Newcastle upon Tyne North (UK Parliament constituency)

Newcastle upon Tyne North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Newcastle upon Tyne North in Tyne and Wear.
Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County	Tyne and Wear
Electorate	67,401 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1918 (1918)
Member of Parliament	Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Newcastle upon Tyne North is a parliamentary 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.

Boundaries

Following the review by the Boundary Commission for England, taking effect at the 2010 general election, the Newcastle upon Tyne North constituency is formed from the electoral wards of Castle, Denton, East Gosforth, Fawdon, Lemington, Newburn, Parklands, Westerhope, and Woolsington. The Boundary Commission had originally proposed that the West Gosforth ward should be included so that all of Gosforth should be in the same constituency, but this was overturned.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Nicholas Grattan-Doyle	Conservative
	1940 by-election	Sir Cuthbert Headlam	Independent Conservative
	1940		Conservative
	1951	Gwilym Lloyd George	Liberal and Conservative
	1957 by-election	Sir William Elliott	Conservative
	1983	Robert Brown	Labour
	1987	Doug Henderson	Labour
	2010	Catherine McKinnell	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine McKinnell	17,950	40.8	-9.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Beadle	14,536	33.1	+0.1
	Conservative	Stephen Parkinson	7,966	18.1	+3.4
	BNP	Terry Gibson	1,890	4.3	+4.3
	UKIP	Ian Proud	1,285	2.9	+2.9
	Green	Anna Heyman	319	0.7	+0.7
Majority			3,414	7.8
Turnout			43,946	65.5	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Henderson	19,224	50.0	-10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Beadle	12,201	31.7	+12.3
	Conservative	Neil Hudson	6,022	15.7	-4.7
	National Front	Roland Wood	997	2.6	+2.6
Majority			7,023	18.3
Turnout			38,444	67.6	+10.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.2

General Election 2001: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Henderson	21,874	60.1	-2.0
	Conservative	Philip Smith	7,424	20.4	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Soult	7,070	19.4	+4.9
Majority			14,450	39.7
Turnout			36,368	57.5	-11.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Henderson	28,125	62.18
	Conservative	Greg White	8,793	19.44
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Allen	6,578	14.54
	Referendum Party	D. Chipchase	1,733	3.83
Majority			19,332	42.72
Turnout				69.17
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Henderson	25,121	49.4	+6.7
	Conservative	Ian Gordon	16,175	31.8	+7.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter J. Maughan	9,542	18.8	−13.9
Majority			8,946	17.6	+7.6
Turnout			50,838	88.9	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Henderson	22,424	42.7
	Liberal	John Shipley	17,181	32.7
	Conservative	J.W. Tweddle	12,915	24.6
Majority			5,243	10.0
Turnout				75.92
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Brown	18,985	37.6
	Conservative	P. Straw	16,429	32.5
	Liberal	John Shipley	15,136	29.9
Majority			2,556	5.1
Turnout				72.81
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 7th June 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Conservative	Sir Cuthbert Headlam, Bt	7,380	71.2	N/A
	Conservative	Howard Grattan-Doyle	2,982	28.8	−48.2
Majority			4,398	42.4
Turnout			10,362	22.0	−48.3
	Independent Conservative gain from Conservative		Swing

See also

• Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 1940
• Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 1957
• 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.