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The ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear is divided into 12 Parliamentary constituencies. They are all Borough constituencies.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour


Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Blaydon BC 68,459 13,477 (28.0%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Liz Twist‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Tom Smith†
Gateshead BC 65,186 17,350 (41.2%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Ian Mearns‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Lauren Hankinson†
Houghton and Sunderland South BC 68,123 12,341 (29.8%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Bridget Phillipson‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Paul Howell†
Jarrow BC 64,778 17,263 (40.1%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Stephen Hepburn‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Robin Gwynn†
Newcastle upon Tyne Central BC 55,368 14,937 (40.3%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Chinyelu Onwurah‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Steve Kyte†
Newcastle upon Tyne East BC 61,989 19,261 (46.3%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Nick Brown‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Simon Kitchen†
Newcastle upon Tyne North BC 66,073 10,349 (21.5%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Catherine McKinnell‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Duncan Crute†
North Tyneside BC 78,914 19,284 (37.2%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Mary Glindon‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Henry Newman†
South Shields BC 63,433 14,508 (35.6%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Emma Lewell-Buck‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Felicity Buchan†
Sunderland Central BC 72,728 9,997 (22.2%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Julie Elliott‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Robert Oliver†
Tynemouth BC 77,434 11,666 (20.5%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Alan Campbell‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Nick Varley†
Washington and Sunderland West BC 67,280 12,940 (31.9%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Sharon Hodgson‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Jonathan Gullis†

Boundaries 1997 to 2010

Name Current boundaries
  1. Blaydon BC
  2. Gateshead East and Washington West BC
  3. Houghton and Washington East BC
  4. Jarrow BC
  5. Newcastle upon Tyne Central BC
  6. Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend BC
  7. Newcastle upon Tyne North BC
  8. North Tyneside BC
  9. South Shields BC
  10. Sunderland North BC
  11. Sunderland South BC
  12. Tyne Bridge BC
  13. Tynemouth BC
Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

Changes proposed for 2022

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for England has recommended the following constituencies covering Tyne and Wear.[1]

Results

  • 1983
    1983
  • 1987
    1987
  • 1992
    1992
  • 1997
    1997
  • 2001
    2001
  • 2005
    2005
  • 2010
    2010
  • 2015
    2015
  • 2017
    2017

Historical representation by party

  Conservative   Independent   Labour

Constituency 1983 85 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 13 2015 2017 19
Blaydon colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |McWilliam colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Anderson colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Twist
Gateshead East / Gd E & Washington W (1997) / Wn & Sunderland W (2010) colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Conlan colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Quin colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Hodgson
Houghton and Washington / Hn & Wn E (1997) / Hn & Sunderland S (2010) colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Boyes colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Kemp colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Phillipson
Jarrow colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Dixon colspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Hepburn bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|→
Newcastle upon Tyne Central colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Merchant colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Cousins colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Onwurah
Newcastle upon Tyne East (1983-1997, 2010-) / & Wallsend (1997-2010) colspan="12" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |N. Brown
Newcastle upon Tyne North colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |R. Brown colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Henderson colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |McKinnell
Wallsend / North Tyneside (1997) colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Garrett colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Byers colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Glindon
South Shields colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Clark colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Miliband colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Lewell-Buck
Sunderland North / Sunderland Central (2010) colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Clay colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Etherington colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Elliott
Sunderland South colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Bagier colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Mullin
Tyne Bridge / Gateshead (2010) bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Cowans colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|Clelland colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Mearns
Tynemouth colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Trotter colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Campbell

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.

References

  1. ^ "Boundary Commission for England - Final Recommendations Volume 1" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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