South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = South Shields
Map1 = SouthShields
Type = Borough
Map2 = TyneWear
Entity = Tyne and Wear
County = Tyne and Wear
Year = 1832
MP = David Miliband
Party = Labour
EP = North East England

South Shields 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.

Boundaries

The current constituency covers the area of South Shields in South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear. Boundary changes in place for the next general election bring Whitburn into the South Sheilds constituency from neighbouring Jarrow.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: South ShieldsElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Miliband
votes = 18,269
percentage = 60.5
change = -2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Psallidas
votes = 5,957
percentage = 19.7
change = +2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Lewis
votes = 5,207
percentage = 17.2
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Nader Afshari-Naderi
votes = 773
percentage = 2.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 12,312
percentage = 40.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 30,206
percentage = 42.2
change = -7.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -2.8

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: South ShieldsElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Miliband
votes = 19,230
percentage = 63.2
change = -8.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joanna Gardner
votes = 5,140
percentage = 16.9
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Marshall Grainger
votes = 5,127
percentage = 16.8
change = +8.0Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Alan Hardy
votes = 689
percentage = 2.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Roger Nettleship
votes = 262
percentage = 0.9
change = -0.1Election box majority
votes = 14,090
percentage = 46.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 30,448
percentage = 49.7
change = -12.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1997: South ShieldsElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Clark
votes = 27,834
percentage = 71.4
change = +11.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Hoban
votes = 5,681
percentage = 14.6
change = -12.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Ord
votes = 3,429
percentage = 4.0
change = -8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = A. Lorriane
votes = 1,660
percentage = 4.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = I. Wilburn
votes = 374
percentage = 1.0
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 22,153
percentage = 56.8
change = +24.4Election box turnout
votes = 38,978
percentage = 62.6
change = -7.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Trivia

* With one exception (Arthur Blenkinsop), every South Shields MP since 1929 has been a cabinet member at some point in their career. Two of them, Chuter Ede (Home Secretary) and Miliband (Foreign Secretary), have held one of the great offices of state while MP for South Shields.

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

References

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