North Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 55°00′29″N 1°32′46″W / 55.008°N 1.546°W / 55.008; -1.546

North Tyneside
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear for the 2010 general election.
Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County	Tyne and Wear
Electorate	78,617 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Mary Glindon (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Tynemouth and Wallsend
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

North Tyneside is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Mary Glindon of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

This seat was represented from its creation in 1997 by Stephen Byers of the Labour Party, who before that election represented the abolished seat of Wallsend from 1992. Byers stood down at the 2010 general election and his party selected local councillor Mary Glindon as their new candidate for the general election, which she won with a majority of 12,884.

Constituency profile

This constituency forms north-east suburbs to the largest city in the region, Newcastle. At the end of 2010 unemployment still reflected a slightly less strong economy than in the city's shipbuilding heyday and stood in this seat alone at 5.7% by claimant count, compared to a regional average of 5.5%, significantly lower than South Shields's 7.7%. As to the male only claimant total, this amounted to 7.8%, just part of a significant region-wide disparity but significantly lower than Middlesbrough's 12.8%, however both sets of figures were a little higher than the national average — Greater London saw an average of 4.1% and for men a proportion of 4.9%.^[2]

Boundaries

1997-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside wards of Battle Hill, Benton, Camperdown, Holystone, Howdon, Longbenton, Riverside, Valley, and Weetslade.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside wards of Battle Hill, Benton, Camperdown, Howdon, Killingworth, Longbenton, Northumberland, Riverside, Wallsend, and Weetslade.

The seat contains Wallsend, which has been moved from Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend. As a consequence of 2010 changes, Newcastle East becomes a constituency in its own right.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[3]	Party	Notes
	1997	Stephen Byers	Labour	Former Councillor for the Howdon Ward until his election in 1992.
	2010	Mary Glindon	Labour	Former Councillor for the Battle Hill Ward until her election in 2010.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: North Tyneside^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Glindon	26,191	55.9	+5.3
	Conservative	Martin Terence McGann	8,997	19.2	+0.9
	UKIP	Scott Alan Hartley^[5]	7,618	16.3	+13.5
	Liberal Democrat	John Christopher Appleby	2,075	4.4	-18.5
	Green	Martin William Collins	1,442	3.1	+3.1
	TUSC	Tim Wall	304	0.6	+0.6
	National Front	Bob Batten	191	0.4	-0.9
Majority			17,194	36.7
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

2010: At this election Mary Glindon was Councillor for Battle Hill Ward, David Ord was Councillor for Northumberland Ward and Gagan Mohindra was District Councillor in Epping Forest, Essex.

General Election 2010: North Tyneside^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Glindon	23,505	50.7	−8.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Ord	10,621	22.9	+0.9
	Conservative	Gagan Mohindra	8,514	18.3	−0.3
	BNP	John Burrows	1,860	4.0	N/A
	UKIP	Claudia Blake	1,306	2.8	N/A
	National Front	Bob Batten	599	1.3	N/A
Majority			12,884	27.8
Turnout			46,405	59.7	+4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.8

Elections in the 2000s

2005: Duncan McLellan was Councillor for Weetslade Ward 2005-2012.

General Election 2005: North Tyneside^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Byers	22,882	61.9	−7.6
	Conservative	Duncan McLellan	7,845	21.2	+6.6
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Ferguson	6,212	16.8	+4.4
Majority			15,037	40.7
Turnout			36,939	57.2	−0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.1

General Election 2001: North Tyneside^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Byers	26,027	69.5	−3.3
	Conservative	Mark Ruffell	5,459	14.6	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Reed	4,649	12.4	+1.9
	UKIP	Alan Taylor	770	2.1	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Pete Burnett	324	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Kenneth Capstick	240	0.6	N/A
Majority			20,568	54.9
Turnout			37,469	57.7	−10.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

1997: Michael McIntyre was Councillor for Whitley Bay Ward 1992-2012.

General Election 1997: North Tyneside^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Byers	32,810	72.7	N/A
	Conservative	Michael McIntyre	6,167	13.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Tommy Mulvenna	4,762	10.6	N/A
	Referendum	Michael Rollings	1,382	3.1	N/A
Majority			26,643	59.0	N/A
Turnout				67.9	N/A

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

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/tynesidenorth/
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/pls/portal/NTC_PSCM.PSCM_Web.download?p_ID=514458
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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

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

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