Houghton-le-Spring

Labour hold / Robert Richardson

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percent	Change
	Labour	Richardson, Robert	25,056	57.1%	-0.7%
	Liberal	Wing, Thomas Edward	10,267	23.4%	-18.8%
	Unionist	Pearson, William George	8,545	19.5%	N/A
Majority			14,789	33.7%	+18.1%
Turnout			43,868	80.3%	0.7%
Swing				+9.05%