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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   ~ UKIP


Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Blaydon BC 67,899 14,227 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  David Anderson‡ bgcolor=Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color|  Mark Bell~
Gateshead BC 64,523 14,784 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Ian Mearns‡ bgcolor=Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color|  John Tennant~
Houghton and Sunderland South BC 68,234 12,938 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Bridget Phillipson‡ bgcolor=Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color|  Richard Elvin~
Jarrow BC 64,002 13,881 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Stephen Hepburn‡ bgcolor=Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color|  Steven Harrison~
Newcastle upon Tyne Central BC 58,147 12,673 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Chinyelu Onwurah‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Simon Kitchen†
Newcastle upon Tyne East BC 64,243 12,494 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Nick Brown‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Duncan Crute†
Newcastle upon Tyne North BC 67,902 10,153 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Catherine McKinnell‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Stephen Bates†
North Tyneside BC 79,300 17,194 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Mary Glindon‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Martin McGann†
South Shields BC 62,730 10,614 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Emma Lewell-Buck‡ bgcolor=Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color| Norman Dennis~
Sunderland Central BC 76,457 11,179 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Julie Elliott‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Jeffrey Townsend†
Tynemouth BC 77,524 8,240 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Alan Campbell‡ bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Glenn Hall†
Washington and Sunderland West BC 68,190 13,157 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Sharon Hodgson‡ bgcolor=Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color|  Aileen Casey~

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 2015

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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