Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)


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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]

Sunderland
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1832–1950
SeatsTwo
Replaced bySunderland North and Sunderland South

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]

  • 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

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Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 Sir William Chaytor Whig[7] George Barrington Whig[7]
1833 William Thompson Tory[7][8][9]
1834 Conservative[7][8][9]
1835 David Barclay Whig[8][10][9][7]
1837 Andrew White Whig[8][10][7][11]
1841 David Barclay Whig[8][10][9][7]
1841 Viscount Howick Whig[12][7]
1845 George Hudson Conservative
1847 Sir Hedworth Williamson Whig[13][12][14]
1852 William Seymour Radical[15][16][17][18]
1855 Henry Fenwick Whig[16][17][18]
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 Coalition Liberal 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

Elections in the 1830s

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Barrington resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

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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

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

Elections in the 1860s

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

Elections in the 1870s

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Elections in the 1880s

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Allan resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

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Doxford

Elections in the 1900s

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Wilkie
 
Stuart

Elections in the 1910s

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

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;

Elections in the 1920s

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Elections in the 1930s

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Elections in the 1940s

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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;

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b Compared to half of Conservative vote in 1895
  2. ^ Compared to combined Liberal vote in 1895
  1. ^ "Representation of the People Act 1832". vLex. S-III. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Representation of the People Act 1948" (PDF). p. 94.
  3. ^ Britain, Great (1832). The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Passed in the ... [1807-69]. His Majesty's statute and law Printers. p. 343.
  4. ^ "HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1832, Sunderland".
  5. ^ "Boundary Act 1868". 1807. p. 145.
  6. ^ Craig, Fred W. S. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 11. ISBN 0-900178-09-4. OCLC 539011.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 103. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  8. ^ a b c d e Richardson, M. A. (1843). 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. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: M. A. Richardson. p. 374. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ a b c d "Bell's Weekly Messenger". 3 July 1841. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ a b c "Birmingham Journal". 19 June 1841. p. 5. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 229. Retrieved 13 December 2018 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ a b Turner, Michael J. (2004). Black, Jeremy (ed.). Independent Radicalism in Early Victorian Britain. Westport: Praeger. p. 237. ISBN 0-275-97386-7. LCCN 2004044233. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ Escott, Margaret (2009). Fisher, D. R. (ed.). "WILLIAMSON, Sir Hedworth, 7th bt. (1797–1861), of Whitburn Hall, nr. Sunderland, co. Dur". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Sunderland Election". Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties. 24 December 1847. p. 5. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ "Miscellaneous". Norfolk Chronicle. 6 January 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ a b "Leeds Intelligencer". 6 January 1855. p. 7. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ a b "Sunderland Election". Leicester Chronicle. 6 January 1855. p. 2. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. ^ a b "Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette". 6 January 1855. p. 3. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  20. ^ "Country News". Illustrated London News. 23 August 1845. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 13 December 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  21. ^ "News of the Week". Inverness Courier. 20 August 1845. p. 2. Retrieved 13 December 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  22. ^ "The Overland Mail". Yorkshire Gazette. 3 July 1847. p. 7. Retrieved 13 December 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  23. ^ "Election News". Lancaster Gazette. 21 March 1857. p. 6. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  24. ^ "Personal Notes". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 19 June 1880. p. 20. Retrieved 12 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ^ a b c d The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  26. ^ a b c d e f g Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 197. ISBN 9781349022984.
  27. ^ "The General Election". Cheshire Observer. 10 July 1886. p. 7. Retrieved 12 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  28. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  29. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  30. ^ a b c d British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949 FWS Craig
  31. ^ a b c British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  32. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  33. ^ Stevenson, Graham. "Richardson Tommy". Retrieved 14 May 2017.