Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West in the North East England | |
County | Tyne and Wear |
Electorate | 76,460 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Newcastle City Centre |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Chi Onwurah (Labour Party) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it extends the former constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne Central, and was first contested in the 2024 general election. [3]
The constituency is composed of the following wards of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
Arthur's Hill; Benwell and Scotswood; Blakelaw; Chapel; Denton & Westerhope; Elswick; Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall (polling districts O01, O02 and O03); Lemington; Monument; West Fenham; Wingrove. [4]
The seat comprises the bulk of the abolished constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne Central, extended westwards to include the districts of Denton, Lemington, Westerhope and Newbiggin Hall, previously part of Newcastle upon Tyne North. [5]
Newcastle upon Tyne Central prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Chi Onwurah | Labour |
Changes in vote share based on notional 2019 result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chi Onwurah | 18,875 | 45.6 | -13.7 | |
Reform UK | Ashton Muncaster | 7,815 | 18.9 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | Frances Lasok | 4,228 | 10.2 | -16.4 | |
Independent | Yvonne Ridley | 3,627 | 8.8 | New | |
Green | John Pearson | 3,228 | 7.8 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ali Avaei | 1,946 | 4.7 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Habib Rahman | 1,636 | 4.0 | New | |
Majority | 11,060 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 54 | -9.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
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