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North West Durham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 12 December 2019 by Richard Holden of the Conservative Party.
History
- 1885-1918
A first incarnation of the seat occurred under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 however this was abolished in 1918 to create Consett and to enlarge, using its Weardale part, Barnard Castle. During the first creation Liberals represented the area and its first member until 1914 was the son of a prominent Chartist, Ernest Jones, and helped to promote New Liberalism, encouraging the Liberal Party to take on instead the politics of "mass working-class" appeal. This politics was epitomised by David Lloyd George whose People's Budget, 1909 led to the supremacy of the House of Commons over the House of Lords, national pensions under a barebones welfare state (without a National Health Service).
- 1950-date
On its recreation in 1950 North-West Durham became the successor to Barnard Castle save for the town of that name and its immediate vicinity which instead joined the Bishop Auckland seat. Consett was abolished in 1983 having seen a gradual decline in population in the latter half of its years, and its area was added to North West Durham that year. Throughout this second creation the seat has been represented in Westminster by members of the Labour Party.
Boundaries
North West Durham constituency within northern Durham, showing boundaries used from 1885–1918
1950–1974: The Urban Districts of Brandon and Byshottles, Crook and Willington, and Tow Law, and the Rural Districts of Lanchester and Weardale.
1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Brandon and Byshottles, Crook and Willington, Spennymoor, and Tow Law, the Rural Districts of Lanchester and Weardale, and the civil parish of Brancepeth in the Rural District of Durham.
1983–1997: The District of Derwentside wards of Benfieldside, Blackhill, Burnhope, Burnopfield, Castleside, Consett North, Consett South, Cornsay, Crookhall, Delves Lane, Ebchester and Medomsley, Esh, Lanchester, and Leadgate, and the District of Wear Valley wards of Crook North, Crook South, Howden, Hunwick, St John's Chapel, Stanhope, Stanley, Tow Law, Wheatbottom and Helmington Row, Willington East, Willington West, and Wolsingham.
1997–2010: The District of Derwentside wards of Benfieldside, Blackhill, Burnhope, Burnopfield, Castleside, Consett North, Consett South, Cornsay, Crookhall, Delves Lane, Dipton, Ebchester and Medomsley, Esh, Lanchester, and Leadgate, and the District of Wear Valley wards of Crook North, Crook South, Howden, Hunwick, St John's Chapel, Stanhope, Stanley, Tow Law, Wheatbottom and Helmington Row, Willington East, Willington West, and Wolsingham.
2010–present: The District of Derwentside wards of Benfieldside, Blackhill, Burnhope, Burnopfield, Castleside, Consett East, Consett North, Consett South, Cornsay, Delves Lane, Dipton, Ebchester and Medomsley, Esh, Lanchester, and Leadgate, and the District of Wear Valley wards of Crook North, Crook South, Howden, Hunwick, St John's Chapel, Stanhope, Tow Law and Stanley, Wheatbottom and Helmington Row, Willington Central, Willington West End, Wolsingham, and Witton-le-Wear.
The constituency is in the north west of County Durham, in the North East England region. When it was created in 1885 it centred on two main communities, Consett and Lanchester.
It currently consists of the western part of the former Derwentside district (including Consett and Lanchester) and the northern part of the former Wear Valley district (including Weardale, Crook and Willington).
Constituency profile
For many years the area gave large majorities suggesting a safe seat for the Labour Party; the majority of the electorate live in former mining or steel towns, where Labour traditionally have polled higher than other parties with the remainder in rural farms and villages throughout valleys cleft from the eastern, rocky part of the Pennines. The current MP is Pat Glass, elected at the 2010 general election.
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2001: North West Durham |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Hilary Armstrong |
24,526 |
62.5 |
-6.2 |
|
Conservative |
William Clouston |
8,193 |
20.9 |
+5.6 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Alan Ord |
5,846 |
14.9 |
+4.1 |
|
Socialist Labour |
Joan Hartnell |
661 |
1.7 |
N/A |
Majority |
16,333 |
41.6 |
|
Turnout |
39,226 |
58.5 |
-10.2 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
-5.9 |
|
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: North West Durham |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Hilary Armstrong |
31,855 |
68.8 |
+10.7 |
|
Conservative |
Louise St John-Howe |
7,101 |
15.3 |
-12.0 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Anthony Gillings |
4,991 |
10.8 |
-3.9 |
|
Referendum |
Rodney Atkinson |
2,372 |
5.1 |
+5.1 |
Majority |
24,754 |
53.5 |
|
Turnout |
46,319 |
68.7 |
-6.8 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
11.4 |
|
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Ernest Armstrong |
25,260 |
73.58 |
|
|
Conservative |
Colin Nevil Glen MacAndrew |
9,070 |
26.42 |
|
Majority |
16,190 |
47.16 |
|
Turnout |
|
73.37 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General Election 1964: North West Durham |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Ernest Armstrong |
26,006 |
69.75 |
|
|
Conservative |
Kenneth L Ellis |
11,280 |
30.25 |
|
Majority |
14,726 |
39.49 |
|
Turnout |
|
77.98 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: North West Durham |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John William Ainsley |
28,064 |
68.06 |
|
|
Conservative |
Olive Sinclair |
13,172 |
31.94 |
|
Majority |
14,892 |
36.11 |
|
Turnout |
|
81.45 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General Election 1955: North West Durham |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John William Ainsley |
27,116 |
67.41 |
|
|
Conservative |
Thomas T Hubble |
13,110 |
32.59 |
|
Majority |
14,006 |
34.82 |
|
Turnout |
|
79.05 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General Election 1951: North West Durham |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
James Dixon Murray |
30,417 |
68.66 |
|
|
Conservative |
James Quigley |
13,885 |
31.34 |
|
Majority |
16,532 |
37.32 |
|
Turnout |
|
85.06 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General Election 1950: North West Durham |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
James Dixon Murray |
31,084 |
69.67 |
|
|
Conservative |
James Quigley |
13,530 |
30.33 |
|
Majority |
17,554 |
39.35 |
|
Turnout |
|
86.52 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1910s
North West Durham by-election, 1914 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Aneurin Williams |
7,241 |
|
|
|
Unionist |
James Ogden Hardicker |
5,564 |
|
|
|
Labour |
George Harold Stuart-Bunning |
5,026 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
|
|
General Election December 1910: North West Durham |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Llewellyn Atherley-Jones |
8,998 |
65.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
James Ogden Hardicker |
4,827 |
34.9 |
|
Majority |
4.171 |
30.2 |
|
Turnout |
|
75.3 |
|
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
|
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