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Bishop Auckland (UK Parliament constituency)

Bishop Auckland
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Location of County Durham within England
CountyCounty Durham
Population87,143 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate68,501 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlementsBishop Auckland, Shildon
Current constituency
Created1885
Member of ParliamentDehenna Davison (Conservative)
Number of membersOne
Created fromSouth Durham

Bishop Auckland is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Dehenna Davison, a Conservative.[n 2]

Constituency profile

Formed in 1885,[n 3] the seat has the market town Bishop Auckland which has a mixed modern and historic high street, the similarly sized Barnard Castle and large areas used for agriculture, particularly hill farming on the rolling landscape that cuts into the Pennines with substantial livestock.[3] Most housing, many small towns and most facilities were built in the prosperous era of coal mining which brought thousands of workers to live in Bishop Auckland town and neighbouring settlements. Manufacturing, including food processing and packaging, public sector employment, retail and agriculture are the main employers.[3]

Within the seat are Auckland Castle and Park, Lartington Hall, Windlestone Hall, Raby Castle, Binchester Roman Fort (Vinovia), The Bowes Museum, and enclosures and industrial workings on Cockfield Fell.[4]

History of modern results

Results for Bishop Auckland since 1997 as to any party/person who won more than 5% of the vote.

From 1935 to 2017 inclusive, the seat's voters returned MPs from the Labour Party; the former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton, was the MP for Bishop Auckland from 1929–1931, and after regaining the seat in 1935, remained MP until 1959. The 2019 result returned a Conservative, whose results had shown an increase from election to election, from 1997.

Boundaries

1885–1918: Part of the Sessional Division of Bishop Auckland.

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Bishop Auckland and Shildon, and part of the Rural District of Auckland.

1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, and Shildon, and the Rural District of Barnard Castle.

1955–1974: The Urban Districts of Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland, the Urban District of Shildon except the part of the Middridge ward transferred to the Rural District of Darlington by the County of Durham (Parish of Great Aycliffe) Confirmation Order 1952, and the Rural District of Barnard Castle.

1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, and Shildon, and the Rural Districts of Barnard Castle and Darlington.

1983–1997: The District of Wear Valley wards of Bishop Auckland Town, Cockton Hill, Coundon, Coundon Grange, Escomb, Henknowle, St Helen's, West Auckland, and Woodhouse Close, the District of Teesdale, and the District of Sedgefield wards of Byerley, Middridge, Neville, Shafto, Simpasture, Sunnydale, Thickley, West, and Woodham.

1997–2010: The District of Wear Valley wards of Bishop Auckland Town, Cockton Hill, Coundon, Coundon Grange, Escomb, Henknowle, St Helen's, West Auckland, and Woodhouse Close, the District of Teesdale, and the District of Sedgefield wards of Byerley, Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange, Middlestone, Spennymoor, Sunnydale, Thickley, and Tudhoe.

2010–present: The District of Wear Valley wards of Bishop Auckland Town, Cockton Hill, Coundon, Shildon and Dene Valley, Escomb, Henknowle, West Auckland, and Woodhouse Close, the District of Teesdale, and the District of Sedgefield wards of Byerley, Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange, Middlestone, Spennymoor, Sunnydale, Thickley, and Tudhoe.

The constituency is located in an upland, southern part of County Durham in the North East of England. On a more local level it was formed of the whole of the former Teesdale district, parts of former Wear Valley district and the former Sedgefield borough. The constituency includes as its major settlements the towns of Barnard Castle, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Bishop Auckland, Shildon, Spennymoor and its contiguous suburb village, Tudhoe, with their surrounding villages, dales and fields.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[5] Party
1885 James Mellor Paulton Liberal
Jan. 1910 Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, Bt. Liberal
1918 Ben Spoor Labour
1929 by-election Ruth Dalton Labour
1929 Hugh Dalton Labour
1931 Aaron Curry Liberal National
1935 Hugh Dalton Labour
1959 James Boyden Labour
1979 Derek Foster Labour
2005 Helen Goodman Labour
2019 Dehenna Davison Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Bishop Auckland[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dehenna Davison 24,067 53.7 +6.8
Labour Helen Goodman 16,105 35.9 –12.2
Brexit Party Nicholas Brown 2,500 5.6 New
Liberal Democrats Ray Georgeson 2,133 4.8 +2.1
Majority 7,962 17.8 New
Turnout 44,805 65.7 +1.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +9.5
General election 2017: Bishop Auckland[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Goodman 20,808 48.1 +6.7
Conservative Christopher Adams[8] 20,306 46.9 +14.4
Liberal Democrats Ciaran Morrissey 1,176 2.7 –1.7
BNP Adam Walker 991 2.3 New
Majority 502 1.2 –7.7
Turnout 43,281 64.1 +4.5
Labour hold Swing –3.85
General election 2015: Bishop Auckland[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Goodman 16,307 41.4 +2.4
Conservative Christopher Adams 12,799 32.5 +6.2
UKIP Rhys Burriss 7,015 17.8 +15.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen White 1,723 4.4 –18.0
Green Thom Robinson 1,545 3.9 New
Majority 3,508 8.9 -3.8
Turnout 39,389 59.6 -0.6
Labour hold Swing –1.9
General election 2010: Bishop Auckland[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Goodman 16,023 39.0 −11.1
Conservative Barbara Harrison 10,805 26.3 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Wilkes 9,189 22.3 −1.3
BNP Adam Walker 2,036 4.9 New
Local Liberals People Before Politics Sam Zair 1,964 4.8 New
UKIP Dave Brothers 1,119 2.7 −0.7
Majority 5,218 12.7 -13.7
Turnout 41,136 60.2 +4.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Bishop Auckland[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Goodman 19,065 50.0 −8.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Foote Wood 9,018 23.7 +8.0
Conservative Richard Bell 8,736 22.9 +0.2
UKIP Margaret Hopson 1,309 3.4 New
Majority 10,047 26.4 -9.7
Turnout 38,128 56.5 −0.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 2001: Bishop Auckland[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Foster 22,680 58.8 −7.1
Conservative Fiona P. McNish 8,754 22.7 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Chris Foote Wood 6,073 15.7 +6.4
Green Carl D. Bennett 1,052 2.7 New
Majority 13,926 36.1 -9.6
Turnout 38,559 57.2 −11.2
Labour hold Swing −4.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Bishop Auckland[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Foster 30,359 65.9 +15.9
Conservative Josephine H. Fergus 9,295 20.2 −11.6
Liberal Democrats Les Ashworth 4,293 9.3 −8.9
Referendum David S.W. Blacker 2,104 4.6 New
Majority 21,064 45.7 +27.5
Turnout 46,051 68.4 −8.1
Labour hold Swing +13.8
General election 1992: Bishop Auckland[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Foster 27,763 50.0 +2.0
Conservative David R. Williamson 17,676 31.8 −3.0
Liberal Democrats William P. Wade 10,099 18.2 +1.0
Majority 10,087 18.2 +5.0
Turnout 55,538 76.5 +2.4
Labour hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Bishop Auckland[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Foster 25,648 48.0 +3.6
Conservative Robin Wight 18,613 34.8 −1.2
Liberal George Irwin 9,195 17.2 −2.4
Majority 7,035 13.2 +4.8
Turnout 53,456 74.1 +2.0
Labour hold Swing +2.4
General election 1983: Bishop Auckland[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Foster 22,750 44.4 -4.4
Conservative Barry Legg 18,444 36.0 -2.0
Liberal Arthur Collinge 10,070 19.6 +6.3
Majority 4,306 8.4 -2.4
Turnout 51,264 72.1 −2.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Foster 27,200 48.8 −4.0
Conservative Michael Irvine 21,160 38.0 +6.7
Liberal J.D. Frise 7,439 13.3 −2.6
Majority 6,040 10.8 -11.8
Turnout 55,799 74.7 +3.8
Labour hold Swing −5.4
General election October 1974: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Boyden 27,181 52.8 +4.7
Conservative D.W. Etheridge 16,086 31.3 −2.8
Liberal David Lytton-Cobbold 8,168 15.9 −1.9
Majority 11,095 21.6 +7.6
Turnout 51,435 70.9 −7.5
Labour hold Swing +3.8
General election February 1974: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Boyden 27,101 48.1 −12.6
Conservative D.W. Etheridge 19,226 34.1 −5.2
Liberal J.D. Frise 10,044 17.8 New
Majority 7,875 14.0 -7.4
Turnout 56,371 78.4 +7.4
Labour hold Swing −3.7
General election 1970: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Boyden 21,257 60.7 −4.1
Conservative Tom J. Wiseman 13,769 39.3 +4.1
Majority 7,488 21.4 -8.3
Turnout 35,026 71.0 −2.4
Labour hold Swing −4.1

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Boyden 22,015 64.8 +3.0
Conservative Jeremy Vivian Ropner 11,936 35.2 −3.0
Majority 10,079 29.7 +6.1
Turnout 33,951 73.4 −3.2
Labour hold Swing +3.0
General election 1964: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Boyden 22,310 61.8 +6.8
Conservative Jeremy Vivian Ropner 13,782 38.2 +4.3
Majority 8,528 23.6 +2.5
Turnout 36,092 76.2 −4.6
Labour hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Boyden 21,706 55.0 −2.7
Conservative Neil W. Murray 13,377 33.9 −8.4
Liberal Gurney Pease 4,377 11.1 New
Majority 8,329 21.1 +5.6
Turnout 39,460 80.8 +3.8
Labour hold Swing +2.9
General election 1955: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Dalton 21,804 57.7 −2.8
Conservative Robert Douglas M Youngson 15,959 42.3 +2.8
Majority 5,845 15.5 -5.5
Turnout 37,763 77.0 −8.1
Labour hold Swing −2.8
General election 1951: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Dalton 25,881 60.5 +2.6
Conservative Bruce Lionel Butcher 16,895 39.5 +7.9
Majority 8,986 21.0 -5.3
Turnout 42,776 85.1 −1.4
Labour hold Swing −5.3
General election 1950: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Dalton 25,039 57.9 −6.2
Conservative Antony Lambton 13,669 31.6 New
Liberal L.W. Malby 4,527 10.5 New
Majority 11,370 26.3 -2.0
Turnout 43,235 86.5 +12.5
Labour hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Dalton 20,100 64.1 +1.8
Liberal National William John Wilson Tily 11,240 35.9 New
Majority 8,860 28.3 +3.7
Turnout 31,340 74.0 −5.2
Labour hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Dalton 20,481 62.3 +13.7
Liberal Aaron Curry 12,395 37.7 -13.7
Majority 8,086 24.6 +21.8
Turnout 32,876 79.2 -3.2
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1931: Bishop Auckland[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Aaron Curry 17,551 51.4 New
Labour Hugh Dalton 16,796 48.6 -7.2
Majority 955 2.8 N/A
Turnout 34,547 82.5
Liberal National gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Bishop Auckland[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Dalton 17,838 55.8 +0.7
Liberal Aaron Curry 9,635 30.1 −14.8
Unionist Herbert Thompson 4,503 14.1 N/A
Majority 8,203 25.7 +15.5
Turnout 31,976 76.5 −4.4
Registered electors 41,772
Labour hold Swing +7.8
Bishop Auckland by-election, 1929
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Dalton 14,797 57.1 +2.0
Liberal Aaron Curry 7,725 29.9 −15.0
Unionist Herbert Thompson 3,357 13.0 New
Majority 7,072 27.2 +17.0
Turnout 25,879 74.4 −6.5
Registered electors 34,787
Labour hold Swing +8.5
General election 1924: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Spoor 15,786 55.1 +3.9
Liberal John Bainbridge 12,868 44.9 +19.2
Majority 2,918 10.2 −15.3
Turnout 28,654 80.9 +5.4
Registered electors 35,438
Labour hold Swing −7.7
General election 1923: Bishop Auckland[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Spoor 13,328 51.2 −2.5
Liberal John Bainbridge 6,686 25.7 −20.6
Unionist Robert Gee 6,024 23.1 New
Majority 6,642 25.5 +18.1
Turnout 26,038 75.5 +0.7
Registered electors 34,487
Labour hold Swing +9.1
General election 1922: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Spoor 13,946 53.7 +3.1
National Liberal Egbert Atherley-Jones 12,019 46.3 New
Majority 1,927 7.4 −5.9
Turnout 25,965 74.8 +14.0
Registered electors 34,730
Labour hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

Rutherford
General election 1918: Bishop Auckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Spoor 10,060 50.6 +17.4
C Coalition Liberal Godfrey Vick 7,417 37.3 New
Liberal Vickerman Rutherford 2,411 12.1 −25.5
Majority 2,643 13.3 N/A
Turnout 19,888 60.8 −22.0
Registered electors 32,685
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election results 1885-1918

Elections in the 1880s

Wyvill
General election 1885: Bishop Auckland[23][24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Mellor Paulton 5,907 72.2
Conservative Marmaduke D'Arcy Wyvill 2,280 27.8
Majority 3,627 44.4
Turnout 8,187 83.0
Registered electors 9,858
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Bishop Auckland[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Mellor Paulton Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1890s

Paulton
General election 1892: Bishop Auckland[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Mellor Paulton 5,784 68.9 N/A
Conservative Eli Waddington 2,607 31.1 New
Majority 3,177 37.8 N/A
Turnout 8,391 74.6 N/A
Registered electors 11,243
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1895: Bishop Auckland[23][24][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Mellor Paulton 5,032 57.4 -11.5
Conservative Gervase Edward Markham 3,735 42.6 +11.5
Majority 1,297 14.8 -23.0
Turnout 8,767 79.9 +5.3
Registered electors 10,979
Liberal hold Swing -11.5

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Bishop Auckland[23][24][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Mellor Paulton 4,872 57.2 −0.2
Conservative William Hustler Hopkins 3,641 42.8 +0.2
Majority 1,231 14.4 −0.4
Turnout 8,513 75.1 −4.8
Registered electors 11,341
Liberal hold Swing −0.2
General election 1906: Bishop Auckland[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Mellor Paulton 7,430 70.9 +13.7
Conservative Gervase Edward Markham 3,056 29.1 −13.7
Majority 4,374 41.8 +27.4
Turnout 10,486 82.0 +6.9
Registered electors 12,790
Liberal hold Swing +13.7

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Bishop Auckland[23][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Havelock-Allan 5,391 42.1 −28.8
Conservative Sir Walter Clervaux Chaytor, 5th Baronet 3,841 30.0 +0.9
Labour William House 3,579 27.9 N/A
Majority 1,550 12.1 −29.7
Turnout 12,811 88.0 +6.0
Registered electors 14,552
Liberal hold Swing −14.9
General election December 1910: Bishop Auckland[23][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Havelock-Allan 4,531 37.6 -4.5
Labour William House 3,993 33.2 +5.3
Conservative Gervase Edward Markham 3,519 29.2 −0.8
Majority 538 4.4 −7.7
Turnout 12,043 82.8 −5.2
Registered electors 14,552
Liberal hold Swing −4.9

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: Vickerman Rutherford
  • Unionist: Richard George Tyndall Bright[28]
  • Labour: Ben Spoor

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ^ Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
References
  1. ^ "Bishop Auckland: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.
  4. ^ "Ordnance Survey map, courtesy of English Heritage". Archived from the original on 24 April 2012.
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
  6. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Durham County Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ "General election 2017: latest updates". BBC News.
  9. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Bishop Auckland". BBC News. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  11. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. ^ http://www.durham.gov.uk/PDFApproved/ParliamentaryElection2010_SoPN_BA.pdf
  13. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  18. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  20. ^ Political Science Resources, Richard Kimber
  21. ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig Parliamentary Research Services, 1983
  22. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49, FWS Craig
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  24. ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  25. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  26. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  27. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  28. ^ Newcastle Journal 14 May 1914

Sources

  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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