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North West Durham

Every general election in North West Durham since 1955 (until 2019). Latest: Richard Holden, Conservative, majority 1,144.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Richard Holden ElectedConservative19,99041.9%
Laura Pidcock sitting MPLabour18,84639.5%
John WolstenholmeBrexit Party
The Brexit Party		3,1936.7%
Michael PeacockLiberal Democrats2,8315.9%
Watts StellingIndependent1,2162.6%
David SewellGreen1,1732.5%
David LindsayIndependent4140.9%
Valid votes47,663
Majority1,1442.4%

Con gain from Lab Turnout 66.0% of 72,166 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%195519591964196619701997200120052010201520172019Labour, 1955: 67.4%Labour, 1959: 68.1%Labour, 1964: 69.8%Labour, 1966: 73.6%Labour, 1970: 69.6%Labour, 1997: 68.8%Labour, 2001: 62.5%Labour, 2005: 53.9%Labour, 2010: 42.3%Labour, 2015: 46.9%Labour, 2017: 52.8%Labour, 2019: 39.5%Conservative, 1955: 32.6%Conservative, 1959: 31.9%Conservative, 1964: 30.3%Conservative, 1966: 26.4%Conservative, 1970: 30.4%Conservative, 1997: 15.3%Conservative, 2001: 20.9%Conservative, 2005: 16.4%Conservative, 2010: 20.0%Conservative, 2015: 23.4%Conservative, 2017: 34.5%Conservative, 2019: 41.9%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 10.8%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 14.9%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 19.9%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 24.9%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 9.1%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 7.1%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 5.9%UK Independence Party, 2010: 2.9%UK Independence Party, 2015: 17.0%UK Independence Party, 2017: 4.5%
Vote share in North West Durham at each general election Lab Con LD UKIP

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old North West Durham (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019Con Richard HoldenLab1,1442.466.0%Con gain from Lab
2017Lab Laura PidcockCon8,79218.466.6%Lab hold
2015Lab Pat GlassCon10,05623.561.3%Lab hold
2010Lab Pat GlassLD7,61217.462.3%Lab hold
2005LabLD13,44334.057.7%
2001LabCon16,33341.658.5%Lab hold
1997LabCon24,75453.468.7%
1970LabCon13,65539.272.9%Lab hold
1966LabCon16,19047.273.4%Lab hold
1964LabCon14,72639.578.0%Lab hold
1959LabCon14,89236.181.4%Lab hold
1955LabCon14,00634.879.1%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won North West Durham?

Richard Holden (Conservative) won North West Durham at the 2019 general election with a majority of 1,144.

Which parties have won North West Durham?

At the 12 general elections held under this name since 1955: Labour 11, Conservative 1.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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