Consett (UK Parliament constituency)
Consett | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | North Durham and North West Durham[1] |
Created from | North West Durham |
Consett was a county constituency, centred on the town of Consett 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 voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries[]
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Annfield Plain, Benfieldside, Consett, Leadgate, and Stanley, and in the Rural District of Lanchester the parishes of Craghead, Ebchester, Healeyfield, Knitsley, and Medomsley.
1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Consett and Stanley.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Aneurin Williams | Liberal | |
1922 | Herbert Dunnico | Labour | |
1931 | John Dickie | Liberal National | |
1935 | David Adams | Labour | |
1943 | James Glanville | Labour | |
1955 | William Stones | Labour | |
1966 | David Watkins | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results[]
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Aneurin Williams | 7,576 | 34.3 | ||
C | National Democratic | Robert Gee | 7,283 | 32.9 | |
Labour | G. H. Stuart-Bunning | 7,268 | 32.8 | ||
Majority | 293 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 22,127 | 64.3 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Dunnico | 14,469 | 46.5 | +13.7 | |
Liberal | Aneurin Williams | 9,870 | 31.8 | −2.5 | |
Unionist | Sydney Erskine Dare Wilson | 6,745 | 21.7 | New | |
Majority | 4,599 | 14.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,084 | 82.0 | +17.7 | ||
Registered electors | 37,886 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Dunnico | 15,862 | 52.0 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | Ursula Williams | 14,619 | 48.0 | +16.2 | |
Majority | 1,243 | 4.0 | −10.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,481 | 78.2 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 38,989 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Dunnico | 18,842 | 55.9 | +3.9 | |
Constitutionalist | James E Davies | 14,836 | 44.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,006 | 11.8 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,678 | 83.4 | +5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 40,363 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Dunnico | 22,256 | 56.5 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | John Dickie | 10,772 | 27.3 | New | |
Unionist | John William Watts | 6,400 | 16.2 | New | |
Majority | 11,484 | 29.2 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,428 | 80.1 | −3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 49,233 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | John Dickie | 22,474 | 53.0 | +25.7 | |
Labour | Herbert Dunnico | 19,927 | 47.0 | -9.5 | |
Majority | 2,547 | 6.01 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,401 | 83.24 | +3.1 | ||
Liberal National gain from Labour | Swing | +17.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Adams | 25,419 | 58.7 | +9.7 | |
Liberal National | John Dickie | 17,897 | 41.3 | -11.7 | |
Majority | 7,522 | 17.4 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,316 | 83.8 | +0.6 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal National | Swing |
General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: David Adams[9]
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Glanville | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Glanville | 28,617 | 70.1 | +11.4 | |
Liberal National | James Aloysius McGilley | 12,198 | 29.9 | -11.4 | |
Majority | 16,419 | 40.2 | +22.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,815 | 77.4 | -6.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Glanville | 34,907 | 66.79 | ||
Conservative | Philip Goodhart | 12,634 | 24.17 | ||
Liberal | Norman Dees | 4,721 | 9.03 | New | |
Majority | 22,273 | 42.62 | |||
Turnout | 52,262 | 86.84 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Glanville | 35,705 | 69.24 | ||
Conservative | George Frederick H Walker | 15,861 | 30.76 | ||
Majority | 19,844 | 38.48 | |||
Turnout | 51,566 | 85.06 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Stones | 30,979 | 67.05 | ||
Conservative | Fergus Montgomery | 15,224 | 32.95 | ||
Majority | 15,755 | 34.10 | |||
Turnout | 46,203 | 77.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Stones | 32,307 | 66.83 | ||
Conservative | Denis Alan Orde | 16,037 | 33.17 | ||
Majority | 16,270 | 33.66 | |||
Turnout | 48,344 | 81.65 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Stones | 29,676 | 68.10 | ||
Conservative | Denis W Stokoe | 13,901 | 31.90 | ||
Majority | 15,775 | 36.20 | |||
Turnout | 43,577 | 76.73 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Watkins | 29,753 | 73.26 | ||
Conservative | Robert William G Sanderson | 10,858 | 26.74 | ||
Majority | 18,895 | 46.52 | |||
Turnout | 40,611 | 73.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Watkins | 28,985 | 70.87 | ||
Conservative | Neville Trotter | 11,914 | 29.13 | ||
Majority | 17,071 | 41.74 | |||
Turnout | 40,899 | 70.17 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Watkins | 27,401 | 61.10 | ||
Conservative | T Wilkinson | 9,058 | 20.20 | ||
Liberal | R McClure | 8,384 | 18.70 | New | |
Majority | 18,343 | 40.90 | |||
Turnout | 44,843 | 76.50 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Watkins | 27,123 | 66.98 | ||
Conservative | M Lycett | 7,677 | 18.96 | ||
Liberal | J Gillinder | 5,695 | 14.06 | ||
Majority | 19,446 | 48.02 | |||
Turnout | 40,495 | 68.62 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Watkins | 26,708 | 61.26 | ||
Conservative | M Lycett | 10,841 | 24.87 | ||
Liberal | R Kennedy | 6,048 | 13.87 | ||
Majority | 15,867 | 36.39 | |||
Turnout | 43,597 | 75.76 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References[]
- ^ "'Consett', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
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