Easington (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°47′24″N 1°21′07″W / 54.790°N 1.352°W / 54.790; -1.352

Easington
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Easington in County Durham.
Location of County Durham within England.
County	County Durham
Electorate	65,618 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Grahame Morris (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Easington is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Grahame Morris of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

Constituents' occupations include to a significant degree agriculture and the service sector, however the area was formerly heavily economically supported by the mining of coal, iron ore and businesses in the county still extract gangue minerals in present mining, such as fluorspar for the smelting of aluminium, to the south in the county is Darlington, which has particular strengths in international transport construction, including bridges. To the north is the large city of Sunderland which has a large service sector. The seat currently ranks as the 8th-safest Labour seat in Britain by majority, and the third-safest Labour seat in England, behind Knowsley and Liverpool Walton, in Merseyside.

Boundaries

1950-1974: The Rural District of Easington.

1974-1983: The Rural District of Stockton, and in the Rural District of Easington the civil parishes of Castle Eden, Easington, Haswell, Hawthorn, Horden, Hutton Henry, Monk Hesleden, Nesbitt, Peterlee, Sheraton with Hulam, Shotton, Thornley, and Wingate.

1983-2010: The District of Easington wards of Acre Rigg, Blackhalls, Dawdon, Dene House, Deneside, Easington Colliery, Easington Village, Eden Hill, Haswell, High Colliery, Horden North, Horden South, Howletch, Murton East, Murton West, Park, Passfield, Seaham, Shotton, South, and South Hetton.

2010-present: The District of Easington wards of Acre Rigg, Blackhalls, Dawdon, Dene House, Deneside, Easington Colliery, Easington Village and South Hetton, Eden Hill, Haswell and Shotton, Horden North, Horden South, Howletch, Hutton Henry, Murton East, Murton West, Passfield, Seaham Harbour, and Seaham North.

The constituency comprises the majority of the district of the same name, which takes in the coastal portion of the administrative county of Durham. The principal towns are Peterlee and Seaham. A seat of former mining traditions, it is one of Labour's safest in Britain; former party firebrand Manny Shinwell was MP here for many years.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in County Durham, the Boundary Commission for England has made only minor changes to the boundaries of Easington constituency (on the southern part of the boundary with Sedgefield constituency). It was first fought at the 2010 UK general election.

The electoral wards used to create the seat are:

Acre Rigg, Blackhalls, Dawdon, Dene House, Deneside, Easington Colliery, Easington Village and South Hetton, Eden Hill, Haswell and Shotton, Horden North, Horden South, Howletch, Hutton Henry, Murton East, Murton West, Passfield, Seaham Harbour and Seaham North.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1950	Manny Shinwell	Labour
1970	Jack Dormand	Labour
1987	John Cummings	Labour
2010	Grahame Morris	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Easington^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Grahame Morris	21,132	61.0	+2.1
	UKIP	Jonathan Arnott	6,491	18.7	+14.1
	Conservative	Chris Hampsheir	4,478	12.9	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Luke Armstrong	834	2.4	-13.6
	North East Party	Susan McDonnell^[4]	810	2.3	N/A
	Green	Martie Warin	733	2.1	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Steve Colborn ^[5]	146	0.4	N/A
Majority			14,641	42.3	-0.6
Turnout			34,624	56.1	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.0

General Election 2010: Easington^[6]^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Grahame Morris	20,579	58.9	−12.4
	Liberal Democrat	Tara Saville	5,597	16.0	+3.1
	Conservative	Richard Harrison	4,790	13.7	+3.0
	BNP	Cheryl Dunn	2,317	6.6	+3.4
	UKIP	Martyn Aiken	1,631	4.7	+4.7
Majority			14,982	42.9	-15.6
Turnout			34,914	54.7	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Easington^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Cummings	22,733	71.4	−5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Ord	4,097	12.9	+2.6
	Conservative	Lucille Nicholson	3,400	10.7	+0.4
	BNP	Ian McDonald	1,042	3.3	+3.3
	Socialist Labour	Dave Robinson	583	1.8	−0.7
Majority			18,636	58.5
Turnout			31,855	52.1	−1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.0

General Election 2001: Easington^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Cummings	25,360	76.8	−3.4
	Conservative	Philip F. Lovel	3,411	10.3	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher J. Ord	3,408	10.3	+3.1
	Socialist Labour	Dave Robinson	831	2.5	N/A
Majority			21,949	66.5
Turnout			33,010	53.6	−13.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Easington^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Cummings	33,600	80.2	+7.5
	Conservative	Jason D. Hollands	3,588	8.6	−8.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jim P. Heppell	3,025	7.2	−3.4
	Referendum	Richard B. Pulfrey	1,179	2.8	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Steve P. Colborn	503	1.2	N/A
Majority			30,012	71.6
Turnout			41,895	67.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.8

General Election 1992: Easington^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Cummings	34,269	72.7	+4.6
	Conservative	William John Perry	7,879	16.7	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Freitag	5,001	10.6	−5.0
Majority			26,390	56.0	+4.2
Turnout			47,149	72.5	−0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Easington^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Cummings	32,396	68.06
	Conservative	William John Perry	7,757	16.30
	Liberal	George William Beaumont Howard	7,447	15.64
Majority			24,639	51.76
Turnout				73.39
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Easington^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Dormand	25,912	59.39
	Liberal	F.E. Patterson	11,120	25.06
	Conservative	C.J. Coulson-Thomas	7,342	16.55
Majority			14,792	33.33
Turnout				67.51
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Easington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Dormand	29,537	60.60
	Conservative	J.S. Smailes	11,981	24.70
	Liberal	V. Morley	6,979	14.39
Majority			17,556	36.20
Turnout				74.33
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Easington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Dormand	28,984	65.82
	Conservative	J.S. Smailes	8,047	18.27
	Liberal	N.J. Scaggs	7,005	15.91
Majority			20,937	47.55
Turnout				69.01
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Easington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Dormand	33,637	71.96
	Conservative	J.S. Smailes	13,107	28.04
Majority			20,530	43.92
Turnout				73.95
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Easington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Dormand	33,418	79.80
	Conservative	William Michael Hardy Spicer	8,457	20.20
Majority			24,961	59.61
Turnout				69.28
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Easington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	32,097	81.37
	Conservative	William Michael Hardy Spicer	7,350	18.63
Majority			24,747	62.73
Turnout				70.54
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Easington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	34,028	80.45
	Conservative	G.W. Rossiter	8,270	19.55
Majority			25,758	60.90
Turnout				75.22
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Easington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	36,552	79.79
	Conservative	G.W. Rossiter	9,259	20.21
Majority			27,293	59.58
Turnout				80.81
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Easington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	34,352	79.07
	Conservative	G.W. Rossiter	9,095	20.93
Majority			25,257	58.13
Turnout				79.36
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Easington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	37,899	80.77
	Conservative	G.W. Rossiter	9,025	19.23
Majority			28,874	61.53
Turnout				86.74
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Easington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	38,367	81.05
	Conservative	C.A. Macfarlane	8,972	18.95
Majority			29,395	62.09
Turnout				87.69
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "New political party the North East Party launches its first ever manifesto". Chronicle Live. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
↑ http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/forum/world-socialist-movement/general-election-news-release
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.durham.gov.uk/PDFApproved/ParliamentaryElection2010_SoPN_EAS.pdf
↑ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Easington". BBC News.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Easington: Constituency - Politics - The Guardian". Retrieved 2013-01-22.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Constituencies in North East England (29)

Labour (26)	Bishop Auckland Blaydon Blyth Valley City of Durham Darlington Easington Gateshead Hartlepool Houghton and Sunderland South Jarrow Middlesbrough Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Newcastle upon Tyne Central Newcastle upon Tyne East Newcastle upon Tyne North North Durham North Tyneside North West Durham Redcar Sedgefield South Shields Stockton North Sunderland Central Tynemouth Wansbeck Washington and Sunderland West

Conservative (3)	Berwick-upon-Tweed Hexham Stockton South

North East England European constituency: Labour (2) UKIP (1)

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