| Gateshead West | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Gateshead West in County Durham, boundaries 1974-83 | |
| County | County Durham |
| 1950–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Gateshead |
| Replaced by | Tyne Bridge and Gateshead East [1] |
Gateshead West was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Gateshead West, as could be inferred from the name, formed the western part of the Borough of Gateshead, now in Tyne and Wear. The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election when the existing Gateshead seat was split in two. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when the majority of the electorate was included in the new constituency of Tyne Bridge, which also included central areas of Newcastle upon Tyne. Remaining areas were transferred to Gateshead East.
It returned Labour MPs for the entire period of its existence.
The East Central and North East wards were transferred from Gateshead East.
Minor changes to reflect redistribution of local authority wards.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | John Hall | Labour | |
| 1955 by-election | Harry Randall | Labour | |
| 1970 | John Horam | Labour | |
| 1981 | SDP | ||
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Horam | 13,533 | 67.24 | ||
| Conservative | DR Kelly | 5,221 | 25.94 | ||
| Liberal | Frank Patterson | 1,185 | 5.89 | ||
| National Front | H Beadle | 186 | 0.92 | New | |
| Majority | 8,312 | 41.30 | |||
| Turnout | 20,125 | 69.31 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Horam | 13,859 | 68.61 | ||
| Conservative | P Brown | 4,432 | 21.94 | ||
| Liberal | K Stoddart | 1,909 | 9.45 | ||
| Majority | 9,427 | 46.67 | |||
| Turnout | 20,200 | 65.65 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Horam | 13,839 | 61.01 | ||
| Conservative | John Heddle | 5,372 | 23.68 | ||
| Liberal | J Bennison | 3,474 | 15.31 | New | |
| Majority | 8,467 | 37.33 | |||
| Turnout | 22,685 | 74.20 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Horam | 15,622 | 68.07 | ||
| Conservative | John O'Sullivan | 7,328 | 31.93 | ||
| Majority | 8,294 | 36.14 | |||
| Turnout | 22,950 | 66.59 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Randall | 20,381 | 74.77 | ||
| Conservative | Ernest Greenwood | 6,878 | 25.23 | ||
| Majority | 13,503 | 49.54 | |||
| Turnout | 27,259 | 70.11 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Randall | 21,390 | 68.97 | ||
| Conservative | Derek R Chapman | 9,623 | 31.03 | ||
| Majority | 11,767 | 37.94 | |||
| Turnout | 31,013 | 74.93 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Randall | 21,277 | 64.90 | ||
| Conservative | David A Wright | 11,509 | 35.10 | ||
| Majority | 9,768 | 29.80 | |||
| Turnout | 32,786 | 76.88 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Randall | 13,196 | 66.46 | +1.14 | |
| Conservative | David A Wright | 6,661 | 33.54 | -1.14 | |
| Majority | 6,535 | 32.92 | +2.28 | ||
| Turnout | 19,857 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Hall | 22,040 | 65.32 | ||
| Conservative | James Quigley | 11,071 | 34.68 | ||
| Majority | 10,339 | 30.64 | |||
| Turnout | 33,111 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Hall | 20,790 | 63.77 | ||
| National Liberal | John S Magnay | 11,811 | 36.23 | ||
| Majority | 8,979 | 27.54 | |||
| Turnout | 32,601 | 83.81 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Hall | 20,872 | 64.16 | ||
| National Liberal | John S Magnay | 11,660 | 35.84 | ||
| Majority | 9,212 | 28.32 | |||
| Turnout | 32,532 | 83.90 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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