- Newcastle upon Tyne East (UK Parliament constituency)
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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)[1] Current constituency Created 2010 Member of Parliament Nick Brown (Labour) Number of members One Created from Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend 1918–1997 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.
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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[2] 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[2] Party 2010 Nick Brown Labour Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2010:Newcastle upon Tyne East[3][4] 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[5] 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
Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
- ^ http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/wwwfileroot/cxo/electoral/SPNEast2010.pdf
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Newcastle Upon Tyne East". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/d06.stm.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
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.
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