Created from North Durham | Number of members 1 | |
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Replaced by North Durham, Houghton and Washington East, Blaydon | ||
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.
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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.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Sessional Division of Chester-le-Street, the Municipal Borough of Gateshead, and part of the Sessional Division of Gateshead.
1918-1950: The Urban District of Chester-le-Street, and the Rural District of Chester-le-Street.
1950-1983: The Urban Districts of Chester-le-Street and Washington, and the Rural District of Chester-le-Street.
Elections in the 1910s
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;