Sunderland North (UK Parliament constituency)

Sunderland North Borough constituency

Sunderland North shown within Tyne and Wear, and Tyne and Wear shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Bill Etherington
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Tyne and Wear
EP constituency:	North East England

Sunderland North 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.

Sunderland North will be abolished at the next general election and replaced with the new constituency of Sunderland Central, a much more marginal seat.

^{This short section requires expansion.}

General Election 2005: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Etherington	15,719	54.4	-8.3
	Conservative	Stephen Daughton	5,724	19.8	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	James Hollern	4,277	14.8	+2.7
	Independent	Neil Herron	2,057	7.1	+2.0
	British National Party	Debra Hiles	1,136	3.9	+1.6
Majority			9,995	34.6
Turnout			28,913	49.7	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.1

General Election 2001: Sunderland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Etherington	18,685	62.7	-5.6
	Conservative	Michael Harris	5,331	17.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Lennox	3,599	12.1	+1.7
	Independent	Neil Herron	1,518	5.1	N/A
	British National Party	Dave Guynan	687	2.3	N/A
Majority			13,354	44.8
Turnout			29,820	49.0	-10.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Constituencies in North East England
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	Berwick-upon-Tweed
Conservative	Hexham
North East European constituency: Labour (1) \| Conservative (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)

This United Kingdom constituency article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Searching reference...