Sunderland (constituency)

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 1832 Sir William Chaytor Whig George Barrington Whig 1833 William Thompson Tory 1834 Conservative 1835 David Barclay Whig 1837 Andrew White Whig 1841 David Barclay Whig 1841 Viscount Howick Whig 1845 George Hudson Conservative 1847 Sir Hedworth Williamson Whig 1852 William Seymour Radical 1855 Henry FenwickWhig 1859 Liberal William Schaw Lindsay Liberal 1865 James Hartley Conservative 1866 John Candlish Liberal 1868 Edward Temperley Gourley Liberal 1874 Sir Henry Havelock-Allan Liberal 1881 Samuel Storey Liberal 1895 Theodore Doxford Unionist 1900 John Stapylton Grey Pemberton Conservative 1906 James Stuart Liberal Thomas Summerbell Labour 1910 Samuel Storey Independent Conservative James Knott Conservative 1910 Sir Hamar Greenwood Liberal Frank Goldstone Labour 1916 Coalition Liberal 1918 Ralph Milbanke Hudson Unionist Jan 1922 National Liberal 1922 Luke Thompson Unionist Walter Raine Unionist 1929 Marion Phillips Labour Alfred Smith Labour 1931 Luke Thompson Conservative 1931 Samuel Storey Conservative 1935 Stephen Furness Liberal National 1945 Richard Ewart Labour Fred Willey Labour 1950 constituency abolished

Election results Elections in the 1830s

Barrington resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

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.

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

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

Elections in the 1850s

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

Elections in the 1860s

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

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Allan resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

some records describe Wilkie as Liberal-Labour

Elections in the 1910s

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

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 WilleyReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

Sunderland (constituency)

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