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South East Durham was a county 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 created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the North Durham and South Durham county divisions were replaced by eight new single-member county constituencies. 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.
It was abolished for the 1918 general election.
Boundaries
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
| General Election 1886: South East Durham |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Unionist |
Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan |
4,984 |
55.2 |
+8.8 |
|
Liberal |
Hugh Fenwick Boyd |
4,045 |
44.8 |
-8.8 |
| Majority |
939 |
10.4 |
+17.6 |
| Turnout |
|
68.5 |
-10.9 |
|
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal |
Swing |
+8.8 |
|
Elections in the 1890s
| General Election 1892: South East Durham |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Joseph Richardson |
5,560 |
50.7 |
|
|
Liberal Unionist |
Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan |
5,396 |
49.3 |
|
| Majority |
164 |
1.4 |
|
| Turnout |
|
77.2 |
|
|
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist |
Swing |
|
|
| General Election 1895: South East Durham |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Unionist |
Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan |
5,978 |
50.5 |
+1.2 |
|
Liberal |
Joseph Richardson |
5,864 |
49.5 |
-1.2 |
| Majority |
114 |
1.0 |
2.4 |
| Turnout |
|
80.5 |
+3.3 |
|
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal |
Swing |
+1.2 |
|
| South East Durham by-election, 1898 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Joseph Richardson |
6,286 |
51.1 |
|
|
Liberal Unionist |
Frederick William Lambton |
6,011 |
48.9 |
|
| Majority |
275 |
2.2 |
|
| Turnout |
|
82.8 |
|
|
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1900s
| General Election 1900: South East Durham |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Unionist |
Frederick William Lambton |
6,198 |
52.9 |
+4.0 |
|
Liberal |
Joseph Richardson |
5,524 |
47.1 |
-4.0 |
| Majority |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
|
79.1 |
-3.7 |
|
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal |
Swing |
+4.0 |
|
| General Election 1906: South East Durham |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Unionist |
Frederick William Lambton |
unopposed |
n/a |
n/a |
|
Liberal Unionist hold |
Swing |
n/a |
|
Elections in the 1910s
| General Election January 1910: South East Durham |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Evan Hayward |
9,298 |
57.5 |
n/a |
|
Conservative |
Frederick William Lambton |
6,860 |
42.5 |
n/a |
| Majority |
2,438 |
15.0 |
n/a |
| Turnout |
|
85.6 |
n/a |
|
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist |
Swing |
n/a |
|
| General Election December 1910: South East Durham |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Evan Hayward |
8,203 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Rowland Burdon |
7,021 |
|
|
| Majority |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
|
|
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;
- Liberal: Evan Hayward
- Unionist: Rowland Burdon
- Labour:
