Newcastle upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament constituency)
55°00′11″N 1°36′36″W / 55.003°N 1.610°W
Newcastle upon Tyne Central | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Newcastle upon Tyne Central in Tyne and Wear | |
![]() Location of Tyne and Wear within England | |
County | Tyne and Wear |
Electorate | 60,795 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Chi Onwurah (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Newcastle upon Tyne Central is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Chi Onwurah from Labour, a former head of OFCOM.[n 2] At the snap 2017 general election, the constituency beat Houghton and Sunderland South, which had declared first in 2010 and 2015, to be the first constituency to declare a result.[2]
History
Parliament created this seat under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the general election later that year. From its creation the constituency has been represented by members of the Labour and Conservative parties only. Since the 1987 general election, the seat has been served by an MP in the Labour Party.
Boundaries
1918-1950: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of All Saints, St John's, St Nicholas, Stephenson, and Westgate.
1950-1983: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of Armstrong, Byker, St Anthony's, St Nicholas, and Stephenson, and the Rural District of Newcastle.
1983-1997: The City of Newcastle wards of Blakelaw, Fenham, Jesmond, Kenton, Moorside, South Gosforth, and Wingrove.
1997-2010: The City of Newcastle wards of Blakelaw, Fenham, Jesmond, Kenton, Moorside, Sandyford, South Gosforth, and Wingrove.
2010-present: The City of Newcastle wards of Benwell and Scotswood, Blakelaw, Elswick, Fenham, Kenton, Westgate, West Gosforth, and Wingrove.
The constituency covers the central part of Newcastle upon Tyne, being one of three constituencies in the city. Between 1983 and 2010, the seat did not actually include the city's commercial centre, being instead part of the now-abolished Tyne Bridge constituency.
Constituency profile
The constituency is mostly the urban city itself, which has seen end its once export-leading shipbuilding industry, its adult population has mostly a middle or low income, however with modern advanced engineering, learning, design, graphics, production company headquarters and tourism the city forms is a bellwether for the North East region's economy firmly in the British forefront of a determined return to increasing national output.[3] In November 2012 total unemployment (based on the more up-to-date claimant statistics) placed the City of Newcastle in joint 17th place of 29 constituencies in the region, above, for example the City of Durham at the bottom of the list, with just 3.4% claimants whereas Newcastle had 6.0% claimants, identical to Sunderland Central.[4]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[5] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1918 | George Renwick | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1922 | Charles Trevelyan | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1931 | Arthur Denville | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 | Lyall Wilkes | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1951 | Ted Short | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1976 by-election | Harry Cowans | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Piers Merchant | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1987 | Jim Cousins | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Chi Onwurah | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chi Onwurah | 24,071 | 64.9 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Steve Kyte | 9,134 | 24.6 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Cott | 1,812 | 4.9 | −1.4 | |
UKIP | David Muat | 1,482 | 4.0 | −10.9 | |
Green | Peter Thomson | 595 | 1.6 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 14,937 | 40.3 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,094 | 67 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chi Onwurah | 19,301 | 55.0 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | Simon Kitchen[10] | 6,628 | 18.9 | −0.5 | |
UKIP | Daniel Thompson[11] | 5,214 | 14.9 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Cott | 2,218 | 6.3 | −17.8 | |
Green | Alex Johnson[12] | 1,724 | 4.9 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 12,673 | 36.1 | |||
Turnout | 35,085 | 57.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chi Onwurah | 15,692 | 45.9 | −4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Kane | 8,228 | 24.1 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Nick Holder | 6,611 | 19.4 | +2.8 | |
BNP | Ken Booth | 2,302 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
UKIP | Martin Davies | 754 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Green | John Pearson | 568 | 1.7 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 7,464 | 21.9 | |||
Turnout | 34,155 | 56.4 | −0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.6 |
- * Gareth Kane, Lib Dem candidate, was Councillor for Ouseburn Ward at the time of the General Election 2010
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Cousins | 16,211 | 45.1 | −9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Greg Stone | 12,229 | 34.0 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Wendy Morton | 5,749 | 16.0 | −5.3 | |
Green | Joe Hulm | 1,254 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Newcastle Academy with Christian Values Party | Clive Harding | 477 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 3,982 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 35,920 | 52.5 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −11.1 |
- * Greg Stone, Lib Dem candidate, was Councillor for North Heaton Ward at the time of the General Election 2005
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Cousins | 19,169 | 55.0 | −4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Psallidas | 7,564 | 21.7 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Aidan Ruff | 7,414 | 21.3 | −2.2 | |
Socialist Labour | Gordon Potts | 723 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,605 | 33.3 | |||
Turnout | 34,870 | 51.3 | −14.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.5 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Cousins | 27,272 | 59.2 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Brooks Newmark | 10,792 | 23.4 | −12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Berry | 6,911 | 15.0 | +2.3 | |
Referendum | Charles A. Coxon | 1,113 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,480 | 35.8 | |||
Turnout | 46,088 | 65.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Cousins | 21,123 | 49.4 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Mike Summersby | 15,835 | 37.0 | −1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lembit Öpik | 5,816 | 13.6 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 5,288 | 12.4 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,774 | 71.3 | −4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Cousins | 20,416 | 44.2 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Piers Merchant | 17,933 | 38.8 | −2.0 | |
SDP | Nigel Martin | 7,304 | 15.8 | −6.5 | |
Green | Richard Bird | 418 | 0.9 | −0.2 | |
Red Front | Kirk Williams | 111 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 2,483 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 46,182 | 75.5 | +4.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Piers Merchant | 18,161 | 40.8 | ||
Labour | Nigel Todd | 15,933 | 35.8 | ||
SDP | John Horam | 9,923 | 22.3 | ||
Ecology | Douglas Jacques | 478 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 2,228 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 44,495 | 71.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Cowans | 10,395 | 67.28 | −4.49 | |
Conservative | Piers Merchant | 2,982 | 19.30 | +2.75 | |
Liberal | Andrew Steven Ellis | 2,073 | 13.42 | +1.74 | |
Majority | 7,413 | 47.98 | |||
Turnout | 65.25 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.62 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Cowans | 4,692 | 47.61 | −24.16 | |
Liberal | Andrew Stephen Ellis | 2,854 | 28.96 | +17.28 | |
Conservative | Richard Sowler | 1,945 | 19.73 | +3.18 | |
Socialist Workers | David Hayes | 184 | 1.87 | N/A | |
National Front | Bruce Anderson-Lynes | 181 | 1.84 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,838 | 18.65 | |||
Turnout | 9,856 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Short | 10,546 | 71.8 | ||
Conservative | Sheila Faith | 2,432 | 16.6 | ||
Liberal | Andrew Stephen Ellis | 1,716 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | 8,108 | 55.2 | |||
Turnout | 14,694 | 58.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Short | 12,182 | 74.45 | ||
Conservative | Michael Jack | 4,180 | 25.55 | ||
Majority | 8,002 | 48.91 | |||
Turnout | 65.43 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.1% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Short | 13,671 | 70.61 | ||
Conservative | Michael St John Way | 4,256 | 21.98 | ||
Liberal | David Lesser | 1,433 | 7.40 | ||
Majority | 9,415 | 48.63 | |||
Turnout | 61.64 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Short | 19,291 | 76.65 | ||
Conservative | John J. Walker-Smith | 5,474 | 21.75 | ||
Communist | Thomas G. Welch | 404 | 1.61 | ||
Majority | 13,817 | 54.90 | |||
Turnout | 65.87 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Short | 20,547 | 70.91 | ||
Conservative | William D Rutter | 7,896 | 27.25 | ||
Communist | Thomas G Welch | 532 | 1.84 | ||
Majority | 12,651 | 43.66 | |||
Turnout | 69.13 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Short | 24,051 | 65.83 | ||
Conservative | William D Rutter | 12,485 | 34.17 | ||
Majority | 11,566 | 31.66 | |||
Turnout | 73.18 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Short | 26,102 | 66.59 | ||
Conservative | George Peters | 13,099 | 33,41 | ||
Majority | 13,003 | 33.17 | |||
Turnout | 70.88 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Short | 25,637 | 64.14 | ||
Conservative | Frederick Talbot Webster | 13,325 | 33.34 | ||
Ind. Labour Party | Fred Barton | 1,006 | 2.52 | ||
Majority | 12,312 | 30.80 | |||
Turnout | 80.74 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lyall Wilkes | 25,190 | 63.66 | ||
Conservative | G. C. White | 13,567 | 34.29 | ||
Ind. Labour Party | Fred Barton | 812 | 2.05 | ||
Majority | 11,623 | 29.37 | |||
Turnout | 79.80 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lyall Wilkes | 10,627 | 61.92 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Denville | 6,536 | 38.08 | ||
Majority | 4,091 | 23.84 | |||
Turnout | 71.75 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Denville | 15,826 | 59.28 | ||
Labour | Walter Monslow | 10,871 | 40.72 | ||
Majority | 4,955 | 18.56 | |||
Turnout | 75.47 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Denville | 20,309 | 62.41 | ||
Ind. Labour Party | Charles Trevelyan | 12,136 | 37.30 | ||
National Labour | W.H.D. Caple | 94 | 0.29 | ||
Majority | 8,173 | 25.12 | |||
Turnout | 32,539 | 80.47 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Trevelyan | 17,580 | 57.2 | +5.6 | |
Unionist | Richard Wyndham-Quin | 13,161 | 42.8 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 4,419 | 14.4 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 30,740 | 73.7 | −6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 41,683 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Trevelyan | 14,542 | 51.6 | −0.9 | |
Unionist | F.M.B. Fisher | 13,646 | 48.4 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 896 | 3.2 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 28,188 | 79.8 | +12.4 | ||
Registered electors | 35,307 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Trevelyan | 12,447 | 52.5 | −1.7 | |
Unionist | Francis Fisher | 11,260 | 47.5 | +13.3 | |
Majority | 1,187 | 5.0 | −15.0 | ||
Turnout | 23,707 | 67.4 | −5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 35,193 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Trevelyan | 13,709 | 54.2 | +17.6 | |
Unionist | George Renwick | 8,639 | 34.2 | −31.2 | |
Liberal | John Dodd | 2,923 | 11.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,070 | 20.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,271 | 72.5 | +28.6 | ||
Registered electors | 34,844 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +24.4 |
Election in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | George Renwick | 9,414 | 65.4 | N/A |
Labour | James Smith | 4,976 | 34.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,438 | 30.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,390 | 43.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 32,796 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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- ^ Constituency Profile The Guardian
- ^ Unemployment statistics The Guardian
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
- ^ "Green Party announces its Newcastle candidates". Newcastle upon Tyne Green Party. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Newcastle upon Tyne Central". BBC News. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Newcastle upon Tyne Central". BBC News. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Wearmouth, Rachel (17 January 2015). "Young Geordie Tory from Heaton to battle Labour for Newcastle Central seat". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ http://ukip-gatesheadnewcastle.org.uk/candidates.htm
- ^ Tallentire, Mark (15 January 2015). "Greens name election candidates". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Washington & Sunderland West". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "'Newcastle upon Tyne Central', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922