Chester-le-Street was a county constituency centred on the town of Chester-le-Street in County Durham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983.
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1983
Chester-le-Street
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Chester-le-Street in County Durham, boundaries 1974-83
1885–1983
Number of members
one
Replaced by
North Durham, Houghton & Washington and Blaydon[1]
Created from
North Durham
History
Creation
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as one of eight new single-member divisions of the county of Durham, replacing the two 2-member seats of North Durham and South Durham.[2] The seat covered a large area of north Durham, including areas which are now part of the Borough of Gateshead (Ryton, Blaydon and Whickham) and the City of Sunderland (Washington) in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear.
Boundaries
1885–1918
The Sessional Divisions of Chester-le-Street and Gateshead (part); and
The constituency was divided in two, with the areas comprising the urban districts of Ryton, Blaydon and Whickham forming the bulk of the new constituency of Blaydon. Gained Witton Gilbert from the abolished constituency of Mid Durham.
1950–1983
The Urban Districts of Chester-le-Street and Washington; and
Minor changes to reflect changes in local authority boundaries; the urban district of Washington had been created in 1922 from the rural district of Chester-le-Street.
Abolition
The seat was abolished for the 1983 general election as a result of the periodic review of parliamentary constituencies following the re-organisation of local government under the Local Government Act 1972. On abolition, the area which had comprised the new town of Washington was included in the new constituency of Houghton and Washington; the parishes of Birtley and Lamesley were transferred to Blaydon; and the remainder, comprising about half the electorate, becoming part of the re-established seat of North Durham.[6]
Political history
Chester-le-Street and its successor constituency (North Durham) have over 100 years of continuous Labour representation.
Members of Parliament
Election
Member
Party
Notes
1885
James Joicey
Liberal
1906
John Taylor
Labour
Resigned October 1919
1919 by-election
Jack Lawson
Labour
1950
Patrick Bartley
Labour
Died June 1956
1956 by-election
Norman Pentland
Labour
Died October 1972
1973 by-election
Giles Radice
Labour
1983
constituency abolished: see North Durham
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Joicey
General election 1885: Chester-le-Street [7][8][9]
General election January 1910: Chester-le-Street [7][11]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
John Wilkinson Taylor
12,684
64.8
+19.2
Conservative
Slingsby Duncombe Shafto
6,891
35.2
+7.1
Majority
5,793
29.6
+12.1
Turnout
19,575
Labour hold
Swing
+6.0
General election December 1910: Chester-le-Street [7][11]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
John Wilkinson Taylor
Unopposed
Labour hold
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;
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