Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sunderland Borough constituency
Created:	1832
Abolished:	1950
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	Two

Sunderland was a borough constituency of the House of Commons, created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It elected two Members of Parliament (MP) by the bloc vote system of election until it was split into single-member seats of Sunderland North and Sunderland South for the 1950 general election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		Sir William Chaytor, Bt.	Whig		George Barrington
1833 by-election					William Thompson
1835		Andrew White
Jun. 1841		David Barclay
Sep. 1841 by-election					Viscount Howick	Whig
1845 by-election					George Hudson	Conservative
1847		Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bt.
1852		William Seymour	Liberal
1855 by-election		Henry Fenwick	Liberal
1859					William Shaw Lindsay	Liberal
1865					James Hartley	Conservative
1866 by-election		John Candlish	Liberal
1868					Edward Temperley Gourley	Liberal
1874		Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, Bt.	Liberal
1881 by-election		Samuel Storey	Liberal
1895		Theodore Doxford	Unionist
1900					John Stapylton Grey Pemberton	Conservative
1906		James Stuart	Liberal		Thomas Summerbell	Labour
Jan. 1910		Samuel Storey	Independent		James Knott	Independent
Dec. 1910		Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt.	Liberal		Frank Walter Goldstone	Labour
1918			Coalition Liberal		Ralph Milbanke Hudson	Conservative
1922		Luke Thompson	Conservative		Walter Raine	Conservative
1929		Marion Phillips	Labour		Alfred Smith	Labour
May 1931 by-election					Luke Thompson	Conservative
Oct. 1931		Samuel Storey junior	Conservative
1935					Stephen Noel Furness	National Liberal
1945		Richard Ewart	Labour		Frederick Thomas Willey	Labour
1950	constituency abolished: see Sunderland North and Sunderland South

[edit] Election results

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[edit] References

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs