Sunderland South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 54°53′24″N 1°22′41″W / 54.890°N 1.378°W / 54.890; -1.378
| Sunderland South | |
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| Former Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Sunderland South in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election. |
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Location of Tyne and Wear within England. |
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| County | Tyne and Wear |
| 1950 (1950)–2010 (2010) | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Houghton and Sunderland South, Sunderland Central |
Sunderland South was, from 1950 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.
The constituency was well known for trying to be the first seat to declare its results, doing so in the general elections of 1992, 1997, 2001 and 2005.
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