Sunderland North (UK Parliament constituency)

Sunderland North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Sunderland North will be abolished at the next general election and replaced with the new constituency of Sunderland Central, a much more marginal seat.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1950	Fred Willey	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1983	Bob Clay	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1992	Bill Etherington	Labour

Elections

General Election 2005: Sunderland North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Etherington	15,719	54.4	−8.3
	Conservative	Stephen Daughton	5,724	19.8	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Hollern	4,277	14.8	+2.7
	Independent	Neil Herron	2,057	7.1	+2.0
	BNP	Debra Hiles	1,136	3.9	+1.6
Majority			9,995	34.6
Turnout			28,913	49.7	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.1

General Election 2001: Sunderland North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Etherington	18,685	62.7	−5.6
	Conservative	Michael Harris	5,331	17.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Lennox	3,599	12.1	+1.7
	Independent	Neil Herron	1,518	5.1	N/A
	BNP	Dave Guynan	687	2.3	N/A
Majority			13,354	44.8
Turnout			29,820	49.0	−10.0
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear