city of durham Constituency Details


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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYLabour
ELECTORATE79,238 voters
AREA72 sq. miles


City of Durham is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Roberta Blackman-Woods of the Labour party.

The City of Durham constituency has a total population of 94,954, of which 79,238 are eligible (18+) to vote (83.4%).

City of Durham ranks 236th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 353th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Roberta Blackman-Woods

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MP DETAILS
AddressRoberta Blackman-Woods MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyLabour
Email Addressmail@roberta.org.uk
ConstituencyCity of Durham
GenderFemale
Date of Birth16/08/1957
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
22.2%
47.3%
11.3%
5.9 %
11.4%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the City Of Durham constituency in 2015 was 66.50%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Craig MartinLiberal DemocratMale-http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/craig-martin/7a/bbb/986/en-
John MarshallIndependentMale--http://www.durhamindependent.com/
Jon CollingsIndependentMale--http://www.durhamlandreform.org.uk/
Jonathan ElmerGreenMale-http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/jonathan-elmer/25/340/357/enhttp://www.elmerecology.org/ecology-durham/meet-jonathan-elmer.html
Liam ClarkUK Independence PartyMale24 July 1990 (34)--
Rebecca CoulsonConservativeFemale--http://www.rebeccafordurham.com/
Roberta Blackman-WoodsLabourFemale16 August 1957 (67)http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/roberta-blackman-woods/48/978/184/enhttp://www.roberta.org.uk/

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

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2010 CANDIDATES
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the City Of Durham constituency in 2010 was %, lower than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

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