Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Sunderland
Type:	Borough
Parliament:	uk
Year:	1832
Abolished:	1950
Elects Howmany:	Two
Next:	Sunderland North and Sunderland South

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 of election.^[1] It was split into the single-member seats of Sunderland North and Sunderland South for the 1950 general election.^[2]

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.^[3]

See map on Vision of Britain website.^[4]

Minor change in 1868 to include a small part of the Municipal Borough not in the Parliamentary Borough.^[5]

1918-1950

• The County Borough of Sunderland
• The Urban District of Southwick-on-Wear.^[6]

Minor changes to align boundaries with those of local authorities.

Members of Parliament

Year	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		Sir William Chaytor	Whig^[7]		George Barrington	Whig
1833					William Thompson	Tory
1834						Conservative
1835		David Barclay	Whig^[8] ^[9] ^[10]
1837		Andrew White	Whig^[11]
1841		David Barclay	Whig
1841					Viscount Howick	Whig
1845					George Hudson	Conservative
1847		Sir Hedworth Williamson	Whig^[12] ^[13] ^[14]
1852		William Seymour	Radical^[15] ^[16] ^[17] ^[18]
1855		Henry Fenwick	Whig
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
1918	<		-- Hamar Greenwood -->			Ralph Milbanke Hudson	Unionist
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 1880s

Allan resigned, causing a by-election.

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 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^[19]

See also

• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham

Notes and references

Sources

• Book: Craig, F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . 1969 . 3rd . 1983 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-06-X.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Representation of the People Act 1832 . 2022-09-13 . vLex . S-III . en.
2. Web site: Representation of the People Act 1948 . 94.
3. Book: Britain, Great . The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Passed in the ... [1807-69]. ]. 1832 . His Majesty's statute and law Printers . 343 . en.
4. Web site: HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1832, Sunderland .
5. Web site: Boundary Act 1868 . 1807 . 145.
6. Book: Craig, Fred W. S. . Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972; . 1972 . Political Reference Publications . 0-900178-09-4 . Chichester . 11 . 539011.
7. Book: Stooks Smith , Henry. . . The Parliaments of England . 1844-1850 . 2nd . 1973 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-13-2 . 103 .
8. Book: Richardson . M. A. . 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 . 1843 . M. A. Richardson . Newcastle-upon-Tyne . 374 . 14 July 2018 . .
9. News: Birmingham Journal . 14 July 2018 . 19 June 1841 . 5 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
10. News: Bell's Weekly Messenger . 14 July 2018 . 3 July 1841 . 3–4 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
11. Book: Mosse. Richard Bartholomew. The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. 1838. 229. 13 December 2018 . .
12. Web site: Escott . Margaret . WILLIAMSON, Sir Hedworth, 7th bt. (1797–1861), of Whitburn Hall, nr. Sunderland, co. Dur. . The History of Parliament . 14 July 2018 . 2009 . Fisher . D. R. .
13. Book: Turner . Michael J. . Black . Jeremy . Independent Radicalism in Early Victorian Britain . 2004 . Praeger . Westport . 0-275-97386-7 . 237 . 2004044233 . 14 July 2018 . .
14. News: Sunderland Election . 14 July 2018 . Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties . 24 December 1847 . 5 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
15. News: Miscellaneous . 14 July 2018 . Norfolk Chronicle . 6 January 1855 . 4 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
16. News: Leeds Intelligencer . 14 July 2018 . 6 January 1855 . 7 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
17. News: Sunderland Election . 14 July 2018 . Leicester Chronicle . 6 January 1855 . 2 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
18. News: Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette . 14 July 2018 . 6 January 1855 . 3 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
19. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939