Newcastle upon Tyne Central | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Tyne and Wear |
Electorate | 60,795 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Chi Onwurah (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Newcastle upon Tyne Central is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Chi Onwurah of the Labour Party. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be expanded westwards as a result of a realignment of the boundary with Newcastle upon Tyne North, and will be renamed Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West , to be first contested at the next general election. [2]
Parliament created this seat under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the general election later that year. It was one of four divisions of the parliamentary borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which had previously been represented by one two-member seat. [3]
The constituency currently covers the central part of Newcastle upon Tyne, being one of three constituencies in the city. Between 1983 and 2010, the seat did not actually include the city's commercial centre, being instead part of the now-abolished Tyne Bridge constituency.
From its creation, the constituency has been represented by only members of the Labour and Conservative parties. The seat has been represented by Labour since 1987.
At the 2017 and 2019 general elections, the constituency was the first to officially declare its result. It narrowly beat Houghton and Sunderland South, which had declared first in 2010 and 2015 (as did its predecessor Sunderland South in the four preceding general elections). [4]
NB: the Rural District of Newcastle upon Tyne contained just a single building ('the Moot Hall and Precincts') in the centre of Newcastle. [6]
Boundaries redrawn to take account of expansion of the County Borough and redistribution of wards. Expanded eastwards, gaining Byker and St Anthony's from Newcastle upon Tyne East, westwards, gaining Armstrong from Newcastle upon Tyne West. St John's and Westgate were transferred to Newcastle upon Tyne North. The constituency now comprised a narrow strip along the north bank of the River Tyne.
Benwell ward transferred from Newcastle upon Tyne West.
1983–1997
Following the reorganisation of local authorities as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, the constituencies within the City of Newcastle upon Tyne were completely redrawn. The contents of the newly constituted seat comprised only a small area common to the previous version. The central and western areas of the old seat, including Benwell and the city centre, were incorporated into the new constituency of Tyne Bridge, which included parts of Gateshead Borough on the south side of the River Tyne. Byker and St Anthony's were returned to Newcastle upon Tyne East, along with the Battle Field area.
The new version of the constituency absorbed the whole of the existing Newcastle upon Tyne North seat, apart from Sandyford. It also included parts of the now abolished Newcastle upon Tyne West constituency (Fenham and Kenton) and a small area transferred from Wallsend (South Gosforth).
Sandyford ward transferred from Newcastle upon Tyne East, which was now abolished.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear in 2007, which took effect at the 2010 general election, the Boundary Commission for England moved the Sandyford area back to the re-created constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne East, together with the suburb of Jesmond. Those areas north of the River Tyne in the now abolished Tyne Bridge constituency (Benwell, Scotswood, Elswick and the city centre) were transferred in. [11]
The constituency contains the city centre and surrounding suburbs. Previously based around heavy industry, such as shipbuilding, its adult population has mostly lower or middle incomes. The economy is now mainly focused on services and tourism. [12] In November 2012 total unemployment (based on the more up-to-date claimant statistics) placed the constituency in joint 17th place of 29 constituencies in the region, above, for example the City of Durham at the bottom of the list, with just 3.4% claimants whereas Newcastle had 6.0% claimants, identical to Sunderland Central. [13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chi Onwurah | 21,568 | 57.6 | −7.3 | |
Conservative | Emily Payne | 9,290 | 24.8 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ali Avaei | 2,709 | 7.2 | +2.3 | |
Brexit Party | Mark Frederick Griffin | 2,542 | 6.8 | New | |
Green | Taymar Pitman | 1,365 | 3.6 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 12,278 | 32.8 | −7.5 | ||
Turnout | 37,474 | 64.8 | −2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chi Onwurah | 24,071 | 64.9 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Steve Kyte | 9,134 | 24.6 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Cott | 1,812 | 4.9 | −1.4 | |
UKIP | David Muat | 1,482 | 4.0 | −10.9 | |
Green | Peter Thomson | 595 | 1.6 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 14,937 | 40.3 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,094 | 67.0 | +6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chi Onwurah | 19,301 | 55.0 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | Simon Kitchen [20] | 6,628 | 18.9 | −0.5 | |
UKIP | Daniel Thompson [21] | 5,214 | 14.9 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Cott | 2,218 | 6.3 | −17.8 | |
Green | Alex Johnson [22] | 1,724 | 4.9 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 12,673 | 36.1 | +14.3 | ||
Turnout | 35,085 | 60.3 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chi Onwurah | 15,692 | 45.9 | −4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Kane | 8,228 | 24.1 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Nick Holder | 6,611 | 19.4 | +2.8 | |
BNP | Ken Booth | 2,302 | 6.7 | New | |
UKIP | Martin Davies | 754 | 2.2 | New | |
Green | John Pearson | 568 | 1.7 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 7,464 | 21.8 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 34,155 | 56.5 | +4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Cousins | 16,211 | 45.1 | -9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Greg Stone | 12,229 | 34.0 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Wendy Morton | 5,749 | 16.0 | -5.3 | |
Green | Joe Hulm | 1,254 | 3.5 | New | |
Newcastle Academy with Christian Values Party | Clive Harding | 477 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,982 | 11.1 | -22.2 | ||
Turnout | 35,920 | 52.5 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Cousins | 19,169 | 55.0 | −4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Psallidas | 7,564 | 21.7 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Aidan Ruff | 7,414 | 21.3 | −2.1 | |
Socialist Labour | Gordon Potts | 723 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 11,605 | 33.3 | -2.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,870 | 51.3 | −14.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Cousins | 27,272 | 59.2 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Brooks Newmark | 10,792 | 23.4 | -12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Berry | 6,911 | 15.0 | +2.3 | |
Referendum | Charles A. Coxon | 1,113 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 16,480 | 35.8 | +19.7 | ||
Turnout | 46,088 | 65.9 | -5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Cousins | 21,123 | 49.4 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Mike Summersby | 15,835 | 37.0 | -1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lembit Öpik | 5,816 | 13.6 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 5,288 | 12.4 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,774 | 71.3 | -4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Cousins | 20,416 | 44.2 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Piers Merchant | 17,933 | 38.8 | −2.0 | |
SDP | Nigel Martin | 7,304 | 15.8 | −6.5 | |
Green | Richard Bird | 418 | 0.9 | −0.2 | |
Red Front | Kirk Williams | 111 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,483 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,182 | 75.5 | +4.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Piers Merchant | 18,161 | 40.8 | ||
Labour | Nigel Todd | 15,933 | 35.8 | ||
SDP | John Horam | 9,923 | 22.3 | New | |
Ecology | Douglas Jacques | 478 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,228 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 44,495 | 71.0 | |||
Conservative win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Cowans | 10,395 | 67.3 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Piers Merchant | 2,982 | 19.3 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Andrew Steven Ellis | 2,073 | 13.4 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 7,413 | 48.0 | -7.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,450 | 65.25 | +6.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Cowans | 4,692 | 47.6 | −24.2 | |
Liberal | Andrew Stephen Ellis | 2,854 | 29.0 | +17.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Sowler | 1,945 | 19.7 | +3.2 | |
Socialist Workers | David Hayes | 184 | 1.9 | New | |
National Front | Bruce Anderson-Lynes | 181 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,838 | 18.65 | -36.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,856 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ted Short | 10,540 | 71.8 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | Sheila Faith | 2,432 | 16.6 | −9.0 | |
Liberal | Andrew Stephen Ellis | 1,716 | 11.7 | New | |
Majority | 8,108 | 55.2 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 14,694 | 58.4 | -7.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Short | 12,182 | 74.5 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Michael Jack | 4,180 | 25.5 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 8,002 | 49.0 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 16,362 | 65.4 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Short | 13,671 | 70.6 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Michael St John Way | 4,256 | 22.0 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | David Lesser | 1,433 | 7.4 | New | |
Majority | 9,415 | 48.6 | -6.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,360 | 61.6 | -4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ted Short | 19,291 | 76.7 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | John J. Walker-Smith | 5,474 | 21.6 | -5.7 | |
Communist | Thomas G. Welch | 404 | 1.6 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 13,817 | 54.9 | +11.3 | ||
Turnout | 25,169 | 65.8 | -3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ted Short | 20,547 | 70.9 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | William D Rutter | 7,896 | 27.3 | -6.9 | |
Communist | Thomas G Welch | 532 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 12,651 | 43.6 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 28,975 | 69.13 | -4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ted Short | 24,051 | 65.8 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | William D Rutter | 12,485 | 34.2 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 11,566 | 31.6 | -1.6 | ||
Turnout | 36,536 | 73.2 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Short | 26,102 | 66.6 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | George Peters | 13,099 | 33.4 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 13,003 | 33.2 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,201 | 70.88 | -8.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ted Short | 25,637 | 64.1 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Frederick Talbot Webster | 13,325 | 33.3 | -1.0 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Fred Barton | 1,006 | 2.5 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 12,312 | 30.8 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,968 | 80.7 | +0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lyall Wilkes | 25,190 | 63.7 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | George Campbell White | 13,567 | 34.3 | +25.2 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Fred Barton | 812 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 11,623 | 29.4 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 39,569 | 79.8 | +8.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lyall Wilkes | 10,627 | 61.9 | +21.2 | |
Conservative | Arthur Denville | 6,536 | 38.1 | -21.2 | |
Majority | 4,091 | 23.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,163 | 71.8 | -3.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Denville | 15,826 | 59.3 | -3.1 | |
Labour | Walter Monslow | 10,871 | 40.7 | New | |
Majority | 4,955 | 18.6 | -6.5 | ||
Turnout | 26,697 | 75.5 | -5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Denville | 20,309 | 62.4 | +19.6 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Charles Trevelyan | 12,136 | 37.3 | -19.9 | |
National Labour | W.H.D. Caple | 94 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 8,173 | 25.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,539 | 80.5 | +6.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Trevelyan | 17,580 | 57.2 | +5.6 | |
Unionist | Richard Wyndham-Quin | 13,161 | 42.8 | -5.6 | |
Majority | 4,419 | 14.4 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 30,740 | 73.7 | -6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 41,683 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Trevelyan | 14,542 | 51.6 | -0.9 | |
Unionist | F.M.B. Fisher | 13,646 | 48.4 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 896 | 3.2 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 28,188 | 79.8 | +12.4 | ||
Registered electors | 35,307 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Trevelyan | 12,447 | 52.5 | -1.7 | |
Unionist | Francis Fisher | 11,260 | 47.5 | +13.3 | |
Majority | 1,187 | 5.0 | -15.0 | ||
Turnout | 23,707 | 67.4 | -5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 35,193 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Trevelyan | 13,709 | 54.2 | +17.6 | |
Unionist | George Renwick | 8,639 | 34.2 | -31.2 | |
Liberal | John Dodd | 2,923 | 11.6 | New | |
Majority | 5,070 | 20.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,271 | 72.5 | +28.6 | ||
Registered electors | 34,844 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +24.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Unionist | George Renwick | 9,414 | 65.4 | |
Labour | James Smith | 4,976 | 34.6 | ||
Majority | 4,438 | 30.8 | |||
Turnout | 14,390 | 43.9 | |||
Registered electors | 32,796 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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