Created from North West Durham | Number of members 1 | |
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Replaced by North West Durham, North Durham | ||
Consett was a county constituency, centred on the town of Consett in County Durham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
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The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Annfield Plain, Benfieldside, Consett, Leadgate, and Stanley, and in the Rural District of Lanchester the civil parishes of Craghead, Ebchester, Healeyfield, Knitsley, and Medomsley.
1950-1983: The Urban Districts of Consett and Stanley.
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;