Newcastle upon Tyne West (UK Parliament constituency)

Newcastle upon Tyne West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Number of members One
Replaced by Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central and Newcastle-upon-Tyne North
Created from Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne West was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Edward Shortt Coalition Liberal
1922 David Adams Labour
1923 Cecil Beresford Ramage Liberal
1924 John Henry Palin Labour
1931 Sir Joseph William Leech Conservative
1940 by-election William Nunn Conservative
1945 Ernest Popplewell Labour
1966 Robert Brown Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Edward Shortt
General Election 1918

Electorate 33,527

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 12,812
Labour David Adams 6,411
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

Richard Denman
General Election 1922

Electorate 32,964

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Adams 11,654
National Liberal Cecil Beresford Ramage 11,499
Liberal Richard Douglas Denman 3,367
Majority 156
Turnout
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1923

Electorate 33,621

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cecil Beresford Ramage 15,141
Labour David Adams 11,527
Majority
Turnout
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1924

Electorate 34,304

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Henry Palin 13,089
Unionist Clifford Vernon 8,459
Liberal Cecil Beresford Ramage 7,208
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1929

Electorate 47,121

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Henry Palin 16,856
Unionist Joseph William Leech 14,088
Liberal John Dodd 5,267
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931

Electorate 50,525

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dr Joseph William Leech 28,560
Labour John Henry Palin 13,514
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1935

Electorate 50,525

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dr Joseph William Leech 25,526
Labour W Taylor 17,052
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: Dr Joseph William Leech, Labour: Henry Hird.

Newcastle upon Tyne West by-election, 1940

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Nunn unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1945

Electorate 65,964

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest Popplewell 28,149
Conservative William Nunn 19,966
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Sources