Washington and Sunderland West (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010-2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Washington and Sunderland West
|parliament = uk
|map1 = WashingtonSunderlandWest2007
|map2 = EnglandTyneWear
|map_entity = Tyne and Wear
|map_year = 2010
|year = 2010
|abolished = 2024
|type = Borough
|previous = Houghton and Washington East, Gateshead East and Washington West, Sunderland North, Sunderland South
|next = Washington and Gateshead South
|electorate = 70,177 (December 2010)
|mp =
|party =
|region = England
|county = Tyne and Wear
|european = North East England
}}
Washington and Sunderland West was a constituency{{#tag:ref|A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} in Tyne and Wear represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Sharon Hodgson, a member of the Labour Party.{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.|group= n}}
Under the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to moderate boundary changes - including losing the St Anne's ward to Houghton and Sunderland South, and gaining the Borough of Gateshead wards of Birtley and Lamesley from the (abolished) constituency of Blaydon - it was reformed as Washington and Gateshead South.{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North East {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-north-east/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}
Constituency profile
The town of Washington has a well-preserved historic centre with a museum dedicated to the first US president, on its outskirts, the family home of George Washington. Residents have lower levels of wealth and education than UK averages.Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Washington+and+Sunderland+West
==Boundaries==
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The City of Sunderland wards of Castle, Redhill, St Anne's, Washington Central, Washington East, Washington North, Washington South, Washington West.{{Cite web|url=http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7032/7032_iii.pdf|title=2010 post-revision map Greater London and metropolitan areas of England}}
Washington and Sunderland West was created for the 2010 general election when the Boundary Commission reduced the number of seats in Tyne and Wear from 13 to 12, with the constituencies in the City of Sunderland, in particular, being reorganised. The constituency was formed from parts of four abolished constituencies:
- Castle and Redhill wards from Sunderland North;
- St Anne's ward from Sunderland South;
- Washington Central, East and North from Houghton and Washington East; and
- Washington South and West from Gateshead East and Washington West.
Political history
All of the predecessor seats were held with majorities exceeding 5,000 votes and 5% of the vote before the 2010 election. Electoral calculus, an academic website, gave a provisional ranking as the 28th-safest Labour seat in the United Kingdom, and the 11th-safest Labour seat in England based on the results of 2005.[http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/ Electoral calculus] by statistics modeller, Martin Baxter see Electoral Calculus
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | |
| colspan="2" |Election | Member{{Rayment-hc|w|1|date=March 2012}}
!Party |
|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 2010 | Labour |
;Selection of first MP
Following a ballot of members on 8 September 2007 Sharon Hodgson MP was selected as the Labour candidate, she represented 38% of the new seat which came from her previous seat of Gateshead East and Washington West which was abolished.
Elections
= Elections in the 2010s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Washington and Sunderland West[https://www.sunderland.gov.uk/media/22034/WSW-Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-General-2019/pdf/WSW_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated_-_General_2019_11_141.pdf?m=637093527902470000 Statement of Persons nominated - Washington and Sunderland West] Sunderland City Council }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sharon Hodgson
| votes = 15,941
| percentage = 42.5
| change = −18.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Valerie Allen
| votes = 12,218
| percentage = 32.6
| change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Brexit Party
|candidate = Howard Brown
| votes = 5,439
| percentage = 14.5
| change = +14.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Carlton West
| votes = 2,071
| percentage = 5.5
| change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Green Party of England and Wales
| candidate = Michal Chantkowski
| votes = 1,005
| percentage = 2.7
| change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = UKIP
| candidate = Keith Jenkins
| votes = 839
| percentage = 2.2
| change = −4.6
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 3,723
| percentage = 9.9
| change = −22.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 37,513
| percentage = 56.6
| change = −3.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Labour Party (UK)
| swing = −11.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin
| title = General election 2017: Washington and Sunderland West
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Sharon Hodgson
| votes = 24,639
| percentage = 60.7
| change = +5.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Jonathan Gullis
| votes = 11,699
| percentage = 28.8
| change = +9.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = UKIP
| candidate = Bryan Foster
| votes = 2,761
| percentage = 6.8
| change = −12.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate = Thomas Appleby
| votes = 961
| percentage = 2.4
| change = −0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Green Party of England and Wales
| candidate = Michal Chantkowski
| votes = 514
| percentage = 1.3
| change = −1.6
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 12,940
| percentage = 31.9
| change = −3.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 40,574
| percentage = 60.3
| change = +5.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Labour Party (UK)
| swing = −2.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 2015: Washington and Sunderland West{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sharon Hodgson
|votes = 20,478
|percentage = 55.0
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Aileen Casey
|votes = 7,321
|percentage = 19.6
|change = +16.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Bob Dhillon
| votes = 7,033
| percentage = 18.9
| change = −2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Anthony Murphy
|votes = 1,091
|percentage = 2.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Dominic Haney
|votes = 993
|percentage = 2.7
|change = −14.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Gary Duncan
|votes = 341
|percentage = 0.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,157
|percentage = 35.4
|change = +4.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 37,257
|percentage = 54.6
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
For 2015, the British National Party announced Pauline Renwick as a candidate,{{Cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/election-2015-washington-sunderland-west-8650719|title=Washington & Sunderland West constituency General Election results 2017|first=Sean|last=Seddon|date=June 8, 2017|website=nechronicle}} but she failed to stand.{{Cite web |url=https://yournextmp.com/person/7079/pauline-renwick |title=Pauline Renwick - Candidate (PPC) for Washington and Sunderland West in 2015 |access-date=2015-04-10 |archive-date=2015-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405000129/https://yournextmp.com/person/7079/pauline-renwick |url-status=usurped }}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 2010: Washington and Sunderland West{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=8437&p=0 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608010023/http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=8437&p=0 |archive-date=2011-06-08 }}{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e95.stm|title=BBC News | Election 2010 | Constituency | Washington & Sunderland West|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sharon Hodgson*
|votes = 19,615
|percentage = 52.5
|change = −16.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ian Cuthbert
|votes = 8,157
|percentage = 21.8
|change = +6.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Peter Andras
|votes = 6,382
|percentage = 17.1
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Ian McDonald
|votes = 1,913
|percentage = 5.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Linda Hudson
|votes = 1,267
|percentage = 3.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,458
|percentage = 30.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 37,334
|percentage = 53.2
|change = +6.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −11.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
:
2010 vote share changes and swing are based on notional results (a calculation of how the seat would have voted if it had existed at the previous election).
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/66049.html Washington and Sunderland West UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
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Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (historic)
Category:Politics of the City of Sunderland
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2010
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2024