Newcastle upon Tyne West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Newcastle upon Tyne West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created from Newcastle upon Tyne
Replaced by Newcastle-upon-Tyne North, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central and Tyne Bridge [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne West was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1918 to 1983 which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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History

Parliament created this constituency in the Representation of the People Act 1918 as one of four divisions of the parliamentary borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which had previously been represented by one two-member seat. [2] It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when the closest successor constituency was Newcastle-upon-Tyne North.

Boundaries

1918–1950

Included the former Urban District of Benwell and Fenham which had been absorbed into the County Borough in 1904 and had previously been part of the abolished Tyneside constituency.

1950–1955

Boundaries redrawn to take account of expansion of the County Borough and redistribution of wards. Armstrong transferred to Newcastle upon Tyne Central and Arthur's Hill and Elswick to Newcastle upon Tyne North. Gained Newburn from the abolished constituency of Wansbeck.

1955–1983

Benham ward transferred to Newcastle upon Tyne Central.

Abolition

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 and the constituency was abolished. About half the electorate, comprising the former Urban District of Newburn was included in a newly constituted Newcastle upon Tyne North. Fenham and Kenton were transferred to Newcastle upon Tyne Central and Scotswood to the new constituency of Tyne Bridge. [5]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Edward Shortt Coalition Liberal
1922 David Adams Labour
1923 Cecil Beresford Ramage Liberal
1924 John Palin Labour
1931 Sir Joseph Leech Conservative
1940 by-election William Nunn Conservative
1945 Ernest Popplewell Labour
1966 Robert Brown Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Edward Shortt Edward Shortt.jpg
Edward Shortt
General election 1918: Newcastle upon Tyne West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Edward Shortt 12,81266.6
Labour David Adams 6,41133.4
Majority6,40133.2
Turnout 19,22357.3
Registered electors 33,527
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

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Denman
General election 1922: Newcastle upon Tyne West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Adams 11,654 43.9 +10.5
National Liberal Cecil Beresford Ramage 11,49943.4-23.2
Liberal Richard Denman 3,36712.7−53.9
Majority1560.5N/A
Turnout 26,52080.5+23.2
Registered electors 32,964
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +32.2
General election 1923: Newcastle upon Tyne West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cecil Beresford Ramage 15,141 56.8 +13.4
Labour David Adams 11,52743.2−0.7
Majority3,61413.6N/A
Turnout 26,66879.3−1.2
Registered electors 33,621
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +7.1
General election 1924: Newcastle upon Tyne West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Palin 13,089 45.5 +2.3
Unionist Clifford Vernon8,45929.4New
Liberal Cecil Beresford Ramage 7,20825.1−31.7
Majority4,63016.1N/A
Turnout 28,75683.8+4.5
Registered electors 34,304
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +17.0
General election 1929: Newcastle upon Tyne West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Palin 16,856 46.6 +1.1
Unionist Joseph Leech 14,08838.9+9.5
Liberal John Dodd5,26714.5−10.6
Majority2,7687.7−8.4
Turnout 36,21176.8−7.0
Registered electors 47,121
Labour hold Swing −4.2

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Newcastle upon Tyne West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Leech 28,560 67.88 +19.0
Labour John Palin 13,51432.12-14.5
Majority15,04635.76N/A
Turnout 42,07483.28+6.5
Registered electors 50,521
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +16.75
General election 1935: Newcastle upon Tyne West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Leech 25,526 59.95 -7.93
Labour William Taylor17,05240.05+7.93
Majority8,47419.90-15.86
Turnout 42,57875.05-8.23
Registered electors 56,732
Conservative hold Swing -7.93

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

At the outbreak of the Second World War the planned election was postponed and the major parties agreed to an electoral truce, where they would not contest by-elections against each other for the duration of the war. [9] This meant that following Joseph Leech's death in May 1940 neither Labour nor the Liberal Party stood candidates, and the Conservative candidate was unopposed.

1940 Newcastle upon Tyne West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Nunn Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1945: Newcastle upon Tyne West [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Popplewell 28,149 58.50 +18.45
Conservative William Nunn 19,96641.50-18.45
Majority8,18317.00N/A
Turnout 48,11572.94-2.11
Registered electors 65,964
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +18.45

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Newcastle upon Tyne West [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Popplewell 31,230 58.19 -0.31
Conservative AE Pain21,94940.90-0.60
Communist R McNair4920.92New
Majority9,28117.29+0.28
Turnout 53,67187.19+14.25
Registered electors 61,556
Labour hold Swing +0.15
General election 1951: Newcastle upon Tyne West [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Popplewell 31,765 57.92 -0.27
Conservative James Michael Bazin23,08142.08+1.18
Majority8,68415.84-1.45
Turnout 54,84687.17-0.02
Registered electors 62,916
Labour hold Swing -0.73
General election 1955: Newcastle upon Tyne West [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Popplewell 25,401 55.68 -2.24
Conservative Arthur Grey20,21744.32+2.24
Majority5,18411.36-4.47
Turnout 45,61879.83-7.34
Registered electors 57,142
Labour hold Swing -2.24
General election 1959: Newcastle upon Tyne West [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Popplewell 28,956 54.75 -0.93
Conservative C Dennis Larrow23,93345.25+0.93
Majority5,0239.50-1.86
Turnout 52,88981.99+2.16
Registered electors 64,509
Labour hold Swing -0.93

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Newcastle upon Tyne West [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Popplewell 29,603 58.33 +3.58
Conservative H Ian Bransom21,14941.67-3.58
Majority8,45416.66+7.16
Turnout 50,75279.37-2.62
Registered electors 63,943
Labour hold Swing +3.58
General election 1966: Newcastle upon Tyne West [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Brown 30,219 62.67 +4.34
Conservative Denis Alan Orde18,00237.33-4.34
Majority12,21725.34+8.68
Turnout 48,22175.79-3.58
Registered electors 63,628
Labour hold Swing +4.34

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Newcastle upon Tyne West [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Brown 30,805 58.73
Conservative C Lipman21,64441.27
Majority9,16117.46
Turnout 52,44970.62
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Newcastle upon Tyne West [1] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Brown 33,829 60.13 +1.4
Conservative Robin Milton Stewart22,43339.87−1.4
Majority11,39620.2+2.7
Turnout 56,26273.8+3.2
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Newcastle upon Tyne West [1] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Brown 30,057 56.73 −3.4
Conservative Robin Milton Stewart14,98328.28−11.6
Liberal Robert Humphrey Bourchier Devereux7,94515.0New
Majority15,07428.5+8.2
Turnout 52,98568.9−4.9
Labour hold Swing +4.1
General election 1979: Newcastle upon Tyne West [1] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Brown 32,827 54.51 −2.2
Conservative Donald David Gilbert21,59135.85+7.5
Liberal Jane Dryden Dickinson5,8019.63−5.4
Majority11,23618.66−9.8
Turnout 60,21972.4+3.5
Labour hold Swing −4.9

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