Mid Durham was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election from 1885 to 1918.
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
Mid Durham
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the North Durham and South Durham county divisions were replaced by eight new single-member county constituencies. These were Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Houghton-le-Spring, Jarrow, Mid Durham, North West Durham and South East Durham. In addition there were seven County Durham borough constituencies.
Boundaries
The Sessional Division of Durham and Willington (including all the parish of Shadforth and excluding all the parish of Moorhouse) and the Municipal Borough of Durham.[1][2]
Remaining northern areas, including Brandon and Willington, to the newly created county division of Durham, which also absorbed the abolished parliamentary borough;
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Liberal: Samuel Galbraith
Unionist:
Labour: Joseph Batey
1915 Mid Durham by-election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Lib-Lab
Samuel Galbraith
Unopposed
Lib-Lab hold
See also
History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham
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