| Houghton-le-Spring | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:HoughtonLeSpring1974Constituency.svg) Boundary of Houghton-le-Spring in County Durham, boundaries 1974-83 | |
| County | County Durham |
| Major settlements | Houghton-le-Spring |
| 1885–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | South Durham |
| Replaced by | Houghton & Washington and Easington[1] |
Houghton-le-Spring was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983. Centred on the town of Houghton-le-Spring, now part of the City of Sunderland, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
- ^ "'Houghton-le-Spring', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.