Houghton and Sunderland South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Houghton and Sunderland South
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Houghton and Sunderland South in Tyne and Wear
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Location of Tyne and Wear within England
County Tyne and Wear
Electorate 68,828 (December 2019) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Bridget Phillipson (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Sunderland South, Houghton and Washington East

Houghton and Sunderland South ( /ˈhoʊtən/ ) is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its creation in 2010 by Bridget Phillipson of the Labour Party. [n 2]

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In the 2010 and 2015 general elections, it was the first constituency to declare its result, continuing the record of its predecessor seat, Sunderland South, in the four general elections from 1992 to 2005. However, in the 2017 and 2019 general elections, it was beaten by Newcastle upon Tyne Central. [2]

Constituency profile

Houghton and Sunderland South is a medium density inland area, [n 3] partly situated on the south banks of the River Wear, which is mostly populated by people of working age, and a minority of the population living in rural villages. The majority of the population historically relied on coal mining, steelworks and shipbuilding from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries on Wearside, with Tyne and Wear at the forefront of some of the earliest Labour Party activity, and several of its earliest Members of Parliament.

Boundaries

Houghton and Sunderland South (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of present boundaries

The City of Sunderland wards of Copt Hill, Doxford, Hetton, Houghton, St Chad's, Sandhill, Shiney Row, and Silksworth. [3]

Houghton and Sunderland South was created for the 2010 general election when the Boundary Commission reduced the number of seats in Tyne and Wear from 13 to 12, with the constituencies in the City of Sunderland, in particular, being reorganised. The constituency was formed from the majority of the former Houghton and Washington East seat (Copt Hill, Doxford, Hetton, Houghton and Shiney Row wards) and parts of the former Sunderland South seat (St Chad's, Sandhill and Silksworth wards).

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range, by adding the City of Sunderland ward of St Anne's, transferred from Washington and Sunderland West (to be abolished). [4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [5] Party
2010 Bridget Phillipson Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Houghton and Sunderland South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Edgeworth [6]
Labour Bridget Phillipson [7]
Reform UK Sam Woods-Brass [8]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Houghton and Sunderland South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bridget Phillipson 16,210 40.7 -18.8
Conservative Christopher Howarth13,09532.9+3.2
Brexit Party Kevin Yuill6,16515.5New
Liberal Democrats Paul Edgeworth2,3195.8+3.6
Green Richard Bradley1,1252.8+1.0
UKIP Richard Elvin8972.3-3.4
Majority3,1157.8-22.0
Turnout 39,81157.8-3.1
Labour hold Swing -11.0
General election 2017: Houghton and Sunderland South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bridget Phillipson 24,665 59.5 +4.4
Conservative Paul Howell 12,32429.7+11.2
UKIP Michael Joyce2,3795.7-15.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Edgeworth9082.2+0.1
Green Richard Bradley7251.8-1.0
Independent Michael Watson4791.2New
Majority12,34129.8-3.8
Turnout 41,48060.9+4.6
Labour hold Swing -3.4
General election 2015: Houghton and Sunderland South [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bridget Phillipson 21,218 55.1 +4.8
UKIP Richard Elvin8,28021.5+18.8
Conservative Stewart Hay [13] 7,10518.5-2.9
Green Alan Robinson1,0952.8New
Liberal Democrats Jim Murray [14] 7912.1-11.8
Majority12,93833.6+4.7
Turnout 38,48956.3+1.0
Labour hold Swing -7.0
General election 2010: Houghton and Sunderland South [15] [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bridget Phillipson 19,137 50.3
Conservative Robert Oliver8,14721.4
Liberal Democrats Christopher Boyle5,29213.9
Independent Colin Wakefield2,4626.5
BNP Karen Allen1,9615.2
UKIP Richard Elvin1,0222.7
Majority10,99028.9
Turnout 38,02155.3
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ However it borders the coastal constituencies of Easington and Sunderland Central.

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References

  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Elections 2017: Declaration times in time order". Press Association . Archived from the original on 4 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "2010 post-revision map Greater London and metropolitan areas of England" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 4 North East region.
  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  6. ↑ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack . Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Bridget Phillipson MP unanimously re-selected as Labour MP for Houghton and Sunderland South". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Houghton and Sunderland South Constituency". Reform UK . Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑ Seddon, Sean (9 June 2017). "Houghton & Sunderland South constituency General Election results 2017". nechronicle.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Houghton & Sunderland South parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Conservative Parliamentary Candidates Chosen". Sunderland. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
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