Blaydon and Consett (UK Parliament constituency)

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Blaydon and Consett
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Blaydon and Consett in North East England
County County Durham
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament None
SeatsOne
Created from Blaydon (part), North West Durham (part)

Blaydon and Consett is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election. [2]

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Boundaries

Blaydon and Consett (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency will cross the boundary of the ceremonial counties of Durham and Tyne and Wear and will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

It will comprise approximately half the electorate of each of the current (to be abolished) constituencies of Blaydon and North West Durham [4] and will include the following communities:

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Blaydon and Consett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vicky Anderson [5]
Reform UK David Ayre [6]
Workers Party Mark Logan [7]
Green Richard Simpson [8]
Conservative Angela Sterling [9]
Labour Liz Twist [10]
Majority
Turnout

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