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Easington (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Easington County constituency |
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| Easington shown within County Durham, and County Durham shown within England | |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | John Cummings |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | County Durham |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
Easington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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The constituency comprises the majority of the district of the same name, which takes in the coastal portion of the administrative county of Durham. The principal towns are Peterlee and Seaham. A seat of former mining traditions,it is one of Labour's safest in Britain; former party firebrand Manny Shinwell was MP here for many years.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in County Durham, the Boundary Commission for England has made only minor changes to the boundaries of Easington constituency (on the southern part of the boundary with Sedgefield constituency). It is to be fought at the 2009 or 2010 UK general election.
It has often been said that because the seat was so safe, that a 'dog wearing a red collar' could win it for Labour. Although this has never been actually tested, it is probably true.
The electoral wards used to create the seat are:
- Acre Rigg, Blackhalls, Dawdon, Dene House, Deneside, Easington Colliery, Easington Village and South Hetton, Eden Hill, Haswell and Shotton, Horden North, Horden South, Howletch, Hutton Henry, Murton East, Murton West, Passfield, Seaham Harbour and Seaham North.
- Constituency created (1950)
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | Manny Shinwell | Labour | |
| 1970 | John Dormand | Labour | |
| 1987 | John Cummings | Labour | |
| General Election 2005: Easington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Cummings | 22,733 | 71.4 | -5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Ord | 4,097 | 12.9 | +2.6 | |
| Conservative | Lucille Nicholson | 3,400 | 10.7 | +0.4 | |
| British National Party | Ian McDonald | 1,042 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
| Socialist Labour | Dave Robinson | 583 | 1.8 | -0.7 | |
| Majority | 18,636 | 58.5 | |||
| Turnout | 31,855 | 52.1 | -1.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Easington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Cummings | 25,360 | 76.8 | -3.4 | |
| Conservative | Philip Lovel | 3,411 | 10.3 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Ord | 3,408 | 10.3 | +3.1 | |
| Socialist Labour | Dave Robinson | 831 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 21,949 | 66.5 | |||
| Turnout | 33,010 | 53.6 | -13.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Constituencies in North East England | |
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| Labour |
Bishop Auckland | Blaydon | Blyth Valley | City of Durham | Darlington | Easington | Gateshead East and Washington West | Hartlepool | Houghton and Washington East | Jarrow | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Newcastle upon Tyne North | North Durham | North Tyneside | North West Durham | Redcar | Sedgefield | South Shields | Stockton North | Stockton South | Sunderland North | Sunderland South | Tyne Bridge | Tynemouth | Wansbeck |
| Liberal Democrat | |
| Conservative | |
| North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |