Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Houghton le Spring. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

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Houghton le Spring EP                  

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Houghton le Spring.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Houghton le Spring.

Constituencies Start Date End Date
Co Durham Houghton le Spring PDivCon 1885 1948
Houghton le Spring CCon 1949 1982
Houghton and Sunderland South BCon 2010

Additional constituencies that covered Houghton le Spring may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Houghton le Spring:

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Houghton le Spring RDticktickticktick tick   
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Houghton le Spring RegD/PLUticktickticktick tick   
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Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Houghton le Spring.

Constituencies Start Date End Date
Co Durham Northern PDivCon18321884
Co Durham Houghton le Spring PDivCon18851948
Houghton le Spring CCon19491982
Houghton and Washington BCon19831996
Houghton and Washington East BCon19972009
Houghton and Sunderland South BCon2010

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Houghton le Spring. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.