Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (UK Parliament constituency)
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election | |
![]() Location of Tyne and Wear within England | |
County | Tyne and Wear |
1997–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Newcastle upon Tyne East, Wallsend |
Replaced by | Newcastle upon Tyne East, North Tyneside |
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend was, from 1997 until 2010, a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election, taking parts of the, to be abolished, constituencies of Newcastle upon Tyne East and North Tyneside.[1] The boundaries will approximate those of the 1997-2010 constituency, with the addition of the Borough of North Tyneside wards of Battle Hill and Howden.
History
The constituency was created in 1997 by the merger of the bulk of the former seat of Newcastle upon Tyne East and parts of the former seat of Wallsend.
It was represented throughout its existence by Nick Brown of the Labour Party, who served as Government Chief Whip from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2008 to 2010.
Boundaries
- the City of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Byker, Dene, Heaton, Monkchester, Walker, and Walkergate; and
- the Borough of North Tyneside wards of Northumberland and Wallsend.[2]
As would be inferred from the name, the constituency consisted of the eastern parts of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne plus Wallsend and the surrounding area.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, reducing the number of seats in the county from 13 to 12, the Boundary Commission for England revived the constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne East in 2010. The Wallsend area was transferred to the adjacent North Tyneside constituency.[3]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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1997 | Nick Brown | Labour | |
2010 | constituency abolished: see Newcastle upon Tyne East & Tyneside North |
Elections
Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nick Brown | 17,462 | 55.1 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Ord | 9,897 | 31.2 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Norma Dias | 3,532 | 11.1 | -0.7 | |
Socialist Alternative | William Hopwood | 582 | 1.8 | New | |
Communist | Martin Levy | 205 | 0.6 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 7,565 | 23.9 | -19.6 | ||
Turnout | 31,678 | 50.5 | -2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nick Brown | 20,642 | 63.1 | -8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Ord | 6,419 | 19.6 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Tim Troman | 3,873 | 11.8 | -2.1 | |
Green | Andrew Gray | 651 | 2.0 | New | |
Independent | Harash Narang | 563 | 1.7 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Blanch Carpenter | 420 | 1.3 | -0.2 | |
Communist | Martin Levy | 126 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 14,223 | 43.5 | -13.7 | ||
Turnout | 32,694 | 53.2 | -12.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nick Brown | 29,607 | 71.2 | ||
Conservative | Jeremy Middleton | 5,796 | 13.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Morgan | 4,415 | 10.6 | ||
Referendum | Peter Cossins | 966 | 2.3 | ||
Socialist Labour | Blanch Carpenter | 642 | 1.5 | ||
Communist | Martin Levy | 163 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 23,811 | 57.3 | |||
Turnout | 41,589 | 65.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Notes and references
- "North East | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". In the County of Tyne and Wear.
- "Boundary Commission for England Fifth Periodical Report" (PDF). p. 170.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
- "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.