South East Durham (UK Parliament constituency)
| South East Durham | |
|---|---|
|
Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Number of 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.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan | Liberal | |
| 1886 | 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 | |
| Jan. 1910 | Evan Hayward | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
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