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Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)

Sunderland was a borough constituency of the House of Commons, created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It elected two Members of Parliament (MP) by the bloc vote system of election until it was split into single-member seats of Sunderland North and Sunderland South for the 1950 general election.

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Elections in the 1900s

  • some records describe Wilkie as Liberal-Labour
  • stood as "Independent Tariff Reform" but was supported by local Conservative Association
  • 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;

  • Liberal: Hamar Greenwood
  • Labour: Frank Walter Goldstone
  • Unionist:
  • endorsed by Coalition Government
  • Elections in the 1940s

    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;

  • Conservative: Samuel Storey, jr.
  • Liberal National: Stephen Noel Furness
  • Labour: Thomas Frederick Peart, Frederick Thomas Willey
  • References

    Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia