South East Durham (UK Parliament constituency)

South East Durham
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one

South East Durham was a county 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.

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the North Durham and South Durham county divisions were replaced by eight new single-member county constituencies. These were Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Houghton-le-Spring, Jarrow, Mid Durham, North West Durham and South East Durham. In addition there were seven County Durham borough constituencies.

It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Henry Havelock-Allan	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1892	Joseph Richardson	Liberal
	1895	Henry Havelock-Allan	Liberal Unionist
	1898	Joseph Richardson	Liberal
	1900	Frederick Lambton	Liberal Unionist
	Jan. 1910	Evan Hayward	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: South East Durham [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan	5,603	53.6	n/a
	Conservative	Sir G Elliot	4,854	46.4	n/a
Majority			749	7.2	n/a
Turnout				79.4	n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

General Election 1886: South East Durham [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan	4,984	55.2	+8.8
	Liberal	HF Boyd	4,045	44.8	-8.8
Majority			939	10.4	+17.6
Turnout				68.5	-10.9
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.8

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: South East Durham [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Richardson	5,560	50.7
	Liberal Unionist	Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan	5,396	49.3
Majority			164	1.4
Turnout				77.2
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

General Election 1895: South East Durham [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan	5,978	50.5	+1.2
	Liberal	Joseph Richardson	5,864	49.5	-1.2
Majority			114	1.0	2.4
Turnout				80.5	+3.3
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.2

South East Durham by-election, 1898[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Richardson	6,286	51.1
	Liberal Unionist	Frederick William Lambton	6,011	48.9
Majority			275	2.2
Turnout				82.8
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: South East Durham [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Frederick William Lambton	6,198	52.9	+4.0
	Liberal	Joseph Richardson	5,524	47.1	-4.0
Majority
Turnout				79.1	-3.7
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.0

General Election 1906: South East Durham [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Frederick William Lambton	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: South East Durham [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Hayward	9,298	57.5	n/a
	Conservative	Frederick William Lambton	6,860	42.5	n/a
Majority			2,438	15.0	n/a
Turnout				85.6	n/a
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	n/a

General Election December 1910: South East Durham [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Hayward
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1914/15:

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Evan Hayward
• Unionist: Rowland Burdon
• Labour:

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham

References

1. British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
2. British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
3. British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
4. British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
5. The Constitiutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 143 (167 in web page), Durham
6. British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
7. British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
8. British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig
9. British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)