Election 97

Durham North West


Result 97 gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 Hilary Armstrong
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 7,101 (15.3%)
Labour 97 31,855 (68.8%)
LibDem 97 4,991 (10.8%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 2,372 ( 5.1%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 67,156
Turnout 97 46,319 (69.0%)



1992 MP Hilary Armstrong
Old constituency name Durham North West
Majority 92 15,666 (30.7%)
Conservative 92 13,930 (27.3%)
Labour 92 29,596 (58.0%)
LibDem 92 7,458 (14.6%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 68,120
Turnout 92 50,984 (74.8%)
Durham North West



Tory change -12.0%
Labour change +10.7%
Lib Dem change -3.9%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +5.1%
Electorate change -1.4%
Turnout Change -5.9%
Robert Waller wrote

This rugged constituency of almost brutal industrial scenery includes a number of isolated coalmining towns around the upper Wear valley. The mining has gone, but traditional party loyalties remain, and have now been reinforced by the inclusion of the ex-steel town of Consett. This seat is a rarity - a low population density Labour seat, but the party's dominance is quite real, and their Hilary Armstrong will easily be returned to a seat that runs in her family.


Super Profiles

1,067 2.81 9.03 31
1,810 4.76 11.17 43
3,602 9.47 11.25 84
6,821 17.93 14.70 122
0 0.00 10.45 0
1,011 2.66 2.81 94
423 1.11 8.01 14
15,324 40.28 15.25 264
5,625 14.79 7.13 207
2,198 5.78 10.17 57