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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
North East
70,879 electors
Active Seat

Bishop Auckland

Current MP
Sam Rushworth
Sam Rushworth

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
61.3%
Avg Turnout
2
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Labour Sam Rushworth Gain from Conservative
Majority 6,672
Turnout 57.1% ↓8.6pp
Total Votes 40,427
Winner Swing ↓11.6pp
✓ Sam Rushworth
Labour
17,036 42.1%
↑5.5pp
Jane MacBean
Conservative
10,364 25.6%
↓27.4pp
Rhys Burriss
Reform UK
9,466 23.4%
↑17.9pp
Sarah Hannan
Green Party
1,857 4.6%
↑4.0pp
Helen Cross
Liberal Democrats
1,373 3.4%
↓0.2pp
Rachel Maughan
—
331 0.8%
—
Conservative Dehenna Davison Gain from Labour
Majority 7,962
Turnout 65.7% ↑1.8pp
Total Votes 44,805
Winner Swing ↑5.6pp
✓ Dehenna Davison
Conservative
24,067 53.7%
↑6.8pp
Helen Goodman
Labour
16,105 35.9%
↓12.1pp
Nicholas Brown
—
2,500 5.6%
—
Ray Georgeson
Liberal Democrats
2,133 4.8%
↑2.0pp
Labour Helen Goodman Hold
Majority 502
Turnout 64.0% ↑4.4pp
Total Votes 43,281
Winner Swing ↑6.7pp
✓ Helen Goodman
Labour
20,808 48.1%
↑6.7pp
Christopher Adams
Conservative
20,306 46.9%
↑14.4pp
Ciaran Morrissey
Liberal Democrats
1,176 2.7%
↓1.7pp
Adam Walker
—
991 2.3%
—
Labour Helen Goodman Hold
Majority 3,508
Turnout 59.6% ↓0.6pp
Total Votes 39,389
Winner Swing ↑2.4pp
✓ Helen Goodman
Labour
16,307 41.4%
↑2.5pp
Christopher Adams
Conservative
12,799 32.5%
↑6.2pp
Rhys Burris
—
7,015 17.8%
↑15.1pp
Stephen White
Liberal Democrats
1,723 4.4%
↓18.0pp
Thom Robinson
Green Party
1,545 3.9%
—
Labour Helen Goodman Hold
Majority 5,218
Turnout 60.2%
Total Votes 41,136
✓ Helen Goodman
Labour
16,023 39.0%
↓11.1pp
Barbara Harrison
Conservative
10,805 26.3%
↑3.4pp
Mark Wilkes
Liberal Democrats
9,189 22.3%
↓1.3pp
Adam Walker
—
2,036 5.0%
—
Samuel Zair
—
1,964 4.8%
—
David Brothers
—
1,119 2.7%
↓0.7pp

Turnout Trend

60.2%
'10
59.6%
'15
64.0%
'17
65.7%
'19
57.1%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
25.0% ▲5.9pp
50 to 64
22.6%
0 to 17
18.3%
35 to 49
16.5%
25 to 34
10.3%
18 to 24
7.2%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
98.0%
Asian or Asian British
0.7%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.7%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.3%
Other
0.2%
📊 Age
65 and over
25.0%
45 to 64
22.6%
Under 18
18.3%
18 to 29
17.5%
30 to 44
16.5%
⛪ Religion
Christian
58.1%
No religion
35.8%
Not answered
4.9%
Other religion
0.4%
Muslim
0.3%
Buddhist
0.2%
Hindu
0.1%
Sikh
0.1%
Jewish
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
98.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.5%
Asian or Asian British
0.5%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.1%
Other ethnic group
0.1%
📊 Age
45 to 64
29.6%
Under 18
19.6%
65 and over
19.1%
30 to 44
18.1%
18 to 29
13.6%
⛪ Religion
Christian
74.5%
No religion
18.6%
Religion not stated
6.0%
Other religion
0.3%
Muslim
0.2%
Buddhist
0.2%
Hindu
0.1%
Sikh
0.1%
Jewish
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Dehenna Davison Conservative 2019-12-12 2024-05-30
Helen Goodman Labour 2005-05-05 2019-11-06