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The ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear is divided into 12 Parliamentary constituencies. They are all Borough constituencies. As of the 2019 General Election, all are represented by the Labour Party (UK), the only county in the United Kingdom where this is the case.
| Constituency [nb 1] | Electorate [1] | Majority [2] [nb 2] | Member of Parliament [2] | Nearest opposition [2] | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaydon | 67,853 | 5,531 | Liz Twist | Adrian Pepper |  | ||
| Gateshead | 64,449 | 7,200 | Ian Mearns | Jane MacBean |  | ||
| Houghton and Sunderland South | 68,835 | 3,115 | Bridget Phillipson | Christopher Howarth |  | ||
| Jarrow | 65,103 | 7,120 | Kate Osborne | Nick Oliver |  | ||
| Newcastle upon Tyne Central | 57,845 | 12,278 | Chinyelu Onwurah | Emily Payne |  | ||
| Newcastle upon Tyne East | 63,796 | 15,463 | Nick Brown | Robin Gwynn |  | ||
| Newcastle upon Tyne North | 68,486 | 5,765 | Catherine McKinnell | Mark Lehain |  | ||
| North Tyneside | 78,902 | 9,561 | Mary Glindon | Dean Carroll |  | ||
| South Shields | 62,793 | 9,585 | Emma Lewell-Buck | Oni Oviri |  | ||
| Sunderland Central | 72,680 | 2,964 | Julie Elliott | Tom D'Silva |  | ||
| Tynemouth | 77,261 | 4,857 | Alan Campbell | Lewis Bartoli |  | ||
| Washington and Sunderland West | 66,278 | 3,723 | Sharon Hodgson | Valerie Allen |  | ||
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in Tyne and Wear from 13 to 12, leading to significant changes. The constituencies of Gateshead East and Washington West, Houghton and Washington East, Sunderland North, Sunderland South, and Tyne Bridge were abolished and replaced with Gateshead, Houghton and Sunderland South, Sunderland Central, and Washington and Sunderland West. Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend became Newcastle upon Tyne East.
| Former name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Current name | Boundaries 2010–present |
|---|---|---|---|
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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. [3]
The commission has proposed that Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside be combined with Northumberland as a sub-region of the North East Region, with the creation of two cross-county boundary constituencies. South Tyneside and Sunderland would be combined with County Durham, resulting in another two cross-county boundary constituencies, and Gateshead would be considered as a sub-division on its own. The constituencies of North Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne Central, Jarrow, Houghton and Sunderland South and Washington and Sunderland West would be abolished, and new or re-established constituencies of Newcastle upon Tyne West, Jarrow and Sunderland West, and Washington and Sunderland South West created. [4] [5] [6] The following seats are proposed:
Containing electoral wards from Gateshead
Containing electoral wards from Newcastle upon Tyne
Containing electoral wards from North Tyneside
Containing electoral wards from South Tyneside
Containing electoral wards from Sunderland
Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [7]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Tyne and Wear in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 247,317 | 47.8% |  13.0% | 12 | 0 |
| Conservative | 160,155 | 30.9% |  2.4% | 0 | 0 |
| Brexit | 47,142 | 9.1% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 36,417 | 7.0% | 3.0% | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 16,010 | 3.1% | 1.5% | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 10,504 | 2.0% | 3.0% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 517,545 | 100.0 | 12 |
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 31.3 | 27.6 | 28.8 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 17.4 | 21.4 | 20.3 | 28.5 | 30.9 |
| Labour | 45.4 | 53.6 | 57.1 | 67.1 | 62.9 | 55.8 | 48.7 | 52.1 | 60.8 | 47.8 |
| Liberal Democrat 1 | 23.3 | 18.6 | 13.7 | 11.8 | 16.6 | 23.2 | 21.7 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 7.0 |
| Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.6 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 3.1 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 1.8 | 17.3 | 4.7 | * |
| Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.1 |
| Other | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
11983 & 1987 - Alliance
* Included in Other
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Total | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Conservative Independent Labour
| Constituency | 1983 | 85 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 13 | 2015 | 2017 | 19 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaydon | McWilliam | Anderson | Twist | ||||||||||
| Gateshead East / Gd E & Washington W (1997) / Wn & Sunderland W (2010) | Conlan | Quin | Hodgson | ||||||||||
| Houghton and Washington / Hn & Wn E (1997) / Hn & Sunderland S (2010) | Boyes | Kemp | Phillipson | ||||||||||
| Jarrow | Dixon | Hepburn | → | Osborne | |||||||||
| Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Merchant | Cousins | Onwurah | ||||||||||
| Newcastle upon Tyne East (1983-1997, 2010-) / & Wallsend (1997-2010) | N. Brown | ||||||||||||
| Newcastle upon Tyne North | R. Brown | Henderson | McKinnell | ||||||||||
| Wallsend / North Tyneside (1997) | Garrett | Byers | Glindon | ||||||||||
| South Shields | Clark | Miliband | Lewell-Buck | ||||||||||
| Sunderland North / Sunderland Central (2010) | Clay | Etherington | Elliott | ||||||||||
| Tyne Bridge / Gateshead (2010) | Cowans | Clelland | Mearns | ||||||||||
| Tynemouth | Trotter | Campbell | |||||||||||
| Sunderland South | Bagier | Mullin | |||||||||||
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