Gateshead (UK Parliament constituency)

Gateshead
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Gateshead in Tyne and Wearfor the 2010 general election
Location of Tyne and Wear within England
County	Tyne and Wear
Electorate	66,066 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements	Gateshead
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Ian Mearns (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Gateshead East and Washington West, and Tyne Bridge
Replaced by	Gateshead Central and Whickham
1832–1950
Seats	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	County Durham
Replaced by	Gateshead East and Gateshead West

Gateshead is a constituency ^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since it was re-established in 2010 by Ian Mearns of the Labour Party. ^{[n 2]}

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes, losing the Felling, and Windy Nook and Whitehills wards to Jarrow (to be renamed Jarrow and Gateshead East) and gaining from the (to be abolished) constituency of Blaydon three wards which incorporate the community of Whickham. Accordingly, it will be renamed Gateshead Central and Whickham , to be first contested at the next general election. ^[2]

History

First creation

The seat was first created by the Reform Act 1832 as a single-member parliamentary borough. ^[3] It was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election and split into Gateshead East and Gateshead West. ^[4]

Revival

As a result of the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2010 general election, combining over half of the electorates of both of the abolished constituencies of Gateshead East and Washington West, and Tyne Bridge.

Boundaries

Map of present boundaries

1832-1918

Under the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, the contents of the borough were defined as the Parish of Gateshead and part of the Chapelry of Heworth in the Parish of Jarrow. ^[5]

See map on Vision of Britain website. ^[6]

1918-1950

• The County Borough of Gateshead. ^[7]

No change to boundaries.

2010–present

• The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead wards of Bridges, Chowdene, Deckham, Dunston and Teams, Felling, High Fell, Lobley Hill and Bensham, Low Fell, Saltwell, and Windy Nook and Whitehills. ^[8]

Constituency profile

Under the current boundaries, the constituency is overwhelmingly White, and working-class; with 95% of its electorate identifying as White British and being in the top decile of constituencies for routine work. The area's politics are influenced by these demographics; with the exception of Low Fell, all of the wards that make up the constituency are safely Labour areas, and the constituency voted overwhelmingly to leave the European Union, like the borough as a whole.

Members of Parliament

Among famous representatives are James Melville KC who was Solicitor General for England and Wales before he died, while holding the seat, and international statesman Konni Zilliacus who assisted in creating peaceful bilateral relations during the Cold War, including though work at the United Nations.

MPs 1832–1950

Election		Member [9]	Party
	1832	Cuthbert Rippon	Radical [10] [11] [12]
	1841	Sir William Hutt	Radical [13] [14]
	1859		Liberal
	1874	Walter James	Liberal
	1893	Sir William Allan	Liberal
	1904	John Johnson	Liberal
	1910	Sir Harold Elverston	Liberal
	1918	Herbert Surtees	Coalition Conservative
	1922	John Brotherton	Labour
	1923	John Dickie	Liberal
	1924	John Beckett	Labour
	1929	Sir James Melville	Labour
	1931	Herbert Evans	Labour
	1931	Thomas Magnay	National Liberal
	1945	Konni Zilliacus	Labour (1945–49) Labour Independent Group (1949) Independent Labour (1949–50)
	1950	constituency abolished

MPs since 2010

Election		Member [9]	Party
	2010	Ian Mearns	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Gateshead ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Mearns	20,450	53.6	-11.5
	Conservative	Jane MacBean	13,250	34.7	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Maughan	2,792	7.3	+3.2
	Green	Rachael Cabral	1,653	4.3	+2.8
Majority			7,200	18.9	-22.3
Turnout			38,145	59.2	-5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.2

General election 2017: Gateshead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Mearns	27,426	65.1	+8.3
	Conservative	Lauren Hankinson	10,076	23.9	+9.4
	UKIP	Mark Bell	2,281	5.4	-12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Hindle	1,709	4.1	-2.7
	Green	Andy Redfern	611	1.5	-2.6
Majority			17,350	41.2	+2.2
Turnout			42,103	64.6	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

General election 2015: Gateshead ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Mearns	21,549	56.8	+2.7
	UKIP	John Tennant	6,765	17.8	+14.9
	Conservative	Thomas Smith	5,502	14.5	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Hindle	2,585	6.8	−14.5
	Green	Andy Redfern [17]	1,548	4.1	+3.1
Majority			14,784	39.0	+6.2
Turnout			37,949	59.4	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2010: Gateshead ^{[18] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Mearns	20,712	54.1	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Hindle	8,163	21.3	+0.6
	Conservative	Hazel Anderson	5,716	14.9	+4.8
	BNP	Kevin Scott	1,787	4.7	+1.6
	UKIP	John Tennant	1,103	2.9	−0.4
	Green	Andy Redfern	379	1.0	New
	TUSC	Elaine Brunskill	266	0.7	New
	Christian	David Walton	131	0.3	New
Majority			12,549	32.8	-7.9
Turnout			38,257	57.5	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Gateshead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Konni Zilliacus	36,736	67.5	+20.2
	National Liberal	Thomas Magnay	17,719	32.5	-20.2
Majority			19,017	35.0	N/A
Turnout			54,455	76.0	+1.3
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Gateshead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Thomas Magnay	28,772	52.72
	Labour	James Wilson	25,804	47.28
Majority			2,968	5.44
Turnout			54,576	74.68
	National Liberal hold		Swing

General election 1931: Gateshead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Thomas Magnay	34,764	60.09
	Labour	Ernest Bevin	21,826	37.73
	New Party	John Stuart Barr	1,077	1.86	New
	National Labour	John Fennell	187	0.32	New
Majority			12,938	22.36	N/A
Turnout			57,314	78.32
	National Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Conservative candidate Charles White withdrew on 15 October 1931. Barr and Fennell also withdrew, but their names remained on the ballot paper.

1931 Gateshead by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Evans	22,893	51.6	−1.0
	Conservative	Cuthbert Headlam	21,501	48.4	+26.9
Majority			1,392	3.2	−27.9
Turnout			44,394	60.8	−13.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Sir James Melville died on 1 May 1931, leading to a by-election on 8 June. The winner of the by-election, Herbert Evans, himself died on 7 October, the day parliament was dissolved for the 1931 general election.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Gateshead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Melville	28,393	52.6	+2.4
	Unionist	Ian Orr-Ewing	11,644	21.5	-8.7
	Liberal	John Fennell	10,314	19.1	-0.5
	Independent Liberal	John Leonard Watson	3,688	6.8	New
Majority			16,749	31.1	+11.1
Turnout			54,039	73.9	-8.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.5

General election 1924: Gateshead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Beckett	23,514	50.2	+9.1
	Unionist	Hilton Philipson	14,178	30.2	+14.0
	Liberal	John Dickie	9,185	19.6	-23.1
Majority			9,336	20.0	N/A
Turnout			46,877	82.7	+9.5
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	-2.5

General election 1923: Gateshead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dickie	17,344	42.7	+17.8
	Labour	John Brotherton	16,689	41.1	-2.7
	Unionist	George Francis Stephen Christie	6,592	16.2	-15.1
Majority			355	1.6	N/A
Turnout			40,625	73.2	-5.2
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+10.3

General election 1922: Gateshead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Brotherton	18,795	43.8	+20.0
	Unionist	Herbert Surtees	13,424	31.3	-25.6
	Liberal	John Dickie	10,679	24.9	+5.6
Majority			5,371	12.5	N/A
Turnout			42,898	78.4	+23.8
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+22.8

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Gateshead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Herbert Surtees	17,215	56.9	+17.9
	Labour	John Brotherton	7,212	23.8	New
	Liberal	Harold Elverston	5,833	19.3	-41.7
Majority			10,003	33.1	N/A
Turnout			30,260	54.6	-20.5
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General election December 1910: Gateshead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Elverston	8,763	61.0	+20.3
	Conservative	Herbert Surtees	5,608	39.0	+1.1
Majority			3,155	22.0	+19.2
Turnout			14,371	75.1	-12.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

John Johnson

General election January 1910: Gateshead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Elverston	6,800	40.7	+40.7
	Liberal Unionist	Nicholas Grattan-Doyle	6,323	37.9	+3.2
	Labour	John Johnson	3,572	21.4	-43.9
Majority			477	2.8	-27.8
Turnout			16,695	87.2	+7.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+42.3

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Gateshead ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	John Johnson	9,651	65.3	+11.5
	Liberal Unionist	Theodore Angier	5,126	34.7	−11.5
Majority			4,525	30.6	+23.0
Turnout			14,777	79.4	+5.1
Registered electors			18,614
	Lib-Lab hold		Swing	+11.5

Morpeth

1904 Gateshead by-election ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	John Johnson	8,220	54.0	+0.2
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Howard	7,015	46.0	−0.2
Majority			1,205	8.0	+0.4
Turnout			15,235	84.9	+10.6
Registered electors			17,951
	Lib-Lab hold		Swing	+0.2

Allan

General election 1900: Gateshead ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Allan	6,657	53.8	+1.8
	Liberal Unionist	John Sherburn	5,711	46.2	−1.8
Majority			946	7.6	+3.6
Turnout			12,368	74.3	−7.7
Registered electors			16,635
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.8

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Gateshead ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Allan	6,137	52.0	+0.6
	Liberal Unionist	J. Lucas	5,654	48.0	−0.5
Majority			483	4.0	+1.1
Turnout			11,791	82.0	+5.6
Registered electors			14,383
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

By-election, 1893: Gateshead ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Allan	6,434	53.6	+2.2
	Liberal Unionist	Pandeli Ralli	5,566	46.4	−2.1
Majority			868	7.2	+4.3
Turnout			12,000	85.2	+8.8
Registered electors			14,090
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.2

• Caused by James' succession to the peerage as Lord Northbourne.

General election 1892: Gateshead ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter James	5,336	51.4	N/A
	Liberal Unionist	Pandeli Ralli	5,043	48.5	New
Majority			293	2.9	N/A
Turnout			10,379	76.4	N/A
Registered electors			13,581
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Gateshead ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter James	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

General election 1885: Gateshead ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter James	5,756	65.6	−12.9
	Conservative	James Henry Bottomley [21]	3,024	34.4	+12.9
Majority			2,732	31.2	−25.8
Turnout			8,780	66.5	+3.1
Registered electors			13,206
	Liberal hold		Swing	−12.9

General election 1880: Gateshead ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter James	5,749	78.5	+3.4
	Conservative	Gainsford Bruce [23]	1,570	21.5	−3.2
Majority			4,179	57.0	+6.6
Turnout			7,319	63.4	+5.6
Registered electors			11,551
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Gateshead ^{[22] [24]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter James	4,250	75.1	+11.6
	Conservative	Richard Forster	1,396	24.7	New
	Independent Liberal	William Arbuthnot [25]	12	0.2	−36.3
Majority			2,854	50.4	+23.4
Turnout			5,658	57.8	−11.2
Registered electors			9,782
	Liberal hold		Swing	+24.0

• Arbuthnot retired from the race the day before polling. ^[26]

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Gateshead ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Hutt	2,442	63.5	N/A
	Independent Liberal	William Arbuthnot [27]	1,406	36.5	New
Majority			1,036	27.0	N/A
Turnout			3,848	69.0	N/A
Registered electors			5,578
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1865: Gateshead ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Hutt	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,165
	Liberal hold

By-election, 13 February 1860: Gateshead ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Hutt	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

• Caused by Hutt's appointment as Vice-President of the Board of Trade.

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Gateshead ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Hutt	Unopposed
Registered electors			913
	Liberal hold

General election 1857: Gateshead ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	William Hutt	Unopposed
Registered electors			895
	Radical hold

General election 1852: Gateshead ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	William Hutt	270	45.3	N/A
	Conservative	Adolphus Frederick Octavius Liddell [28]	190	31.9	New
	Independent Liberal	Ralph Walters [29] [30]	136	22.8	New
Majority			80	13.4	N/A
Turnout			596	83.8	N/A
Registered electors			711
	Radical hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Gateshead ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	William Hutt	Unopposed
Registered electors			656
	Radical hold

General election 1841: Gateshead ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	William Hutt	Unopposed
Registered electors			554
	Radical hold

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Gateshead ^{[22] [31]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Radical	Cuthbert Rippon	236	61.0
	Radical	John William Williamson	151	39.0
Majority			85	22.0
Turnout			387	72.5
Registered electors			534
	Radical hold

General election 1835: Gateshead ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Radical	Cuthbert Rippon	Unopposed
Registered electors			506
	Radical hold

General election 1832: Gateshead ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Radical	Cuthbert Rippon	Unopposed
Registered electors			454
	Radical win (new seat)

See also

• 1931 Gateshead by-election
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Tyne and Wear
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham

Notes

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

References

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General

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.

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