Houghton-le-Spring (UK Parliament constituency)

Houghton-le-Spring
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	County Durham until 1974, then Tyne and Wear
Major settlements	Houghton-le-Spring
1885–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Houghton & Washington and Easington
Created from	South Durham

Houghton-le-Spring was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983.

Centred on the town of Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. It was abolished in 1983, and replaced by the new constituency of Houghton and Washington.

1918-1950: The Urban District of Houghton-le-Spring, the Rural Districts of South Shields and Sunderland, and part of the Rural District of Houghton-le-Spring.

1950-1955: The Urban Districts of Houghton-le-Spring and Seaham, and the Rural District of Sunderland.

1955-1974: The Urban Districts of Houghton-le-Spring and Seaham, and the Rural District of Sunderland except the parts of the civil parishes of Ford, Herrington, Hylton, and Silksworth added to the County Borough of Sunderland by the Sunderland Extension Act 1950.

1974-1983: The Urban Districts of Hetton, Houghton-le-Spring, and Seaham, and in the Rural District of Easington the civil parishes of Burdon, Cold Hesledon, Dalton-le-Dale, East Murton, Seaton with Slingley, and Warden Law.

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

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