Coordinates: 54°55′16″N 1°22′26″W / 54.921°N 1.374°W
| Sunderland North Borough constituency |
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| Sunderland North shown within Tyne and Wear, and Tyne and Wear shown within England | |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | Bill Etherington |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Tyne and Wear |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
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.
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Boundaries
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Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | Fred Willey | Labour | |
| 1983 | Bob Clay | Labour | |
| 1992 | Bill Etherington | Labour | |
Elections
| General Election 2005: Sunderland North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bill Etherington | 15,719 | 54.4 | -8.3 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Daughton | 5,724 | 19.8 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bill Etherington | 18,685 | 62.7 | -5.6 | |
| Conservative | Michael Harris | 5,331 | 17.9 | +1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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
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