Easington
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 22944 (71.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 4132 (12.8%)
Conservative: 3435 (10.7%)
Other: 1696 (5.3%)
Majority: 18812 (58.4%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 3400 (10.7%)
Labour: 22733 (71.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 4097 (12.9%)
BNP: 1042 (3.3%)
Other: 583 (1.8%)
Majority: 18636 (58.5%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 3411 (10.3%)
Labour: 25360 (76.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 3408 (10.3%)
Other: 831 (2.5%)
Majority: 21949 (66.5%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 3588 (8.6%)
Labour: 33600 (80.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 3025 (7.2%)
Referendum: 1179 (2.8%)
Other: 503 (1.2%)
Majority: 30012 (71.6%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Outgoing MP: John Cummings(Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Candidates: 
Richard Harrison (Conservative) Dairy farmer.
Grahame Morris (Labour) born Easington. Former medical laboratory officer. Researcher and agent for John Cummings. Easington councillor 1987-2003. Tara Saville (Liberal Democrat)Martyn Aiken (UKIP) Cheryl Dunn (BNP)
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 82207
Male: 48.4%
Female: 51.6%
Under 18: 23.5%
Over 60: 22.2%
Born outside UK: 1.2%
White: 99.2%
Asian: 0.4%
Mixed: 0.3%
Other: 0.2%
Christian: 85.2%
Full time students: 2%
Graduates 16-74: 9.3%
No Qualifications 16-74: 43.5%
Owner-Occupied: 63.3%
Social Housing: 28.8% (Council: 24.7%, Housing Ass.: 4.1%)
Privately Rented: 4.2%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 1.6%
There was a county council by-election in the Easington division last night. Result doesn’t appear to be up on the council’s website yet.
@Barnaby
Lab 702 Ind 311 LD 126 Con 120
turnout 20.9%
thanks Andrea. I know this is an ultra-safe Labour seat but it’s always nice to know these things.
There is no such thing as a safe seat.
Most people would regard this as a pretty safe one. One could at least agree that it is less marginal than most.
A lot of so-called safe seats fall at By-elections.
Crosby falling to Shirley Williams for example.
There isn’t a by-election here though. Obviously I take your point. But certain seats just don’t have the social composition to lend themselves to change.
Was Seaham in Durham South East until 1918 and this seat since 1950?
Was Seaham in Durham South East until 1918 and in Easington since 1950? Manny Shinwell was MP here for many years.
It was actually split between Durham SE and Houghton-le-Spring