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.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat


Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Blaydon BC 69,530 9,117 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  David Anderson bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color|  Neil Bradbury
Gateshead BC 69,403 12,549 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Ian Mearns bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color|  Frank Hindle
Houghton and Sunderland South BC 71,347 10,990 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Bridget Phillipson bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Robert Oliver
Jarrow BC 65,804 12,908 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Stephen Hepburn bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Jeff Milburn
Newcastle upon Tyne Central BC 64,803 7,464 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Chinyelu Onwurah bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color|  Gareth Kane
Newcastle upon Tyne East BC 68,068 4,453 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Nick Brown bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color|  Wendy Taylor
Newcastle upon Tyne North BC 68,753 3,414 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Catherine McKinnell bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color|  Ronald Beadle
North Tyneside BC 71,751 12,884 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Mary Glindon bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color|  David Ord
South Shields BC * 62,979 6,505 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Emma Lewell-Buck bgcolor=Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color| Richard Elvin
Sunderland Central BC 76,457 6,725 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Julie Elliott bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Lee Martin
Tynemouth BC 71,514 5,739 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Alan Campbell bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Wendy Morton
Washington and Sunderland West BC 70,259 11,453 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Sharon Hodgson bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Ian Cuthbert

Boundary changes

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

Results

2005 2010

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

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