Chester-le-Street (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chester-le-Street County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Chester-le-Street was a county constituency centred on the town of Chester-le-Street in County Durham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Chester-le-Street and its successor constituency (North Durham) have over 100 years of continuous Labour representation.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Sir James Joicey	Liberal
	1906	John Wilkinson Taylor	Labour
	1919 by-election	John James Lawson	Labour
	1950	Patrick Bartley	Labour
	1956 by-election	Norman Pentland	Labour
	1973 by-election	Giles Radice	Labour
1983		constituency abolished: see North Durham

[edit] Election results

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[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page