South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°58′23″N 1°24′50″W / 54.973°N 1.414°W / 54.973; -1.414

South Shields
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of South Shields in Tyne and Wear.
Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County	Tyne and Wear
Electorate	63,765 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1832
Member of parliament	Emma Lewell-Buck
Number of members	One
Created from	County Durham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

South Shields 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 has been represented by Emma Lewell-Buck of the Labour Party since 2013.

Boundaries

The current constituency covers the area of South Shields in the South Tyneside district of Tyne and Wear. Boundary changes at the 2010 general election transferred the community of Whitburn into the South Shields constituency from the neighbouring Jarrow seat.

Members of Parliament

The seat was held from 2001 to 2013 by David Miliband, who served as Foreign Secretary from 2007 until Labour's general election defeat of 2010. On 26 March 2013 Miliband announced his resignation from Parliament in order to take up a post as the head of the International Rescue Committee in New York City.^[2]

	Member^[3]	Party
1832	Robert Ingham	Whig
1841	John Twizell Wawn	Whig
1852	Robert Ingham	Whig
1868	James Cochran Stevenson	Liberal
1895	William Snowdon Robson, later Baron Robson	Liberal
1910 by-election	Russell Rea	Liberal
1916 by-election	Cecil Algernon Cochrane	Liberal
1918 by-election	Joseph Havelock Wilson CBE	Coalition Liberal and Trade Unionist
1922	Edward Harney KC	Liberal
1929	James Chuter Ede	Labour
1931	Harcourt Johnstone	Liberal
1935	James Chuter Ede	Labour
1964	Arthur Blenkinsop	Labour
1979	David G. Clark	Labour
2001	David Miliband	Labour
2013 by-election	Emma Lewell-Buck	Labour

With two exceptions (Arthur Blenkinsop and Emma Lewell-Buck) every South Shields MP since 1929 has been a cabinet member at some point in their career. Two of them, Chuter Ede (Home Secretary) and Miliband (Foreign Secretary), have held one of the great offices of state while MP for South Shields. It is the only constituency in existence since the Great Reform Act of 1832 never to have elected a Conservative MP.^[4]

Elections

General Election 2015: South Shields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Norman Dennis^[5]
	Green	Shirley Ford^[6]
	Independent	Lisa Nightingale
	Liberal Democrat	Gitanjalil (Gita) Gordon^[7]
	Labour	Emma Lewell-Buck^[8]
	Conservative	Robert Oliver

Elections 2001-15

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
By-election, May 2013 ^[9]^[10]^[11] Resignation of David Miliband Electorate: 62,979 Turnout: 24,780 (39.3%) −18.4	Labour hold Majority: 6,505 (26.3%) −4.1	Emma Lewell-Buck	Labour	12,493	50.4	−1.6
		Richard Elvin	UKIP	5,988	24.2	N/A
		Karen Allen	Conservative	2,857	11.5	−10.1
		Ahmed Khan	Independent	1,331	5.4	N/A
		Phil Brown	Independent Socialist Party	750	3.0	N/A
		Lady Dorothy MacBeth Brookes	BNP	711	2.9	−3.6
		Hugh Annand	Liberal Democrat	352	1.4	−12.8
		Alan "Howling Laud" Hope	Monster Raving Loony	197	0.8	N/A
		Thomas Darwood	Independent	57	0.2	N/A
General Election 2010 ^[12] Electorate: 64,084 Turnout: 36,518 (57.7%) +7.0	Labour hold Majority: 11,109 (30.4%) −10.4 Swing: -6.4% from Lab to Con	David Miliband	Labour	18,995	52.0	-8.8
		Karen Allen	Conservative	7,886	21.6	+4.0
		Stephen Psallidas	Liberal Democrat	5,189	14.2	-5.0
		Donna Watson	BNP	2,382	6.5	N/A
		Shirley Ford	Green	762	2.1	N/A
		Siamak Kaikavoosi	Independent	729	2.0	N/A
		Victor Thompson	Independent	316	0.9	N/A
		Sam Navabi	Independent	168	0.5	N/A
		Roger Nettleship	Fight for an Anti-War Government	91	0.2	N/A
General Election 2005 ^[13] Electorate: 59,330 Turnout: 30,206 (42.2%) −7.5	Labour hold Majority: 12,312 (40.8%) −5.5	David Miliband	Labour	18,269	60.5	−2.7
		Stephen Psallidas	Liberal Democrat	5,957	19.7	+2.9
		Richard Lewis	Conservative	5,207	17.2	+0.3
		Nader Afshari-Naderi	Independent	773	2.6	N/A
General Election 2001 ^[14] Electorate: 61,285 Turnout: 30,448 (49.7%) −12.9	Labour hold Majority: 14,090 (46.3%) −10.5 Swing: 5.3% from Con to Lab	David Miliband	Labour	19,230	63.2	−8.3
		Joanna Gardner	Conservative	5,140	16.9	+2.3
		Marshall Grainger	Liberal Democrat	5,127	16.8	+8.0
		Alan Hardy	UKIP	689	2.3	N/A
		Roger Nettleship	Independent	262	0.9	−0.1

Elections 1970–1997

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election, 1997 ^[14] Electorate: 62,324 Turnout: 38,978 (62.5%) −4.8	Labour hold Majority: 22,153 (56.8%) +24.5 Swing: 12.2% from Con to Lab	David Clark	Labour	27,834	71.4	+11.6
		Mark Hoban	Conservative	5,681	14.6	−12.8
		David Ord	Liberal Democrat	3,429	8.8	−4.0
		Alan Lorriane	Referendum Party	1,660	4.3	N/A
		Ian Wilburn	Independent	374	1.0	N/A
General Election, 1992 ^[15] Electorate: 59,392 Turnout: 41,619 (70.1%) −0.7	Labour hold Majority: 13,477 (32.4%) +0.15 Swing: 0.1% from Con to Lab	David Clark	Labour	24,876	59.8	+1.9
		Jonathan L. Howard	Conservative	11,399	27.4	+1.7
		Arthur Preece	Liberal Democrat	5,344	12.8	−2.6
General Election, 1987 ^[16] Electorate: 60,754 Turnout: 42,975 (70.7%) +4.5	Labour hold Majority: 13,851 (32.2%) +16.6 Swing: 8.4% from Con to Lab	David Clark	Labour	24,882	57.9	+11.2
		Michael Fabricant	Conservative	11,031	25.7	−5.2
		Margaret Mary Melling	Social Democratic	6,654	15.5	−7.2
		Edward Grieves Dunn	Democrat	408	1.0	N/A
General Election, 1983 ^[17] Electorate: 61,924 Turnout: 40,996 (66.2%) −5.0	Labour hold Majority: 6,402 (15.6%) −10.5 Swing: 3.3% from Lab to Con	David Clark	Labour	19,055	46.5	−10.6
		P.J. Groves	Conservative	15,551	30.1	−0.1
		P.J. Angus	Social Democratic	9,288	22.7	+10.7
General Election, 1979 ^[18] Electorate: 70,566 Turnout: 50,229 (71.2%) +6.5	Labour hold Majority: 13,124 (26.1%) −5.4 Swing: 2.7% from Lab to Con	David Clark	Labour	28,675	57.0	+0.7
		R. Booth	Conservative	15,551	31.0	+6.1
		L. Monger	Liberal	6,003	12.0	−5.3
General Election, October 1974 ^[19] Electorate: 72,584 Turnout: 46,976 (64.7%) −6.9	Labour hold Majority: 14,825 (31.6%) +8.2 Swing: 4.1% from Con to Lab	Arthur Blenkinsop	Labour	26,492	56.4	−3.4
		N. S. Smith	Conservative	11,667	24.8	−11.6
		L. Garbutt	Liberal	8,106	17.3	N/A
		W. Owen	National Front	711	1.5	−2.5
General Election, February 1974 ^[20] Electorate: 71,895 Turnout: 51,452 (71.6%) +4.8	Labour hold Majority: 11,986 (23.3%) +3.0 Swing: 1.5% from Con to Lab	Arthur Blenkinsop	Labour	30,740	58.8	+0.4
		S. Smith	Conservative	18,754	36.4	−3.4
		W. Owen	National Front	1,958	3.8	N/A
General Election, 1970 ^[21] Electorate: 75,129 Turnout: 50,151 (66.8%) −1.7	Labour hold Majority: 10,231 (20.4%) −9.0 Swing: 4.5% from Lab to Con	Arthur Blenkinsop	Labour	30,191	60.2	−4.5
		J. McKee	Conservative	19,960	39.8	+4.5

Elections 1945–1966

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election, 1966 ^[22] Electorate: 71,578 Turnout: 49,169 (68.7%) −5.4	Labour hold Majority: 14,489 (29.5%) +4.7 Swing: 2.4% from Con to Lab	Arthur Blenkinsop	Labour	31,829	64.7	+9.6
		C. M. Dallas	Conservative	17,340	35.3	+4.9
General Election, 1964 ^[22] Electorate: 72,697 Turnout: 53,875 (74.1%) −0.3	Labour hold Majority: 13,350 (24.8%) +8.9 Swing: 4.5% from Con to Lab	Arthur Blenkinsop	Labour	29,694	55.1	−2.8
		J. Chalmers	Conservative	16,344	30.3	−11.7
		T. H. C. Wardlaw	Liberal	7,837	14.6	N/A
General Election, 1959 ^[23] Electorate: 75,538 Turnout: 56,215 (74.4%) −2.8	Labour hold Majority: 8,939 (15.9%) −3.4 Swing: 1.7% from Lab to Con	James Chuter Ede	Labour	32,577	58.0	−1.7
		J. Chalmers	Conservative	23,638	42.0	+1.7
General Election, 1955 ^[24] Electorate: 74,340 Turnout: 53,216 (71.6%) −9.3	Labour hold Majority: 10,252 (19.3%) −3.0 Swing: 1.5% from Lab to Con	James Chuter Ede	Labour	31,734	59.6	+3.7
		J. Chalmers	Conservative	21,482	40.4	+6.9
General Election, 1951 ^[25] Electorate: 74,657 Turnout: 60,111 (80.5%) −1.2	Labour hold Majority: 13,425 (22.3%) −7.3 Swing: 3.7% from Lab to Con	James Chuter Ede	Labour	33,633	56.0	+0.6
		J. Chalmers	Conservative	20,208	33.6	+6.8
		C. J. Kitchell	Liberal	6,270	10.4	−5.5
General Election, 1950 ^[23] Electorate: 72,463 Turnout: 59,210 (81.7%) +8.6	Labour hold Majority: 17,555 (29.7%) +10.8 Swing: 5.4% from Con to Lab	James Chuter Ede	Labour	33,452	56.5	−2.9
		John Chalmers	Conservative	15,897	28.9	−13.7
		John George	Liberal	9,446	16.0	N/A
		F. O. Smith	Communist	415	0.7	N/A
General Election, 1945 ^[26] Electorate: 51,599 Turnout: 37,706 (73.1%) −0.3	Labour hold Majority: 7,114 (18.9%) +12.6	James Chuter Ede	Labour	22,410	59.4	+11.3
	Labour hold Majority: 7,114 (18.9%) +12.6	D. M. Parry	Liberal National	15,296	40.6

Elections in the 1930s

Chuter Ede

General Election 1935: South Shields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Chuter Ede	22,031	48.16
	Liberal	Harcourt Johnstone	12,932	29.27
	National Labour	Frederick Burden	10,784	23.57
Majority			9,099	19.89
Turnout				72.79
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1931: South Shields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harcourt Johnstone	30,528	59.81
	Labour	James Chuter Ede	20,512	40.19
Majority			10,016	19.62
Turnout				80.13
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Chuter Ede	18,938	42.2	+0.1
	Liberal	Hon. Harold Burge Robson	18,898	42.0
	Unionist	William Nunn	7,110	15.8	n/a
Majority			40	0.2
Turnout				72.9	-2.4
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1924^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Harney	23,171	57.9
	Labour	William Lawther	16,852	42.1
Majority			6,319	15.8
Turnout				75.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1923^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Harney	22,912	59.3	+19.5
	Labour	William Lawther	15,717	40.7	+1.0
Majority			7,195	18.6	+18.5
Turnout				73.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.5

General Election 1922^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Harney	15,760	39.8	n/a
	Labour	William Lawther	15,735	39.7	+14.9
	National Liberal	Joseph Havelock Wilson	8,121	20.5	-54.7
Majority			25	0.1	50.5
Turnout				76.2	+24.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

Havelock Wilson

General Election 1918^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Havelock Wilson	19,514	75.2	N/A
	Labour	George John Rowe	6,425	24.8	N/A
Majority			13,089	50.4	N/A
Turnout				51.3	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

endorsed by Coalition government

South Shields by-election, 1918
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Havelock Wilson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

South Shields by-election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cecil Cochrane	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Russell Rea

General Election December 1910 South Shields^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Russell Rea	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

South Shields by-election, 1910^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Russell Rea	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General Election January 1910 South Shields^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir William Snowdon Robson	9,090	65.2	-8.7
	Liberal Unionist	Roland Edmund Lomax Vaughan Williams	4,854	34.8	+8.7
Majority					-17.4
Turnout				76.1	+3.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.7

Elections in the 1900s

William Robson

General Election 1906 South Shields^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir William Snowdon Robson	9,717	73.9
	Liberal Unionist	A R Chamberlayne	3,431	26.1
Majority			6,286	47.8	+19.2
Turnout				72.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1900 South Shields^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Snowdon Robson	7,417	64.3
	Conservative	R Readhead	4,119	35.7
Majority			3,298	28.6
Turnout				72.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

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