1832-1918

Under the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, the contents of the borough were defined as the Parish of Sunderland and the several townships of Bishop Wearmouth, Bishop Wearmouth Panns, Monk Wearmouth, Monk Wearmouth Shore, and Southwick.^[3]

See map on Vision of Britain website.^[4]

Minor change in 1868 to include a small part of the Municipal Borough not in the Parliamentary Borough.^[5]

1918-1950

• The County Borough of Sunderland
• The Urban District of Southwick-on-Wear.^[6]

Minor changes to align boundaries with those of local authorities.

Elections in the 1830s

Barrington resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Thompson resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds in order to contest a by-election at Westmorland, causing a by-election.

Grey succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl Grey and causing a by-election.

Barclay resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Seymour was appointed Recorder of Newcastle upon Tyne, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Fenwick was appointed a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Allan resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Sunderland^[25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Samuel Storey	9,711	27.3	−7.8
	Liberal	Y Edward Temperley Gourley	9,554	26.8	−7.7
	Liberal Unionist	Frederick Lambton	8,394	23.5	−6.9
	Conservative	John Stapylton Grey Pemberton	8,002	22.4	N/A
Majority			1,160	3.3	-0.8
Turnout			17,990	80.7	+9.5
Registered electors			22,282
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.4

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General election 1895: Sunderland^[25][26][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y Theodore Doxford	9,833	37.4	+15.0
	Liberal	Y Edward Temperley Gourley	8,232	31.4	+4.6
	Liberal	Samuel Storey	8,185	31.2	+3.9
Majority			1,648	6.2	N/A
Turnout			17,910	79.9	−0.8
Registered electors			22,408
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

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Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Sunderland^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y Theodore Doxford	9,617	25.7	+7.0[n 1]
	Conservative	Y John Stapylton Grey Pemberton	9,566	25.6	+6.9[n 1]
	Liberal	George Burton Hunter	9,370	25.1	−37.5[n 2]
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	Alexander Wilkie	8,842	23.6	New
Majority			196	0.5	N/A
Turnout			37,395	78.3	−1.6
Registered electors			24,423
	Conservative hold		Swing	+22.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+22.2

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• some records describe Wilkie as Liberal-Labour

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General election 1906: Sunderland^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y James Stuart	13,620	32.2	+7.1
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	Y Thomas Summerbell	13,430	31.9	+8.3
	Conservative	DH Haggle	7,879	18.7	−7.0
	Conservative	John Stapylton Grey Pemberton	7,244	17.2	−8.4
Turnout			42,173	85.5	+7.2
Registered electors			27,650
Majority			5,741	13.5	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.1
Majority			6,186	14.7	N/A
	Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.4

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Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Sunderland^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	Y *Samuel Storey	12,334	26.2	New
	Conservative	Y James Knott	12,270	26.0	+7.3
	Liberal	James Stuart	11,529	24.4	−7.8
	Labour	Thomas Summerbell	11,058	23.4	−8.5
Turnout			47,191	87.2	+1.7
Registered electors			27,610
Majority			805	1.8	N/A
	Ind. Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
Majority			1,212	2.6	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.6

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• stood as "Independent Tariff Reform" but was supported by local Conservative Association

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General election December 1910: Sunderland^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Hamar Greenwood	11,997	27.4	+3.0
	Labour	Y Frank Goldstone	11,291	25.8	+2.4
	Conservative	William Joynson-Hicks	10,300	23.6	−2.4
	Conservative	Samuel Samuel	10,132	23.2	N/A
Turnout			43,720	81.2	−6.0
Registered electors			27,610
Majority			1,697	3.8	N/A
	Liberal gain from Ind. Conservative		Swing	N/A
Majority			1,059	2.6	N/A
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.4

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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;

• Liberal: Hamar Greenwood
• Labour: Frank Goldstone
• Unionist:

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General election 1918: Sunderland ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Y Hamar Greenwood	27,646	43.9	+16.5
	Unionist	YRalph Milbanke Hudson	25,698	40.8	−6.0
	Labour	Frank Goldstone	9,603	15.3	−10.5
Turnout			62,947	56.4	−24.8
Majority			18,043	28.6	+24.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+11.3
Majority			16,095	25.5	N/A
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+2.3
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1923: Sunderland ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	YWalter Raine	23,497	19.9	-6.1
	Unionist	YLuke Thompson	23,379	19.8	-2.2
	Liberal	Andrew Common	22,438	19.0	+7.3
	Liberal	Hamar Greenwood	22,034	18.6	N/A
	Labour	David Baxter Lawley	13,707	11.6	-0.6
	Labour	Tom Gillinder	13,184	11.1	-1.0
Majority			1,905	0.8	-7.2
Turnout			118,239	77.9	-3.7
	Unionist hold		Swing

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General election 1924: Sunderland^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	YLuke Thompson	28,612	25.4	+5.6
	Unionist	YWalter Raine	28,608	25.3	+5.4
	Labour	Jeremiah McVeagh	21,823	19.3	+7.7
	Liberal	Andrew Common	20,139	17.8	-1.2
	Liberal	Ian Hannah	13,731	12.2	-6.4
Majority			6,785	6.0	+5.2
Turnout			112,913	84.6	+6.7
	Unionist hold		Swing
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

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General election 1929: Sunderland ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YMarion Phillips	31,794	19.5	+0.2
	Labour	YAlfred Smith	31,085	19.0	N/A
	Unionist	Walter Raine	29,180	17.9	-7.4
	Unionist	Luke Thompson	28,937	17.7	-7.7
	Liberal	Elizabeth Morgan	21,300	13.0	-4.8
	Liberal	John Pratt	21,142	12.9	+0.7
Majority			1,905	1.1	N/A
Turnout			163,438	81.1	-3.5
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

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Elections in the 1930s

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1931 Sunderland by-election^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y Luke Thompson	30,497	40.3	+3.7
	Labour	James Thomas Brownlie	30,074	39.8	+1.3
	Liberal	Elizabeth Morgan	15,020	19.9	+1.3
Majority			423	0.5	N/A
Turnout			75,591	73.1	-8.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

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General election 1931: Sunderland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y Luke Thompson	53,386	32.3	+14.6
	Conservative	Y Samuel Storey	52,589	31.8	+13.9
	Labour	Marion Phillips	29,707	18.0	-1.5
	Labour	Denis Pritt	29,680	17.9	-1.1
Majority			22,882	13.8	N/A
Turnout			165,362	81.1	0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

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General election 1935: Sunderland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Y Stephen Furness	49,001	30.2	-2.1
	Conservative	Y Samuel Storey	48,760	30.0	-1.8
	Labour	George Catlin	32,483	20.0	+2.0
	Labour	Leah Manning	32,059	19.8	+1.9
Majority			16,277	10.0	-3.8
Turnout			162,303	79.0	-2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	National Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

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Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Samuel Storey
• Liberal National: Stephen Furness
• Labour: Fred Peart, Fred Willey^[32]

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General election 1945: Sunderland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Fred Willey	38,769	28.1	+8.1
	Labour	Y Richard Ewart	36,711	26.6	+6.8
	National Liberal	Stephen Furness	29,366	21.3	-8.9
	Conservative	Samuel Storey	28,579	20.7	-9.3
	Communist	Tommy Richardson[33]	4,501	3.3	New
Majority			9,403	6.8	N/A
Majority			8,132	5.9	N/A
Turnout			137,926	77.2	-1.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

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