City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency)

City of Durham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of City of Durham in County Durham.
Location of County Durham within England.
County	County Durham
Population	94,375 (2011 census)
Electorate	72,659 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Durham, Brandon, Coxhoe, Bowburn, Framwellgate Moor, Sherburn and Ushaw Moor
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Roberta Blackman-Woods (Labour)
Number of members	One
1678–1918
Number of members	1678–1885: Two 1885–1918: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Coordinates: 54°46′37″N 1°33′22″W / 54.777°N 1.556°W / 54.777; -1.556

City of Durham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Roberta Blackman-Woods of the Labour Party.

The constituency contains a large minority of students, researchers and academics at the early 19th century founded University of Durham, that has a claim towards being the third oldest in England and has elected Labour MPs since 1935, although there have been strong Liberal-SDP Alliance and Liberal Democrat challenges to Labour since the 1980s.

The City of Durham was first given the right to return Members to Parliament by an Act of Parliament in 1678, the last new borough but one to be enfranchised before the Great Reform Act of 1832. It was the only borough in County Durham, the county also having been unrepresented until the same Act of Parliament, which created two MPs for the county and two for the city. Both constituencies were frequently referred to simply as Durham, which can make for some confusion.