Consett_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Consett
Consett
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Consett in County Durham, boundaries 1974-83
1918–1983
Seats	one
Created from	North West Durham
Replaced by	North Durham and North West Durham

Consett (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983

Consett was a county constituency, centred on the town of Consett in County Durham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system from 1918 to 1983.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aneurin Williams	7,576	34.3
C	National Democratic	Robert Gee	7,283	32.9
	Labour	G. H. Stuart-Bunning	7,268	32.8
Majority			293	1.4
Turnout			22,127	64.3
	Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Dunnico	14,469	46.5	+13.7
	Liberal	Aneurin Williams	9,870	31.8	−2.5
	Unionist	Sydney Erskine Dare Wilson	6,745	21.7	New
Majority			4,599	14.7	N/A
Turnout			31,084	82.0	+17.7
Registered electors			37,886
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Dunnico	15,862	52.0	+5.5
	Liberal	Ursula Williams	14,619	48.0	+16.2
Majority			1,243	4.0	−10.7
Turnout			30,481	78.2	−3.8
Registered electors			38,989
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Dunnico	18,842	55.9	+3.9
	Constitutionalist	James E Davies	14,836	44.1	New
Majority			4,006	11.8	+7.8
Turnout			33,678	83.4	+5.2
Registered electors			40,363
	Labour hold		Swing

Consett (UK Parliament constituency)

Consett
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Consett in County Durham, boundaries 1974-83
1918–1983
Seats	one
Created from	North West Durham
Replaced by	North Durham and North West Durham^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Dunnico	22,256	56.5	+0.6
	Liberal	John Dickie	10,772	27.3	New
	Unionist	John William Watts	6,400	16.2	N/A
Majority			11,484	29.2	+17.4
Turnout			39,428	80.1	−3.3
Registered electors			49,233
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	John Dickie	22,474	53.0	+25.7
	Labour	Herbert Dunnico	19,927	47.0	-9.5
Majority			2,547	6.01	N/A
Turnout			42,401	83.24	+3.1
	National Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+17.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Adams	25,419	58.7	+11.7
	National Liberal	John Dickie	17,897	41.3	-11.7
Majority			7,522	17.4	+11.4
Turnout			43,316	83.8	+0.6
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Glanville	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Glanville	28,617	70.1	+11.4
	National Liberal	James Aloysius McGilley	12,198	29.9	-11.4
Majority			16,419	40.2	+22.8
Turnout			40,815	77.4	-6.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Glanville	34,907	66.79
	Conservative	Philip Goodhart	12,634	24.17
	Liberal	Norman Dees	4,721	9.03	New
Majority			22,273	42.62
Turnout			52,262	86.84
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Glanville	35,705	69.24
	Conservative	George Frederick H Walker	15,861	30.76
Majority			19,844	38.48
Turnout			51,566	85.06
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Stones	30,979	67.05
	Conservative	Fergus Montgomery	15,224	32.95
Majority			15,755	34.10
Turnout			46,203	77.51
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Stones	32,307	66.83
	Conservative	Denis Alan Orde	16,037	33.17
Majority			16,270	33.66
Turnout			48,344	81.65
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Consett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Watkins	27,123	66.98
	Conservative	M Lycett	7,677	18.96
	Liberal	J Gillinder	5,695	14.06
Majority			19,446	48.02
Turnout			40,495	68.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1979: Consett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Watkins	26,708	61.26
	Conservative	M Lycett	10,841	24.87
	Liberal	R Kennedy	6,048	13.87
Majority			15,867	36.39
Turnout			43,597	75.76
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Stones	29,676	68.10
	Conservative	Denis W Stokoe	13,901	31.90
Majority			15,775	36.20
Turnout			43,577	76.73
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Watkins	29,753	73.26
	Conservative	Robert William G Sanderson	10,858	26.74
Majority			18,895	46.52
Turnout			40,611	73.51
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Watkins	28,985	70.87
	Conservative	Neville Trotter	11,914	29.13
Majority			17,071	41.74
Turnout			40,899	70.17
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Watkins	27,401	61.10
	Conservative	T Wilkinson	9,058	20.20
	Liberal	R McClure	8,384	18.70	New
Majority			18,343	40.90
Turnout			44,843	76.50
	Labour hold		Swing