Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sunderland
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
18321950
SeatsTwo
Replaced by Sunderland North and Sunderland South

Sunderland was a borough constituency of the House of Commons, created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election. [1] It was split into the single-member seats of Sunderland North and Sunderland South for the 1950 general election. [2]

Contents

Boundaries

1832-1918

Under the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, the contents of the borough were defined as the Parish of Sunderland and the several townships of Bishop Wearmouth, Bishop Wearmouth Panns, Monk Wearmouth, Monk Wearmouth Shore, and Southwick. [3]

See map on Vision of Britain website. [4]

Minor change in 1868 to include a small part of the Municipal Borough not in the Parliamentary Borough. [5]

1918-1950

Minor changes to align boundaries with those of local authorities.

Members of Parliament

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 Sir William Chaytor Whig [7] George Barrington Whig [7]
1833 William Thompson Tory [7] [8] [9]
1834 Conservative [7] [8] [9]
1835 David Barclay Whig [8] [10] [9] [7]
1837 Andrew White Whig [8] [10] [7] [11]
1841 David Barclay Whig [8] [10] [9] [7]
1841 Viscount Howick Whig [12] [7]
1845 George Hudson Conservative
1847 Sir Hedworth Williamson Whig [13] [12] [14]
1852 William Seymour Radical [15] [16] [17] [18]
1855 Henry Fenwick Whig [16] [17] [18]
1859 Liberal William Schaw Lindsay Liberal
1865 James Hartley Conservative
1866 John Candlish Liberal
1868 Edward Temperley Gourley Liberal
1874 Sir Henry Havelock-Allan Liberal
1881 Samuel Storey Liberal
1895 Theodore Doxford Unionist
1900 John Stapylton Grey Pemberton Conservative
1906 James Stuart Liberal Thomas Summerbell Labour
1910 Samuel Storey Independent Conservative James Knott Conservative
1910 Sir Hamar Greenwood Liberal Frank Goldstone Labour
1918 Coalition Liberal Ralph Milbanke Hudson Unionist
1922 Luke Thompson Unionist Walter Raine Unionist
1929 Marion Phillips Labour Alfred Smith Labour
1931 Luke Thompson Conservative
1931 Samuel Storey Conservative
1935 Stephen Furness Liberal National
1945 Richard Ewart Labour Fred Willey Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Sunderland [19] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig William Chaytor 697 34.5
Whig George Barrington 525 26.0
Whig David Barclay 40420.0
Tory William Thompson 39219.4
Majority1216.0
Turnout 1,13282.1
Registered electors 1,378
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Barrington resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 4 April 1833: Sunderland [19] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory William Thompson 574 50.8 +31.4
Whig David Barclay 55649.231.3
Majority181.6N/A
Turnout 1,13082.00.1
Registered electors 1,378
Tory gain from Whig Swing +31.3
General election 1835: Sunderland [19] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Thompson 844 43.5 +24.1
Whig David Barclay 709 36.5 +16.5
Whig William Chaytor 38920.014.5
Turnout 1,10781.50.6
Registered electors 1,359
Majority1357.0N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +11.6
Majority32016.5+10.5
Whig hold Swing +2.2
General election 1837: Sunderland [19] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Thompson 688 36.1 7.4
Whig Andrew White (MP)62832.9+12.9
Whig David Barclay 59131.05.5
Turnout 1,17676.84.7
Registered electors 1,532
Majority603.23.8
Conservative hold Swing 7.4
Majority371.914.6
Whig hold Swing +8.3

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Sunderland [19] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Thompson Unopposed
Whig David Barclay Unopposed
Registered electors 1,691
Conservative hold
Whig hold

Thompson resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds in order to contest a by-election at Westmorland, causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 September 1841: Sunderland [19] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry Grey 706 60.4 N/A
Conservative Matthias Wolverley Attwood 46239.6N/A
Majority24420.8N/A
Turnout 1,16869.1N/A
Registered electors 1,691
Whig gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Grey succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl Grey and causing a by-election.

By-election, 15 August 1845: Sunderland [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Hudson 627 55.7 N/A
Radical Thomas Perronet Thompson [20] [21] 49844.3New
Majority12911.4N/A
Turnout 1,12566.9N/A
Registered electors 1,681
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A
General election 1847: Sunderland [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Hudson 879 42.1 N/A
Whig David Barclay 642 30.7 N/A
Radical William Arthur Wilkinson [22] 56827.2N/A
Turnout 1,045 (est)61.7 (est)N/A
Registered electors 1,693
Majority23711.4N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Majority743.5N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A

Barclay resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 22 December 1847: Sunderland [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Hedworth Williamson 705 55.0 +24.3
Radical William Arthur Wilkinson 57645.0+17.8
Majority12910.0+6.5
Turnout 1,28175.7+14.0
Registered electors 1,692
Whig hold Swing +3.3

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Sunderland [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Hudson 868 37.2 4.9
Radical William Digby Seymour 814 34.8 +7.6
Whig Henry Fenwick 65428.02.7
Turnout 1,168 (est)59.2 (est)2.5
Registered electors 1,973
Majority542.39.1
Conservative hold Swing 4.4
Majority1606.8N/A
Radical gain from Whig Swing +4.5

Seymour was appointed Recorder of Newcastle upon Tyne, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 2 January 1855: Sunderland [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry Fenwick 956 59.7 +31.7
Radical William Digby Seymour 64640.3+5.5
Majority31019.4N/A
Turnout 1,60273.6+14.4
Registered electors 2,176
Whig gain from Radical Swing +13.1
General election 1857: Sunderland [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry Fenwick 1,123 36.6 +8.6
Conservative George Hudson 1,081 35.2 2.0
Radical Ralph Walters [23] 86328.16.7
Turnout 1,534 (est)61.5 (est)+2.3
Registered electors 2,493
Majority421.4N/A
Whig gain from Radical Swing +7.7
Majority2187.1+4.8
Conservative hold Swing 3.2
General election 1859: Sunderland [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Fenwick 1,527 42.3 +5.7
Liberal William Schaw Lindsay 1,292 35.8 +7.7
Conservative George Hudson 79021.913.3
Majority50213.9+12.5
Turnout 2,200 (est)80.6 (est)+19.1
Registered electors 2,493
Liberal hold Swing +6.2
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +7.2

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Sunderland [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Fenwick 1,826 40.7 1.6
Conservative James Hartley 1,355 30.2 +8.3
Liberal John Candlish 1,30729.16.7
Turnout 2,922 (est)84.2 (est)+3.6
Registered electors 3,468
Majority47110.53.4
Liberal hold Swing 2.9
Majority481.1N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.3

Fenwick was appointed a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 28 February 1866: Sunderland [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Candlish 1,430 52.5 +23.4
Liberal Henry Fenwick 1,29447.5+6.8
Majority1365.0N/A
Turnout 2,72478.55.7
Registered electors 3,468
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1868: Sunderland [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Candlish 6,237 42.3 +13.2
Liberal Edward Temperley Gourley 4,901 33.3 N/A
Liberal Thomas Charles Thompson 3,59624.4N/A
Majority1,3058.91.6
Turnout 7,367 (est)64.8 (est)19.4
Registered electors 11,364
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Sunderland [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Temperley Gourley 6,172 38.9 +5.6
Liberal Henry Havelock 5,920 37.3 N/A
Conservative Laurence Richardson Baily 3,78123.8New
Majority2,13913.5+4.6
Turnout 9,827 (est)70.2 (est)+5.4
Registered electors 14,008
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Sunderland [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Temperley Gourley 7,639 40.4 +1.5
Liberal Henry Havelock-Allan 6,995 37.0 0.3
Conservative Edward Brooke [24] 4,26222.61.2
Majority2,73314.5+1.0
Turnout 11,901 (est)79.2 (est)+9.0
Registered electors 15,021
Liberal hold Swing +1.1
Liberal hold Swing +0.2

Allan resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 12 Apr 1881: Sunderland [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Storey Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1885: Sunderland [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Storey 8,295 36.4 0.6
Liberal Edward Temperley Gourley 7,759 34.1 6.3
Conservative Samuel Peter Austin6,70329.5+6.9
Majority1,0564.69.5
Turnout 14,41679.7+0.5 (est)
Registered electors 18,078
Liberal hold Swing 2.0
Liberal hold Swing 4.9
General election 1886: Sunderland [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Storey 6,971 35.1 -1.3
Liberal Edward Temperley Gourley 6,840 34.5 +0.4
Liberal Unionist William Stobart [27] 6,02730.4+0.9
Majority8134.10.5
Turnout 12,86371.29.5
Registered electors 18,078
Liberal hold Swing 0.9
Liberal hold Swing 0.0

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Sunderland [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Green check.svgY Samuel Storey 9,711 27.3 7.8
Liberal Green check.svgY Edward Temperley Gourley 9,554 26.8 7.7
Liberal Unionist Frederick Lambton 8,39423.56.9
Conservative John Stapylton Grey Pemberton 8,00222.4N/A
Majority1,1603.3-0.8
Turnout 17,99080.7+9.5
Registered electors 22,282
Liberal hold Swing 0.5
Liberal hold Swing 0.4
Doxford Theodore Doxford.jpg
Doxford
General election 1895: Sunderland [25] [26] [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Green check.svgY Theodore Doxford 9,833 37.4 +15.0
Liberal Green check.svgY Edward Temperley Gourley 8,232 31.4 +4.6
Liberal Samuel Storey 8,18531.2+3.9
Majority1,6486.2N/A
Turnout 17,91079.90.8
Registered electors 22,408
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.2
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1900s

Wilkie Alexander Wilkie.JPG
Wilkie
General election 1900: Sunderland [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Green check.svgY Theodore Doxford 9,617 25.7 +7.0 [n 1]
Conservative Green check.svgY John Stapylton Grey Pemberton 9,566 25.6 +6.9 [n 1]
Liberal George Burton Hunter 9,37025.137.5 [n 2]
Labour Repr. Cmte. 8,84223.6New
Majority1960.55.7
Turnout 37,39578.31.6
Registered electors 24,423
Conservative hold Swing +22.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +22.2
Stuart James Stuart.jpg
Stuart
General election 1906: Sunderland [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Green check.svgY James Stuart 13,620 32.2 +7.1
Labour Repr. Cmte. Green check.svgY Thomas Summerbell 13,430 31.9 +8.3
Conservative DH Haggle7,87918.77.0
Conservative John Stapylton Grey Pemberton 7,24417.28.4
Turnout 42,17385.5+7.2
Registered electors 27,650
Majority5,74113.5N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +7.1
Majority5,55113.2N/A
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative Swing +8.4

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Sunderland [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Conservative Green check.svgY *Samuel Storey 12,334 26.2 New
Conservative Green check.svgY James Knott 12,270 26.0 +7.3
Liberal James Stuart 11,52924.47.8
Labour Thomas Summerbell 11,05823.48.5
Turnout 47,19187.2+1.7
Registered electors 27,610
Majority8050.2N/A
Ind. Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Majority8051.2N/A
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.6
Greenwood Hamar Greenwood (Bain Collection).jpg
Greenwood
General election December 1910: Sunderland [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Green check.svgY Hamar Greenwood 11,997 27.4 +3.0
Labour Green check.svgY Frank Goldstone 11,291 25.8 +2.4
Conservative William Joynson-Hicks 10,30023.62.4
Conservative Samuel Samuel 10,13223.2N/A
Turnout 43,72081.26.0
Registered electors 27,610
Majority1,6973.8N/A
Liberal gain from Ind. Conservative Swing N/A
Majority9912.2N/A
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.4

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Sunderland [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Green check.svgY Hamar Greenwood 27,64643.9+16.5
Unionist Green check.svgY Ralph Milbanke Hudson 25,698 40.8 6.0
Labour Frank Goldstone 9,60315.310.5
Turnout 62,94756.424.8
Majority18,04328.6+24.8
Liberal hold Swing +11.3
Majority16,09525.5N/A
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +2.3
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

1920 Sunderland by-election [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Hamar Greenwood 22,813 54.0 +10.1
Labour Vickerman Rutherford 14,37934.0+18.7
Liberal E.M. Howe5,06512.0New
Majority8,43420.0-8.6
Turnout 42,25755.4-1.0
National Liberal hold Swing -4.3
General election 1922: Sunderland [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Raine 28,001 25.0 New
Unionist Luke Thompson 24,591 22.0 New
National Liberal Hamar Greenwood 19,05817.0N/A
Labour David Baxter Lawley 13,68312.2-3.1
Labour Vickerman Rutherford 13,49012.1N/A
Liberal Andrew Common 13,03611.7-32.2
Turnout 111,85981.6+26.2
Majority5,5338.0-17.5
Unionist hold Swing N/A
Majority5,5415.0N/A
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1923: Sunderland [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Green check.svgY Walter Raine 23,497 19.9 -6.1
Unionist Green check.svgY Luke Thompson 23,379 19.8 -2.2
Liberal Andrew Common 22,43819.0+7.3
Liberal Hamar Greenwood 22,03418.6N/A
Labour David Baxter Lawley 13,70711.6-0.6
Labour Tom Gillinder 13,18411.1-1.0
Majority1,9050.8-7.2
Turnout 118,23977.9-3.7
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1924: Sunderland [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Green check.svgY Luke Thompson 28,612 25.4 +5.6
Unionist Green check.svgY Walter Raine 28,608 25.3 +5.4
Labour Jeremiah McVeagh 21,82319.3+7.7
Liberal Andrew Common 20,13917.8-1.2
Liberal Ian Hannah 13,73112.2-6.4
Turnout 112,91384.6+6.7
Majority6,7856.0+5.2
Unionist hold Swing
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1929: Sunderland [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Green check.svgY Marion Phillips 31,794 19.5 +0.2
Labour Green check.svgY Alfred Smith 31,085 19.0 -0.3
Unionist Walter Raine 29,18017.9-7.4
Unionist Luke Thompson 28,93717.7-7.7
Liberal Elizabeth Morgan 21,30013.0-4.8
Liberal John Pratt 21,14212.9+0.7
Majority1,9051.17.1
Turnout 163,43881.1-3.5
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1931 Sunderland by-election [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Green check.svgY Luke Thompson 30,497 40.3 +3.7
Labour James Thomas Brownlie 30,07439.8+1.3
Liberal Elizabeth Morgan 15,02019.9+1.3
Majority4230.5N/A
Turnout 75,59173.1-8.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1931: Sunderland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Green check.svgY Luke Thompson 53,386 32.3 +14.6
Conservative Green check.svgY Samuel Storey 52,589 31.8 +13.9
Labour Marion Phillips 29,70718.0-1.5
Labour Denis Pritt 29,68017.9-1.1
Majority22,88213.8N/A
Turnout 165,36281.10.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Sunderland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Green check.svgY Stephen Furness 49,001 30.2 -2.1
Conservative Green check.svgY Samuel Storey 48,760 30.0 -1.8
Labour George Catlin 32,48320.0+1.9
Labour Leah Manning 32,05919.8+2.0
Majority16,27710.0-3.8
Turnout 162,30379.0-2.1
Conservative hold Swing
National Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1945: Sunderland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Green check.svgY Fred Willey 38,769 28.1 +8.1
Labour Green check.svgY Richard Ewart 36,711 26.6 +6.8
National Liberal Stephen Furness 29,36621.3-8.9
Conservative Samuel Storey 28,57920.7-9.3
Communist Tommy Richardson [33] 4,5013.3New
Majority7,3455.9N/A
Turnout 137,92677.2-1.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing

See also

Notes and References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Compared to half of Conservative vote in 1895
  2. Compared to combined Liberal vote in 1895

References

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  2. "Representation of the People Act 1948" (PDF). p. 94.
  3. Britain, Great (1832). The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Passed in the ... [1807-69]. His Majesty's statute and law Printers. p. 343.
  4. "HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1832, Sunderland".
  5. "Boundary Act 1868". 1807. p. 145.
  6. Craig, Fred W. S. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 11. ISBN   0-900178-09-4. OCLC   539011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p.  103. ISBN   0-900178-13-2.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Richardson, M. A. (1843). The Local Historian's Table Book, of Remarkable Occurrences, Historical Facts, Traditions, Legendary and Descriptive Ballads, &c., &c., Connected with the Counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland an Durham. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: M. A. Richardson. p. 374. Retrieved 14 July 2018 via Google Books.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Bell's Weekly Messenger" . 3 July 1841. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 14 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. 1 2 3 "Birmingham Journal" . 19 June 1841. p. 5. Retrieved 14 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 229. Retrieved 13 December 2018 via Google Books.
  12. 1 2 Turner, Michael J. (2004). Black, Jeremy (ed.). Independent Radicalism in Early Victorian Britain. Westport: Praeger. p. 237. ISBN   0-275-97386-7. LCCN   2004044233 . Retrieved 14 July 2018 via Google Books.
  13. Escott, Margaret (2009). Fisher, D. R. (ed.). "WILLIAMSON, Sir Hedworth, 7th bt. (1797–1861), of Whitburn Hall, nr. Sunderland, co. Dur". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  14. "Sunderland Election" . Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties. 24 December 1847. p. 5. Retrieved 14 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. "Miscellaneous" . Norfolk Chronicle. 6 January 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 14 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. 1 2 "Leeds Intelligencer" . 6 January 1855. p. 7. Retrieved 14 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. 1 2 "Sunderland Election" . Leicester Chronicle. 6 January 1855. p. 2. Retrieved 14 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. 1 2 "Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette" . 6 January 1855. p. 3. Retrieved 14 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885(e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 296. ISBN   978-1-349-02349-3.{{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
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  24. "Personal Notes" . Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser . 19 June 1880. p. 20. Retrieved 12 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. 1 2 3 4 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 197. ISBN   9781349022984.
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  28. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  29. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  30. 1 2 3 4 British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949 FWS Craig
  31. 1 2 3 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  32. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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Stockton-on-Tees is a former borough 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 from 1868 to 1983.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Warrington (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1983

Warrington was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. From 1832 to 1983 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Shrewsbury was a parliamentary constituency in England, centred on the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.

Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in North-East Wales which generally returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons, latterly that of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1983

Whitehaven was a constituency centred on the town of Whitehaven in Cumberland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Hartlepools was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency became Hartlepool in 1974. The seat's name reflected the representation of both old Hartlepool and West Hartlepool.

Hertford was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which elected Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1298 until 1974.

Bury was a borough constituency centred on the town of Bury in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom 1832-1868 & 1885-1950

East Norfolk was a constituency in the county of Norfolk that returned two members of parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1868. It was re-established in 1885 with representation of one member. That seat was abolished in 1950.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne was a parliamentary borough in the county of Northumberland of the House of Commons of England from 1283 to 1706, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system.

Tynemouth and North Shields was a parliamentary borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1832 and 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.