Sunderland Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sunderland Central
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Sunderland Central in Tyne and Wearfor the 2010 general election
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Location of Tyne and Wear within England
County Tyne and Wear
Electorate 76,292 (December 2010) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Julie Elliott (Labour Party)
SeatsOne
Created from Sunderland North, Sunderland South

Sunderland Central is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It is represented by the Labour Party MP Julie Elliott, who has held the seat since its creation in 2010.

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Constituency profile

The Sunderland Central constituency covers both the city centre and Sunderland Docks as well as coastal suburbs such as Fulwell and Ryhope. Nearly all of the middle-class areas of the city are in this constituency and therefore the Conservatives tend to do better in Sunderland Central than either of its neighbours.

The City of Sunderland spans the River Wear and is southeast of Newcastle upon Tyne, with long-distance train and air links, as such it is a base for companies, particularly those requiring a large labour force, including in graphic design and production through to customer service jobs in fields such as insurance and banking. The public sector is also a source of significant employment, providing a wide range of services. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 6.0% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian , one percentage point higher than Houghton and Sunderland South. Similarly, the regional average stood at 5.7%. [2]

Boundaries

Sunderland Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The City of Sunderland wards of Barnes, Fulwell, Hendon, Millfield, Pallion, Ryhope, St Michael's, St Peter's and Southwick. [3]

Sunderland Central 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 primarily from the abolished Sunderland North seat, together with parts of the abolished constituencies of Sunderland South (Hendon and St Michael's wards) and Houghton and Washington East (Ryhope ward).

The reorganisation also created the Houghton and Sunderland South and Washington and Sunderland West constituencies.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be unchanged. [4]

Political history

Sunderland Central is a slightly more marginal seat than its predecessors with a swing of 12.8% from Labour to the Conservatives required for the latter party to win the seat in 2010. This is because it brings together virtually all of the areas of historical Conservative strength, such as Fulwell and St Michaels, into one seat.

Local politics of wards in the seat

At the 2008 city council elections, held in thirds, the Conservatives carried five of Sunderland Central's nine wards, with Labour winning three and the Liberal Democrats one. However, at the next city council elections held on the same day as the 2010 general election, the Conservatives carried only two of Sunderland Central's nine wards, with Labour winning seven and the Liberal Democrats none.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [5] Party
2010 Julie Elliott Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Sunderland Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDP Wesley Dowding [6]
Labour Julie Elliott [7]
Reform UK Chris Eynon [8]
Green Rachel Featherstone [9]
Liberal Democrats Niall Hodson [10]
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Sunderland Central [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Elliott 18,336 42.2 –13.3
Conservative Tom D'Silva15,37235.4+2.1
Brexit Party Viral Parikh5,04711.6New
Liberal Democrats Niall Hodson3,0257.0+3.1
Green Rachel Featherstone1,2122.8+1.3
Independent Dale McKenzie4841.1New
Majority2,9646.8–15.4
Turnout 43,47659.8–2.2
Labour hold Swing –7.7
General election 2017: Sunderland Central [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Elliott 25,056 55.5 +5.3
Conservative Robert Oliver15,05933.3+9.9
UKIP Gary Leighton2,2094.8-14.3
Liberal Democrats Niall Hodson1,7773.9+1.3
Green Rachel Featherstone7051.5-2.6
Independent Sean Cockburn3050.6New
Majority9,99722.2-4.6
Turnout 45,11162.0+5.0
Labour hold Swing -2.3
General election 2015: Sunderland Central [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Elliott 20,959 50.2 +4.3
Conservative Jeff Townsend9,78023.4-6.7
UKIP Bryan Foster7,99719.1+16.5
Green Rachel Featherstone1,7064.1New
Liberal Democrats Adrian Page1,1052.6-14.3
Independent Joseph Young2150.5New
Majority11,17926.8+11.0
Turnout 41,76257.0±0.0
Labour hold Swing +5.5
General election 2010: Sunderland Central [14] [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Elliott 19,495 45.9
Conservative Lee Martin12,77030.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Dixon7,19116.9
BNP John McCaffrey1,9134.5
UKIP Pauline Fentonby-Warren1,0942.6
Majority6,72515.8
Turnout 42,46357.0
Labour win (new seat)

See also

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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. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  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 "S" (part 6)
  6. ↑ "GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES". SDP . Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Sunderland Central MP Julie Elliott has said she is 'delighted' to have been reselected to contest the seat for Labour at the UK's next general election". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Sunderland Central Constituency". Reform UK . Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "📺 "They are taking our tax money and they are making a profit." Green candidate for Sunderland Central Rachel Featherstone expertly exposes the failure of privatisation and the effect it has had. 💚 The Green Party wants to see public services run for public good". Green Party of England and Wales . Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack . Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Sunderland Central Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  12. ↑ "Revealed: the full list of 2017 general election candidates in Sunderland". Sunderland Echo. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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