Easington (UK Parliament constituency)

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Easington County constituency
Easington shown within County Durham, and County Durham shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	John Cummings
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	County Durham
EP constituency:	North East England

Easington 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 Next election 3 Elections 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency comprises the majority of the district of the same name, which takes in the coastal portion of the administrative county of Durham. The principal towns are Peterlee and Seaham. A seat of former mining traditions,it is one of Labour's safest in Britain; former party firebrand Manny Shinwell was MP here for many years.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in County Durham, the Boundary Commission for England has made only minor changes to the boundaries of Easington constituency (on the southern part of the boundary with Sedgefield constituency). It is to be fought at the 2009 or 2010 UK general election.

It has often been said that because the seat was so safe, that a 'dog wearing a red collar' could win it for Labour. Although this has never been actually tested, it is probably true.

The electoral wards used to create the seat are:

• Acre Rigg, Blackhalls, Dawdon, Dene House, Deneside, Easington Colliery, Easington Village and South Hetton, Eden Hill, Haswell and Shotton, Horden North, Horden South, Howletch, Hutton Henry, Murton East, Murton West, Passfield, Seaham Harbour and Seaham North.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1950)

Year		Member	Party
	1950	Manny Shinwell	Labour
	1970	Jack Dormand	Labour
	1987	John Cummings	Labour

[edit] Next election

John Cummings announced in 2006 that he would not contest the next election,^[1] and in September 2007 the Easington Constituency Labour Party selected local district councillor Grahame Morris as its candidate.^[2]

[edit] Elections

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UK Independence	Martyn Aiken
	Labour	Grahame Morris

General Election 2005: Easington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cummings	22,733	71.4	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Ord	4,097	12.9	+2.6
	Conservative	Lucille Nicholson	3,400	10.7	+0.4
	British National Party	Ian McDonald	1,042	3.3	+3.3
	Socialist Labour	Dave Robinson	583	1.8	-0.7
Majority			18,636	58.5
Turnout			31,855	52.1	-1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.0

General Election 2001: Easington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cummings	25,360	76.8	-3.4
	Conservative	Philip Lovel	3,411	10.3	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Ord	3,408	10.3	+3.1
	Socialist Labour	Dave Robinson	831	2.5	N/A
Majority			21,949	66.5
Turnout			33,010	53.6	-13.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham

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)