Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)

Blaydon
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Blaydon in Tyne and Wear.

Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County Tyne and Wear
Electorate 68,156 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1918 (1918)
Member of Parliament David Anderson (Labour)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency North East England

Blaydon is a borough 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. It is a safe seat for the Labour Party.

Contents

Boundaries

It comprises the towns of Blaydon, Whickham, Ryton, Birtley and surrounding villages in the periphery of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Blaydon constituency to be fought at the 2010 general election, from the following electoral wards;

Members of Parliament

The current MP is David Anderson, first elected in 2005.

Election Member[2] Party
1918 Walter Waring Coalition Liberal
1922 William Whiteley Labour
1931 Thomas Ballantyne Martin Conservative
1935 William Whiteley Labour
1956 by-election Robert Woof Labour
1979 John McWilliam Labour
2005 David Anderson Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Blaydon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Anderson 22,297 49.6 -2.0
Liberal Democrat Neil Bradbury 13,180 29.3 -8.5
Conservative Glenn Hall 7,159 15.9 +7.9
BNP Keith McFarlane 2,277 5.1 +5.1
Majority 9,117 20.3
Turnout 44,913 66.2 +4.0
Labour hold Swing -4.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Blaydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Anderson 20,120 51.5 -3.3
Liberal Democrat Peter Maughan 14,785 37.9 +4.1
Conservative Dorothy Luckhurst 3,129 8.0 -3.4
UKIP Norman Endacott 1,019 2.6 +2.6
Majority 5,335 13.7
Turnout 39,053 62.6 +5.2
Labour hold Swing -3.7
General Election 2001: Blaydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John McWilliam 20,340 54.8 -5.1
Liberal Democrat Peter Maughan 12,531 33.8 +10.0
Conservative Mark Watson 4,215 11.4 -1.8
Majority 7,809 21.0
Turnout 37,086 57.4 -13.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Blaydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John McWilliam 27,535 60.0
Liberal Democrat Peter Maughan 10,930 23.8
Conservative Mark Watson 6,048 13.2
Independent Richard Rook 1,412 3.1
Majority
Turnout
General Election 1992: Blaydon[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John McWilliam 27,028 52.7 +2.3
Conservative PR Pescod 13,685 26.7 +2.5
Liberal Democrat VP Nunn 10,602 20.7 −4.8
Majority 13,343 26.0 +1.1
Turnout 51,315 77.7 +2.0
Labour hold Swing −0.1

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
  3. ^ http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/council/ElectoralServices/Blaydon-StatementofPersonsNominatedNoticeofPoll.pdf
  4. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
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