The unitary authorities of Durham and Borough of Darlington are combined for parliamentary constituency boundaries, being divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies, including 2 cross-county constituencies,[1] all of which are county constituencies.
See also: 2024 United Kingdom general election.
| Constituency[2] | Electorate | Majority[3] | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Electoral wards[4] | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Auckland CC | 70,745 | 6,672 | Sam Rushworth‡ | Jane MacBean† | Durham County Council Barnard Castle East, Barnard Castle West, Bishop Auckland Town, Coundon, Crook, Evenwood, Shildon and Dene Valley, Tow Law, Weardale, West Auckland, Woodhouse Close. | |||
| Blaydon and Consett CC (part) | 70,487 | 11,153 | Liz Twist‡ | David Ayre¤ | Durham County Council Benfieldside; Burnopfield and Dipton; Consett North; Consett South; Delves Lane; Leadgate and Medomsley. | |||
| City of Durham CC | 70,582 | 11,757 | Mary Foy‡ | Mark Belch¤ | Durham County Council Belmont, Brandon, Deerness, Durham South, Elvet and Gilesgate, Esh and Witton Gilbert, Framwellgate and Newton Hall, Neville's Cross, Sherburn, Willington and Hunwick. | |||
| Darlington CC | 70,763 | 2,298 | Lola McEvoy‡ | Peter Gibson† | Darlington Borough Council Bank Top and Lascelles, Brinkburn and Faverdale, Cockerton, College, Eastbourne, Harrowgate Hill, Haughton and Springfield, Heighington and Coniscliffe, Hummersknott, Mowden, North Road, Northgate, Park East, Park West, Pierremont, Red Hall and Lingfield, Stephenson, Whinfield. | |||
| Easington CC | 69,411 | 6,542 | Grahame Morris‡ | Lynn Murphy¤ | Durham County Council Blackhalls, Dawdon, Deneside, Easington, Horden, Murton, Passfield, Peterlee East, Peterlee West, Seaham, Shotton and South Hetton, Trimdon and Thornley (polling districts DKC, EEA, SNA, SNB and SNC), Wingate. | |||
| Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor CC | 72,224 | 8,839 | Alan Strickland‡ | John Grant¤ | Durham County Council Aycliffe East, Aycliffe North and Middridge, Aycliffe West, Bishop Middleham and Cornforth, Chilton, Coxhoe, Ferryhill, Sedgefield, Spennymoor, Trimdon and Thornley (polling districts SKB, SLA, SLB, SMB and SMC), Tudhoe. | |||
| Stockton West CC (part) | 69,664 | 2,139 | Matt Vickers† | Joe Dancey‡ | Darlington Borough Council Hurworth, Sadberge and Middleton St. George. | |||
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Durham's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards.
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[5] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission has proposed that the unitary authority of County Durham be combined with the Tyne and Wear boroughs of Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland as a sub-region of the North East Region, with the creation of a cross-county boundary constituency named Blaydon and Consett, resulting in the abolition of North West Durham. It is proposed that the reconfigured Sedgefield constituency is renamed Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor. Darlington would be included in a Tees Valley sub-division.[6] [7]
The following seats are proposed:
Containing electoral wards in Darlington
Containing electoral wards in County Durham
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[8]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Durham in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 123,112 | 40.6% | 5.3% | 4 | 4 | |
| Labour | 122,547 | 40.4% | 14.2% | 3 | 4 | |
| Brexit | 25,444 | 8.4% | new | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 21,356 | 7.0% | 2.5% | 0 | 0 | |
| Greens | 5,985 | 2.0% | 1.0% | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 4,725 | 1.6% | 3.0% | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 303,169 | 100.0 | 7 |
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 30.4 | 28.3 | 28.4 | 17.6 | 20.6 | 16.6 | 21.4 | 25.4 | 35.3 | 40.6 | |
| Labour | 45.5 | 52.0 | 57.1 | 68.5 | 62.7 | 56.3 | 45.3 | 48.5 | 54.6 | 40.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat1 | 23.9 | 19.7 | 14.2 | 9.7 | 14.2 | 21.3 | 24.1 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 7.0 | |
| Green Party | - | - | 3.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | ||||||
| UKIP | - | - | - | 3.1 | 15.7 | 3.4 | |||||
| Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.4 | |
| Other | 0.1 | - | 0.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
* Included in Other
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Labour | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
| Constituency | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Auckland | Rushworth | |
| Darlington | McEvoy | |
| City of Durham | Foy | |
| Easington | Morris | |
| Newton Aycliffe & Spennymoor | Strickland | |
| North Durham | Akehurst |