Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (UK Parliament constituency)
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Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election.
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Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
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County | Tyne and Wear |
1997–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Newcastle upon Tyne East, North Tyneside |
Created from | Newcastle upon Tyne East, Wallsend |
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend was, from 1997 until 2010, a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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History
The constituency was created in 1997 by the merger of the former seats of Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend. It was represented throughout its existence by Nick Brown of the Labour Party, who served as Government Chief Whip from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2008 to 2010.
Boundaries
As would be inferred from the name, the constituency consisted of the eastern parts of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne plus Wallsend and the surrounding area. The ward breakdown was as follows:
- City of Newcastle upon Tyne: Byker, Dene, Heaton, Monkchester, Walker, Walkergate
- Borough of North Tyneside wards: Northumberland, Wallsend
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, reducing the number of seats in the county from 13 to 12, the Boundary Commission for England have revived the constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne East. The Wallsend area has been transferred to the adjacent North Tyneside constituency.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1997 | Nick Brown | Labour | |
2010 | Constituency abolished: see Newcastle upon Tyne East and North Tyneside |
Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nick Brown | 17,462 | 55.1 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Ord | 9,897 | 31.2 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Norma Dias | 3,532 | 11.1 | -0.7 | |
Socialist Alternative | William Hopwood | 582 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Communist | Martin Levy | 205 | 0.6 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 7,565 | 23.9 | |||
Turnout | 31,678 | 50.5 | -2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nick Brown | 20,642 | 63.1 | -8.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Ord | 6,419 | 19.6 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Tim Troman | 3,873 | 11.8 | -2.1 | |
Green | Andrew Gray | 651 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Harash Narang | 563 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Blanch Carpenter | 420 | 1.3 | -0.3 | |
Communist | Martin Levy | 126 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,223 | 43.5 | |||
Turnout | 32,694 | 53.2 | -12.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nick Brown | 29,607 | 71.19 | ||
Conservative | Jeremy Middleton | 5,796 | 13.94 | ||
Liberal Democrat | G Morgan | 4,415 | 10.62 | ||
Referendum | P Cossins | 966 | 2.32 | ||
Socialist Labour | Blanch Carpenter | 642 | 1.54 | ||
Communist | Martin Levy | 163 | 0.39 | ||
Majority | 23,811 | 57.25 | |||
Turnout | 65.73 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Pages with broken file links
- Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1997
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 2010
- Politics of Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside