List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

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The ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear is divided into 13 Parliamentary constituencies. They are all Borough constituencies.


Name Current boundaries
  1. Blaydon BC
  2. Gateshead East and Washington West BC
  3. Houghton and Washington East BC
  4. Jarrow BC
  5. Newcastle upon Tyne Central BC
  6. Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend BC
  7. Newcastle upon Tyne North BC
  8. North Tyneside BC
  9. South Shields BC
  10. Sunderland North BC
  11. Sunderland South BC
  12. Tyne Bridge BC
  13. Tynemouth BC
Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear


The Boundary Commission for England has provisionally recommended that the county should in future be divided into 12 constituencies. The proposals and objections were subjected to public inquiry in June, 2005. Final proposals were produced on January 11, 2006, for implementation at the United Kingdom general election, 2009/10.

The new constituencies will be