP constituency:	North East England

Sunderland South 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 is a strong Labour seat and has been represented by Chris Mullin since 1987. The constituency is well known for trying to be the first seat to report its results, doing so in each of the four general election in 1992, 1997, 2001 and 2005.

Contents 1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 See also

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, Sunderland South is to be merged with elements of the existing Houghton and Washington East seat to create a new constituency called Houghton and Sunderland South

There is also the creation of a new Sunderland Central seat.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1950)

Year		Member	Party
	1950	Richard Ewart	Labour
	1953	Paul Williams	Conservative
	1964	Gordon Bagier	Labour
	1987	Chris Mullin	Labour

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Sunderland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Mullin	17,982	58.6	-5.1
	Conservative	Robert Oliver	6,923	22.5	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Kane	4,492	14.6	+2.8
	British National	David Guynan	1,166	3.8	+2.0
	Monster Raving Loony	Roslyn Warner	149	0.5	-0.4
Majority			11,059	36.0
Turnout			30,712	49.3	-1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.9

General Election 2001: Sunderland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Mullin	19,921	63.9	-4.2
	Conservative	Jim Boyd	6,254	20.1	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Greenfield	3,675	11.8	+0.2
	British National	Joe Dobbie	576	1.8	N/A
	UK Independence	Joseph Moore	470	1.5	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	The Mad Cow-Girl Warner	291	0.9	N/A
Majority			13,667	43.8
Turnout			31,187	48.3	-10.5
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

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)