Blaydon | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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 |
1918–2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Chester-le-Street and Hexham |
Replaced by |
Blaydon was a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons from 2017 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Liz Twist of the Labour Party. [n 2]
The seat was a safe seat for the Labour Party from 1935 until its abolition.
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.
By 2024, the economy was supported by engineering and service industries on Tyneside, and agriculture.[ citation needed ] It also included the Metrocentre, the second-largest shopping centre in the UK.
The constituency was on the western upland outskirts of Gateshead and with communities separated by green buffers. It comprised the towns of Blaydon, Whickham, Ryton, Birtley and surrounding villages in the south and west of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.
Blaydon was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election when Blaydon, Ryton and Whickham were split off from the existing Chester-le-Street seat. Tanfield was added from the abolished constituency of North West Durham.
Tanfield transferred to Consett.
The communities of Birtley and Lamesley were transferred in from the abolished constituency of Chester-le-Street. Lost small area in the east of the seat to the new constituency of Tyne Bridge.
Minor changes resulting from the redrawing of ward boundaries in Gateshead Borough and abolition of Tyne Bridge.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed to three new constituencies: [8]
Election | Member [9] | Whip | |
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1918 | Walter Waring | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | William Whiteley | Labour | |
1931 | Thomas Martin | Conservative | |
1935 | William Whiteley | Labour | |
1956 by-election | Robert Woof | Labour | |
1979 | John McWilliam | Labour | |
2005 | David Anderson | Labour | |
2017 | Liz Twist | Labour | |
2024 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | National Liberal | Walter Waring | 9,937 | 52.8 | |
Labour | William Whiteley | 7,844 | 41.6 | ||
Liberal | Thomas George Graham | 1,064 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 2,093 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 18,845 | 57.4 | |||
National Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Whiteley | 14,722 | 53.9 | +12.3 | |
Unionist | Sir Frank Robert Simpson, 1st Baronet | 7,963 | 29.2 | New | |
National Liberal | Frederick William Cook | 4,606 | 16.9 | −35.9 | |
Majority | 6,759 | 24.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27,291 | 77.0 | +19.6 | ||
Registered electors | 35,434 | ||||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 22,197 | 62.1 | −14.9 | ||
Registered electors | 35,764 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whiteley | 17,670 | 62.6 | −5.3 | |
Unionist | George Denson | 10,549 | 37.4 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 7,121 | 25.2 | −10.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,219 | 77.0 | +14.9 | ||
Registered electors | 36,646 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | New | |
Majority | 13,374 | 37.3 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 35,946 | 79.5 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 45,204 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Martin | 18,927 | 50.66 | ||
Labour | William Whiteley | 18,431 | 49.34 | ||
Majority | 496 | 1.32 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,358 | 80.95 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whiteley | 24,148 | 62.29 | ||
Conservative | Charles Edwin Vickery | 14,622 | 37.71 | ||
Majority | 9,526 | 24.58 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,770 | 80.76 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whiteley | 29,931 | 71.65 | ||
Conservative | Edward Charles Peake | 11,842 | 28.35 | ||
Majority | 18,089 | 43.30 | |||
Turnout | 41,773 | 79.70 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Whiteley | 28,343 | 68.94 | ||
Conservative | Leslie Frances Lawson | 12,772 | 31.06 | ||
Majority | 15,571 | 37.88 | |||
Turnout | 41,115 | 87.46 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Whiteley | 28,337 | 68.18 | ||
Conservative | Charles Percy Lawler Satchwell | 13,223 | 31.82 | ||
Majority | 15,114 | 36.36 | |||
Turnout | 41,560 | 87.60 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Whiteley | 25,273 | 66.47 | ||
Conservative | John Morley Reay-Smith | 12,750 | 33.53 | ||
Majority | 12,523 | 32.94 | |||
Turnout | 38,023 | 80.66 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Woof | 18,791 | 69.94 | +3.47 | |
Conservative | John Morley Reay-Smith | 8,077 | 30.06 | −3.47 | |
Majority | 10,714 | 39.88 | +6.94 | ||
Turnout | 26,868 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Woof | 25,969 | 65.43 | ||
Conservative | Godfrey William Iredell | 13,719 | 34.57 | ||
Majority | 12,250 | 30.86 | |||
Turnout | 39,688 | 82.94 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Woof | 25,926 | 66.72 | ||
Conservative | Neville Cooper Bailey | 12,932 | 33.28 | ||
Majority | 12,994 | 33.44 | |||
Turnout | 38,858 | 80.01 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Woof | 26,629 | 69.21 | ||
Conservative | Bernard Bligh | 11,849 | 30.79 | ||
Majority | 14,780 | 38.42 | |||
Turnout | 38,478 | 77.45 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Woof | 25,724 | 64.88 | ||
Conservative | Norman H. D'Aguiar | 13,926 | 35.12 | ||
Majority | 11,798 | 29.76 | |||
Turnout | 39,650 | 72.30 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Woof | 22,279 | 58.65 | ||
Conservative | A.A. Craig | 15,705 | 41.35 | ||
Majority | 6,574 | 17.30 | |||
Turnout | 37,984 | 67.25 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Woof | 23,743 | 57.27 | ||
Conservative | A.A. Craig | 10,277 | 24.79 | ||
Liberal | Paul Barker | 7,439 | 17.94 | New | |
Majority | 13,466 | 32.48 | |||
Turnout | 41,409 | 69.20 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John McWilliam | 24,687 | 53.40 | ||
Conservative | T. Middleton | 16,178 | 35.00 | ||
Liberal | David Hutton | 5,364 | 11.60 | ||
Majority | 8,509 | 18.40 | |||
Turnout | 46,229 | 79.07 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McWilliam | 21,285 | 44.4 | −9.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Williams | 14,063 | 29.3 | −5.7 | |
SDP | Maurice Carr | 12,607 | 26.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,222 | 15.1 | −3.3 | ||
Turnout | 47,955 | 73.2 | −5.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McWilliam | 25,277 | 50.3 | +5.9 | |
SDP | Paul Nunn | 12,789 | 25.5 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Pescod | 12,147 | 24.2 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 12,488 | 24.8 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 50,213 | 75.7 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McWilliam | 27,028 | 52.7 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Pescod | 13,685 | 26.7 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McWilliam | 27,535 | 60.0 | +7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter J. Maughan | 10,930 | 23.8 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Mark A. Watson | 6,048 | 13.2 | −13.5 | |
Independent | Richard J. Rook | 1,412 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 16,605 | 36.2 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,925 | 71.0 | −6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John McWilliam | 20,340 | 54.8 | −5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter J. Maughan | 12,531 | 33.8 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Mark A. Watson | 4,215 | 11.4 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 7,809 | 21.0 | −15.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,086 | 57.4 | −13.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Anderson | 20,120 | 51.5 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter J. Maughan | 14,785 | 37.9 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Luckhurst | 3,129 | 8.0 | −3.4 | |
UKIP | Norman R. Endacott | 1,019 | 2.6 | New | |
Majority | 5,335 | 13.7 | −7.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,053 | 62.6 | +5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Anderson | 22,297 | 49.6 | −1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Bradbury | 13,180 | 29.3 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | Glenn Hall | 7,159 | 15.9 | +7.9 | |
BNP | Keith McFarlane | 2,277 | 5.1 | New | |
Majority | 9,117 | 20.3 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,913 | 66.2 | +4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Anderson | 22,090 | 49.2 | −0.6 | |
UKIP | Mark Bell | 7,863 | 17.5 | New | |
Conservative | Alison Griffiths | 7,838 | 17.4 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Wallace | 5,497 | 12.2 | −17.1 | |
Green | Paul McNally [22] | 1,648 | 3.7 | New | |
Majority | 14,227 | 31.7 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,936 | 66.2 | 0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Liz Twist | 26,979 | 56.1 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Tom Smith | 13,502 | 28.1 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Wallace | 4,366 | 9.1 | −3.1 | |
UKIP | Ray Tolley | 2,459 | 5.1 | −12.4 | |
Green | Paul McNally | 583 | 1.2 | −2.5 | |
Libertarian | Michael Marchetti [25] | 114 | 0.2 | New | |
Space Navies Party | Lisabela Marschild | 81 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 13,477 | 28.0 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 48,084 | 70.2 | +4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.85 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Twist | 19,794 | 43.3 | −12.8 | |
Conservative | Adrian Pepper | 14,263 | 31.2 | +3.1 | |
Brexit Party | Michael Robinson | 5,833 | 12.8 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Vicky Anderson | 3,703 | 8.1 | −1.0 | |
Green | Diane Cadman | 1,279 | 2.8 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Kathy King | 615 | 1.3 | New | |
Space Navies Party | Lisabela Marschild | 118 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Lee Garrett | 76 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 5,531 | 12.1 | −15.9 | ||
Turnout | 45,681 | 67.3 | −2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.0 |
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