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Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1950

Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)
Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1950

FieldValue
nameSunderland
typeBorough
parliamentuk
image
captionSunderland in Durham, 1885-1918
year1832
abolished1950
elects_howmanyTwo
nextSunderland North and Sunderland South

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Sunderland was a borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system. It was split into the single-member seats of Sunderland North and Sunderland South for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

1832-1918

Under the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, 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

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832Whigs (British political party)}}"Sir William ChaytorWhig{{cite booklast=Stooks Smith
1833Tories (British political party)}}"William ThompsonTory
1834Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative
1835Whigs (British political party)}}"David BarclayWhig
1837Whigs (British political party)}}"Andrew WhiteWhig
1841Whigs (British political party)}}"David BarclayWhig
1841Whigs (British political party)}}"Viscount HowickWhig
1845Conservative Party (UK)}}"George HudsonConservative
1847Whigs (British political party)}}"Sir Hedworth WilliamsonWhig
1852Radicals (UK)}}"William SeymourRadical
1855Whigs (British political party)}}"Henry FenwickWhig
1859Liberal Party (UK)}}"LiberalLiberal Party (UK)}}"William Schaw Lindsay
1865Conservative Party (UK)}}"James HartleyConservative
1866Liberal Party (UK)}}"John CandlishLiberal
1868Liberal Party (UK)}}"Edward Temperley GourleyLiberal
1874Liberal Party (UK)}}"Sir Henry Havelock-AllanLiberal
1881Liberal Party (UK)}}"Samuel StoreyLiberal
1895Conservative Party (UK)}}"Theodore DoxfordUnionist
1900Conservative Party (UK)}}"John Stapylton Grey PembertonConservative
1906Liberal Party (UK)}}"James StuartLiberalLabour Party (UK)}}"
1910Independent Conservative}}"Samuel StoreyIndependent ConservativeConservative Party (UK)}}"
1910Liberal Party (UK)}}"Sir Hamar GreenwoodLiberalLabour Party (UK)}}"
1918Coalition Liberal}}"Coalition LiberalUnionist Party (UK)}}"Ralph Milbanke Hudson
1922Unionist Party (UK)}}"Luke ThompsonUnionistUnionist Party (UK)}}"
1929Labour Party (UK)}}"Marion PhillipsLabourLabour Party (UK)}}"
1931Conservative Party (UK)}}"Luke ThompsonConservative
1931Conservative Party (UK)}}"Samuel StoreyConservative
1935National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}"Stephen FurnessLiberal National
1945Labour Party (UK)}}"Richard EwartLabourLabour Party (UK)}}"
1950constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

|reg. electors = 1,378

Barrington resigned, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 1,378

|reg. electors = 1,359

|reg. electors = 1,532

Elections in the 1840s

|reg. electors = 1,691

Thompson resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds in order to contest a by-election at Westmorland, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 1,691

Grey succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl Grey and causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 1,681

|reg. electors = 1,693

Barclay resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 1,692

Elections in the 1850s

|reg. electors = 1,973

Seymour was appointed Recorder of Newcastle upon Tyne, requiring a by-election.

|reg. electors = 2,176

|reg. electors = 2,493

|reg. electors = 2,493

Elections in the 1860s

|reg. electors = 3,468

Fenwick was appointed a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

|reg. electors = 3,468

|reg. electors = 11,364

Elections in the 1870s

|reg. electors = 14,008

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 15,021

Allan resigned, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 18,078 |reg. electors = 18,078

Elections in the 1890s

|reg. electors = 22,282

Doxford

|reg. electors = 22,408

Elections in the 1900s

Wilkie

|reg. electors = 24,423

  • some records describe Wilkie as Liberal-Labour
Stuart

|reg. electors = 27,650

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 27,610

  • stood as "Independent Tariff Reform" but was supported by local Conservative Association
Greenwood

|reg. electors = 27,610 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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Liberal: Hamar Greenwood
  • Labour: Frank Goldstone
  • 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
  • Liberal National: Stephen Furness
  • Labour: Fred Peart, Fred Willey

References

  1. "Representation of the People Act 1832".
  2. "Representation of the People Act 1948".
  3. Britain, Great. (1832). "The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Passed in the ... [1807-69].". His Majesty's statute and law Printers.
  4. "HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1832, Sunderland".
  5. (1807). "Boundary Act 1868".
  6. Craig, Fred W. S.. (1972). "Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;". Political Reference Publications.
  7. (1843). "The Local Historian's Table Book, of Remarkable Occurrences, Historical Facts, Traditions, Legendary and Descriptive Ballads, &c., &c., Connected with the Counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland an Durham". M. A. Richardson.
  8. (19 June 1841). "Birmingham Journal".
  9. (3 July 1841). "Bell's Weekly Messenger".
  10. (1838). "The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc".
  11. (2009). "WILLIAMSON, Sir Hedworth, 7th bt. (1797–1861), of Whitburn Hall, nr. Sunderland, co. Dur.".
  12. (2004). "Independent Radicalism in Early Victorian Britain". Praeger.
  13. (24 December 1847). "Sunderland Election". Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties.
  14. (6 January 1855). "Miscellaneous". Norfolk Chronicle.
  15. (6 January 1855). "Leeds Intelligencer".
  16. (6 January 1855). "Sunderland Election". Leicester Chronicle.
  17. (6 January 1855). "Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette".
  18. (23 August 1845). "Country News". Illustrated London News.
  19. (20 August 1845). "News of the Week". Inverness Courier.
  20. (3 July 1847). "The Overland Mail". Yorkshire Gazette.
  21. (21 March 1857). "Election News". Lancaster Gazette.
  22. (1977). "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885". Macmillan Press.
  23. (19 June 1880). "Personal Notes". [[Manchester Courier.
  24. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  25. (1974). "British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918". Macmillan Press.
  26. (10 July 1886). "The General Election". Cheshire Observer.
  27. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  28. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  29. British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949 FWS Craig
  30. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  31. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  32. "Richardson Tommy".
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