Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)

Sunderland
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
18321950
SeatsTwo
Replaced bySunderland North and Sunderland South

Sunderland was a borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election.[1] It was split into the single-member seats of Sunderland North and Sunderland South for the 1950 general election.[2]

  1. ^ "Representation of the People Act 1832". vLex. S-III. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Representation of the People Act 1948" (PDF). p. 94.