Sunderland North (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°55′16″N 1°22′26″W / 54.921°N 1.374°W / 54.921; -1.374

Sunderland North
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sunderland North in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election.
Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County	Tyne and Wear
Major settlements	Sunderland
1950–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Sunderland Central

Sunderland North was a borough 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.

History

The constituency was created in 1950 and abolished in 2010. It was considered to be a safe seat for the Labour Party throughout its existence.

Boundaries

1950-1974: The County Borough of Sunderland wards of Bridge, Central, Colliery, Deptford, Fulwell, Monkwearmouth, Monkwearmouth Shore, Roker, and Southwick.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Sunderland wards of Castletown, Central, Colliery, Deptford, Downhill, Ford, Fulwell, Hylton Castle, Monkwearmouth, Pallion, Roker, and Southwick.

1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland wards of Castletown, Central, Colliery, Fulwell, Pallion, St Peter's, South Hylton, Southwick, and Town End Farm.

1997-2010: The City of Sunderland wards of Castletown, Central, Colliery, Fulwell, Pallion, St Peter's, Southwick, and Town End Farm.

Sunderland North, as can be inferred from the name, formed the northern part of the City of Sunderland. At the 2010 general election, it was replaced largely by the new constituency of Sunderland Central.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party
1950	Fred Willey	Labour
1983	Bob Clay	Labour
1992	Bill Etherington	Labour
2010	Constituency abolished: see Sunderland Central

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	24,816	54.1	N/A
	Conservative	S. Hudson	17,469	38.1	N/A
	Liberal	James Hurst	3,614	7.9	N/A
Majority			7,347	16.0	N/A
Turnout			45,899	84.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election 1951: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	23,792	54.0	−0.1
	Conservative	Ronald Kendall	20,302	46.0	+7.9
Majority			3,490	7.9
Turnout			44,094	72.3	−12.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.0

General Election 1955: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	24,237	53.1	−0.9
	Conservative	Auberon M. Herbert	21,401	46.9	+0.9
Majority			2,836	6.2
Turnout			45,638	75.7	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.9

General Election 1959: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	24,341	52.4	−0.7
	Conservative	Philip E. Heselton	22,133	47.6	+0.7
Majority			2,208	4.8
Turnout			46,474	80.5	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.7

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	23,826	55.8	+3.4
	Conservative	Philip Edwin Heselton	17,696	41.5	−6.1
	Independent Conservative	Robert C. Middelwood	1,157	2.7	N/A
Majority			6,130	14.4
Turnout			42,679	75.1	−5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.8

General Election 1966: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	25,438	60.8	+5.0
	Conservative	Peter Lewis Rost	16,423	39.2	−2.3
Majority			9,015	21.5
Turnout			41,861	74.5	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	25,779	60.6	−0.2
	Conservative	John M. Reay-Smith	16,738	39.4	+0.2
Majority			9,041	21.3
Turnout			42,517	69.7	−4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.2

General Election February 1974: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	28,933	52.2
	Conservative	John David Stuart Brown	17,533	31.6
	Liberal	John Anthony Lennox	9,015	16.3	N/A
Majority			11,400	20.6
Turnout			55,481	74.0	+4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	29,618	58.5	+6.3
	Conservative	John David Stuart Brown	13,497	27.5	−4.1
	Liberal	John Anthony Lennox	7,077	14.0	−2.3
Majority			15,671	30.9
Turnout			50,642	67.0	−7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.2

General Election 1979: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Willey	29,213	57.7	−0.8
	Conservative	Lindsay James Keith	16,311	32.1	+4.6
	Liberal	John Anthony Lennox	5,238	10.3	−6.0
Majority			12,902	25.4
Turnout			50,762	69.5	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.9

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Clay	24,179	46.3	−11.4
	Conservative	Christopher Nigel Pearson Lewis	16,983	32.5	+0.4
	Liberal	Douglas McCourt	11,090	21.2	+10.9
Majority			7,196	13.8
Turnout			52,292	66.5	−3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Clay	29,767	55.8	+9.5
	Conservative	Iain Sutherland Pickton	15,095	28.3	−4.2
	Liberal	Terence Jenkinson	8,518	15.9	−5.3
Majority			14,672	27.5
Turnout			53,380	70.5	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Sunderland North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Etherington	30,481	60.7	+5.0
	Conservative	Miss Judith Vaughan Barnes	13,477	26.9	−1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Vic Halom	5,389	10.7	−5.2
	Liberal	Mrs Winifred Ellen Lundgren	841	1.7	−14.3
Majority			17,004	33.9	+6.4
Turnout			50,188	68.9	−1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

General Election 1997: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Etherington	26,067	68.2	+8.6
	Conservative	Andrew Selous	6,370	16.7	−11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Michael Pryke	3,973	10.4	−0.6
	Referendum	Mark Thomas Nicholson	1,394	3.6	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Kenneth James Newby	409	1.1	N/A
Majority			19,697	51.5
Turnout			38,213	59.1	−9.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Etherington	18,685	62.7	−5.6
	Conservative	Michael Ross Harris	5,331	17.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Anthony Lennox	3,599	12.1	+1.7
	Independent	Neil Andrew Herron	1,518	5.1	N/A
	BNP	David Edward Guynan	687	2.3	N/A
Majority			13,354	44.8
Turnout			29,820	49.0	−10.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2005: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Etherington	15,719	54.4	−8.3
	Conservative	Stephen Daughton	5,724	19.8	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	James Hollern	4,277	14.8	+2.7
	Independent	Neil Andrew Herron	2,057	7.1	+2.0
	BNP	Miss Debra Hiles	1,136	3.9	+1.6
Majority			9,995	34.6
Turnout			28,913	49.7	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.1

Notes and references

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

Constituencies in North East England (29)

Labour (26)	Bishop Auckland Blaydon Blyth Valley City of Durham Darlington Easington Gateshead Hartlepool Houghton and Sunderland South Jarrow Middlesbrough Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Newcastle upon Tyne Central Newcastle upon Tyne East Newcastle upon Tyne North North Durham North Tyneside North West Durham Redcar Sedgefield South Shields Stockton North Sunderland Central Tynemouth Wansbeck Washington and Sunderland West

Conservative (3)	Berwick-upon-Tweed Hexham Stockton South

North East England European constituency: Labour (2) UKIP (1)

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