List of parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

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The ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear is divided into 12 parliamentary constituencies. They are all borough constituencies. As of the 2019 general election, 11 in 12 are represented by the Labour Party (UK).

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Constituencies

   Conservative    Labour    Independent

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate [1] Majority [2] [nb 2] Member of Parliament [2] Nearest opposition [2] Map
Blaydon 67,8535,531  Liz Twist  Adrian Pepper
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Gateshead 64,4497,200  Ian Mearns  Jane MacBean
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Houghton and Sunderland South 68,8353,115  Bridget Phillipson  Christopher Howarth
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Jarrow 65,1037,120  Kate Osborne  Nick Oliver
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Newcastle upon Tyne Central 57,84512,278  Chinyelu Onwurah  Emily Payne
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Newcastle upon Tyne East 63,79615,463  Nick Brown [nb 3]  Robin Gwynn
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Newcastle upon Tyne North 68,4865,765  Catherine McKinnell  Mark Lehain
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North Tyneside 78,9029,561  Mary Glindon  Dean Carroll
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South Shields 62,7939,585  Emma Lewell-Buck Oni Oviri
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Sunderland Central 72,6802,964  Julie Elliott  Tom D'Silva
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Tynemouth 77,2614,857  Alan Campbell  Lewis Bartoli
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Washington and Sunderland West 66,2783,723  Sharon Hodgson  Valerie Allen
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2010 boundary changes

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in Tyne and Wear from 13 to 12, leading to significant changes. The constituencies of Gateshead East and Washington West, Houghton and Washington East, Sunderland North, Sunderland South, and Tyne Bridge were abolished and replaced with Gateshead, Houghton and Sunderland South, Sunderland Central, and Washington and Sunderland West. Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend became Newcastle upon Tyne East.

Former nameBoundaries 1997-2010Current nameBoundaries 2010–present
  1. Blaydon
  2. Gateshead East and Washington West
  3. Houghton and Washington East
  4. Jarrow
  5. Newcastle upon Tyne Central
  6. Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
  7. Newcastle upon Tyne North
  8. North Tyneside
  9. South Shields
  10. Sunderland North
  11. Sunderland South
  12. Tyne Bridge
  13. Tynemouth
Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear TyneWearParliamentaryConstituenciesNumbered.svg
Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
  1. Blaydon
  2. Gateshead
  3. Houghton and Sunderland South
  4. Jarrow
  5. Newcastle upon Tyne Central
  6. Newcastle upon Tyne East
  7. Newcastle upon Tyne North
  8. North Tyneside
  9. South Shields
  10. Sunderland Central
  11. Tynemouth
  12. Washington and Sunderland West
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Proposed Revision

Future boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. [3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside be combined with Northumberland as a sub-region of the North East Region, with the creation of two cross-county boundary constituencies comprising an expanded Hexham seat and a new seat named Cramlington and Killingworth. Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland would be combined with County Durham, resulting in another cross-county boundary constituency, named Blaydon and Consett. The constituencies of Blaydon, Gateshead, Jarrow, North Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne Central, Newcastle upon Tyne East, and Washington and Sunderland West would be abolished, and new or re-established constituencies of Gateshead Central and Whickham, Jarrow and Gateshead East, Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West, Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend, and Washington and Gateshead South created. [4] [5]

The following seats are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Gateshead

Containing electoral wards from Newcastle upon Tyne

Containing electoral wards from North Tyneside

Containing electoral wards from South Tyneside

Containing electoral wards from Sunderland

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [6]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Tyne and Wear in the 2019 general election were as follows:

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Labour 247,31747.8%Decrease2.svg13.0%120
Conservative 160,15530.9%Increase2.svg2.4%00
Brexit 47,1429.1%new00
Liberal Democrats 36,4177.0%Increase2.svg3.0%00
Greens 16,0103.1%Increase2.svg1.5%00
Others10,5042.0%Decrease2.svg3.0%00
Total517,545100.012

Percentage votes

Election year1983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative 31.327.628.817.317.717.421.420.328.530.9
Labour 45.453.657.167.162.955.848.752.160.847.8
Liberal Democrat 123.318.613.711.816.623.221.75.54.07.0
Green Party -*****0.64.11.63.1
UKIP ---***1.817.34.7*
Brexit Party ---------9.1
Other0.10.30.43.82.83.65.80.70.32.0

11983 & 1987 - Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year1983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative 2110000000
Labour 11121213131312121212
Total13131313131312121212

Maps

Historical representation by party

   Conservative    Independent    Labour

Constituency198385198719921997200120052010132015201719201923
Blaydon McWilliam Anderson Twist
Gateshead East / Gd E & Washington W (1997) / Wn & Sunderland W (2010) Conlan Quin Hodgson
Houghton and Washington / Hn & Wn E (1997) / Hn & Sunderland S (2010) Boyes Kemp Phillipson
Jarrow Dixon Hepburn Osborne
Newcastle upon Tyne Central Merchant Cousins Onwurah
Newcastle upon Tyne East (1983-1997, 2010-) / & Wallsend (1997-2010) N. Brown
Newcastle upon Tyne North R. Brown Henderson McKinnell
Wallsend / North Tyneside (1997) Garrett Byers Glindon
South Shields Clark Miliband Lewell-Buck
Sunderland North / Sunderland Central (2010) Clay Etherington Elliott
Tyne Bridge / Gateshead (2010) Cowans Clelland Mearns
Tynemouth Trotter Campbell
Sunderland South Bagier Mullin

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  3. Resigned from the Labour Party in 2023.

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