Spennymoor (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Spennymoor County constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Spennymoor was a county constituency centred on the town of Spennymoor in County Durham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
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[edit] History
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Samuel Galbraith | Liberal | |
| 1922 | Joseph Batey | Labour | |
| 1942 by-election | James Dixon Murray | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 1940s
| Spennymoor by-election, 21st July 1942 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | James Dixon Murray | (unopposed) | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.[[Category:
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