Houghton and Sunderland South
North East · County constituency · Sunderland borough
About the Houghton and Sunderland South constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South is a county constituency in the North East. The sitting MP is Bridget Phillipson (Labour), first elected in May 2010. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 47.0% to 29.1% for Reform UK, a majority of 7,169 votes on a 51.0% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 40.9% and Labour on 36.0%, a margin of 4.9 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.
Who lives in Houghton and Sunderland South? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Houghton and Sunderland South vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Houghton and Sunderland South
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Houghton and Sunderland South within Sunderland
Houghton and Sunderland South sits entirely within Sunderland Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Sunderland | 100% | View projection › |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copt Hill | Labour 48.4%vs Reform 30.3% | 2024 Labour 57.4%vs Reform 15.8% | - | 27.3% |
| Doxford | Labour 42.1%vs Reform 29.0% | May 2026 Lib Dem 46.5%vs Reform 35.2%now part of Doxford Park | Labour→Lib Dem +33.1pp | - |
| Hetton | Labour 49.9%vs Reform 30.2% | May 2026 Reform 54.0%vs Labour 26.0% | Labour→Reform +23.9pp | - |
| Houghton | Labour 51.9%vs Reform 27.7% | 2024 Labour 61.4%vs Reform 13.8% | - | 26.1% |
| Sandhill | Labour 43.4%vs Reform 29.7% | 2024 Lib Dem 60.5%vs Labour 24.9% | - | 28.6% |
| Shiney Row | Labour 50.0%vs Reform 27.2% | May 2026 Reform 49.3%vs Labour 30.3%now part of Penshaw Shiney Row | Labour→Reform +21.0pp | - |
| Silksworth | Labour 48.1%vs Reform 27.4% | May 2026 Reform 48.8%vs Labour 32.4%now part of Farringdon Silksworth | Labour→Reform +18.5pp | - |
| St Anne's | Labour 43.5%vs Reform 32.5% | 2024 Labour 45.0%vs Conservative 22.2% | - | 24.4% |
| St Chad's | Labour 41.5%vs Reform 29.4% | 2024 Conservative 45.8%vs Labour 34.6% | - | 33.0% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Houghton and Sunderland South at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Houghton and Sunderland South at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lab hold | Bridget Phillipson | 50.3% | 21.4% | 13.9% | 10,990 | 55.3% |
| 2015 | Lab hold | Bridget Phillipson | 55.1% | 18.5% | 2.1% | 12,938 | 56.3%+1.0 |
| 2017 | Lab hold | Bridget Phillipson | 59.5% | 29.7% | 2.2% | 12,341 | 60.9%+4.6 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Bridget Phillipson 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 40.4% | 32.9% | 5.9% | 3,271 | 57.0%-3.9 |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Bridget Phillipson | 47.1% | 13.8% | 5.7% | 7,169 | 51.0%-6.0 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Houghton and Sunderland South
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Houghton and Sunderland South. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Social rent28.5 / 29.9vs 16.8
- ↓Graduate22.9 / 22.5vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent11.6 / 12.4vs 20.2
- ↓Graduate22.9 / 22.9vs 33.7
- ↑Leave62.4 / 60.4vs 53.2
- ↑Social rent28.5 / 24.3vs 16.8
- ↑Social rent28.5 / 27.3vs 16.8
- ↑Leave62.4 / 62.0vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate22.9 / 27.2vs 33.7
- ↑Social rent28.5 / 33.8vs 16.8
- ↓Graduate22.9 / 23.5vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent11.6 / 11.8vs 20.2
- ↓Private rent11.6 / 11.2vs 20.2
- ↑Leave62.4 / 60.8vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate22.9 / 26.8vs 33.7
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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