Gateshead (UK Parliament constituency)

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Gateshead Borough constituency
Gateshead shown within Tyne and Wear, and Tyne and Wear shown within England
Created:	for 2009 or 2010 election
MP:	[[]]
Party:	[[]]
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Tyne and Wear
EP constituency:	North East England

Gateshead will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

A previous Gateshead constituency existed from 1832 to 1950.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 1940s 3.2 Elections in the 1930s 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new constituency of Gateshead, abolishing the current Gateshead East and Washington West.

The electoral wards used in forming this constituency are entirely within the Gateshead town boundaries;

• Bridges, Chowdene, Deckham, Dunston and Teams, Felling, High Fell, Lobley Hill and Bensham, Low Fell, Saltwell and Windy Nook and Whitehills.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1832	Cuthbert Rippon	Whig
	1841	(Sir) William Hutt	Whig
	1859		Liberal
	1874	Walter Henry James	Liberal
	1893	Sir William Allan	Liberal
	1904	John Johnson	Lib-Lab
	1910	Sir Harold Elverston	Liberal
	1918	Herbert Conyers Surtees	Coalition Conservative
	1922	John Brotherton	Labour
	1923	John Purcell Dickie	Liberal
	1924	John Warburton Beckett	Labour
	1929	Sir James Benjamin Melville	Labour
	1931 by-election	Herbert Evans	Labour
	1931	Thomas Magnay	National Liberal
	1945	Konni Zilliacus	Labour (1945 - 49) Labour Independent Group (1949) Independent Labour (1949 - 50)
1950		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

The re-established Gateshead constituency will be fought for the first time at the next United Kingdom general election, due no later than 2010. Current Tyne Bridge MP David Clelland has been chosen as the Labour party candidate for this seat.

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Gateshead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Konni Zilliacus	36,736	67.5
	National Liberal	Thomas Magnay	17,719	32.5
Majority			19,017	34.9
Turnout			54,455	76.0
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

Gateshead by-election, 8th June 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Evans	22,893	51.6	−1.0
	Conservative	Cuthbert Headlam	21,501	48.4	+26.9
Majority			1,392	3.2	−27.9
Turnout			44,394	60.8	−13.1
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] References

• Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

[edit] See also

• Gateshead by-election, 1931
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
• Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election

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)