Houghton and Washington East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Houghton and Washington East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Houghton and Washington East in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election
Location of Tyne and Wear within England
County	Tyne and Wear
1983–2010
Seats	One
Created from	Chester-le-Street and Houghton-le-Spring[1]
Replaced by	Houghton and Sunderland South, Washington and Sunderland West and Sunderland Central

Houghton and Washington East was, from 1997 until 2010, a 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. A seat with similar boundaries, Houghton and Washington, existed from 1983 until 1997.

History

The constituency of Houghton and Washington was created as a result of the Boundary Commission for England review of parliamentary seats for the 1983 general election following the reorganisation of local government under the Local Government Act 1972 which brought the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear into existence. It covered the majority of the abolished Houghton-le-Spring seat (those areas now within the metropolitan borough (now City) of Sunderland - including the communities of Houghton-le-Spring, Hetton-le-Hole, Penshaw, Shiney Row, and Herrington), together with the new town of Washington, which had previously been part of the abolished Chester-le-Street seat.

This constituency was abolished by the Boundary Commission for the 1997 general election and replaced by Houghton and Washington East. The wards of Washington East and Washington South were included in the new constituency of Gateshead East and Washington West. Ryhope was transferred in from Sunderland South.

This was, in turn, abolished 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 majority of the seat was now included in the new Houghton and Sunderland South constituency, with "Washington West" being transferred to Washington and Sunderland West. Ryhope was moved back out and included in Sunderland Central.^[2]

Boundaries

1983–1997 (Houghton and Washington)

• The Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland wards of Eppleton, Hetton, Houghton, Shiney Row, Washington East, Washington North, Washington South, and Washington West.^[3]

1997–2010 (Houghton and Washington East)

• The City of Sunderland wards of Eppleton, Hetton, Houghton, Ryhope, Shiney Row, Washington East, and Washington North.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [5]	Party
1983		Constituency created as Houghton and Washington
	1983	Roland Boyes	Labour
1997		Constituency renamed Houghton and Washington East
	1997	Fraser Kemp	Labour
2010		Constituency abolished: see Houghton and Sunderland South and Washington and Sunderland West

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Houghton and Washington East^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fraser Kemp	22,310	64.3	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Greenfield	6,245	18.0	+5.5
	Conservative	Tony Devenish	4,772	13.8	−0.5
	BNP	John Richardson	1,367	3.9	New
Majority			16,065	46.3	−12.6
Turnout			34,694	51.7	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.2

General election 2001: Houghton and Washington East^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fraser Kemp	24,628	73.2	−3.2
	Conservative	Tony Devenish	4,810	14.3	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ormerod	4,203	12.5	+4.8
Majority			19,818	58.9	−4.6
Turnout			33,641	49.5	−12.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Houghton and Washington East^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fraser Kemp	31,946	76.38
	Conservative	Philip Booth	5,391	12.89
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Miller	3,209	7.67
	Referendum	James Joseph	1,277	3.05	New
Majority			26,555	63.49
Turnout			41,823	62.10
	Labour win

General election 1992: Houghton and Washington^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Boyes	34,733	62.02
	Conservative	Andrew Tyrie	13,925	24.86
	Liberal Democrats	Owen Dumpleton	7,346	13.12
Majority			20,808	37.16
Turnout			56,004	70.60
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Houghton and Washington^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Boyes	32,805	59.1	+7.4
	Conservative	Martin Callanan	12,612	22.7	−1.2
	SDP	Rod Kenyon	10,090	18.2	−6.2
Majority			20,193	36.37	+9.06
Turnout			55,507	71.25
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1983: Houghton and Washington^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Boyes	26,168	51.70
	SDP	Rod Kenyon	12,347	24.39
	Conservative	Richard Fletcher-Vane	12,104	23.91
Majority			13,821	27.31
Turnout			50,619	66.88
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Tyne and Wear

Notes and references

1. "'Houghton and Washington', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
2. "Boundary Commission for England Fifth Periodical Report Vol 3" (PDF). pp. 144–147.
3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983" (PDF). p. 75.
4. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". In the County of Tyne and Wear.
5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
6. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
7. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
8. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
9. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
10. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

• Houghton and Washington East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK