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South Durham
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
From 1832-1868 and this area was left intact until 1885. Extract from 1837 result: the longer 'doubly' orange area which has an east coast.
County	County Durham
1832–1885
Seats	Two
Created from	County Durham
Replaced by	Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland and South East Durham

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.

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 results

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

See also

• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham
• List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

References

1. ^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. p. 304. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
2. "Redistribution of Seats Act 1885". Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports. pp. 156–157.
3. "HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1832 Durham County".
4. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) . Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 98. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
5. Turnbull, Richard (2019). "Quarkers, Free Trade and Social Responsibility". In Burton, Nicholas; Turnbull, Richard (eds.). Quakers, Business and Corporate Responsibility: Lessons and Cases for Responsible Management. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. p. 99. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-04034-5. ISBN 978-3-030-04033-8. LCCN 2018966594. Retrieved 9 April 2019 – via Google Books.
6. "South Durham Election". Newcastle Journal. 11 April 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 3 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. ^ "Evening Mail". 24 April 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 3 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. ^ "(From the London Guardian)". Staffordshire Advertiser. 11 April 1857. p. 6. Retrieved 3 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 384. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
10. "South Durham Election". Durham Chronicle. 20 November 1868. p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)

• Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885