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Consett was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election. It succeeded the abolished North West Division of Durham , comprising the whole of that seat, excluding Tanfield , which was included in the new constituency of Blaydon , and Lanchester , which was transferred to Barnard Castle .
Blaydon and Consett is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election and is currently held by Liz Twist of the Labour Party, who previously represented the abolished Blaydon constituency from 2017 to 2024.
The Consett area is currently divided into four electoral divisions (Benfieldside; Consett North; Delves Lane and Consett South; and Leadgate and Medomsley), each electing two county councillors. The town unlike most other towns and villages in County Durham is unparished and has no town council. Consett was part of the constituency of North ...
Consett was abolished. Eastern areas (former urban district of Stanley) were added to North Durham. Western areas (former urban district of Consett) were transferred to North West Durham; areas of the abolished constituency of Houghton-le-Spring which were retained within Durham (Seaham and Murton) were transferred back to Easington;
Constituency Electorate Ceremonial county Local authority Bishop Auckland CC: 70,879 Durham: County Durham: Blaydon and Consett CC: 70,163 Durham / Tyne and Wear: County Durham / Gateshead: Blyth and Ashington CC: 75,452 Northumberland: Northumberland: City of Durham CC: 72,878 Durham County Durham Cramlington and Killingworth CC: 73,295 ...
As a result of the periodic review of parliamentary constituencies following the re-organisation of local government under the Local Government Act 1972, the seat underwent a major redistribution for the 1983 general election: the town of Consett was regained from the abolished constituency thereof, and Brandon and Spennymoor were transferred ...
See: Hartlepool for Hartlepool constituency and Stockton-on-Tees for Stockton North and South constituencies. East Riding of Yorkshire , Kingston upon Hull and North and North East Lincolnshire [ edit ]
This article lists constituency names A-M. For constituency names N-Z see Official names of United Kingdom parliamentary constituencies in England N–Z. An index of the constituency articles, showing which constituency names from this list they include, can be found at Index of articles on UK Parliament constituencies in England A-M and Index of articles on UK Parliament constituencies in ...