Easington
2010 Results:
Conservative: 4790 (13.72%)
Labour: 20579 (58.94%)
Liberal Democrat: 5597 (16.03%)
BNP: 2317 (6.64%)
UKIP: 1631 (4.67%)
Majority: 14982 (42.91%)
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:
Current MP: Grahame Morris (Labour) born Easington. Former medical laboratory officer. Researcher and agent for John Cummings. Easington councillor 1987-2003.
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%
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
Went down to Seaham Conservative Club yesterday to a ‘meet the candidate’ do. Quite impressed by Richard Harrison who seems to have the balance between enthusiasm and realism just about right.
I’ve always thought it odd that Seaham has a Conservative Club at all, never mind such a large one. In the old days Seaham Town Council – Labour through and through – used to have its larger functions there, possibly still does.
Lab Hold= 15,000 maj
Lab Hold
Maj 16 700
Lab maj 15,500
LAB HOLD