the area gave large majorities suggesting a safe seat for Labour. Both the future Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister, Theresa May, and the future Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, were candidates for their respective parties at this seat for the 1992 general election, which both of them lost to incumbent Labour MP Hilary Armstrong. In 2016 the incumbent MP, Pat Glass, announced her intention to step down at the 2017 general election in the wake of the Brexit referendum. Her successor Laura Pidcock, a close supporter of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, lost the seat in the 2019 general election to the current MP, Richard Holden, as part of the Conservative Party's strategy to target seats in the so-called red wall. Members of Parliament MPs 1885–1918 MPs since 1950 Elections Elections in the 2010s # Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s : Elections in the 1980s Elections in the 1970s Elections in the 1960s Elections in the 1950s Elections in the 1910s Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1890s Elections in the 1880s See also List of parliamentary constituencies in County Durham History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham Notes References Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950