Mid Durham (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

The Sessional Division of Durham and Willington (including all the parish of Shadforth and excluding all the parish of Moorhouse) and the Municipal Borough of Durham.Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886{{Cite web |title=Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 |url=https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog/page/n155/mode/2up?view=theater&q=stockton |pages=155–156| publisher=Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports }}

See map on Vision of Britain website.{{Cite web |title=HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1885, Durham |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1885/Durham_1885}}

NB: 1) Boundary Commission proposed name was "Brancepeth"

2) Included only non-resident freeholders in the parliamentary borough of Durham

The seat was abolished for the 1918 general election, when its contents were distributed as follows:

• Parish of Witton Gilbert to Chester-le-Street;
• Remaining northern areas, including Brandon and Willington, to the newly created county division of Durham, which also absorbed the abolished parliamentary borough;
• South-western areas, including Brandon and Willington, to the new constituency of Spennymoor; and
• South-eastern areas, including Ferryhill, to the new constituency of Sedgefield.

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: Mid DurhamBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS CraigThe Liberal Year Book, 1907Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate=William Crawford

|votes=5,799

|percentage=64.1

|change=

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Francis Vane-Tempest{{cite news|title=The General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18860616/012/0003|accessdate=25 November 2017|work=London Evening Standard|date=16 Jun 1886|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes=3,245

|percentage=35.9

|change=

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=2,554

|percentage=28.2

|change=

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes=9,044

|percentage=81.1

|change=

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,145

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{{Election box new seat win

|winner=Liberal-Labour (UK)

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: Mid Durham

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate=William Crawford

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal-Labour (UK)

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File:1895 John Wilson.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=1890 Mid Durham by-election[https://archive.org/details/constitutionaly07unkngoog The Constitutional Year Book], 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 143 (167 in web page), Durham

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate=John Wilson

|votes=5,469

|percentage=61.8

|change=N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Francis Vane-Tempest

|votes=3,375

|percentage=38.2

|change=New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=2,094

|percentage=23.6

|change=N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 8,844

|percentage=77.8

|change=N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,362

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal-Labour (UK)

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: Mid DurhamDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1896

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate=John Wilson

|votes=5,661

|percentage=60.7

|change= N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Charles Edward Hunter

|votes=3,669

|percentage=39.3

|change= N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=1,992

|percentage=21.4

|change= N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 9,330

|percentage=79.1

|change= N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,789

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|swing= N/A

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: Mid DurhamDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate=John Wilson

|votes=5,937

|percentage=58.0

|change=-2.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Anthony Wilkinson

|votes=4,295

|percentage=42.0

|change=+2.7

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=1,642

|percentage=16.0

|change=-5.4

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes=10,232

|percentage=81.7

|change=+2.6

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 12,519

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|swing=-2.7

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1900: Mid DurhamDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate=John Wilson

|votes=5,565

|percentage=57.5

|change=-0.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Charles Edward Hunter

|votes=4,105

|percentage=42.5

|change=+0.5

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=1,460

|percentage=15.0

|change=-1.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes=9,670

|percentage=75.5

|change=−6.2

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 12,816

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|swing=-0.5

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1906: Mid Durham

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate=John Wilson

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal-Labour (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box begin|

|title=General election January 1910: Mid DurhamDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate=John Wilson

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal-Labour (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election December 1910: Mid DurhamDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate=John Wilson

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal-Labour (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Samuel Galbraith
• Unionist:
• Labour: Joseph Batey

{{Election box begin|title=1915 Mid Durham by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate=Samuel Galbraith

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal-Labour (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham

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