Mid Durham (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Durham
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Spennymoor
Created from	South Durham

Mid 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	William Crawford	Liberal-Labour
	1890 by-election	John Wilson	Liberal-Labour
	1915 by-election	Samuel Galbraith	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

John Wilson

General Election January 1910: Electorate 13,900

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Wilson	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Electorate 15,832

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Wilson	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

General Election 1914/15: Electorate 17,486

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Galbraith

By-Election 29 April 1915: Electorate 17,486

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Galbraith	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham

References

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