South East Durham (UK Parliament constituency)

South East Durham
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1892	Joseph Richardson	Liberal
	1895	Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan	Liberal Unionist
	1898 by-election	Joseph Richardson	Liberal
	1900	Frederick William Lambton	Liberal Unionist
	Jan. 1910	Evan Hayward	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)