Newcastle upon Tyne East (UK Parliament constituency)

Newcastle upon Tyne East
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Newcastle upon Tyne East in Tyne and Wear for the 2010 general election.
Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County	Tyne and Wear
Electorate	65,203 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	2010 (2010)
Member of Parliament	Nick Brown (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
1918 (1918)–1997 (1997)
Replaced by	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Created from	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Newcastle upon Tyne East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The present constituency was created in 2010 but an earlier Newcastle upon Tyne East constituency existed from 1918 until 1997.

History

This traditionally safe district of Newcastle upon Tyne for the Labour Party has been less so since 2006, when a pattern of the Liberal Democrats winning council seats across the constituency with large majorities was noticed. This indicated a possibility of Labour losing the seat to the Liberal Democrats at the 2010 general election. In the event, Labour's Nick Brown held the seat with his smallest majority in thirty years, while Labour benefitted from the associated increased turnout to take the Walkergate council seat from the Liberal Democrats.

Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear in 2005, the Boundary Commission for England re-created the constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne East, which took effect at the 2010 general election. The new seat largely replaced the former Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend seat, with the Wallsend element being transferred to the adjacent North Tyneside constituency.

The electoral wards used in the new constituency are all within the boundaries of the city of Newcastle:

• Byker, Dene, North Heaton, North Jesmond, Ouseburn, South Heaton, South Jesmond, Walker, and Walkergate.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1997

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Harry Barnes	Coalition Liberal
	1922	Joseph Nicholas Bell	Labour
	1923	Arthur Henderson	Labour
	1923	Sir Robert Aske	Liberal
	1924	Martin Henry Connolly	Labour
	1929	Sir Robert Aske	Liberal
	1931		National Liberal
	1945	Arthur Blenkinsop	Labour
	1959	Fergus Montgomery	Conservative
	1964	Geoffrey Rhodes	Labour Co-operative
	Oct 1974	Mike Thomas	Labour
	1981		SDP
	1983	Nick Brown	Labour
	1997	Constituency abolished: see Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend

MPs since 2010

Election		Member	Party
	2010	Nick Brown	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010:Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Brown*	17,043	45.0	-7.7
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Taylor	12,590	33.3	+1.5
	Conservative	Dominic Crofts Brierley Llewellyn	6,068	16.0	+3.0
	BNP	Alan Spence	1,342	3.5	+3.5
	Green	Andrew Gray	620	1.6	+1.6
	Communist	Martin Levy	177	0.5	-0.1
Majority			4,453	11.8
Turnout			37,840	58.7	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.6

* Served as MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend, 1997–2010

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Brown	24,342	60.2	+3.8
	Conservative	JR Lucas	10,465	25.9	−0.8
	Liberal Democrat	JA Thompson	4,883	12.1	−4.0
	Green	GLN Edwards	744	1.8	+1.8
Majority			13,877	34.3	+4.5
Turnout			40,434	67.4	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Brown	23,677	56.45
	Conservative	G.J.A. Riley	11,177	26.65
	Liberal	P.J. Arnold	6,728	16.04
	Communist	J. Keith	362	0.86
Majority			12,500	29.80
Turnout				70.65
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Brown	19,247	45.51
	Conservative	A. Barnes	11,755	27.79
	Social Democrat	Mike Thomas	11,293	26.70
Majority			7,492	17.71
Turnout				70.98
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Thomas	18,257	55.05
	Conservative	Derek Conway	12,087	36.45
	Liberal	J. Nelson	2,818	8.50
Majority			6,170	18.61
Turnout				67.96
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Thomas	17,312	52.84
	Conservative	M. Hill	11,063	33.76
	Liberal	T. Symonds	4,391	13.40
Majority			6,249	19.07
Turnout				71.77
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Geoffrey Rhodes	20,439	58.76
	Conservative	M. Hill	14,347	41.24
Majority			6,092	17.51
Turnout				76.87
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Geoffrey Rhodes	20,780	58.35
	Conservative	P.E. Heseltine	14,832	41.65
Majority			5,948	16.70
Turnout				75.59
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Geoffrey Rhodes	22,408	59.77
	Conservative	T.T. Hubble	15,082	40.23
Majority			7,326	19.54
Turnout				80.51
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Geoffrey Rhodes	21,200	52.02
	Conservative	Fergus Montgomery	19,556	47.98
Majority			1,644	4.03
Turnout				83.37
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fergus Montgomery	21,457	50.11
	Labour	Arthur Blenkinsop	21,359	49.89
Majority			98
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1955: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Blenkinsop	22,816	52.08
	Conservative	G.F.H. Walker	20,994	47.92
Majority			1,822	4.16
Turnout				77.60
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Blenkinsop	25,621	52.86
	Conservative	A. Edwards	22,850	47.14
Majority			2,771	5.72
Turnout				84.59
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Blenkinsop	24,694	51.45
	Conservative	P.G. Williams	18,866	39.30
	Liberal	W. McKeag	4,440	9.25
Majority			5,828	5.72
Turnout				83.67
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Blenkinsop	26,116	68.93
	Liberal National	R. O'Sullivan	11,774	31.07
Majority			14,342	37.85
Turnout				73.13
	Labour gain from Liberal National		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Sir Robert Aske	23,146	58.60
	Labour	B.B. Gillis	16,322	41.4
Majority			6,824	17.2
Turnout				81.3
	Liberal National hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Sir Robert Aske	24,552	63.4
	Labour	M. Alexander	14,176	36.6
Majority			10,346	26.8
Turnout				86.5
	Liberal National gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Robert Aske	17,856	51.3
	Labour	Martin Henry Connolly	16,921	48.7
Majority			935	2.6
Turnout			79.4
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1924: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Henry Connolly	13,120	46.4
	Liberal	Sir Robert Aske	12,776	45.1
	Conservative	William Temple	2,420	8.5
Majority			344	1.3
Turnout				83.9
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Robert Aske	12,656	52.3
	Labour	Arthur Henderson	11,532	47.7
Majority			1,124
Turnout				73.2
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Newcastle-upon-Tyne East by-election, 1923
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Henderson	11,066	45.7
	Liberal	Harry Barnes	6,682	27.6
	Conservative	R.Gee	6,480	26.7
Majority			4,384	18.1
Turnout				76.4
	Labour hold		Swing

• Death of Joseph Nicholas Bell

General Election 1922: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Nicholas Bell	10,084	43.1
	Liberal	Harry Barnes	6,999	30.0
	National Liberal	G. Stone	6,273	26.9
Majority			3,085	13.1
Turnout				73.7
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Newcastle upon Tyne East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Barnes	8,682	58.1
	Labour	Walter Hudson	5,195	34.7
	Independent	John Thompson	1,079	7.2
Majority			3,487	23.4
Turnout				48.7

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

Sources

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.