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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983
Consett was a
county constituency , centred on the town of
Consett in
County Durham . It returned one
Member of Parliament (MP) to the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom , elected by the
first past the post voting system from 1918 to 1983.
History
Creation
Consett was created under the
Representation of the People Act 1918 for the
1918 general election . It succeeded the abolished
North West Division of Durham , comprising the whole of that seat, excluding
Tanfield , which was included in the new constituency of
Blaydon , and
Lanchester , which was transferred to
Barnard Castle .
Boundaries
1918–1950
The Urban Districts of Annfield Plain, Benfieldside, Consett, Leadgate, and Stanley; and
in the Rural District of Lanchester, the parishes of Craghead, Ebchester, Healeyfield, Knitsley, and Medomsley.
[2]
1950–1983
The Urban Districts of Consett and Stanley.
[3]
Only minor changes - the Urban Districts of
Annfield Plain and Tanfield (transferred back from Blaydon) had been merged with
Stanley ; and
Benfieldside and
Leadgate with
Consett , along with the parishes of
Ebchester and
Medomsley .
Abolition
The seat was abolished for the
1983 general election as a result of the periodic review of parliamentary constituencies following the re-organisation of local government under the
Local Government Act 1972 . On abolition, eastern areas, comprising the former Urban District of Stanley, were included in the newly created constituency of
North Durham , and eastern areas, comprising the former Urban District of Consett, were transferred back to
North West Durham (which had been re-established in 1950).
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Aneurin Williams
Elections in the 1920s
Ursula Williams
Elections in the 1930s
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;
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
See also
References
^
" 'Consett', Feb 1974 - May 1983" . ElectionWeb Project . Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from
the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016 .
^
"Representation of the People Act 1918" . p. 496.
^ Craig, Fred W. S. (1972).
Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972; . Chichester: Political Reference Publications. pp. 58, 129.
ISBN
0-900178-09-4 .
OCLC
539011 .
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig