Tynemouth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Tynemouth Borough constituency
Tynemouth shown within Tyne and Wear, and Tyne and Wear shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	Alan Campbell
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Tyne and Wear
EP constituency:	North East England

Tynemouth 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 3.1 References 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

It covers Tynemouth in North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear. This has usually been the best Conservative area in Tyne and Wear; they do very well in Whitley Bay and Cullercoats in the north of the seat; the southern part around North Shields and Tynemouth itself is more inclined to Labour. They have held the seat since 1997 but it is a marginal seat.

[edit] Boundary review

Following the review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Tynemouth constituency to be fought at the next UK general election in 2009 or 2010.

During the public consultation into the changes, a proposal to change the constituency name to "Tynemouth and Whitley Bay" was rejected. The electoral wards used to create the modified seat are;

• Chirton, Collingwood, Cullercoats, Monkseaton North, Monkseaton South, Preston, St Mary’s, Tynemouth, Valley, Whitley Bay.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1885)

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Richard Sims Donkin	Conservative
	1900	Frederick Leverton Harris	Conservative
	1906	Herbert James Craig	Liberal
	1918	Charles Percy	Conservative
	1922	Alexander West Russell	Conservative
	1945	Grace Colman	Labour
	1950	Irene Ward	Conservative
	1974	Neville Trotter	Conservative
	1997	Alan Campbell	Labour

[edit] Elections

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Campbell
	Conservative	Wendy Morton

General Election 2005: Tynemouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Campbell	20,143	47.0	-6.2
	Conservative	Michael McIntyre	16,000	37.3	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Finlay	6,716	15.7	+4.1
Majority			4,143	9.7
Turnout			42,859	66.9	-0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.0

General Election 2001: Tynemouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Campbell	23,364	53.2	-2.1
	Conservative	Karl Poulsen	14,686	33.5	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Penny Reid	5,108	11.6	+2.8
	UK Independence	Michael Rollings	745	1.7	+0.8
Majority			8,678	19.7
Turnout			43,903	67.4	-9.8
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] References

1. ^ Tynemouth, UKPollingReport

[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)