Houghton and Washington East (UK Parliament constituency)

Houghton and Washington East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Houghton and Washington East in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election.
Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County	Tyne and Wear
1983 (1983)–2010 (2010)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Houghton & Sunderland South, Washington & Sunderland West
Created from	Houghton and Washington

Houghton and Washington East was, from 1997 until 2010, a 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. A seat with similar boundaries, Houghton and Washington, existed from 1983 until 1997.

Boundaries

Houghton and Washington East contained much of the City of Sunderland. The seat contains the eastern half of the new town of Washington, and the older communities of Houghton-le-Spring, Hetton-le-Hole, Penshaw, Shiney Row, Ryhope and Herrington.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, the Boundary Commission for England reduced the number of seats in the county from 13 to 12, taking effect at the 2010 general election. In particular, the seats in the City of Sunderland were reorganised: Washington is covered by the Washington and Sunderland West constituency, while the Houghton-le-Spring area lies within the Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.

Election		Member ^[1]	Party
1983		Constituency created as Houghton and Washington
	1983	Roland Boyes	Labour
1997		Constituency renamed Houghton and Washington East
	1997	Fraser Kemp	Labour
2010		Constituency abolished: see Houghton and Sunderland South and Washington and Sunderland West

General Election 2005: Houghton and Washington East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fraser Kemp	22,310	64.3	-8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Greenfield	6,245	18.0	+5.5
	Conservative	Anthony Devenish	4,772	13.8	-0.5
	BNP	John Richardson	1,367	3.9	+3.9
Majority			16,065	46.3
Turnout			34,694	51.7	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.2

General Election 2001: Houghton and Washington East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fraser Kemp	24,628	73.2	-3.2
	Conservative	Tony Devenish	4,810	14.3	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Ormerod	4,203	12.5	+4.8
Majority			19,818	58.9
Turnout			33,641	49.5	-12.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Constituencies in North East England (29)

Labour (25)	Bishop Auckland Blaydon Blyth Valley City of Durham Darlington Easington Gateshead Hartlepool Houghton and Sunderland South Jarrow Middlesbrough Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Newcastle upon Tyne Central Newcastle upon Tyne East Newcastle upon Tyne North North Durham North Tyneside North West Durham Sedgefield South Shields Stockton North Sunderland Central Tynemouth Wansbeck Washington and Sunderland West

Conservative (2)	Hexham Stockton South

Liberal Democrats (2)	Berwick-upon-Tweed Redcar

North East England European constituency: Labour (1) Conservative (1) Liberal Democrats (1)