Sunderland_North

Sunderland North
Sunderland North
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Sunderland North in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election
	Location of Tyne and Wear within England
County	Tyne and Wear
Major settlements	Sunderland
1950–2010
Seats	One
Created from	Sunderland
Replaced by	Sunderland Central, Washington and Sunderland West

Sunderland North (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–2010

54.921°N 1.374°W / 54.921; -1.374

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Sunderland North was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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	Member^[6]	Party
1950	Fred Willey	Labour
1983	Bob Clay	Labour
1992	Bill Etherington	Labour
2010	Constituency abolished: see Sunderland Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fred Willey	24,816	54.1
	Conservative	S. Hudson	17,469	38.1
	Liberal	James Louis Hurst	3,614	7.9
Majority			7,347	16.0
Turnout			45,899	84.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	23,792	54.0	−0.1
	Conservative	Ronald Kendall	20,302	46.0	+7.9
Majority			3,490	8.0	-8.0
Turnout			44,094	72.3	−12.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	24,237	53.1	−0.9
	Conservative	Auberon M. Herbert	21,401	46.9	+0.9
Majority			2,836	6.2	-1.8
Turnout			45,638	75.7	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	24,341	52.4	−0.7
	Conservative	Philip E. Heselton	22,133	47.6	+0.7
Majority			2,208	4.8	-1.4
Turnout			46,474	80.5	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.7

Sunderland_North

Sunderland North (UK Parliament constituency)

History

Boundaries

1950–1974

1974–1983

1983–1997

1997–2010

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

See also

Notes and references

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Sunderland North
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sunderland North in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election
Location of Tyne and Wear within England
County	Tyne and Wear
Major settlements	Sunderland
1950–2010
Seats	One
Created from	Sunderland
Replaced by	Sunderland Central, Washington and Sunderland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	23,826	55.8	+3.4
	Conservative	Philip Edwin Heselton	17,696	41.5	−6.1
	Ind. Conservative	Robert C. Middelwood	1,157	2.7	New
Majority			6,130	14.3	+9.5
Turnout			42,679	75.1	−5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	25,438	60.8	+5.0
	Conservative	Peter Rost	16,423	39.2	−2.3
Majority			9,015	21.6	+7.3
Turnout			41,861	74.5	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	25,779	60.6	−0.2
	Conservative	John M. Reay-Smith	16,738	39.4	+0.2
Majority			9,041	21.2	-0.4
Turnout			42,517	69.7	−4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	28,933	52.2	-8.4
	Conservative	John David Stuart Brown	17,533	31.6	-7.8
	Liberal	John Anthony Lennox	9,015	16.3	New
Majority			11,400	20.6	-0.6
Turnout			55,481	74.0	+4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	29,618	58.5	+6.3
	Conservative	John David Stuart Brown	13,497	27.5	−4.1
	Liberal	John Anthony Lennox	7,077	14.0	−2.3
Majority			15,671	31.0	+10.4
Turnout			50,642	67.0	−7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	29,213	57.7	−0.8
	Conservative	Lindsay James Keith	16,311	32.1	+4.6
	Liberal	John Anthony Lennox	5,238	10.3	−3.7
Majority			12,902	25.6	-5.4
Turnout			50,762	69.5	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Clay	24,179	46.3	−11.4
	Conservative	Christopher Lewis	16,983	32.5	+0.4
	Liberal	Douglas McCourt	11,090	21.2	+10.9
Majority			7,196	13.8	-11.8
Turnout			52,292	66.5	−3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Clay	29,767	55.8	+9.5
	Conservative	Iain Pickton	15,095	28.3	−4.2
	Liberal	Terence Jenkinson	8,518	15.9	−5.3
Majority			14,672	27.5	+13.7
Turnout			53,380	70.5	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Etherington	30,481	60.7	+4.9
	Conservative	Judith Barnes	13,477	26.9	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Vic Halom	5,389	10.7	−5.2
	Liberal	Winifred Lundgren	841	1.7	−14.2
Majority			17,004	33.9	+6.4
Turnout			50,188	68.9	−1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

General election 1997: Sunderland North^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Etherington	26,067	68.2	+8.6
	Conservative	Andrew Selous	6,370	16.7	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Pryke	3,973	10.4	−0.6
	Referendum	Mark Nicholson	1,394	3.6	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Kenneth Newby	409	1.1	New
Majority			19,697	51.5	+17.6
Turnout			38,213	59.1	−9.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2001: Sunderland North^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Etherington	18,685	62.7	−5.5
	Conservative	Michael Harris	5,331	17.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Lennox	3,599	12.1	+1.7
	Independent	Neil Herron	1,518	5.1	New
	BNP	David Guynan	687	2.3	New
Majority			13,354	44.8	-6.7
Turnout			29,820	49.0	−10.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2005: Sunderland North^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Etherington	15,719	54.4	−8.3
	Conservative	Stephen Daughton	5,724	19.8	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Hollern	4,277	14.8	+2.7
	Independent	Neil Herron	2,057	7.1	+2.0
	BNP	Debra Hiles	1,136	3.9	+1.6
Majority			9,995	34.6	-10.2
Turnout			28,913	49.7	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.1