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Houghton and Washington East
Houghton and Washington East in England North East, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Houghton and Washington East is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Houghton and Washington East was, from 1997 until 2010, a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. A seat with similar boundaries, Houghton and Washington, existed from 1983 until 1997.
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Background
History
The constituency of Houghton and Washington was created as a result of the Boundary Commission for England review of parliamentary seats for the 1983 general election following the reorganisation of local government under the Local Government Act 1972 which brought the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear into existence. It covered the majority of the abolished Houghton-le-Spring seat (those areas now within the metropolitan borough (now City) of Sunderland - including the communities of Houghton-le-Spring, Hetton-le-Hole, Penshaw, Shiney Row, and Herrington), together with the new town of Washington, which had previously been part of the abolished Chester-le-Street seat. This constituency…
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- Coordinates
- 54.8667, -1.4667
- Established
- 1983
- Official site
- web.archive.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q5913011 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Houghton and Washington East (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Houghton and Washington East?
- Houghton and Washington East is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8667°, -1.4667°.
- When was Houghton and Washington East built?
- Houghton and Washington East dates to 1983.