Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Darlington Borough constituency |
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| Darlington shown within County Durham, and County Durham shown within England | |
| Created: | 1868 |
| MP: | Alan Milburn |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | County Durham |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
Darlington is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers Darlington in County Durham, which is in the North East of England. The largest town in County Durham, and an administrative centre for the rural areas surrounding it, Darlington is somewhat more middle-class than other seats in Durham. It is the 'Home and Birthplace' of the Railway, Darlington also had a thriving heavy industry background with the 'Rolling Mills' and 'Tubemans' it was also home to the 'Cleveland Bridge Building and Engineering Company, situated in the centre of town was the Steel Works and 'Forge' with its massive cooling towers (now dismantled). The Conservatives have held the seat in good years for them, although it is still, despite the above factors, reasonably favourable to Labour on most occasions.
[edit] Boundary review
Following a review of parliamentary representation in County Durham, the Boundary Commission for England has created a slightly modified Darlington constituency to be fought at the 2009 or 2010 UK general election.
The electoral wards used in the slightly altered constituency are:
- Bank Top, Central, Cockerton East, Cockerton West, College, Eastbourne, Faverdale, Harrowgate Hill, Haughton East, Haughton North, Haughton West, Hummersknott, Lascelles, Lingfield, Mowden, Northgate, North Road, Park East, Park West and Pierremont.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1868 | constituency created | ||
| 1868 | Edmund Backhouse (1824-1906) | Liberal | |
| 1880 | Theodore Fry | Liberal | |
| 1895 | Arthur Pease | ||
| 1898 | Herbert Pike Pease | Liberal Unionist, then Unionist | |
| 1910 | Ignatius Timothy Tribich Lincoln[1] | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Herbert Pike Pease | Conservative | |
| 1923 | William Edwin Pease | Conservative | |
| 1926 | Arthur Lewis Shepherd | Labour | |
| 1931 | Charles Urie Peat | Conservative | |
| 1945 | David Hardman | Labour | |
| 1951 | Fergus Graham | Conservative | |
| 1959 | Anthony Bourne-Arton | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Edward Fletcher | Labour | |
| 1983 | Oswald O'Brien | Labour | |
| 1983 | Michael Fallon | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Alan Milburn | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Darlington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Milburn | 20,643 | 52.4 | -3.9 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Frieze | 10,239 | 26.0 | -4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Adamson | 7,269 | 18.5 | +7.6 | |
| UK Independence | John Hoodless | 730 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Veritas | David Davies | 507 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 10,404 | 26.4 | |||
| Turnout | 39,388 | 60.3 | -1.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
| General Election 2001: Darlington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Milburn | 22,479 | 56.3 | -5.2 | |
| Conservative | Tony Richmond | 12,095 | 30.3 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Adamson | 4,358 | 10.9 | +3.7 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Alan Docherty | 469 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Craig Platt | 269 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Amanda Rose | 229 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,384 | 26.0 | |||
| Turnout | 39,899 | 62.0 | -11.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Notes
- ^ also known as Trebitsch Lincoln, later a spy
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in North East England | |
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| Labour |
Bishop Auckland | Blaydon | Blyth Valley | City of Durham | Darlington | Easington | Gateshead East and Washington West | Hartlepool | Houghton and Washington East | Jarrow | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Newcastle upon Tyne North | North Durham | North Tyneside | North West Durham | Redcar | Sedgefield | South Shields | Stockton North | Stockton South | Sunderland North | Sunderland South | Tyne Bridge | Tynemouth | Wansbeck |
| Liberal Democrat | |
| Conservative | |
| North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
