Gateshead East and Washington West (UK Parliament constituency)

Gateshead East and Washington West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Gateshead East and Washington West in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election.
Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County	Tyne and Wear
1997 (1997)–2010 (2010)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Gateshead, Jarrow, Washington and Sunderland West

Gateshead East and Washington West was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected a Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post electoral system.

History

The constituency was created in 1997 from Gateshead East and Houghton and Washington, and was replaced in 2010 by new constituencies of Gateshead and Washington and Sunderland West, while two wards were transferred to the Jarrow seat.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of:

• The Borough of Gateshead wards of Chowdene, Felling, High Fell, Leam, Low Fell, Pelaw and Heworth;
• The City of Sunderland wards of Washington South and Washington North.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Joyce Quin	Labour
	2005	Sharon Hodgson	Labour
	2010	Constituency abolished: see Gateshead, Jarrow and Washington and Sunderland West

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Gateshead East and Washington West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Hodgson	20,997	60.6	-7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Hindle	7,590	21.9	+7.0
	Conservative	Lee Martin	4,812	13.9	-0.9
	UKIP	Jim Batty	1,269	3.7	+1.5
Majority			13,407	38.7
Turnout			34,668	56.4	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.3

General Election 2001: Gateshead East and Washington West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Quin	22,903	68.1	-3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ron Beadle	4,999	14.9	+4.1
	Conservative	Elizabeth Campbell	4,970	14.8	+0.6
	UKIP	Martin Rouse	743	2.2	N/A
Majority			17,904	53.2
Turnout			33,615	52.5	-14.7
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear