South East Durham (UK Parliament constituency)

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South East Durham
County constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

South East Durham was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the North Durham and South Durham county divisions were replaced by eight new single-member county constituencies. These were Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Houghton-le-Spring, Jarrow, Mid Durham, North West Durham and South East Durham. In addition there were seven County Durham borough constituencies.

It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan Liberal 1986: Liberal Unionist
1892 Joseph Richardson Liberal
1895 Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan Liberal Unionist
1898 by-election Joseph Richardson Liberal
1900 Frederick William Lambton Liberal Unionist
1910 Evan Hayward Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

[edit] Election results


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