Washington and Sunderland West (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Washington and Sunderland West is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Sharon Hodgson, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Washington and Sunderland West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Tyne and Wear |
Electorate | 70,177 (December 2010) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Sharon Hodgson (Labour) |
Created from | Houghton and Washington East, Gateshead East and Washington West, Sunderland North, Sunderland South |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to moderate boundary changes, losing the St Anne's ward to Houghton and Sunderland South, and gaining the Borough of Gateshead wards of Birtley and Lamesley from the (to be abolished) constituency of Blaydon. Consequently, it will be renamed Washington and Gateshead South, to be first contested at the next general election.[1]