Sunderland was a
borough constituency
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of the
House of Commons
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, created by the
Reform Act 1832
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for the
1832 general election. It elected two
Members of Parliament (MPs) by the
bloc vote system of
election
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. It was split into the single-member seats of
Sunderland North
Sunderland North was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
History
Sun ...
and
Sunderland South for the
1950 general election.
Boundaries
1832-1918
Under the
Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832
The Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which defined the parliamentary divisions (constituencies) in England and Wales required by the Reform Act 1832. The boundaries were largely those recommen ...
, the contents of the borough were defined as the Parish of Sunderland and the several townships of Bishop Wearmouth, Bishop Wearmouth Panns, Monk Wearmouth, Monk Wearmouth Shore, and Southwick.
''See map on Vision of Britain website.''
''Minor change in 1868 to include a small part of the Municipal Borough not in the Parliamentary Borough.''
1918-1950
* The County Borough of Sunderland
* The Urban District of Southwick-on-Wear.
''Minor changes to align boundaries with those of local authorities.''
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Barrington resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Thompson resigned by accepting the office of
Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds in order to contest a
by-election
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at
Westmorland
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, causing a by-election.
Grey succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd
Earl Grey
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and causing a by-election.
Barclay resigned by accepting the office of
Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Seymour was appointed
Recorder
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* ''The Recorder'' (Port Pirie), a news ...
of
Newcastle upon Tyne
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, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Fenwick was appointed a
Civil Lord of the Admiralty
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, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Allan resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
*some records describe Wilkie as
Liberal-Labour
Elections in the 1910s
*stood as "Independent
Tariff Reform
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" but was supported by local Conservative Association
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:
Hamar Greenwood
*Labour:
Frank Goldstone
Sir Frank Walter Goldstone (7 December 1870 – 25 December 1955) was a British teacher, trade unionist and politician.
Biography
Goldstone was born in Bishopwearmouth, County Durham (now Sunderland) on 7 December 1870. The third son of a sta ...
*Unionist:
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
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;
*Conservative:
Samuel Storey
Samuel Storey (1841–1925) was a British politician born in County Durham. He became a Member of Parliament for Sunderland and the main founder of the '' Sunderland Echo'' newspaper.
Early life
Samuel Storey was born in Sherburn, near ...
*Liberal National:
Stephen Furness Stephen Furness may refer to:
* Sir Stephen Furness, 1st Baronet (1872–1914), ship-owner and Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools 1910–1914
* Stephen Furness (Sunderland MP) (1902–1974), Member of Parliament for Sunderland 1935–1945
*Ste ...
*Labour:
Fred Peart
Thomas Frederick Peart, Baron Peart, PC (30 April 1914 – 26 August 1988) was a British Labour politician who served in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s and was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Party.
Early life and educatio ...
,
Fred Willey
Frederick Thomas Willey (13 November 1910 – 13 December 1987) was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) representing a Sunderland constituency for 38 years, from 1945 to 1983.
Early life
Willey was educated ...
[Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939]
See also
*
History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham
Notes and References
Notes
References
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Politics of the City of Sunderland
Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham (historic)
Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950