Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)
Sunderland | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1832–1950 | |
Number of members | Two |
Sunderland was a borough constituency of the House of Commons, created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It elected two Members of Parliament (MP) by the bloc vote system of election until it was split into single-member seats of Sunderland North and Sunderland South for the 1950 general election.
Members of Parliament
Election results
General Election 1945: Sunderland | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | ![]() |
38,769 | 28.11 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
36,711 | 26.62 | ||
Liberal National | Stephen Noel Furness | 29,366 | 21.29 | ||
Conservative | Samuel Storey junior | 28,579 | 20.72 | ||
Communist | T.A. Tichardson | 4,501 | 3.26 | ||
Majority | 7,345 | 5.90 | |||
Turnout | 76.23 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal National | Swing | ||||
General Election 1935: Sunderland | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal National | ![]() |
49,001 | 30.19 | ||
Conservative | ![]() |
48,760 | 30.04 | ||
Labour | G.E.G. Catlin | 32,483 | 20.01 | ||
Labour | Mrs. L. Manning | 32,059 | 19.75 | ||
Majority | 16,277 | 10.03 | |||
Turnout | 78.08 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal National gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
General Election 1931: Sunderland | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | ![]() |
53,386 | 32.28 | ||
Conservative | ![]() |
52,589 | 31.80 | ||
Labour | Marion Phillips | 29,707 | 17.96 | ||
Labour | D.N. Pritt | 29,680 | 17.95 | ||
Majority | 22,882 | 13.84 | |||
Turnout | 79.84 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Sunderland by-election, 1931[1]
Electorate 103,363 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | ![]() |
30,497 | 40.3 | ||
Labour | James Thomas Brownlie | 30,074 | 69.8 | ||
Liberal | Dr. Elizabeth Trebelle Morgan | 15,020 | 19.9 | ||
Majority | 423 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 73.1 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
General Election 1929: Shrewsbury[2]
Electorate 101,875 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | ![]() |
31,794 | 19.5 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
31,085 | 19.0 | ||
Conservative | Sir Walter Raine | 29,180 | 17.9 | ||
Conservative | Luke Thompson | 28,937 | 17.7 | ||
Liberal | Dr. Elizabeth Trebelle Morgan | 21,300 | 13.0 | ||
Liberal | Sir John William Pratt | 21,142 | 12.9 | ||
Majority | 1,905 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
General Election 1906: Sunderland | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | ![]() |
13,620 | |||
Labour | ![]() |
13,430 | |||
Conservative | 7,879 | ||||
Conservative | 7,244 | ||||
Majority | 5,551 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative and Unionist Party | Swing | ||||
References
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)