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Houghton and Washington East | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Houghton and Washington East in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election | |
![]() Location of Tyne and Wear within England | |
County | Tyne and Wear |
1983–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Chester-le-Street and Houghton-le-Spring[1] |
Replaced by | Houghton and Sunderland South, Washington and Sunderland West and Sunderland Central |
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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