Gateshead East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Gateshead East was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Gateshead in what is now Tyne and Wear. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Gateshead East and Washington West.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Arthur Moody	Labour
	1964	Bernard Conlan	Labour
	1987	Joyce Quin	Labour
1997		constituency abolished: see Gateshead East & Washington West

[edit] Election results

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.