Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°57′N 1°43′W / 54.950°N 1.717°W / 54.950; -1.717

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
Population	88,281 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	68,156 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Birtley, Blaydon, Rowlands Gill, Ryton and Whickham
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	David Anderson (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Blaydon is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by David Anderson of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

The seat has been a safe seat for the Labour Party since 1945.

Historically the area's economy relied on coal mining from the Victorian period until the decline of mining in the latter half of the 20th century.

Today the economy is supported by engineering and service industries on Tyneside, and agriculture.

The constituency is on the western upland outskirts of Gateshead and its communities are separated by green buffers.

Boundaries

The Blaydon seat comprises the towns of Blaydon, Whickham, Ryton, Birtley and surrounding villages in the south and west of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.

Boundary review

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

Birtley, Blaydon, Chopwell & Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook & Greenside, Dunston Hill & Whickham East, Lamesley, Ryton, Crookhill and Stella, Whickham North, Whickham South & Sunniside, and Winlaton & High Spen

Members of Parliament

Walter Waring

	Member^[3]	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 2015: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Anderson	22,090	49.2	-0.5
	UKIP	Mark Bell	7,863	17.5	+17.5
	Conservative	Alison Griffiths	7,838	17.4	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Wallace	5,497	12.2	-17.1
	Green	Paul McNally^[4]	1,648	3.7	+3.7
Majority			14,227	31.7	+11.4
Turnout			44,936	66.4	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Blaydon^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Anderson	22,297	49.6	−1.9
	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 J. Maughan	14,785	37.9	+4.1
	Conservative	Mrs. Dorothy Luckhurst	3,129	8.0	−3.4
	UKIP	Norman R. 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 J. Maughan	12,531	33.8	+10.0
	Conservative	Mark A. 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 David McWilliam	27,535	60.0
	Liberal Democrat	Peter J. Maughan	10,930	23.8
	Conservative	Mark A. Watson	6,048	13.2
	Independent	Richard J. Rook	1,412	3.1
Majority			16,605	36.1
Turnout			45,925	71.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Blaydon^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McWilliam	27,028	52.7	+2.3
	Conservative	Peter Richard Pescod	13,685	26.7	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Paul 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

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John David McWilliam	25,277	50.34
	Social Democratic	Paul Nunn	12,789	25.47
	Conservative	Peter Richard Pescod	12,147	24.19
Majority			12,488	24.87
Turnout				75.73
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McWilliam	21,285	44.39
	Conservative	A. Williams	14,063	29.33
	Social Democratic	M. Carr	12,607	26.29
Majority			7,222	15.06
Turnout				73.23
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McWilliam	24,687	53.40
	Conservative	T. Middleton	16,178	35.00
	Liberal	D. Hutton	5,364	11.60
Majority			8,509	18.41
Turnout				79.07
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Woof	23,743	57.27
	Conservative	A.A. Craig	10,277	24.79
	Liberal	P. Barker	7,439	17.94
Majority			13,466	32.48
Turnout				69.20
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Woof	22,279	58.65
	Conservative	A.A. Craig	15,705	41.35
Majority			6,574	17.31
Turnout				67.25
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Woof	25,724	64.88
	Conservative	N.H. D'Aguiar	13,926	35.12
Majority			11,798	29.76
Turnout				72.30
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Woof	26,629	69.21
	Conservative	B. Bligh	11,849	30.79
Majority			14,780	38.41
Turnout				77.45
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Woof	25,926	66.72
	Conservative	N.C. Bailey	12,932	33.28
Majority			12,994	33.44
Turnout				80.01
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Woof	25,969	65.43
	Conservative	G.W. Iredell	13,719	34.57
Majority			12,250	30.87
Turnout				82.94
	Labour hold		Swing

Blaydon by-election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Woof	18,791	69.9	+3.4
	Conservative	John Reay-Smith	8,077	30.1	-3.4
Majority			10,714	39.8
Turnout			26,868
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.4

General Election 1955: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Whiteley	25,273	66.47
	Conservative	John Reay-Smith	12,750	33.53
Majority			12,523	32.94
Turnout				80.66
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Whiteley	28,337	68.18
	Conservative	C.P.L. Satchwell	13,223	31.82
Majority			15,114	36.37
Turnout				87.60
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Whiteley	28,343	68.94
	Conservative	L.F. Lawson	12,772	31.06
Majority			15,571	37.87
Turnout				87.46
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Whiteley	29,931	71.65
	Conservative	E.C. Peake	11,842	28.35
Majority			18,089	43.30
Turnout				79.70
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Whiteley	24,148	62.29
	Conservative	Col. C.E. Vickery	14,622	37.71
Majority			9,526	24.57
Turnout				80.76
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1931: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Ballantyne Martin	18,927	50.66
	Labour	William Whiteley	18,431	49.34
Majority			496	1.33
Turnout				80.95
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Whiteley	21,221	59.1	-3.5
	Unionist	R. Charles White	7,847	21.8	-15.6
	Liberal	Thomas Magnay	6878	19.1	n/a
Majority			13,374	37.3	+12.1
Turnout				79.5	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

General Election 1924: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Whiteley
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Blaydon ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Whiteley	15,073	67.9	+14.0
	Unionist	George Denson	7,124	32.1	+2.9
Majority			7,949	35.8	+11.1
Turnout				62.1	-14.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.5

General Election 1922: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Whiteley
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1918: Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Blaydon: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
↑ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11728362.Greens_name_election_candidates/
↑ http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/council/ElectoralServices/Blaydon-StatementofPersonsNominatedNoticeofPoll.pdf
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49, FWS Craig

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Blaydon, presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics

Constituencies in North East England (29)

Labour (26)	Bishop Auckland Blaydon Blyth Valley City of Durham Darlington Easington Gateshead Hartlepool Houghton and Sunderland South Jarrow Middlesbrough Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Newcastle upon Tyne Central Newcastle upon Tyne East Newcastle upon Tyne North North Durham North Tyneside North West Durham Redcar Sedgefield South Shields Stockton North Sunderland Central Tynemouth Wansbeck Washington and Sunderland West

Conservative (3)	Berwick-upon-Tweed Hexham Stockton South

North East England European constituency: Labour (2) UKIP (1)

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