| Sunderland North | |
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| Former Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Sunderland North in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election. |
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Location of Tyne and Wear within England. |
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| County | Tyne and Wear |
| Major settlements | Sunderland |
| 1950–2010 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Sunderland Central |
Sunderland North was a borough 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.
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The constituency was created in 1950 and abolished in 2010. It was considered to be a safe seat for the Labour Party throughout its existence.
Sunderland North, as can be inferred from the name, formed the northern part of the City of Sunderland. At the 2010 general election, it was replaced largely by the new constituency of Sunderland Central.
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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| 1950 | Fred Willey | Labour | |
| 1983 | Bob Clay | Labour | |
| 1992 | Bill Etherington | Labour | |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Sunderland Central | ||
| General Election 2005: Sunderland North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bill Etherington | 15,719 | 54.4 | -8.3 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Daughton | 5,724 | 19.8 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | James Hollern | 4,277 | 14.8 | +2.7 | |
| Independent | Neil Herron | 2,057 | 7.1 | +2.0 | |
| BNP | Debra Hiles | 1,136 | 3.9 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 9,995 | 34.6 | |||
| Turnout | 28,913 | 49.7 | +0.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -5.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Sunderland North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bill Etherington | 18,685 | 62.7 | -5.6 | |
| Conservative | Michael Harris | 5,331 | 17.9 | +1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Lennox | 3,599 | 12.1 | +1.7 | |
| Independent | Neil Andrew Herron | 1,518 | 5.1 | N/A | |
| BNP | David Edward Guynan | 687 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,354 | 44.8 | |||
| Turnout | 29,820 | 49.0 | -10.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Sunderland North[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bill Etherington | 30,481 | 60.7 | +5.0 | |
| Conservative | Miss Judith V. Barnes | 13,477 | 26.9 | −1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Vic Halom | 5,389 | 10.7 | −5.2 | |
| Liberal | Mrs Win E. Lundgren | 841 | 1.7 | −14.3 | |
| Majority | 17,004 | 33.9 | +6.4 | ||
| Turnout | 50,188 | 68.9 | −1.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
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