Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Blaydon Borough constituency

Blaydon shown within Tyne and Wear, and Tyne and Wear shown within England
Created:	1918
MP:	David Anderson
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Tyne and Wear
EP constituency:	North East England

Blaydon is a 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.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

It comprises the towns of Blaydon, Whickham, Ryton, Birtley and surrounding villages in the suburbs of Gateshead.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Blaydon constituency to be fought at the 2009 or 2010 general election, from the following electoral wards;

Birtley, Blaydon, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook and Greenside, Dunston Hill and Whickham East, Lamesley, Ryton, Crookhill and Stella, Whickham North, Whickham South and Sunniside, and Winlaton and High Spen

[edit] Members of Parliament

The current MP is David Anderson, first elected in 2005.

Year		Member	Party
1918		constituency created
	1918	Walter Waring
	1922	William Whiteley	Labour
	1931	Thomas Ballantyne Martin
	1935	William Whiteley	Labour
	1956	Robert Woof	Labour
	1979	John McWilliam	Labour
	2005	David Anderson	Labour

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Anderson	20,120	51.5	-3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Maughan	14,785	37.9	+4.1
	Conservative	Dorothy Luckhurst	3,129	8.0	-3.4
	UK Independence	Norman Endacott	1,019	2.6	+2.6
Majority			5,335	13.7
Turnout			39,053	62.6	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.7

General Election 2001: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McWilliam	20,340	54.8	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Maughan	12,531	33.8	+10.0
	Conservative	Mark Watson	4,215	11.4	-1.8
Majority			7,809	21.0
Turnout			37,086	57.4	-13.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McWilliam	27,535	60.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Maughan	10,930	23.8
	Conservative	Mark Watson	6,048	13.2
	Independent (politician)	Richard Rook	1,412	3.1
Majority
Turnout

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

Constituencies in North East England
Labour	Bishop Auckland \| Blaydon \| Blyth Valley \| City of Durham \| Darlington \| Easington \| Gateshead East and Washington West \| Hartlepool \| Houghton and Washington East \| Jarrow \| Middlesbrough \| Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland \| Newcastle upon Tyne Central \| Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend \| Newcastle upon Tyne North \| North Durham \| North Tyneside \| North West Durham \| Redcar \| Sedgefield \| South Shields \| Stockton North \| Stockton South \| Sunderland North \| Sunderland South \| Tyne Bridge \| Tynemouth \| Wansbeck
Liberal Democrat	Berwick-upon-Tweed
Conservative	Hexham
North East European constituency: Labour (1) \| Conservative (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)