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), the only county in the United Kingdom where this is the case.

Constituencies

  Conservative   Labour   Independent

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Blaydon 67,853 5,531   Liz Twist   Adrian Pepper
Gateshead 64,449 7,200   Ian Mearns   Jane MacBean
Houghton and Sunderland South 68,835 3,115   Bridget Phillipson   Christopher Howarth
Jarrow 65,103 7,120   Kate Osborne   Nick Oliver
Newcastle upon Tyne Central 57,845 12,278   Chinyelu Onwurah   Emily Payne
Newcastle upon Tyne East 63,796 15,463   Nick Brown[nb 3]   Robin Gwynn
Newcastle upon Tyne North 68,486 5,765   Catherine McKinnell   Mark Lehain
North Tyneside 78,902 9,561   Mary Glindon   Dean Carroll
South Shields 62,793 9,585   Emma Lewell-Buck Oni Oviri
Sunderland Central 72,680 2,964   Julie Elliott   Tom D'Silva
Tynemouth 77,261 4,857   Alan Campbell   Lewis Bartoli
Washington and Sunderland West 66,278 3,723   Sharon Hodgson   Valerie Allen

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
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
Proposed Revision
Proposed Revision

Proposed 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

  • Cramlington and Killingworth (parts also in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland)
  • Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (part)

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:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Labour 247,317 47.8% Decrease13.0% 12 0
Conservative 160,155 30.9% Increase2.4% 0 0
Brexit 47,142 9.1% new 0 0
Liberal Democrats 36,417 7.0% Increase3.0% 0 0
Greens 16,010 3.1% Increase1.5% 0 0
Others 10,504 2.0% Decrease3.0% 0 0
Total 517,545 100.0 12

Percentage votes

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 31.3 27.6 28.8 17.3 17.7 17.4 21.4 20.3 28.5 30.9
Labour 45.4 53.6 57.1 67.1 62.9 55.8 48.7 52.1 60.8 47.8
Liberal Democrat1 23.3 18.6 13.7 11.8 16.6 23.2 21.7 5.5 4.0 7.0
Green Party - * * * * * 0.6 4.1 1.6 3.1
UKIP - - - * * * 1.8 17.3 4.7 *
Brexit Party - - - - - - - - - 9.1
Other 0.1 0.3 0.4 3.8 2.8 3.6 5.8 0.7 0.3 2.0

11983 & 1987 - Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Labour 11 12 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 12
Total 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12

Maps

Historical representation by party

  Conservative   Independent   Labour

Constituency 1983 85 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 13 2015 2017 19 2019 23
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.

References

  1. ↑ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
  2. 1 2 3 "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Political boundaries across the North East could change - here's what it could mean for you". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 643-685. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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