Houghton and Washington East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°52′N 1°28′W / 54.867°N 1.467°W

Houghton and Washington East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Houghton and Washington East in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election.
Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County	Tyne and Wear
1983–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Houghton & Sunderland South, Washington & Sunderland West
Created from	Chester-le-Street and Houghton-le-Spring[1]

Houghton and Washington East was, from 1997 until 2010, a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. A seat with similar boundaries, Houghton and Washington, existed from 1983 until 1997.

Boundaries

1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland wards of Eppleton, Hetton, Houghton, Shiney Row, Washington East, Washington North, Washington South, and Washington West.

1997-2010: The City of Sunderland wards of Eppleton, Hetton, Houghton, Ryhope, Shiney Row, Washington East, and Washington North.

Houghton and Washington East contained much of the City of Sunderland. The seat included the eastern half of the new town of Washington, and the older communities of Houghton-le-Spring, Hetton-le-Hole, Penshaw, Shiney Row, Ryhope, and Herrington.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, the Boundary Commission for England reduced the number of seats in the county from 13 to 12, taking effect at the 2010 general election. In particular, the constituencies in the City of Sunderland were reorganised: Washington is covered by the Washington and Sunderland West constituency, while the Houghton-le-Spring area lies within the Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
1983		Constituency created as Houghton and Washington
	1983	Roland Boyes	Labour
1997		Constituency renamed Houghton and Washington East
	1997	Fraser Kemp	Labour
2010		Constituency abolished: see Houghton and Sunderland South and Washington and Sunderland West

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Houghton and Washington East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fraser Kemp	22,310	64.3	-8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Greenfield	6,245	18.0	+5.5
	Conservative	Anthony Devenish	4,772	13.8	-0.5
	BNP	John Richardson	1,367	3.9	+3.9
Majority			16,065	46.3
Turnout			34,694	51.7	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.2

General Election 2001: Houghton and Washington East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fraser Kemp	24,628	73.2	-3.2
	Conservative	Tony Devenish	4,810	14.3	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Ormerod	4,203	12.5	+4.8
Majority			19,818	58.9
Turnout			33,641	49.5	-12.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Houghton and Washington East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fraser Kemp	31,946	76.38
	Conservative	P Booth	5,391	12.89
	Liberal Democrat	K Miller	3,209	7.67
	Referendum	C Joseph	1,277	3.05
Majority			26,555	63.49
Turnout				62.10
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Houghton and Washington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Boyes	34,733	62.02
	Conservative	Andrew Tyrie	13,925	24.86
	Liberal Democrat	O Dumpleton	7,346	13.12
Majority			20,808	37.15
Turnout				70.60
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Houghton and Washington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Boyes	32,805	59.10
	Conservative	Martin Callanan	12,612	22.72
	Social Democratic	RF Kenyon	10,090	18.18
Majority			20,193	36.38
Turnout				71.25
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Houghton and Washington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Boyes	26,168	51.70
	Social Democratic	RF Kenyon	12,347	24.39
	Conservative	R Vane	12,104	23.91
Majority			13,821	27.30
Turnout				66.88
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

Notes and references

1. "'Houghton and Washington', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)