South East Durham (UK Parliament constituency)

South East Durham
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seatsone
Created fromSouth Durham
Replaced bySeaham, Sedgefield

South East Durham was a county 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 between 1885 and 1918.

History

Creation

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

Boundaries

  • The Sessional Divisions of Castle Eden (exclusive of any part of the parish of Shadforth), Darlington, Seaham Harbour (part), Stockton-on-Tees, and West Hartlepool; and
  • the Municipal Boroughs of Darlington, Hartlepool, and Stockton-on-Tees.[1]

See map on Vision of Britain website.[2]

NB: 1) Boundary Commission proposed name was "North Tees".

2) Included only non-resident freeholders in the parliamentary boroughs of Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees and The Hartlepools.

Abolition

The seat was abolished for the 1918 general election, when its contents were distributed as follows:

  • northern areas, now part of the Rural District of Easington to the new constituency of Seaham; and
  • southern areas, now part of the Rural Districts of Darlington, Hartlepool, Sedgefield and Stockton (including Billingham) to the new constituency of Sedgefield.

Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1885 Henry Havelock-Allan Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1892 Joseph Richardson Liberal
1895 Henry Havelock-Allan Liberal Unionist
1898 by-election Joseph Richardson Liberal
1900 Frederick Lambton Liberal Unionist
Jan. 1910 Evan Hayward Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: South East Durham [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Havelock-Allan 5,603 53.6
Conservative George Elliot 4,854 46.4
Majority 749 7.2
Turnout 10,457 79.4
Registered electors 13,176
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: South East Durham [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Henry Havelock-Allan 4,984 55.2 +8.8
Liberal Hugh Fenwick Boyd 4,045 44.8 −8.8
Majority 939 10.4 N/A
Turnout 9,029 68.5 −10.9
Registered electors 13,176
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +8.8

Elections in the 1890s

Richardson
General election 1892: South East Durham [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Richardson 5,560 50.7 +5.9
Liberal Unionist Henry Havelock-Allan 5,396 49.3 −5.9
Majority 164 1.4 N/A
Turnout 10,956 77.2 +8.7
Registered electors 14,199
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +5.9
Havelock-Allan
General election 1895: South East Durham [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Henry Havelock-Allan 5,978 50.5 +1.2
Liberal Joseph Richardson 5,864 49.5 −1.2
Majority 114 1.0 N/A
Turnout 11,842 80.5 +3.3
Registered electors 14,702
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +1.2
1898 South East Durham by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Richardson 6,286 51.1 +1.6
Liberal Unionist Frederick Lambton 6,011 48.9 −1.6
Majority 275 2.2 N/A
Turnout 12,297 82.8 +2.3
Registered electors 14,853
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: South East Durham [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Frederick Lambton 6,198 52.9 +2.4
Liberal Joseph Richardson 5,524 47.1 −2.4
Majority 674 5.8 +4.8
Turnout 11,722 79.1 −1.4
Registered electors 14,819
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +2.4
General election 1906: South East Durham [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Frederick Lambton Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: South East Durham [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Evan Hayward 9,298 57.5 New
Conservative Frederick Lambton 6,860 42.5 N/A
Majority 2,438 15.0 N/A
Turnout 16,158 85.6 N/A
Registered electors 18,880
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing N/A
General election December 1910: South East Durham [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Evan Hayward 8,203 53.9 −3.6
Conservative Rowland Burdon 7,021 46.1 +3.6
Majority 1,182 7.8 −7.2
Turnout 15,224 80.6 −5.0
Registered electors 18,880
Liberal hold Swing −3.6

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

See also

References

  1. ^ "Redistribution of Seats Act 1885". Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports. pp. 155–156.
  2. ^ "HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1885, Durham".
  3. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
  4. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
  5. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
  6. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
  7. ^ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 143 (167 in web page), Durham
  8. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
  9. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
  10. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
  11. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig