Houghton and Sunderland South (UK Parliament constituency)

Houghton and Sunderland South
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Houghton and Sunderland South in Tyne and Wear.

Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County Tyne and Wear
Electorate 70,115 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 2010 (2010)
Member of Parliament Bridget Phillipson (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Sunderland South, Houghton and Washington East
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency North East England

Houghton and Sunderland South is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 2010, it has elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, the Boundary Commission for England reorganised the constituencies in the City of Sunderland. Elements of the former Sunderland South and Houghton and Washington East seats were combined to create this new seat.

It was provisionally ranked as the 25th safest Labour seat in the United Kingdom, and the ninth safest Labour seat in England.

Contents

Boundaries

The following electoral wards have been used in the creation of Houghton and Sunderland South:

Members of Parliament

Election Member [2] Party
2010 constituency replaced Sunderland South and Houghton and Washington East
2010 Bridget Phillipson Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

This seat was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election, and was the first seat to declare its results, continuing the record of the former Sunderland South constituency which had been first to declare in the previous four general elections.[3] The vote share change comes from the notional, not actual, results as this is a new seat.

General Election 2010: Houghton and Sunderland South [4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bridget Phillipson 19,137 50.3 -11.7
Conservative Robert Oliver 8,147 21.4 +5.2
Liberal Democrat Christopher Boyle 5,292 13.9 -0.6
Independent Colin Wakefield 2,462 6.5 +6.5
BNP Karen Allen 1,961 5.2 +1.4
UKIP Richard Elvin 1,022 2.7 +2.7
Majority 10,990 28.9
Turnout 38,021 55.3 +2.1
Labour hold Swing -8.5

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  3. ^ Daily Record; May 6, 2005; Sunderland Leads the Way
  4. ^ http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=8437&p=0
  5. ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Houghton & Sunderland South". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c27.stm. 
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