North Durham (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Durham County constituency
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 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 MPs 1832-1885 2.2 MPs 1983-present 3 Elections 4 Elections in the 2000s 5 See also

[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

[edit] MPs 1832-1885

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		Hedworth Lambton			Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Bt.	Whig
1837					Henry Thomas Liddell
1847		Robert Duncombe Shafto			George Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Seaham
1854 by-election					Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane-Tempest
1864 by-election					Sir Hedworth Williamson, 8th Bt.
1868		George Elliot	Conservative
1874		Isaac Lowthian Bell	Liberal		Charles Mark Palmer	Liberal
1874 by-election		Sir George Elliot, Bt.	Conservative
1880		John Joicey
1881 by-election		Sir George Elliot, Bt.	Conservative
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

[edit] MPs 1983-present

• Constituency recreated (1983)

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Giles Radice	Labour
	2001	Kevan Jones	Labour

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North Durham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevan Jones	23,932	64.1	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevan Jones	25,920	67.2	-3.1
	Conservative	Matthew Palmer	7,237	18.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	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

• 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)