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Washington and Sunderland West is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the North East region of England. The seat was last held by Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Labour) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024. The dissolution of Parliament took place on 30th May 2024.
Washington and Sunderland West. Washington and Sunderland West is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the North East region of England. The seat was last held by Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Labour) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024. The dissolution of Parliament took place on 30th May 2024.
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Washington and Sunderland West. Washington and Sunderland West is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the North East region of England. The seat was last held by Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Labour) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024. The dissolution of Parliament took place on 30th May 2024.
Created from. Sunderland. Replaced by. Sunderland Central, Washington and Sunderland West. Sunderland North was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Constituency profile. The constituency contains a large minority of students, researchers and academics at the early 19th century founded University of Durham, that has a claim towards being the third oldest in England and has elected Labour MPs since 1935, although there have been strong SDP–Liberal Alliance and Liberal Democrat challenges to Labour since the 1980s.
