City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency)

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City of Durham
County constituency
for the House of Commons
City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency)
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Boundary of City of Durham in the North East England
County County Durham
Population94,375 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 72,878 (2023) [2]
Major settlements Durham, Brandon, Coxhoe, Bowburn, Framwellgate Moor, Sherburn and Ushaw Moor
Current constituency
Created 1918
Member of Parliament Mary Kelly Foy (Labour)
SeatsOne
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Type of constituency Borough constituency
1678–1885
SeatsTwo
Type of constituency Borough constituency

City of Durham is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Mary Kelly Foy of the Labour Party. [n 2]

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Constituency profile

The constituency contains a large minority of students, researchers and academics at the early 19th century founded University of Durham, [n 3] that has a claim towards being the third oldest in England and has elected Labour MPs since 1935, although there have been strong SDP–Liberal Alliance and Liberal Democrat challenges to Labour since the 1980s.

The constituency includes a number of surrounding villages and suburbs as well as Durham itself, the largest of these are Brandon, Bowburn, Esh Winning, Framwellgate Moor, Sherburn, Ushaw Moor and Willington. The seat extends as far west as Satley and as far east as Shadforth.

The seat has traditionally been dominated by Labour, with support particularly strong in those villages historically connected to County Durham's mining industry. Durham is famous as an educational centre, for Durham University and the feepaying preparatory school, Chorister School where Tony Blair was educated. The city centre is more inclined to the Liberal Democrats. Like many other university cities such as Cambridge and Oxford, in the 2005 election it swung strongly towards the Liberal Democrats, one possible reason being these cities' sizeable student population who were viewed as being hostile to Labour's policies on areas such as top-up fees and the Iraq War. The Liberal Democrats were able to reduce Labour's majority by over 10,000 votes, although they were still unable to gain the seat from Labour, as was the case in the 2010 election. As reflected in throughout the country, the Liberal Democrat vote collapsed in the 2015 election.

History

The parliamentary borough (1678–1918)

The City of Durham was first given the right to return Members to Parliament by an Act of Parliament in 1673, although the first election was not held until 1678 due to drafting errors. [3] It was the last new borough but one to be enfranchised before the Great Reform Act of 1832. [4] It was the only borough in County Durham, the county also having been unrepresented until the same Act of Parliament, which created two MPs for the county and two for the city. Both constituencies were frequently referred to simply as Durham, which can make for some confusion.

The constituency as constituted in 1678 consisted only of the city of Durham itself, though this included its suburbs which were within the municipal boundary. The right to vote was held by the corporation and the freemen of the city, many of whom were not resident within the boundaries. Unlike the situation in many small rotten boroughs, the corporation had no jurisdiction over the creation of freemen: freemen were generally created by connection with companies of trade, either by apprenticeship or by birth (by being the son of an existing freeman), though the common council of the city had a power to create honorary freemen.

The creation of honorary freemen with the specific intention of swaying elections was a common abuse in a number of boroughs in the 18th century, and at the Durham election of 1762 became sufficiently controversial to force a change in the law. The election was disputed because 215 new freemen, most of them not resident in the city, had been made after the writ for the election was issued. The existing freemen petitioned against this dilution of their voting rights, the candidate who had been declared elected was unseated by the Commons committee which heard the case, and the following year an Act of Parliament was passed to prevent any honorary freeman from voting in a borough election within twelve months of their being accorded that status.

Through having a freeman franchise the electorate was comparatively numerous for the period, though comprising only a small fraction of the city's population; at the time of the Reform Act there were between 1,100 and 1,200 freemen in total, of whom 427 were resident and 558 lived within seven miles, while the total population of the borough was 9,269. The Lambton and Tempest families were influential, and were generally able to secure election, but fell far short of the sort of control common in pocket boroughs.

The city retained both its MPs under the 1832 Reform Act, with its boundaries adjusted only very slightly, although as elsewhere the franchise was reformed. The Reform Act 1867 extended the boundaries to include part of Framwellgate parish which had previously been excluded. [5] Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the borough's representation was reduced from the 1885 general election to a single MP. [6] In the boundary changes of 1918, the borough was abolished, but a division of County Durham was named after the city.

County constituency (since 1918)

From 1918, Durham City was included in a county constituency officially called The Durham Division of (County) Durham, consisting of the central part of the county. [7] In the 1983 boundary changes, the constituency officially acquired the unambiguous City of Durham name for the first time and its boundaries were realigned to match the new City of Durham local government district.

Boundaries

1918–1950

  • the Borough of Durham
  • the Urban District of Hetton
  • the Rural District of Durham except the parish of Brancepeth
  • in the Rural District of Houghton-le-Spring, the parishes of East Rainton, Great Eppleton, Little Eppleton, Moor House, Moorsley, and West Rainton. [7]

As well as absorbing the abolished parliamentary borough, the reconstituted seat included Hetton-le-Hole and surrounding rural areas, transferred from Houghton-le-Spring, and northern areas of the abolished Mid Division of Durham.

1950–1974

  • the Borough of Durham
  • the Urban Districts of Hetton and Spennymoor
  • the Rural District of Durham. [8]

Spennymoor and the parish of Brancepeth transferred in from the abolished constituency of Spennymoor. Other minor changes (the Rural District of Houghton-le-Spring had been abolished and absorbed into neighbouring local authorities).

1974–1983

  • the Borough of Durham and Framwelgate
  • the Rural District of Sedgefield and the Rural District of Durham except the parish of Brancepeth. [9]

Hetton transferred back to Houghton-le-Spring, and Spennymoor and Brancepeth now included in Durham North West. Gained the Rural District of Sedgefield from the abolished constituency of Sedgefield.

1983–2024

City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 1997–2024

Sedgefield returned to the re-established constituency thereof. Gained the area comprising the former Urban District of Brandon and Byshottles which had been absorbed into the District of the City of Durham, previously part of North West Durham.

2024–present

  • The County of Durham electoral districts of: Belmont; Brandon; Deerness; Durham South; Elvet and Gilesgate; Esh and Witton Gilbert; Framwellgate and Newton Hall; Neville's Cross; Sherburn; and Willington and Hunwick. [13]
Coxhoe was transferred to the new constituency of Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor, offset by gains from the abolished constituency of North West Durham, including the communities of Esh and Willington.

Members of Parliament

Durham City (borough)

MPs 1678–1885

YearFirst member [14] First partySecond member [14] Second party
1678 Sir Ralph Cole John Parkhurst
February 1679 William Tempest
September 1679 William Blakiston Sir Richard Lloyd
1681 William Tempest
1685 Charles Montagu
1689 George Morland Henry Liddell
1690 William Tempest
1695 Charles Montagu Henry Liddell
1698 Thomas Conyers Tory
1701 Sir Henry Belasyse
1702 Thomas Conyers Tory
1708 James Nicolson
1710 Sir Henry Belasyse Tory
1712 Robert Shafto Tory
1713 George Baker Tory
1722 Charles Talbot
1727 Robert Shafto Tory
1730 John Shafto Tory
1734 Henry Lambton Whig
1742 John Tempest
1761 Ralph Gowland [15]
1762 Major General John Lambton
1768 John Tempest Tory [16]
1787 William Henry Lambton Whig [16]
1794 Sir Henry Vane-Tempest Tory [16]
1798 Ralph John Lambton Whig [16]
1800 Michael Angelo Taylor Whig [16]
1802 Richard Wharton [17] Tory [16]
1804 Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto
1806 Richard Wharton Tory [16]
1813 George Allan Tory [16]
1818 Michael Angelo Taylor Whig [16]
1820 Sir Henry Hardinge Tory [16]
1830 Sir Roger Gresley [18] Tory [16]
March 1831 William Chaytor Whig [16]
May 1831 Hon. Arthur Trevor Tory [16]
1832 William Charles Harland Whig [16] [19] [20]
1835 Hon. Arthur Trevor Conservative [16]
1841 Thomas Colpitts Granger Radical [21] [22] [23] [24] Robert FitzRoy Conservative
April 1843 The Viscount Dungannon [25] Conservative [16]
July 1843 John Bright Radical/Anti-Corn Law [16]
1847 Henry John Spearman Whig [26] [27]
July 1852 William Atherton [28] Radical [29] [30]
December 1852 Lord Adolphus Vane [31] Conservative
1853 John Mowbray Conservative
1859 Liberal
1864 John Henderson Liberal
1868 John Robert Davison Liberal
1871 John Lloyd Wharton Conservative
February 1874 Thomas Charles Thompson Liberal
June 1874 [32] Farrer Herschell Liberal Sir Arthur Middleton Liberal
1880 Thomas Charles Thompson Liberal
1885 Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1918

Matthew Fowler Matthew Fowler.jpg
Matthew Fowler
ElectionMember [14] [33] Party
1885 Thomas Milvain Conservative
1892 Matthew Fowler Liberal
1898 by-election Arthur Elliot Liberal Unionist
1906 John Hills Liberal Unionist
1918 Parliamentary borough abolished

Durham, Durham/City of Durham (county constituency)

MPs since 1918

YearMember [14] [33] Party
1918 John Hills Conservative
1922 Joshua Ritson Labour
1931 William McKeag Liberal
1935 Joshua Ritson Labour
1945 Charles Grey Labour
1970 Mark Hughes Labour
1987 Gerry Steinberg Labour
2005 Roberta Blackman-Woods Labour
2019 Mary Foy Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: City of Durham [34] [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Kelly Foy 19,131 47.1 +6.2
Reform UK Mark Belch7,37418.2+11.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Wilkes5,92014.6−2.3
Conservative Luke Holmes5,22112.9−19.0
Green Jonathan Elmer2,8036.9+3.6
SDP Sarah Welbourne1780.4N/A
Majority11,75728.9
Turnout 40,62758.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: City of Durham [36] [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Kelly Foy 20,531 42.0 –13.4
Conservative William Morgan15,50631.7+1.9
Liberal Democrats Amanda Hopgood7,93516.2+6.3
Brexit Party Lesley Wright3,2526.7N/A
Green Jonathan Elmer1,6353.3+1.7
Majority5,02510.3–15.3
Turnout 48,85968.6+0.7
Labour hold Swing –7.7
General election 2017: City of Durham [38] [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roberta Blackman-Woods 26,772 55.4 +8.1
Conservative Richard Lawrie14,40829.8+7.6
Liberal Democrats Amanda Hopgood4,7879.9–1.4
UKIP Malcolm Bint1,1162.3–9.1
Green Jonathan Elmer7971.6–4.3
Independent Jim Clark3990.8N/A
Young People's Jon Collings450.1N/A
Majority12,36425.6+0.5
Turnout 48,32467.9+1.4
Labour hold Swing +0.25
General election 2015: City of Durham [40] [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roberta Blackman-Woods 21,596 47.3 +3.0
Conservative Rebecca Coulson [42] 10,15722.2+8.9
UKIP Liam Clark5,23211.4+9.5
Liberal Democrats Craig Martin [43] 5,18311.3−26.4
Green Jonathan Elmer [44] 2,6875.9N/A
Independent John Marshall [45] 6491.4N/A
Independent Jon Collings1950.4N/A
Majority11,43925.1+18.5
Turnout 45,69966.5–0.7
Labour hold Swing −3.0
General election 2010: City of Durham [46] [47] [48]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roberta Blackman-Woods 20,496 44.3 −2.9
Liberal Democrats Carol Woods17,42937.7−2.1
Conservative Nick Varley6,14613.3+3.9
BNP Ralph Musgrave1,1532.5N/A
UKIP Nigel Coghill-Marshall8561.9N/A
Independent Jon Collings1720.4N/A
Majority3,0676.6−0.8
Turnout 46,25267.2+5.1
Labour hold Swing −0.4

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: City of Durham [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roberta Blackman-Woods 20,928 47.2 −8.9
Liberal Democrats Carol Woods17,65439.8+16.1
Conservative Ben Rogers 4,1799.4−7.9
Veritas Tony Martin1,6033.6N/A
Majority3,2747.4−25.0
Turnout 44,36462.1+2.5
Labour hold Swing −12.5
General election 2001: City of Durham [50]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerry Steinberg 23,254 56.1 −7.2
Liberal Democrats Carol Woods9,81323.7+8.4
Conservative Nick Cartmell7,16717.3−0.2
UKIP Chris Williamson1,2523.0N/A
Majority13,44132.4−13.4
Turnout 41,48659.6−11.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: City of Durham [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerry Steinberg 31,102 63.3 +10.0
Conservative Richard Chalk8,59817.5−6.2
Liberal Democrats Nigel Martin7,49915.3−6.2
Referendum Margaret Robson1,7233.5N/A
Natural Law Paul Kember2130.4N/A
Majority22,50445.8+16.2
Turnout 49,13570.8−3.8
Labour hold Swing +8.1
General election 1992: City of Durham [52] [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerry Steinberg 27,095 53.3 +8.4
Conservative Martin I. Woodroofe12,03723.7+1.8
Liberal Democrats Nigel Martin10,91521.5−11.7
Green Jane Banks8121.6N/A
Majority15,05829.6+17.9
Turnout 50,85974.6−3.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: City of Durham [54]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerry Steinberg 23,382 44.9 +8.4
SDP David Stoker17,25733.2+0.7
Conservative Gordon Colquhoun11,40821.9−9.1
Majority6,12511.7+7.7
Turnout 52,04778.2+3.8
Labour hold Swing +3.8
General election 1983: City of Durham [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hughes 18,163 36.5
SDP David Stoker16,19032.5
Conservative Matthew Lavis15,43831.0
Majority1,9734.0
Turnout 49,79174.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hughes 30,903 52.3 −6.1
Conservative Matthew Lavis19,66633.3+9.6
Liberal Chris Foote Wood8,57214.5−2.3
Majority11,23719.0−15.7
Turnout 59,14176.4+4.8
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hughes 31,305 58.5 +6.0
Conservative Derek Conway 13,18924.7−2.4
Liberal Alan Heesom9,01116.8−1.7
Majority18,11633.9+8.5
Turnout 53,50571.6−9.2
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hughes 31,405 52.5
Conservative Timothy Kirkhope 16,20227.1
Liberal Alan Heesom12,23520.5
Majority15,20325.4
Turnout 59,84280.8
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hughes 33,766 66.9 −0.7
Conservative Ernest Greenwood16,70733.1+3.7
Majority17,05933.8−4.1
Turnout 50,47373.3−1.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Grey 32,200 70.6 +2.3
Conservative Richard Yorke13,38329.4−2.3
Majority18,81741.2+4.6
Turnout 45,58374.7−4.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Grey 32,818 68.3 +1.9
Conservative Joseph Whittaker15,20931.7−1.9
Majority17,60936.7+3.8
Turnout 48,02778.8−3.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Grey 33,795 66.4 +0.3
Conservative Charles MacCarthy17,10633.6−0.3
Majority16,68932.8+0.7
Turnout 50,90181.8+2.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Grey 32,412 66.1 −1.0
Conservative Charles P. MacCarthy16,64033.9+1.0
Majority15,77232.2+2.0
Turnout 49,05279.5−6.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Grey 35,597 67.1 −1.0
Conservative Robert Fisher17,44732.9+1.0
Majority18,15034.2−2.0
Turnout 53,04486.1−0.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Grey 36,024 68.1
Conservative Henry Laslett16,90331.9
Majority19,12136.2
Turnout 52,92787.0
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Grey 24,135 66.2 +7.1
National Liberal John Bunyan12,33133.8−7.1
Majority11,80432.4+14.3
Turnout 36,46679.8−5.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joshua Ritson 21,517 59.1 +9.5
National Liberal William McKeag 14,91040.9N/A
Majority6,60718.1N/A
Turnout 36,42785.2+1.5
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1931: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William McKeag 17,406 50.4 +28.1
Labour Joshua Ritson 17,13649.6−7.2
Majority2700.8N/A
Turnout 34,54283.7N/A
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joshua Ritson 18,514 56.8 +1.9
Liberal William McKeag 7,26622.3+12.3
Unionist George Hamilton-Fletcher6,82020.9−14.2
Majority11,24834.5+14.7
Turnout 32,60080.1−5.1
Registered electors 40,676
Labour hold Swing −5.2
General election 1924: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joshua Ritson 15,032 54.9 −1.9
Unionist Sidney Streatfeild 9,61435.1−8.1
Liberal William McKeag 2,74710.0N/A
Majority5,41819.8+6.2
Turnout 27,39385.2+8.0
Registered electors 32,163
Labour hold Swing +3.1
General election 1923: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joshua Ritson 13,819 56.8 +1.6
Unionist Thomas Bradford10,53043.2−1.6
Majority3,28913.6+3.2
Turnout 24,34977.2−4.7
Registered electors 31,523
Labour hold Swing +1.6
General election 1922: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joshua Ritson 14,068 55.2 +5.8
Unionist John Hills 11,39644.8−5.8
Majority2,67210.4N/A
Turnout 25,46481.9+20.5
Registered electors 31,104
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +1.8

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Durham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist John Hills 9,02750.6
Labour Joshua Ritson 8,80949.4
Majority2181.2
Turnout 17,83661.4
Unionist hold Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election December 1910: Durham [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist John Hills 1,313 60.0
Liberal Cecil Cochrane 87740.0
Majority43620.0
Turnout 2,19084.2
Liberal Unionist hold Swing
General election January 1910: Durham [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist John Hills Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Durham [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist John Hills 1,313 59.9 −1.6
Free Trader Arthur Elliot [n 4] 88040.1+1.6
Majority43319.8−3.2
Turnout 2,19385.0+7.1
Registered electors 2,580
Liberal Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1900: Durham [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Arthur Elliot 1,250 61.5 +11.6
Liberal William Geary 78138.5−11.6
Majority46923.0+22.8
Turnout 2,03177.9−11.4
Registered electors 2,607
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +11.4

Elections in the 1890s

By-election, 1898: Durham [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Arthur Elliot 1,167 51.4 +1.5
Liberal H.F. Boyd1,10248.6−1.5
Majority652.8N/A
Turnout 2,26989.1−0.2
Registered electors 2,548
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +1.5
General election 1895: Durham [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Matthew Fowler 1,110 50.1 −1.7
Liberal Unionist Arthur Elliot 1,10749.9+1.7
Majority30.2−3.4
Turnout 2,21789.3−0.1
Registered electors 2,482
Liberal hold Swing −1.7
General election 1892: Durham [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Matthew Fowler 1,075 51.8 +8.7
Conservative Thomas Milvain 1,00048.2−8.7
Majority753.6N/A
Turnout 2,07589.4+3.2
Registered electors 2,322
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +8.7

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Durham (1 seat) [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Milvain 1,129 56.9 +4.0
Liberal George Brooks [57] 85543.1−4.0
Majority27413.8+8.0
Turnout 1,98486.2−5.3
Registered electors 2,302
Conservative hold Swing −4.0
General election 1885: Durham (1 seat) [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Milvain 1,114 52.9
Liberal Thomas Charles Thompson 99347.1
Majority1215.8
Turnout 2,10791.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
By-election, 10 May 1880: Durham (1 seat) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Farrer Herschell Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1880: Durham (2 seats) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Charles Thompson 1,237 35.9 +1.0
Liberal Farrer Herschell 1,152 33.4 +0.2
Conservative John Lloyd Wharton 1,05830.7−1.2
Majority942.7+1.4
Turnout 2,295 (est)97.6 (est)+12.7
Registered electors 2,352
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1870s

By-election, 13 Jun 1874: Durham (2 seats) [58] [59]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Farrer Herschell 930 27.8 −7.1
Liberal Arthur Monck [n 5] 918 27.5 −5.7
Conservative Francis Duncan 75222.5+6.5
Conservative Francis Barrington74222.2+6.2
Majority1665.0+3.7
Turnout 1,671 (est)81.2 (est)−3.7
Registered electors 2,059
Liberal hold Swing -6.8
Liberal hold Swing -6.0
General election 1874: Durham (2 seats) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Charles Thompson 924 34.9 +1.4
Liberal John Henderson 879 33.2 −2.0
Conservative John Lloyd Wharton 84631.9+0.6
Majority331.3−0.9
Turnout 1,748 (est)84.9 (est)−2.5
Registered electors 2,059
Liberal hold Swing +0.6
Liberal hold Swing -1.2
By-election, 28 Apr 1871: Durham (1 seat) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lloyd Wharton 814 51.2 +19.9
Liberal Thomas Charles Thompson 77648.8−19.9
Majority382.4N/A
Turnout 1,59081.7−5.7
Registered electors 1,946
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +19.9
By-election, 14 Jan 1871: Durham (1 seat) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Robert Davison Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Durham (2 seats) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Henderson 823 35.2
Liberal John Robert Davison 784 33.5
Conservative John Lloyd Wharton 73231.3
Turnout 1,536 (est)87.4 (est)
Majority893.9
Liberal hold Swing
Majority522.2
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
By-election, 11 July 1866: Durham (1 seat) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mowbray Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1865: Durham (2 seats) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Henderson Unopposed
Conservative John Mowbray Unopposed
Registered electors 1,056
Liberal hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 9 February 1864: Durham (1 seat) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Henderson Unopposed
Liberal hold
By-election, 8 July 1861: Durham (1 seat) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Atherton Unopposed
Liberal hold
By-election, 9 January 1860: Durham (1 seat) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Atherton Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Durham (2 seats) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Atherton Unopposed
Conservative John Mowbray Unopposed
Registered electors 1,147
Liberal hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 17 March 1858: Durham (1 seat) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mowbray Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1857: Durham (2 seats) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical William Atherton Unopposed
Conservative John Mowbray Unopposed
Registered electors 1,184
Radical hold
Conservative gain from Radical
By-election, 25 June 1853: Durham (1 seat) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mowbray 529 54.4 +22.5
Whig Charles Eurwicke Douglas [60] [61] 44445.6−22.6
Majority858.8N/A
Turnout 97388.9−1.5
Registered electors 1,094
Void election resultSwing+22.6
By-election, 3 December 1852: Durham (1 seat) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adolphus Vane-Tempest 545 52.4 +20.5
Whig Henry Fenwick [63] [64] [65] 49647.6−20.6
Majority494.8N/A
Turnout 1,04195.2+4.8
Registered electors 1,094
Conservative gain from Radical Swing +20.6
General election 1852: Durham (2 seats) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Thomas Colpitts Granger 571 36.0 −2.0
Radical William Atherton 510 32.2 −1.0
Conservative Adolphus Vane-Tempest 50631.9+3.1
Majority40.3−4.5
Turnout 1,047 (est)90.4 (est)+3.7
Registered electors 1,157
Radical hold Swing −1.8
Radical gain from Whig Swing −1.3

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Durham (2 seats) [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Radical Thomas Colpitts Granger 595 38.0
Whig Henry John Spearman 519 33.2
Conservative David Edward Wood [66] 45028.8
Turnout 1,007 (est)86.7 (est)
Majority764.8
Radical hold
Majority694.4
Whig gain from Conservative
By-election, 26 July 1843: Durham [58] [16] [67]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Radical John Bright 488 54.3
Conservative Thomas Purvis41045.7
Majority788.6
Turnout 89881.2
Radical gain from Conservative
By-election, 5 April 1843: Durham [58] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Arthur Hill-Trevor 507 55.6
Radical John Bright 40544.4
Majority10211.2
Turnout 91282.5
Conservative hold
General election 1841: Durham (2 seats) [58] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert FitzRoy Unopposed
Radical Thomas Colpitts Granger Unopposed
Registered electors 1,022
Conservative hold
Radical gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Durham (2 seats) [58] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Hill-Trevor 465 38.5 +0.8
Whig William Charles Harland 373 30.9 −3.6
Radical Thomas Colpitts Granger 37130.7+2.8
Turnout 85790.3−2.6
Registered electors 949
Majority927.6+4.4
Conservative hold Swing +2.2
Majority20.2−6.4
Whig hold Swing −2.2
General election 1835: Durham (2 seats) [58] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Hill-Trevor 473 37.7 +6.5
Whig William Charles Harland 433 34.5 −34.3
Radical Thomas Colpitts Granger 35027.9N/A
Turnout 82992.9−2.4
Registered electors 892
Majority403.2N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +20.4
Majority836.6+4.9
Whig hold Swing −20.4
General election 1832: Durham (2 seats) [58] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig William Charles Harland 440 35.9
Whig William Chaytor 404 32.9
Tory Arthur Hill-Trevor 38331.2
Majority211.7
Turnout 76895.3
Registered electors 806
Whig win (new boundaries)
Whig win (new boundaries)
General election 1831: Durham (2 seats) [16] [69]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig William Chaytor Unopposed
Tory Arthur Hill-Trevor Unopposed
Registered electors c. 1,200
Whig hold
Tory hold
By-election, 23 March 1831: Durham [16] [69]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Chaytor 495 51.1 +13.9
Tory Arthur Hill-Trevor 47048.6+15.5
Whig John Clervaux Chaytor30.3−29.4
Majority252.5−1.6
Turnout 968c. 80.7
Registered electors c. 1,200
Whig gain from Tory Swing −0.8
General election 1830: Durham (2 seats) [16] [69]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Michael Angelo Taylor 546 37.2
Tory Roger Gresley 48633.1
Whig William Chaytor, Senior 43629.7
Turnout 988
Registered electors
Majority604.1
Whig hold
Majority503.4
Tory hold

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ In the 2001 Census 14.5% of those aged 16–74 were further education students and 2.4% were students aged 16 or 17 such as at a sixth form or college.
  4. ↑ Supported by the local Liberal association
  5. ↑ Monck changed his surname to Middleton in 1876

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