Chester-le-Street (UK Parliament constituency)

Chester-le-Street
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1983 (1983)
Number of members	one
Replaced by	North Durham
Created from	North Durham

Chester-le-Street was a county constituency centred on the town of Chester-le-Street in County Durham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Chester-le-Street and its successor constituency (North Durham) have over 100 years of continuous Labour representation.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Sir James Joicey	Liberal
	1906	John Wilkinson Taylor	Labour
	1919 by-election	John James Lawson	Labour
	1950	Patrick Bartley	Labour
	1956 by-election	Norman Pentland	Labour
	1973 by-election	Giles Radice	Labour
1983		constituency abolished: see North Durham

Election results

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)