Easington (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 54°47′24″N 1°21′07″W / 54.790°N 1.352°W
Easington | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Easington in County Durham | |
![]() Location of County Durham within England | |
County | County Durham |
Electorate | 65,618 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Seaham, Peterlee |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Grahame Morris (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Seaham |
Easington is a constituency[n 1] created in 1950 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Grahame Morris of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Constituency profile[]
Constituents' occupations include to a significant degree agriculture and the service sector, however the area was formerly heavily economically supported by the mining of coal, iron ore and businesses in the county still extract gangue minerals in present mining, such as fluorspar for the smelting of aluminium, to the south in the county is Darlington, which has particular strengths in international transport construction, including bridges. To the north is the large city of Sunderland which has a large service sector.
History[]
- Creation
Following their review, the Boundary Commission for England created the political division of Easington. It chiefly replaced the bulk or all of the Seaham seat.
- Results of the winning party
The area has been held by the Labour Party since the 1922 election (including predecessor seat), when the seat was held by the party leader and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. Labour's majority in the seat has never fallen below 19% (the result in the party's 2019 landslide defeat) in its history, and has only been below 40% three times (in 1979, 1983 and 2019). Labour won a majority of votes in every election from the seat's creation in 1950 until 2019, when their vote share fell below 50% for the first time. The 2015 result made the seat the 27th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[2]
- Results of other parties
The 2015 general election saw an above-average swing to UKIP of 18.7%; the national average was 9.5% . Prior to 2019, the Conservative Party had last come second in the seat in 2001. Labour's candidate won more than three times that of UKIP in 2015, scoring 61%, although the latter polled the strongest second-place in the seat since 1983. 2017 saw the UKIP vote collapse and the Conservative vote rise, although a slight rise in the Labour vote ensured the majority remained above 40%.
- Turnout
Turnout has ranged from 87.7% in 1950 to 52.1% in 2005. It has been somewhat inconsistent with national averages, falling in 1992 and 2005 when national turnout increased.
Boundaries[]
1950–1974: The Rural District of Easington.
1974–1983: The Rural District of Stockton, and in the Rural District of Easington the parishes of Castle Eden, Easington, Haswell, Hawthorn, Horden, Hutton Henry, Monk Hesleden, Nesbitt, Peterlee, Sheraton with Hulam, Shotton, Thornley, and Wingate.
1983-2010: The District of Easington wards of Acre Rigg, Blackhalls, Dawdon, Dene House, Deneside, Easington Colliery, Easington Village, Eden Hill, Haswell, High Colliery, Horden North, Horden South, Howletch, Murton East, Murton West, Park, Passfield, Seaham, Shotton, South, and South Hetton.
2010–present: The District of Easington wards of Acre Rigg, Blackhalls, Dawdon, Dene House, Deneside, Easington Colliery, Easington Village and South Hetton, Eden Hill, Haswell and Shotton, Horden North, Horden South, Howletch, Hutton Henry, Murton East, Murton West, Passfield, Seaham Harbour, and Seaham North.
The constituency comprises the majority of the district of the same name, which takes in the coastal portion of the administrative county of Durham. The principal towns are Peterlee and Seaham. A seat of former mining traditions, it is one of Labour's safest in Britain — party firebrand Manny Shinwell was MP for 20 years.
Boundary review[]
Following their review of parliamentary representation in County Durham, the Boundary Commission for England has made only minor changes to the boundaries of Easington constituency (on the southern part of the boundary with Sedgefield constituency). It was first fought at the 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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1950 | Manny Shinwell | Labour | |
1970 | Jack Dormand | Labour | |
1987 | John Cummings | Labour | |
2010 | Grahame Morris | Labour |
Elections[]
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Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Grahame Morris | 15,723 | 45.5 | -18.2 | |
Conservative | Clare Ambrosino | 9,142 | 26.4 | +3.7 | |
Brexit Party | Julie Maughan | 6,744 | 19.5 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Dominic Haney | 1,526 | 4.4 | +3.1 | |
North East | Susan McDonnell | 1,448 | 4.2 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 6,581 | 19.0 | -21.9 | ||
Turnout | 34,583 | 56.5 | -1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.95 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Grahame Morris | 23,152 | 63.7 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Barney Campbell | 8,260 | 22.7 | +9.8 | |
North East | Susan McDonnell | 2,355 | 6.6 | +4.1 | |
UKIP | Allyn Roberts | 1,727 | 4.7 | -14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Hancock | 460 | 1.3 | -1.1 | |
Green | Martie Warin | 410 | 1.1 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 14,892 | 41.0 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 36,364 | 58.4 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Grahame Morris | 21,132 | 61.0 | +2.1 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Arnott | 6,491 | 18.7 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | Chris Hampsheir | 4,478 | 12.9 | -0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Luke Armstrong | 834 | 2.4 | -13.6 | |
North East | Susan McDonnell[7] | 810 | 2.3 | New | |
Green | Martie Warin | 733 | 2.1 | New | |
Socialist (GB) | Steve Colborn [8] | 146 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 14,641 | 42.3 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 34,624 | 56.1 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Grahame Morris | 20,579 | 58.9 | −12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tara Saville | 5,597 | 16.0 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Richard Harrison | 4,790 | 13.7 | +3.0 | |
BNP | Cheryl Dunn | 2,317 | 6.6 | +3.4 | |
UKIP | Martyn Aiken | 1,631 | 4.7 | New | |
Majority | 14,982 | 42.9 | -15.6 | ||
Turnout | 34,914 | 54.7 | +2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.7 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cummings | 22,733 | 71.4 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Ord | 4,097 | 12.9 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Lucille Nicholson | 3,400 | 10.7 | +0.4 | |
BNP | Ian McDonald | 1,042 | 3.3 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Dave Robinson | 583 | 1.8 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 18,636 | 58.5 | -8.0 | ||
Turnout | 31,855 | 52.1 | −1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cummings | 25,360 | 76.8 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Philip F. Lovel | 3,411 | 10.3 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher J. Ord | 3,408 | 10.3 | +3.1 | |
Socialist Labour | Dave Robinson | 831 | 2.5 | New | |
Majority | 21,949 | 66.5 | -5.1 | ||
Turnout | 33,010 | 53.6 | −13.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Cummings | 33,600 | 80.2 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Jason D. Hollands | 3,588 | 8.6 | −8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim P. Heppell | 3,025 | 7.2 | −3.4 | |
Referendum | Richard B. Pulfrey | 1,179 | 2.8 | New | |
Socialist (GB) | Steve P. Colborn | 503 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 30,012 | 71.6 | +15.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,895 | 67.0 | -5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cummings | 34,269 | 72.7 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | William Perry | 7,879 | 16.7 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Freitag | 5,001 | 10.6 | −5.0 | |
Majority | 26,390 | 56.0 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,149 | 72.5 | −0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cummings | 32,396 | 68.06 | ||
Conservative | William Perry | 7,757 | 16.30 | ||
Liberal | George Howard, Viscount Morpeth | 7,447 | 15.64 | ||
Majority | 24,639 | 51.76 | |||
Turnout | 47,600 | 73.39 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Dormand | 25,912 | 59.39 | ||
Liberal | F.E. Patterson | 11,120 | 25.06 | ||
Conservative | Colin J. Coulson-Thomas | 7,342 | 16.55 | ||
Majority | 14,792 | 33.33 | |||
Turnout | 44,374 | 67.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Dormand | 29,537 | 60.60 | ||
Conservative | J.S. Smailes | 11,981 | 24.70 | ||
Liberal | V. Morley | 6,979 | 14.39 | ||
Majority | 17,556 | 35.90 | |||
Turnout | 48,497 | 74.33 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Dormand | 28,984 | 65.82 | ||
Conservative | J.S. Smailes | 8,047 | 18.27 | ||
Liberal | N.J. Scaggs | 7,005 | 15.91 | New | |
Majority | 20,937 | 47.55 | |||
Turnout | 44,036 | 69.01 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Dormand | 33,637 | 71.96 | ||
Conservative | J.S. Smailes | 13,107 | 28.04 | ||
Majority | 20,530 | 43.92 | |||
Turnout | 46,744 | 73.95 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Dormand | 33,418 | 79.80 | ||
Conservative | Michael Spicer | 8,457 | 20.20 | ||
Majority | 24,961 | 59.60 | |||
Turnout | 41,875 | 69.28 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Manny Shinwell | 32,097 | 81.37 | ||
Conservative | Michael Spicer | 7,350 | 18.63 | ||
Majority | 24,747 | 62.74 | |||
Turnout | 39,447 | 70.54 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Manny Shinwell | 34,028 | 80.45 | ||
Conservative | George W Rossiter | 8,270 | 19.55 | ||
Majority | 25,758 | 60.90 | |||
Turnout | 42,298 | 75.22 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Manny Shinwell | 36,552 | 79.79 | ||
Conservative | George W Rossiter | 9,259 | 20.21 | ||
Majority | 27,293 | 59.58 | |||
Turnout | 45,811 | 80.81 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Manny Shinwell | 34,352 | 79.07 | ||
Conservative | George W Rossiter | 9,095 | 20.93 | ||
Majority | 25,257 | 58.14 | |||
Turnout | 43,447 | 79.36 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Manny Shinwell | 37,899 | 80.77 | ||
Conservative | George W Rossiter | 9,025 | 19.23 | ||
Majority | 28,874 | 61.54 | |||
Turnout | 46,924 | 86.74 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Manny Shinwell | 38,367 | 81.05 | ||
Conservative | C.A. Macfarlane | 8,972 | 18.95 | ||
Majority | 29,395 | 62.10 | |||
Turnout | 47,339 | 87.69 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ 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.
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