Creation The constituency was created by the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the
North Durham and
South Durham county divisions were replaced by eight new single-member county constituencies. These were
Barnard Castle,
Bishop Auckland,
Chester-le-Street,
Houghton-le-Spring,
Jarrow, Mid Durham,
North West Durham and
South East Durham. In addition there were seven County Durham borough constituencies.
Boundaries The
Sessional Division of Durham and Willington (including all the parish of
Shadforth and excluding all the parish of Moorhouse) and the
Municipal Borough of Durham.
See map on Vision of Britain website. NB: 1) Boundary Commission proposed name was "Brancepeth" 2) Included only non-resident freeholders in the parliamentary borough of
Durham Abolition The seat was abolished for the
1918 general election, when its contents were distributed as follows: • Parish of
Witton Gilbert to
Chester-le-Street; • Remaining northern areas, including
Brandon and
Willington, to the newly created county division of
Durham, which also absorbed the abolished parliamentary borough; • South-western areas, including
Brandon and
Willington, to the new constituency of
Spennymoor; and • South-eastern areas, including
Ferryhill, to the new constituency of
Sedgefield. == Members of Parliament ==