Bishop Auckland (UK Parliament constituency)

Bishop Auckland County constituency

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 county 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.

[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.

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

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Bishop Auckland by-election, 7 February 1929
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Dalton	14,797	57.1	+2.0
	Liberal	Aaron Charlton Curry	7,725	29.9	−15.0
	Conservative	H. Thompson	3,357	13.0	N/A
Majority			7,072	27.2	+17.0
Turnout			25,879	74.4	−6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.5

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General Election 2001: Bishop Auckland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Foster	22,680	58.8	-7.1
	Conservative	Fiona McNish	8,754	22.7	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	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

General Election 2005: Bishop Auckland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Goodman	19,065	50.0	-8.8
	Liberal Democrat	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

Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Historical list of MPs: B, part 3 at Leigh Rayment's peerage pages

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)