Chester-le-Street (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chester-le-Street
County constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1983
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Chester-le-Street was a county 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.

Chester-le-Street and its successor constituency (North Durham) have over 100 years of continuous Labour representation.

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

[edit] Election results


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