Blaydon and Consett | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Blaydon and Consett in the North East England | |
County | County Durham/Tyne and Wear |
Electorate | 70,847 (2024) |
Major settlements | Consett, Blaydon, Ryton, Benfieldside |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Liz Twist (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Blaydon and Consett is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Created as a result of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election and is currently held by Liz Twist of the Labour Party, who previously represented the abolished Blaydon constituency from 2017 to 2024. [2]
The constituency crosses the boundary of the ceremonial counties of Durham and Tyne and Wear and is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises approximately half the electorate of each of the abolished constituencies of Blaydon and North West Durham [4] and includes the following communities:
Blaydon and North West Durham prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Liz Twist | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Liz Twist | 21,160 | 50.1 | +6.1 | |
Reform UK | David Ayre | 10,007 | 23.7 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | Angela Sterling | 6,052 | 14.3 | −20.6 | |
Green | Richard Simpson | 2,589 | 6.1 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vicky Anderson | 2,273 | 5.4 | +0.8 | |
SDP | Paul Topping | 135 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,153 | 26.4 | |||
Turnout | 42,216 | 59.9 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |