South Durham (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Durham
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
United Kingdom general election 1837.svg
United Kingdom general election 1837.svg
From 1832-1868 and this area was left intact until 1885. Extract from 1837 result: the longer 'doubly' orange area which has an east coast.
County County Durham
18321885
SeatsTwo
Created from County Durham
Replaced by Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland and South East Durham

South Durham, formally the Southern Division of Durham and often referred to as Durham Southern, was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election.

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History

The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, when the former Durham constituency was split into the northern and southern divisions, each electing two members using the bloc vote system. [1]

The seat was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 when the two divisions were replaced by eight single-member divisions. These were Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Houghton-le-Spring, Jarrow, Mid Durham, North West Durham and South East Durham. [2] In addition there were seven County Durham borough constituencies.

Boundaries

1832–1885

See map on Vision of Britain website. [3]

From 1868, included non-resident 40 shilling freeholders in the parliamentary boroughs of Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees and The Hartlepools, which were created by the Reform Act 1867.

Members of Parliament

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1832 Joseph Pease Whig [4] [5] John Bowes Whig [4]
1841 Lord Harry Vane Whig [6] [7] [8] [4]
1847 James Farrer Conservative
1857 Henry Pease Whig [7] [8]
1859 James Farrer Conservative Liberal
1865 Joseph Pease Liberal Charles Surtees Conservative
1868 Frederick Beaumont Liberal
1880 Hon. Frederick Lambton Liberal
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: South Durham [9] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Joseph Pease 2,273 35.9
Whig John Bowes 2,218 35.0
Whig Robert Duncombe Shafto 1,84129.1
Majority3775.9
Turnout 3,99492.1
Registered electors 4,336
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: South Durham [9] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Joseph Pease Unopposed
Whig John Bowes Unopposed
Registered electors 4,454
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1837: South Durham [9] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Joseph Pease Unopposed
Whig John Bowes Unopposed
Registered electors 4,980
Whig hold
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: South Durham [9] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Harry Vane 2,547 37.6 N/A
Whig John Bowes 2,483 36.7 N/A
Conservative James Farrer 1,73925.7New
Majority74411.0N/A
Turnout 4,07484.5N/A
Registered electors 4,820
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1847: South Durham [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Harry Vane Unopposed
Conservative James Farrer Unopposed
Registered electors 5,783
Whig hold
Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: South Durham [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Harry Vane Unopposed
Conservative James Farrer Unopposed
Registered electors 5,616
Whig hold
Conservative hold
General election 1857: South Durham [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry Pease 2,570 35.7 N/A
Whig Harry Vane 2,542 35.3 N/A
Conservative James Farrer 2,09129.0N/A
Majority4516.3N/A
Turnout 4,647 (est)83.5 (est)N/A
Registered electors 5,565
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General election 1859: South Durham [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Pease Unopposed
Conservative James Farrer Unopposed
Registered electors 6,681
Liberal hold
Conservative gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: South Durham [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Pease 3,401 35.7 N/A
Conservative Charles Surtees 3,211 33.7 N/A
Liberal Frederick Beaumont 2,92530.7N/A
Turnout 6,374 (est)87.8 (est)N/A
Registered electors 7,263
Majority1902.0N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Majority2863.0N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1868: South Durham [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Pease 4,319 28.3 7.4
Liberal Frederick Beaumont 4,024 26.4 4.3
Conservative Charles Surtees 3,71424.3+7.4
Conservative Gustavus Hamilton-Russell [10] 3,20621.0+4.1
Majority3102.1N/A
Turnout 7,632 (est)81.6 (est)6.2
Registered electors 9,352
Liberal hold Swing 5.8
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 5.9

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: South Durham [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Pease 4,792 36.5 +8.2
Liberal Frederick Beaumont 4,461 33.9 +7.5
Conservative Charles Vane-Tempest 3,88729.615.7
Majority5744.3+2.2
Turnout 8,514 (est)83.8 (est)+2.2
Registered electors 10,159
Liberal hold Swing +8.0
Liberal hold Swing +7.7

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: South Durham [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Pease 5,930 37.3 +0.8
Liberal Frederick Lambton 5,912 37.2 +3.3
Conservative Charles Surtees 4,04425.54.1
Majority1,86811.7+7.4
Turnout 9,974 (est)86.0 (est)+2.2
Registered electors 11,592
Liberal hold Swing +1.4
Liberal hold Swing +2.7

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