Houghton-le-Spring was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983.

[2] The seat included the towns of Houghton-le-Spring, Hetton-le-Hole and Seaham and areas to the south and west of the borough of Sunderland.

The majority now lies within the City of Sunderland in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear.

On abolition, Seaham and East Murton, which had been retained within the county of Durham and comprised about 40% of the electorate, were returned to the Easington constituency.

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Notes References