Barnard Castle (UK Parliament constituency)
Barnard Castle was a county constituency centred on the town of Barnard Castle in County Durham, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election.Boundaries
The constituency was located in the west of County Durham, in North East England.
1885–1918: To the north of the constituency were the Northumberland division of Hexham and then North West Durham. To the east were Mid Durham, Bishop Auckland and South East Durham. To the south was Richmond. To the west of the constituency were the Westmorland divisions of Appleby and Kendal.
1918–1950: The constituency was expanded, absorbing the western part of the former North West Durham seat. The 1918 local government units in the constituency were the Barnard Castle Urban District, the Stanhope Urban District, the Barnard Castle Rural District, the Weardale Rural District and parts of Auckland Rural District and Lanchester Rural District.
In 1950 the Barnard Castle urban and rural districts were included in the Bishop Auckland constituency. Other parts of the former constituency formed part of a new North West Durham seat.Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Election in the 1940s
