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South Durham, formally the Southern Division of Durham and often referred to as Durham Southern, was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election.
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History
The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, when the former Durham constituency was split into the northern and southern divisions, each electing two members using the bloc vote system.
The seat was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 when the two divisions were replaced by eight single-member divisions. These were Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Houghton-le-Spring, Jarrow, Mid Durham, North West Durham and South East Durham. In addition there were seven County Durham borough constituencies.
Boundaries
1832–1885
- The Wards of Darlington and Stockton, with a place of election at Darlington.
See map on Vision of Britain website.
From 1868, included non-resident 40 shilling freeholders in the parliamentary boroughs of Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees and The Hartlepools, which were created by the Reform Act 1867.
Members of Parliament
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1832 | Joseph Pease | Whig | John Bowes | Whig | ||
1841 | Lord Harry Vane | Whig | ||||
1847 | James Farrer | Conservative | ||||
1857 | Henry Pease | Whig | ||||
1859 | James Farrer | Conservative | Liberal | |||
1865 | Joseph Pease | Liberal | Charles Surtees | Conservative | ||
1868 | Frederick Beaumont | Liberal | ||||
1880 | Hon. Frederick Lambton | Liberal | ||||
1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Joseph Pease | 2,273 | 35.9 | ||
Whig | John Bowes | 2,218 | 35.0 | ||
Whig | Robert Duncombe Shafto | 1,841 | 29.1 | ||
Majority | 377 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,994 | 92.1 | |||
Registered electors | 4,336 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Joseph Pease | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Bowes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,454 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Joseph Pease | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Bowes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,980 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s
General election 1841: South Durham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Whig | Harry Vane | 2,547 | 37.6 | N/A | |
Whig | John Bowes | 2,483 | 36.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Farrer | 1,739 | 25.7 | New | |
Majority | 744 | 11.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,074 | 84.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,820 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
General election 1847: South Durham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Whig | Harry Vane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | James Farrer | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,783 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Elections in the 1850s
General election 1852: South Durham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Whig | Harry Vane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | James Farrer | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,616 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
General election 1857: South Durham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Whig | Henry Pease | 2,570 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Whig | Harry Vane | 2,542 | 35.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Farrer | 2,091 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 451 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,647 (est) | 83.5 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,565 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
General election 1859: South Durham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Henry Pease | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | James Farrer | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,681 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Elections in the 1860s
General election 1865: South Durham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Joseph Pease | 3,401 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Surtees | 3,211 | 33.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Frederick Beaumont | 2,925 | 30.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 6,374 (est) | 87.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,263 | ||||
Majority | 190 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 286 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
General election 1868: South Durham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Joseph Pease | 4,319 | 28.3 | −7.4 | |
Liberal | Frederick Beaumont | 4,024 | 26.4 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Charles Surtees | 3,714 | 24.3 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Gustavus Hamilton-Russell | 3,206 | 21.0 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 310 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,632 (est) | 81.6 (est) | −6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,352 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.8 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | −5.9 |
Elections in the 1870s
General election 1874: South Durham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Joseph Pease | 4,792 | 36.5 | +8.2 | |
Liberal | Frederick Beaumont | 4,461 | 33.9 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Charles Vane-Tempest | 3,887 | 29.6 | −15.7 | |
Majority | 574 | 4.3 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,514 (est) | 83.8 (est) | +2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,159 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Elections in the 1880s
General election 1880: South Durham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Joseph Pease | 5,930 | 37.3 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Frederick Lambton | 5,912 | 37.2 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Charles Surtees | 4,044 | 25.5 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 1,868 | 11.7 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,974 (est) | 86.0 (est) | +2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,592 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.7 |