1284:
597:
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1740:
1429:
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;
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1530:
172:
242:
184:
180:
168:
91:
1358:
1292:
164:
257:
219:
160:
95:
156:
152:
81:
77:
283:
272:
103:
99:
119:
47:
127:
1213:
1064:
910:
751:
526:
390:
366:
316:
311:
230:
59:
55:
176:
1562:
563:
427:
148:
123:
1720:
1395:
1329:
335:
1676:
1460:
605:
349:
330:
204:
1659:
268:
253:
1640:
196:
1646:
1576:
1250:
1126:
1101:
972:
947:
815:
788:
668:
641:
451:
264:
249:
17:
1513:
1489:
1412:
1388:
1346:
1322:
1267:
1243:
1191:
1094:
1037:
940:
886:
781:
739:
634:
580:
556:
513:
420:
131:
115:
41:
1175:
1021:
870:
723:
497:
359:
340:
321:
1496:
1438:
1199:
1045:
894:
354:
159:
county divisions were replaced by eight new single-member county constituencies. These were
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238:
1729:
1159:
1005:
852:
705:
482:
1721:
Leigh
Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
1453:
1283:
596:
1746:
Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
279:
200:
1741:
Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
1479:
1378:
1312:
1233:
1084:
930:
771:
624:
546:
410:
218:
2) Included only non-resident freeholders in the parliamentary borough of
187:. In addition there were seven County Durham borough constituencies.
1531:
History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham
1604:
1565:. Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports. pp. 155–156.
27:
Parliamentary constituency in the United
Kingdom, 1885–1918
260:, which also absorbed the abolished parliamentary borough;
215:
NB: 1) Boundary
Commission proposed name was "Brancepeth"
1736:
Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham (historic)
199:
of Durham and
Willington (including all the parish of
1712:
Debrett's House of
Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
1700:
Debrett's House of
Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
1688:
Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1896
1600:
1598:
1596:
1594:
1592:
1590:
1588:
1586:
1552:
Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
203:and excluding all the parish of Moorhouse) and the
87:
73:
65:
54:
34:
1639:
233:, when its contents were distributed as follows:
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1620:
1618:
1616:
1614:
1612:
1610:
1577:"HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1885, Durham"
1708:
1706:
1634:
1632:
8:
1696:
1694:
1548:
1546:
1458:
1356:
1290:
1211:
1062:
908:
749:
603:
524:
388:
256:, to the newly created county division of
31:
1282:
595:
365:
294:
1542:
18:Durham Mid (UK Parliament constituency)
134:system of election from 1885 to 1918.
1466:
1365:
1299:
1220:
1174:
1158:
1071:
1020:
1004:
917:
869:
851:
758:
722:
704:
611:
533:
496:
481:
397:
211:See map on Vision of Britain website.
7:
1679:, page 143 (167 in web page), Durham
248:Remaining northern areas, including
147:The constituency was created by the
1563:"Redistribution of Seats Act 1885"
25:
1484:
1383:
1317:
1238:
1122:
1089:
968:
935:
811:
776:
664:
629:
551:
447:
415:
149:Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
124:Parliament of the United Kingdom
278:South-eastern areas, including
263:South-western areas, including
229:The seat was abolished for the
1359:General election December 1910
1:
1293:General election January 1910
282:, to the new constituency of
271:, to the new constituency of
1673:The Constitutional Year Book
1677:Conservative Central Office
1626:The Liberal Year Book, 1907
1461:1915 Mid Durham by-election
606:1890 Mid Durham by-election
205:Municipal Borough of Durham
1762:
1660:British Newspaper Archive
1650:. 16 June 1886. p. 3
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1501:
1478:
1475:
1472:
1469:
1411:
1400:
1377:
1374:
1371:
1368:
1345:
1334:
1311:
1308:
1305:
1302:
1266:
1255:
1232:
1229:
1226:
1223:
1190:
1144:
1083:
1080:
1077:
1074:
1036:
990:
929:
926:
923:
920:
885:
835:
770:
767:
764:
761:
738:
688:
623:
620:
617:
614:
579:
568:
545:
542:
539:
536:
512:
468:
409:
406:
403:
400:
370:
297:
39:
1424:General Election 1914–15
1647:London Evening Standard
1641:"The General Election"
1288:
1279:Elections in the 1910s
1131:Charles Edward Hunter
1059:Elections in the 1900s
820:Charles Edward Hunter
601:
592:Elections in the 1890s
385:Elections in the 1880s
372:constituency abolished
1675:, 1904, published by
1286:
1214:General election 1906
1065:General election 1900
911:General election 1895
752:General election 1892
673:Francis Vane-Tempest
599:
527:General election 1886
456:Francis Vane-Tempest
391:General election 1885
291:Members of Parliament
231:1918 general election
128:Member of Parliament
1463:
1362:
1296:
1217:
1176:Registered electors
1068:
1022:Registered electors
914:
871:Registered electors
755:
724:Registered electors
608:
530:
498:Registered electors
394:
132:first past the post
118:represented in the
116:county constituency
42:county constituency
1459:
1357:
1291:
1289:
1212:
1063:
977:Anthony Wilkinson
909:
750:
604:
602:
525:
389:
197:Sessional Division
173:Houghton-le-Spring
1522:
1521:
1421:
1420:
1355:
1354:
1276:
1275:
1210:
1209:
1056:
1055:
907:
906:
748:
747:
589:
588:
523:
522:
377:
376:
243:Chester-le-Street
185:South East Durham
181:North West Durham
169:Chester-le-Street
126:. It elected one
109:
108:
92:Chester-le-Street
16:(Redirected from
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1710:
1701:
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1689:
1686:
1680:
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1663:
1657:
1655:
1643:
1636:
1627:
1624:
1605:
1602:
1581:
1580:
1573:
1567:
1566:
1559:
1553:
1550:
1497:Samuel Galbraith
1481:
1464:
1439:Samuel Galbraith
1380:
1363:
1314:
1297:
1235:
1218:
1086:
1069:
932:
915:
773:
756:
626:
609:
564:William Crawford
548:
531:
428:William Crawford
412:
395:
355:Samuel Galbraith
317:William Crawford
295:
120:House of Commons
50:
48:House of Commons
32:
21:
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1756:
1755:
1754:
1752:
1751:
1750:
1726:
1725:
1717:
1716:
1711:
1704:
1699:
1692:
1687:
1683:
1671:
1667:
1653:
1651:
1638:
1637:
1630:
1625:
1608:
1603:
1584:
1575:
1574:
1570:
1561:
1560:
1556:
1551:
1544:
1539:
1527:
1281:
1061:
594:
387:
382:
293:
227:
193:
165:Bishop Auckland
145:
140:
45:
44:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1759:
1757:
1749:
1748:
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1728:
1727:
1724:
1723:
1715:
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1702:
1690:
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1606:
1582:
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1554:
1541:
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1523:
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1507:
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1486:
1483:
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1471:
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1197:
1189:
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1172:
1171:
1168:
1165:
1162:
1156:
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1135:
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1129:
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1120:
1115:
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961:
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745:
737:
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239:Witton Gilbert
226:
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189:
179:, Mid Durham,
161:Barnard Castle
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136:
107:
106:
89:
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1398:
1397:
1393:
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1390:
1386:
1384:
1364:
1361:: Mid Durham
1360:
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1343:
1342:
1339:
1338:
1332:
1331:
1327:
1325:
1324:
1320:
1318:
1298:
1295:: Mid Durham
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1285:
1278:
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1264:
1263:
1260:
1259:
1253:
1252:
1248:
1246:
1245:
1241:
1239:
1219:
1216:: Mid Durham
1215:
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1203:
1201:
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1196:
1193:
1188:
1187:
1184:
1182:
1179:
1177:
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1163:
1161:
1157:
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1130:
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1125:
1123:
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1114:
1111:
1109:
1106:
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1103:
1099:
1097:
1096:
1092:
1090:
1070:
1067:: Mid Durham
1066:
1058:
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1049:
1047:
1044:
1042:
1039:
1034:
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1030:
1028:
1025:
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913:: Mid Durham
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882:
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868:
865:
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831:
828:
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807:
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786:
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754:: Mid Durham
753:
744:
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736:
735:
732:
730:
727:
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718:
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591:
585:
582:
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561:
559:
558:
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532:
529:: Mid Durham
528:
518:
515:
510:
509:
506:
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489:
486:
484:
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477:
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467:
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461:
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450:
448:
444:
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435:
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430:
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393:: Mid Durham
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1668:
1658:– via
1652:. Retrieved
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1571:
1557:
1516:
1503:
1502:
1495:
1488:
1454:Joseph Batey
1449:
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1415:
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1401:
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1387:
1349:
1336:
1335:
1328:
1321:
1270:
1257:
1256:
1249:
1242:
1194:
1127:Conservative
1117:
1112:
1107:
1100:
1093:
1040:
973:Conservative
963:
958:
953:
946:
939:
899:
889:
863:
845:
829:
816:Conservative
805:
804:
799:
794:
787:
780:
742:
716:
698:
682:
669:Conservative
658:
657:
652:
647:
640:
633:
583:
570:
569:
562:
555:
516:
452:Conservative
443:
438:
433:
426:
419:
371:
228:
217:
214:
210:
209:
194:
157:South Durham
153:North Durham
146:
130:(MP) by the
111:
110:
82:South Durham
78:North Durham
74:Created from
29:
1654:25 November
1396:John Wilson
1330:John Wilson
1251:John Wilson
1170:−6.2
1102:John Wilson
948:John Wilson
789:John Wilson
642:John Wilson
519:(new seat)
336:John Wilson
151:, when the
88:Replaced by
1730:Categories
1537:References
1470:Candidate
1369:Candidate
1303:Candidate
1224:Candidate
1075:Candidate
921:Candidate
762:Candidate
615:Candidate
537:Candidate
401:Candidate
284:Sedgefield
273:Spennymoor
269:Willington
254:Willington
237:Parish of
191:Boundaries
112:Mid Durham
104:Sedgefield
100:Spennymoor
35:Mid Durham
1504:Unopposed
1403:Unopposed
1337:Unopposed
1258:Unopposed
1145:Majority
991:Majority
836:Majority
689:Majority
571:Unopposed
469:Majority
380:Elections
280:Ferryhill
225:Abolition
201:Shadforth
1525:See also
1444:Unionist
143:Creation
46:for the
1514:Lib-Lab
1490:Lib-Lab
1435:Liberal
1413:Lib-Lab
1389:Lib-Lab
1347:Lib-Lab
1323:Lib-Lab
1268:Lib-Lab
1244:Lib-Lab
1192:Lib-Lab
1180:12,816
1160:Turnout
1095:Lib-Lab
1038:Lib-Lab
1026:12,519
1010:10,232
1006:Turnout
941:Lib-Lab
887:Lib-Lab
875:11,789
853:Turnout
782:Lib-Lab
740:Lib-Lab
728:11,362
706:Turnout
635:Lib-Lab
581:Lib-Lab
557:Lib-Lab
514:Lib-Lab
502:11,145
483:Turnout
421:Lib-Lab
360:Liberal
341:Liberal
322:Liberal
265:Brandon
250:Brandon
138:History
122:of the
40:Former
1473:Votes
1467:Party
1450:Labour
1372:Votes
1366:Party
1306:Votes
1300:Party
1287:Wilson
1227:Votes
1221:Party
1164:9,670
1148:1,460
1134:4,105
1108:5,565
1078:Votes
1072:Party
994:1,642
980:4,295
954:5,937
924:Votes
918:Party
857:9,330
839:1,992
823:3,669
795:5,661
765:Votes
759:Party
710:8,844
692:2,094
676:3,375
648:5,469
618:Votes
612:Party
600:Wilson
540:Votes
534:Party
487:9,044
472:2,554
459:3,245
434:5,799
404:Votes
398:Party
301:Member
258:Durham
220:Durham
177:Jarrow
114:was a
96:Durham
1204:-0.5
1200:Swing
1167:75.5
1154:−1.0
1151:15.0
1140:+0.5
1137:42.5
1118:−0.5
1113:57.5
1050:-2.7
1046:Swing
1016:+2.6
1013:81.7
1000:−5.4
997:16.0
986:+2.7
983:42.0
964:−2.7
959:58.0
895:Swing
860:79.1
842:21.4
826:39.3
800:60.7
713:77.8
695:23.6
679:38.2
653:61.8
490:81.1
475:28.2
462:35.9
439:64.1
304:Whip
275:; and
66:Seats
1656:2017
1517:hold
1416:hold
1350:hold
1271:hold
1195:hold
1041:hold
890:hold
743:hold
584:hold
367:1918
350:1915
331:1890
312:1885
298:Year
267:and
252:and
195:The
183:and
155:and
102:and
80:and
60:1918
56:1885
900:N/A
864:N/A
846:N/A
830:N/A
806:N/A
717:N/A
699:N/A
683:New
659:N/A
517:win
241:to
69:one
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