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Mr Stephen Furness is a former MP for Sunderland.

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Former MP for Sunderland

Entered the House of Commons on 14 November 1935 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 15 June 1945 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Samuel Storey
• Luke Thompson
• Alfred Smith
• Marion Phillips
• Luke Thompson
• Walter Raine
• Luke Thompson
• Walter Raine
• Hamar Greenwood
• Ralph Hudson
• Hamar Greenwood
• Frank Goldstone
• Thomas Summerbell
• James Knott
• James Stuart
• Thomas Summerbell
• James Stuart
• Edward Gourley
• John Pemberton
• William Doxford
• Samuel Storey
• Edward Gourley
• William Doxford
• Samuel Storey
• Edward Gourley
• Samuel Storey
• Edward Gourley
• Samuel Storey
• Henry Havelock
• Edward Gourley
• Henry Havelock
• John Candlish
• Edward Gourley
• John Candlish
• Henry Fenwick
• James Hartley
• William Lindsay
• Henry Fenwick
• George Hudson
• Henry Fenwick
• George Hudson
• William Seymour
• Hedworth Williamson
• George Hudson
• David Barclay
• George Hudson
• Howick
• William Thompson
• David Barclay
• Andrew White
• William Thompson
• David Barclay
• William Thompson
• George Barrington
• William Chaytor

Future MPs in this constituency

• Frederick Willey
• Richard Ewart

Recent appearances

• Orders of the Day — Requisitioned Land and War Works Bill 12 Apr 1945

  I understood the Financial Secretary to begin his speech with a statement that he was going to try to satisfy the Committee by certain explanations, and that, if that did not go down, we should later on get the Chancellor of the Exchequer. So far as I am concerned, I tried to follow these matters, but I found the Financial Secretary singularly unconvincing. The right hon. Gentleman made a...

• Orders of the Day — Food and Drugs (Milk and Dairies) Bill: Clause 1. — (Amendment of s. 20 of principal Act.) 13 Jun 1944

  The number of dairy farmers and cowkeepers in my constituency is very limited, but I have ascertained that there are some. The real point in this matter is not one which concerns only dairy farmers and cowkeepers. It is not confined even to the question of clean milk. It concerns townsmen and countrymen alike. There is raised in this Amendment an issue which seems to go to the root of...

• Orders of the Day — Location of Industry 7 Jun 1944

  The President of the Board of Trade began his speech by making a little play with the fact that, before the war, it was hon. Members opposite who were interested in this question of the location of industry, and that, on the occasion of the Debate on the Address, it was hon. Members on this side. I think he was probably wrong in both cases. Members of all parties who have been associated with...

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