North Durham (UK Parliament constituency)

North Durham
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of North Durham in Durham.
Location of Durham within England.
County	Durham
Electorate	68,959 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Chester-le-Street, Stanley and Sacriston
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Kevan Jones (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Chester-le-Street
1832 (1832)–1885 (1885)
Number of members	Two
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Chester-le-Street
Created from	Durham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

North Durham is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Kevan Jones of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

[edit] History

A single-seat constituency of this name has existed since the 1983 general election. An earlier two-seat constituency of the same name was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, when the former Durham constituency was split into two northern and southern divisions. Elections were held using the bloc vote system.

The constituency spans the north of County Durham in North East England. It includes the whole of the former Chester-le-Street district and the eastern part of the former Derwentside district. The main population centres (large settlements) are Chester-le-Street, Stanley and Sacriston. The constituency includes the North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish.^[2]

Bournemoor; Chester: Central, East, North, South; Edmondsley and Waldridge; Grange Villa and West Pelton; Kimblesworth and Plawsworth; Lumley; North Lodge; Pelton; Pelton Fell; Sacriston; and Urpeth^{[n 3]}
Annfield Plain, Catchgate, Craghead and South Stanley, Havannah, South Moor, Stanley Hall and Tanfield from the former district of Derwentside^[3]

Election	1st Member ^[4]		1st Party		2nd Party
1832		Hedworth Lambton	Liberal	Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bt	Whig
1837		Hedworth Lambton	Liberal	Hon. Henry Liddell	Conservative
1847		Robert Duncombe Shafto	Liberal	Viscount Seaham	Conservative
1854 by-election				Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest	Conservative
1864 by-election				Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bt	Liberal
1868		George Elliot	Conservative	Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bt	Liberal
1874		Lowthian Bell	Liberal	Charles Palmer	Liberal
1874 by-election		Sir George Elliot, Bt	Conservative
1880		John Joicey	Liberal
1881 by-election		Sir George Elliot, Bt	Conservative
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Election		Member ^[4]	Party
	1983	Giles Radice	Labour
	2001	Kevan Jones	Labour

General Election 2010: North Durham^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevan Jones	20,698	50.5	−13.6
	Conservative	David Skelton	8,622	21.0	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Lindley	8,617	21.0	+1.9
	BNP	Peter Molloy	1,686	4.1	+4.1
	UKIP	Bruce Reid	1,344	3.3	+3.3
Majority			12,076	29.5
Turnout			40,967	60.6	+5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.9

General Election 2005: North Durham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevan Jones	23,932	64.1	−3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Latham	7,151	19.2	+5.2
	Conservative	Mark Watson	6,258	16.8	−2.0
Majority			16,781	44.9
Turnout			37,341	55.3	−1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.1

General Election 2001: North Durham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevan Jones	25,920	67.2	−3.1
	Conservative	Matthew R. Palmer	7,237	18.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Miss Carole A. Field	5,411	14.0	+3.0
Majority			18,683	48.4
Turnout			38,568	56.9	−12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Durham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Giles Radice	33,142	70.3
	Conservative	Mark T. Hardy	6,843	14.5
	Liberal Democrat	Brian D. Moore	5,225	11.1
	Referendum Party	Ian A.C. Parkin	1,958	4.2
Majority			26,299	55.8
Turnout			47,168	69.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Durham North^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Giles Radice	33,567	59.9	+3.6
	Conservative	Mrs Elizabeth A. Sibley	13,930	24.8	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Philip J. Appleby	8,572	15.3	−7.3
Majority			19,637	35.0	+1.4
Turnout			56,069	76.1	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.0

General Election 1987: Durham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Giles Radice	30,798	56.2	+5.2
	Social Democrat	Dr. D. Jeary	12,365	22.6	−2.4
	Conservative	N.C. Gibbon	11,602	21.2	−2.8
Majority			18,433	33.7
Turnout			54,765	75.9	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.9

General Election 1983: Durham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Giles Radice	26,404	51.0	N/A
	Liberal	David Howarth	12,967	25.0	N/A
	Conservative	S. Popat	12,418	24.0	N/A
Majority			13,437	26.0	N/A
Turnout			51,789	72.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
^ i.e. the entire former district of Chester-le-Street

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Conservative (2)	Hexham Stockton South

Liberal Democrats (2)	Berwick-upon-Tweed Redcar

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