North Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Tyneside Borough constituency
North Tyneside shown within Tyne and Wear, and Tyne and Wear shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Stephen Byers
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Tyne and Wear
EP constituency:	North East England

North Tyneside 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 has created a modified North Tyneside constituency to be fought for the first time at the 2009 or 2010 UK general election.

The seat contains Wallsend, which has been moved from Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend. As a consequence of the changes, Newcastle East becomes a constituency in its own right.

The electoral wards used to form the modified North Tyneside constituency are;

• Battle Hill, Benton, Camperdown, Howdon, Killingworth, Longbenton, Northumberland, Riverside, Wallsend and Weetslade

The electoral ward of Northumberland should not be confused with the county of that name.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1997)
• 1997 — present: Stephen Byers, Labour

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: North Tyneside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Byers	22,882	61.9	-7.6
	Conservative	Duncan McLellan	7,845	21.2	+6.6
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Ferguson	6,212	16.8	+4.4
Majority			15,037	40.7
Turnout			36,939	57.2	-0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.1

General Election 2001: North Tyneside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Byers	26,027	69.5	-3.3
	Conservative	Mark Ruffell	5,459	14.6	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Reed	4,649	12.4	+1.9
	UK Independence	Alan Taylor	770	2.1	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Pete Burnett	324	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Kenneth Capstick	240	0.6	N/A
Majority			20,568	54.9
Turnout			37,469	57.7	-10.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: North Tyneside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Byers	32,810	72.7
	Conservative	Michael McIntyre	6,167	13.7
	Liberal Democrat	Tommy Mulvenna	4,762	10.6
	Referendum Party	Michael Rollings	1,382	3.1
Majority			26,643
Turnout				67.9

[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)