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Houghton and Sunderland South

UK Parliament constituency (2010–)

Houghton and Sunderland South
Summary

UK Parliament constituency (2010–)

FieldValue
nameHoughton and Sunderland South
parliamentuk
image
captionBoundaries since 2024
image2[[File:North East England - Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.svg215pxalt=Map of constituency]]
caption2Boundary within the North East England
year2010
typeCounty
elects_howmanyOne
previousSunderland South, Houghton and Washington East
electorate76,883 (2023)
regionEngland
countyTyne and Wear
mpBridget Phillipson
partyLabour

Houghton and Sunderland South () is a constituency in Tyne and Wear represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since its creation in 2010, the seat has been represented by Bridget Phillipson of the Labour Party, who currently serves as Secretary of State for Education under the government of Keir Starmer.

In the 2010 and 2015 general elections, it was the first constituency to declare its result, continuing the record of its predecessor seat, Sunderland South, in the four general elections from 1992 to 2005. However, in the 2017 and 2019 general elections, it was beaten by Newcastle upon Tyne Central. It regained the position as first constituency to declare in the 2024 election, while Newcastle ruled itself out of being the first prior to the polling date for various reasons.

Constituency profile

Houghton and Sunderland South is a medium density inland area, partly situated on the south banks of the River Wear, which is mostly populated by people of working age, and a minority of the population living in rural villages. The majority of the population historically relied on coal mining, steelworks and shipbuilding from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries on Wearside, with Tyne and Wear at the forefront of some of the earliest Labour Party activity, and several of its earliest Members of Parliament.

Boundaries

Houghton and Sunderland South was created for the 2010 general election when the Boundary Commission reduced the number of seats in Tyne and Wear from 13 to 12, with the constituencies in the City of Sunderland, in particular, being reorganised. The constituency was formed from the majority of the former Houghton and Washington East seat (Copt Hill, Doxford, Hetton, Houghton and Shiney Row wards) and parts of the former Sunderland South seat (St Chad's, Sandhill and Silksworth wards).

2010–2024: The City of Sunderland wards of Copt Hill, Doxford, Hetton, Houghton, St Chad's, Sandhill, Shiney Row, and Silksworth.

2024–present: The City of Sunderland wards of Copt Hill, Doxford, Hetton, Houghton, Sandhill, Shiney Row, Silksworth, St Anne's, and St. Chad's. :''Expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range, by adding the City of Sunderland ward of St Anne's, transferred from the abolished Washington and Sunderland West.'''

Members of Parliament

Electionh4date=March 2012}}Party
Labour Party (UK)}}"2010Bridget Phillipson

Elections

Vote share in Houghton and Sunderland South elections 2010–2024

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Notes

References

References

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  6. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Yorkshire and the Humber {{!}} Boundary Commission for England".
  7. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023".
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  9. "Houghton and Sunderland South – General election results 2024". BBC News.
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  11. Seddon, Sean. (June 9, 2017). "Houghton & Sunderland South constituency General Election results 2017".
  12. "Election Data 2015". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  13. "Houghton & Sunderland South parliamentary constituency – Election 2017".
  14. "Conservative Parliamentary Candidates Chosen". Sunderland.
  15. "list of selected candidates". Lib Dems.
  16. "Election Data 2010". [[Electoral Calculus]].
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  18. "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Houghton & Sunderland South". BBC News.
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