is a
County 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.
The constituency is located in the north of
County Durham , which is in the
North East England region of the
United Kingdom . It includes the whole of the
Chester-le-Street district and the eastern part of
Derwentside district. The main population centres in the constituency are
Chester-le-Street ,
Stanley and
Sacriston . The constituency includes the North of England Open Air Museum at
Beamish .
Following their review of parliamentary representation in
County Durham , the
Boundary Commission For England has made only minor changes to the North Durham constituency. The seat will be fought at the UK general election of 2009 or 2010.
The electoral wards used in the creation of this slightly modified seat are;
- The entire district of Chester-le-Street
- Annfield Plain, Catchgate, Craghead and South Stanley, Havannah, South Moor, Stanley Hall and Tanfield from Derwentside
- ''Constituency recreated'' ( 1983 )
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Philip Latham
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7,151
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192
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+52
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Mark Watson
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6,258
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168
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-20
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Matthew Palmer
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7,237
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188
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+43
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Carole Field
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5,411
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140
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+30
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