Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency)
Sedgefield | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Sedgefield in County Durham.
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Location of County Durham within England.
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County | County Durham |
Electorate | 67,386 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Phil Wilson (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
1918–1974 | |
Number of members | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | North East England |
Sedgefield is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since a by-election in 2007 by Phil Wilson, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Labour have held Sedgefield since 1935. From 1983 to 2007, the constituency was represented by Tony Blair, who became the party's leader in 1994 and Prime Minister in 1997.
Contents
Boundaries
1983-1997: The District of Sedgefield wards of Bishop Middleham, Broom, Chilton, Cornforth, Ferryhill, Fishburn, Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange, Middlestone, New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange, Old Trimdon, Sedgefield, Spennymoor, and Tudhoe, the District of Easington wards of Deaf Hill, Hutton Henry, Thornley, Wheatley Hill, and Wingate, and the Borough of Darlington wards of Heighington, Hurworth, Middleton St George, Sadberge, and Whessoe.
1997-2010: The District of Sedgefield wards of Bishop Middleham, Broom, Chilton, Cornforth, Ferryhill, Fishburn, Middridge, Neville, New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange, Old Trimdon, Sedgefield, Shafto, Simpasture, West, and Woodham, the District of Easington wards of Deaf Hill, Hutton Henry, Thornley, Wheatley Hill, and Wingate, and the Borough of Darlington wards of Heighington, Hurworth, Middleton St George, Sadberge, and Whessoe.
2010-present: The Borough of Sedgefield wards of Bishop Middleham and Cornforth, Broom, Chilton, Ferryhill, Fishburn and Old Trimdon, Greenfield Middridge, Neville and Simpasture, New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange, Sedgefield, Shafto St Mary's, West, and Woodham, the District of Easington wards of Thornley and Wheatley Hill, and Wingate, and the Borough of Darlington wards of Heighington and Coniscliffe, Hurworth, Middleton St George, Sadberge, and Whessoe.
History
- 1918-1974
This constituency was first created in time for the 1918 general election, and then abolished for the February 1974 election.
- 1983-date
Sedgefield was recreated in 1983. Its member from 1983 until 27 June 2007 was Tony Blair, who led a successful campaign for his party to win in a landslide in 1997 and thereafter served for ten years as the Prime Minister, leading the campaigns in two subsequent elections. This was the first triple term for the Labour Party. Blair resigned as a Member of Parliament on the same day as he resigned as Prime Minister, which triggered a by-election.[2]
At the by-election on 19 July 2007, the Labour candidate Phil Wilson was elected on a reduced majority which in national terms is safe instead of marginal.
Constituency profile
Sedgefield has a long mining history (extracting coal, fluorspar and iron ore) and very strong affiliation to the Labour Party.
- In statistics
The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of two local government districts with similar characteristics: a working population whose average income is lower than the national average and close to average reliance upon social housing.[3] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 5.0% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 5.5%.[4]
The local authority contributing to the bulk of the seat has a middling 27.2% of its population without a car, a high 27.5% of the population without qualifications and a medium 21.5% with level 4 qualifications or above. Darlington has 28% of its population without a car, 24.8% of the population without qualifications and a medium 23.7% with level 4 qualifications or above
In terms of tenure 65.8% of County Durham homes and 64.9% of Darlington homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census.[5]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1918–present
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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1918 | Rowland Burdon | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | John Herriotts | Labour | |
1923 | Leonard Ropner | Conservative | |
1929 | John Herriotts | Labour | |
1931 | Roland Jennings | Conservative | |
1935 | John Leslie | Labour | |
1950 | Joe Slater | Labour | |
1970 | David Reed | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished | ||
1983 | constituency recreated | ||
1983 | Tony Blair | Labour | |
2007 by-election | Phil Wilson | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phil Wilson | 18,275 | 47.2 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Scott Wood | 11,432 | 29.5 | +6.0 | |
UKIP | John Leathley | 6,426 | 16.6 | +12.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Steven Glen | 1,370 | 3.5 | -16.4 | |
Green | Greg Robinson | 1,213 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,843 | 17.7 | |||
Turnout | 38,716 | 61.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phil Wilson | 18,141 | 45.1 | −13.9 | |
Conservative | Neil Mahapatra | 9,445 | 23.5 | +9.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alan Thompson | 8,033 | 20.0 | +8.2 | |
BNP | Mark Walker | 2,075 | 5.2 | −3.7 | |
UKIP | Brian Gregory | 1,479 | 3.7 | +2.1 | |
Independent | Paul Gittins | 1,049 | 2.6 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 8,696 | 21.6 | |||
Turnout | 40,222 | 62.1 | −0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −11.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phil Wilson | 12,528 | 44.8 | −14.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Greg Stone | 5,572 | 19.9 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Graham Robb | 4,082 | 14.6 | +0.2 | |
BNP | Andrew Spence | 2,494 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Paul Gittins | 1,885 | 6.7 | N/A | |
UKIP | Toby Horton | 536 | 1.9 | +0.3 | |
Green | Chris Haine | 348 | 1.2 | N/A | |
English Democrats | Stephen Gash | 177 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Christian Vote | Tim Grainger | 177 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Alan Hope | 129 | 0.5 | +0.1 | |
Anti Crime | Norman Scarth | 34 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,956 | 24.9 | −19.6 | ||
Turnout | 27,962 | 43.05 | −19.15 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −11 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Blair | 24,421 | 58.9 | −6.0 | |
Conservative | Al Lockwood | 5,972 | 14.4 | −6.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert Browne | 4,935 | 11.9 | +2.9 | |
Independent | Reg Keys | 4,252 | 10.3 | N/A | |
UKIP | William Brown | 646 | 1.6 | −0.8 | |
National Front | Mark Farrell | 253 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Veritas | Fiona Luckhurst-Matthews | 218 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Berony Abraham | 205 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Melodie Staniforth | 157 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Blair Must Go Party | Jonathan Cockburn | 103 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Senior Citizens Party | Terry Pattinson | 97 | 0.2 | N/A | |
UK Pensioners Party | Cherri Gilham | 82 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Helen John | 68 | 0.2 | -0.4 | |
Independent | John Barker | 45 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Julian Brennan | 17 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,449 | 44.5 | |||
Turnout | 41,475 | 62.2 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Blair | 26,110 | 64.9 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Douglas Carswell | 8,397 | 20.9 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Duffield | 3,624 | 9.0 | +2.5 | |
UKIP | Andrew Spence | 974 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Brian Gibson | 518 | 1.3 | +0.3 | |
Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Christopher Anthony Peter Driver | 375 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Miss Helen John | 260 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,713 | 44.0 | |||
Turnout | 40,258 | 62.0 | −10.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.7 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Blair | 33,526 | 71.2 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Pitman | 8,383 | 17.8 | −11.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ronald Walter Alexander Leslie Beadle | 3,050 | 6.5 | −4.1 | |
Referendum | Miriam Hall | 1,683 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Brian Gibson | 474 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 25,143 | 53.4 | +21.8 | ||
Turnout | 47,116 | 72.6 | −4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Blair | 28,453 | 60.5 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Jopling | 13,594 | 28.9 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gary Huntington | 4,982 | 10.6 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 14,859 | 31.6 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 47,029 | 77.1 | +0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Blair | 25,965 | 56.0 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Nigel Bligh Spencer Hawkins | 12,907 | 27.9 | −1.3 | |
Social Democratic | Ralph Irving Andrew | 7,477 | 16.1 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 13,058 | 28.2 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 76.2 | +3.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Blair | 21,401 | 47.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Toby Horton | 13,120 | 29.2 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | D. Shand | 10,183 | 22.6 | N/A | |
Independent | M. Logan-Salton | 298 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,281 | 18.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 72.9 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Reed | 36,867 | 60.5 | -4.2 | |
Conservative | A. A. Beck | 24,036 | 39.5 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 12,831 | 21.1 | -8.2 | ||
Turnout | 72.7 | -3.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joseph Slater | 34,058 | 64.7 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | C. F. Thring | 18,620 | 35.4 | -4.1 | |
Majority | 15,438 | 29.3 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 76.0 | -3.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joseph Slater | 32,273 | 60.7 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | C. F. Thring | 20,931 | 39.3 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 11,342 | 21.3 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 79.5 | -3.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joseph Slater | 30,642 | 58.5 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | D. Appleby | 21,771 | 41.5 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 8,871 | 16.9 | -2.5 | ||
Turnout | 82.5 | +2.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joseph Slater | 27,221 | 59.7 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | D. Appleby | 18,368 | 40.3 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 8,853 | 19.4 | -5.2 | ||
Turnout | 79.9 | -6.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joseph Slater | 28,219 | 62.3 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | E. H. Harrison | 17,095 | 37.7 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 11,124 | 24.6 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 86.4 | -0.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joseph Slater | 27,946 | 62.5 | - 1.3 | |
Conservative | J. E. S. Walford | 16,782 | 37.5 | + 1.3 | |
Majority | 11,164 | 25.0 | - 2.6 | ||
Turnout | 87.0 | + 9.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Leslie | 27,051 | 63.8 | + 11.5 | |
Conservative | J. E. S. Walford | 15,360 | 36.2 | - 11.5 | |
Majority | 11,691 | 27.6 | + 23.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,411 | 77.5 | - 3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Leslie | 20,375 | 52.3 | + 11.1 | |
Conservative | Roland Jennings | 18,604 | 47.7 | - 11.1 | |
Majority | 1,771 | 4.6 | - 13.0 | ||
Turnout | 81.4 | - 3.0 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roland Jennings | 21,956 | 58.8 | + 19.3 | |
Labour | John Herriotts | 15,404 | 41.2 | - 6.5 | |
Majority | 6,552 | 17.6 | + 9.6 | ||
Turnout | 84.4 | + 1.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Herriotts | 15,749 | 47.7 | + 0.4 | |
Unionist | Leonard Ropner | 13,043 | 39.5 | - 13.2 | |
Liberal | William Leeson | 4,236 | 12.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,706 | 8.2 | + 2.8 | ||
Turnout | 83.0 | - 2.4 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Leonard Ropner | 13,968 | 52.7 | + 2.7 | |
Labour | John Herriotts | 12,552 | 47.3 | - 2.7 | |
Majority | 1,416 | 5.4 | + 5.4 | ||
Turnout | 85.4 | + 10.9 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Leonard Ropner | 11,093 | 50.0 | + 9.5 | |
Labour | John Herriotts | 11,087 | 50.0 | + 6.4 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.0 | - 3.1 | ||
Turnout | 74.5 | - 1.6 | |||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Herriotts | 9,756 | 43.6 | + 6.8 | |
Unionist | Eli Waddington | 9,067 | 40.5 | - 1.6 | |
Liberal | C. H. Brown | 3,561 | 15.9 | - 5.2 | |
Majority | 689 | 3.1 | - 2.2 | ||
Turnout | 76.1 | + 12.7 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Coalition Conservative | Col. Rowland Burdon | 6,627 | 42.1 | N/A | |
Labour | John Herriotts | 5,801 | 36.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Charles Walter Starmer | 3,333 | 21.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 826 | 5.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 63.4 | N/A | |||
Coalition Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Blair resigns as prime minister, BBC News, 27 June 2007
- ↑ 2001 Census
- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ↑ 2011 census interactive maps
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.durham.gov.uk/PDFApproved/ParliamentaryElection2010_SoPN_SEDGE.pdf
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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Preceded by | Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1994–1997 |
Succeeded by Huntingdon |
Preceded by | Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1997–2007 |
Succeeded by Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath |
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