Consett (UK Parliament constituency)


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.
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 parishes of Craghead, Ebchester, Healeyfield, Knitsley, and Medomsley.
1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Consett and Stanley.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

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;

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s