most of the Borough of Sedgefield, including Sedgefield town, Newton Aycliffe, Ferryhill and parts of Trimdon
most of the area (but not the electorate) of the Borough of Darlington, surrounding the actual town of Darlington on 3 sides
in the south of Easington district, Wingate, Thornley and the rest of Trimdon

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Members of Parliament

Tony Blair's 1983 campaign leaflet.

Sedgefield attracts much attention as the current MP is Tony Blair, leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister. Tony Blair has been the constituency's only MP since its creation.

Constituency created (1983)
1983 - present: Tony Blair, Labour Party

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Election results

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UK general election, 2005

In the 2005 election Tony Blair was returned as MP for Sedgefield but with a smaller majority. Sedgefield also had more candidates standing, 15, than any other constituency in the UK. One candidate, Reg Keys, was the father of a military policeman killed while serving in Iraq and a founder member of Military Families Against the War. He stood on a platform of opposition to the Iraq War.

General Election 2005: Sedgefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Blair	24,421	58.9	-6.0
	Conservative	Grp Capt Al Lockwood	5,972	14.4	-6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Browne	4,935	11.9	+2.9
	Independent	Reg Keys	4,252	10.3	+10.3
	UKIP	William Brown	646	1.6	-0.8
	National Front	Mark Farrell	253	0.6	+0.6
	Veritas	Fiona Luckhurst-Matthews	218	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Berony Abraham	209	0.5	+0.5
	Monster Raving Loony Party	Boney Maroney	157	0.4	+0.4
	Blair Must Go Party	Jonathan Cockburn	103	0.2	+0.2
	Senior Citizens Party	Terry Pattinson	97	0.2	+0.2
	UK Pensioners Party	Cherri Gilham	82	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Helen John	68	0.2	-0.4
	Independent	John Barker	45	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Julian Brennan	17	0.0	0.0
Majority			18,449	44.5
Turnout			41,475	77.8	+15.8
	Labour hold		Swing	0.2%

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UK general election, 2001

General Election 2001: Sedgefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Blair	26,110	64.9	-6.3
	Conservative	Douglas Carswell	8,397	20.9	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duffield	3,624	9.0	+2.5
	UKIP	Andrew Spence	974	2.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour Party	Brian Gibson	518	1.3	+0.3
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	Christopher Driver	375	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Helen John	260	0.6	N/A
Majority			17,713	44.0
Turnout			40,258	62.0	-10.3
	Labour hold		Swing

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UK general election, 1997

General Election 1997: Sedgefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Blair	33 526	71.2	+10.8
	Conservative	Elizabeth Pitman	8 383	17.8	-11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Beadle	3 050	6.5	-4.1
	Referendum Party	Ms M Hall	1 683	3.6	+3.6
	Socialist Labour Party	Brian Gibson	474	1.0	+1.0
Majority			25 143	53.4	+21.8
Turnout			47 116

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UK general election, 1992

General Election 1992: Sedgefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Blair	28 453	60.5
	Conservative	Nicholas Jopling	13 594	28.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Huntington	4 982	10.6
Majority			14 859	31.6
Turnout			47 029