Sunderland South

Sunderland South
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sunderland South in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election.
Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County	Tyne and Wear
1950–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Houghton and Sunderland South, Sunderland Central

Coordinates: 54°53′24″N 1°22′41″W / 54.890°N 1.378°W / 54.890; -1.378

Sunderland South was, from 1950 until 2010, a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency was well known for trying to be the first seat to declare its results, doing so in the general elections of 1992, 1997, 2001 and 2005.

Having been a Labour-Conservative marginal in the 1950s and 60s, Sunderland South was held by the Labour Party from 1964 until 2010, being represented by the politician and author Chris Mullin from 1987 until its abolition in 2010. Mullin did not contest the 2010 general election.

The constituency was well known for trying to be the first seat to declare its results, doing so in the general elections of 1992, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2015.