- South East Durham (UK Parliament constituency)
-
South East Durham Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1885–1918 Number of members one 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.
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.
It was abolished for the 1918 general election.
Contents
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1885 Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan Liberal 1886 Liberal Unionist 1892 Joseph Richardson Liberal 1895 Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan Liberal Unionist 1898 by-election Joseph Richardson Liberal 1900 Frederick William Lambton Liberal Unionist Jan. 1910 Evan Hayward Liberal 1918 constituency abolished Election results
See also
References
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
