Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (UK Parliament constituency)

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Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Borough constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend shown within Tyne and Wear, and Tyne and Wear shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Nick Brown
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Tyne and Wear
EP constituency:	North East England

Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend 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.

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

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, the Boundary Commission for England have created a new constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne East. The Wallsend element has been moved to a modified constituency of North Tyneside

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created 1997
• 1997 — present: Nick Brown, Labour

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Brown	17,462	55.1	-8.0
	Liberal Democrat	David Ord	9,897	31.2	+11.6
	Conservative	Norma Dias	3,532	11.1	-0.7
	Socialist Alternative	William Hopwood	582	1.8	+1.8
	Communist	Martin Levy	205	0.6	+0.2
Majority			7,565	23.9
Turnout			31,678	50.5	-2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.8

General Election 2001: Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Brown	20,642	63.1	-8.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Ord	6,419	19.6	+9.0
	Conservative	Tim Troman	3,873	11.8	-2.1
	Green	Andrew Gray	651	2.0	N/A
	Independent	Harash Narang	563	1.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Blanch Carpenter	420	1.3	-0.3
	Communist	Martin Levy	126	0.4	N/A
Majority			14,223	43.5
Turnout			32,694	53.2	-12.6
	Labour hold		Swing

[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)