Wallsend (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°59′28″N 1°31′59″W / 54.991°N 1.533°W / 54.991; -1.533

Wallsend
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	1918–1974: Northumberland 1974–1997: Tyne and Wear
1918–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend and North Tyneside
Created from	Tyneside

Wallsend was a parliamentary constituency centred on Wallsend, a town on the north bank of the River Tyne in North Tyneside.

It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

It was partly replaced by the new Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency and North Tyneside constituency.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Wallsend, and the Urban Districts of Gosforth, Longbenton, and Weetslade.

1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Wallsend, and the Urban Districts of Gosforth and Longbenton.

1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside wards of Battle Hill, Benton, Camperdown, Holystone, Howdon, Longbenton, Northumberland, Valley, Wallsend, and Weetslade.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party
1918	Matthew Turnbull Simm	National Democratic
1922	Sir Patrick Hastings	Labour
1926 by-election	Margaret Bondfield	Labour
1931	Irene Ward	Conservative
1945	John McKay	Labour
1964	Ted Garrett	Labour
1992	Stephen Byers	Labour
1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Robertson

General Election 1918: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes
	National Democratic	Matthew Simm	10,246
	Labour	John Chapman	6,835
	Liberal	J. M. Robertson	3,047
Majority			3,411
Turnout
	National Democratic win

endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Patrick Hastings	14,248
	Unionist	Christopher Lowther	11,425
	Liberal	Thomas George Graham	2,908
	National Liberal	Matthew Simm	1,840
Majority			2,823
Turnout
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patrick Hastings	16,126	55.5
	Unionist	Christopher Lowther	12,950	44.5
Majority			3,176	11.0
Turnout			29,076
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Patrick Hastings	17,274
	Unionist	Sam Howard	15,672
Majority			1,602
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Margaret Bondfield

Wallsend by-election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Margaret Bondfield	18,866
	Unionist	Sam Howard	9,839
	Liberal	Aaron Curry	4,000
Majority			9,027
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Margaret Bondfield	20,057	49.5
	Unionist	Walter Waring	12,952	31.9
	Liberal	Samuel Phillips	6,790	16.7
	Communist	Wal Hannington	744	1.8	n/a
Majority			7,105	17.7
Turnout				80.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Irene Ward	25,999	58.57
	Labour	Margaret Bondfield	18,393	41.43
Majority			7,606	17.13
Turnout				84.92
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1935: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Irene Ward	23,842	52.62
	Labour	Margaret Bondfield	21,462	47.37
Majority			2,379	5.25
Turnout				81.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John McKay	32,065	60.06
	Conservative	Irene Ward	21,319	39.94
Majority			10,746	20.13
Turnout				78.86
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John McKay	33,790	56.35
	Conservative	Dudley Fitz Mowbray Appleby	21,643	36.09
	Liberal	John William Craggs	4,532	7.56
Majority			12,147	20.26
Turnout				87.55
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John McKay	35,678	58.70
	Conservative	Gerald C. Crangle	25,099	41.30
Majority			10,579	17.41
Turnout				87.18
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John McKay	34,625	57.80
	Conservative	Brian Baird	25,275	42.20
Majority			9,350	15.61
Turnout				81.02
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John McKay	37,862	56.55
	Conservative	Brian Baird	29,096	43.45
Majority			8,766	13.09
Turnout				83.45
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ted Garrett	39,841	60.42
	Conservative	Brian Baird	26,096	39.58
Majority			13,745	20.85
Turnout				81.54
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ted Garrett	39,744	65.21
	Conservative	Peter Coles Price	21,205	34.79
Majority			18,539	30.42
Turnout				77.48
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ted Garrett	39,065	61.31
	Conservative	Earl M. White	24,650	38.69
Majority			14,415	22.62
Turnout				74.18
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ted Garrett	41,811	61.96
	Conservative	J. Chambers	24,564	36.40
	Workers Revolutionary	D. Temple	1,108	1.64
Majority			17,247	25.56
Turnout				75.49
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ted Garrett	37,180	58.11
	Conservative	J. Chambers	15,911	24.87
	Liberal	P. Hampton	10,453	16.34
	Workers Revolutionary	K. Flynn	435	0.68
Majority			21,269	33.24
Turnout				70.85
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ted Garrett	38,214	55.14
	Conservative	Liddell Johnston	21,695	31.30
	Liberal	P. Ryan	8,514	12.28
	National Front	Ian Hunter	472	0.68
	Workers Revolutionary	K. Flynn	412	0.59
Majority			16,519	23.83
Turnout				75.90
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ted Garrett	26,615	50.07
	Conservative	M. Leigh	14,101	26.00
	Social Democratic	J. Phylactou	13,522	24.93
Majority			12,514	23.07
Turnout				71.12
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ted Garrett	32,709	56.84
	Conservative	D. Milburn	13,325	23.16
	Social Democratic	J. Phylactou	11,508	20.00
Majority			19,384	33.7
Turnout			57,542	75.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Wallsend^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Byers	33,439	57.9	+1.0
	Conservative	M Gibbon	13,969	24.2	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Michael J. Huscroft	10,369	17.9	−2.1
Majority			19,470	33.7	+0.0
Turnout			57,777	74.1	−0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.0

Notes and references

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

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