North Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Tyneside
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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2010–2024 boundary of Blaydon in Tyne and Wear
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Location of Tyne and Wear within England
County Tyne and Wear
Electorate 78,617 (December 2010) [1]
1997–2024
SeatsOne
Created from Tynemouth and Wallsend
Replaced by

North Tyneside was a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its creation in 1997 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by members of the Labour Party. [n 2]

Contents

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the contents of the abolished seat were distributed to four neighbouring constituencies. [2]

History

This seat was represented from its creation in 1997 by Stephen Byers of the Labour Party, who before that election represented the abolished seat of Wallsend from 1992. Byers stood down at the 2010 general election and his party selected local councillor Mary Glindon as their new candidate for the general election, which she won with a majority of 12,884.

Abolition

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed between Tynemouth, Newcastle upon Tyne North, re-established Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend, and newly created Cramlington and Killingworth as following: [2]

PartsNew constituencyPart of North Tyneside, %
Battle Hill, Howdon, Northumberland and Wallsend wards Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend 42.4
Camperdown, Killingworth and Weetslade wards Cramlington and Killingworth 29.0
Benton, Longbenton wards Newcastle upon Tyne North 19.6
Majority of Riverside ward Tynemouth 9.0

Constituency profile

This constituency formed north-east suburbs to the largest city in the region, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. At the end of 2010, unemployment still reflected a slightly less strong economy than in the city's shipbuilding heyday and stood in this seat alone at 5.7% by claimant count, compared to a regional average of 5.5%, significantly lower than South Shields' 7.7%. As to the male only claimant total, this amounted to 7.8%, just part of a significant region-wide disparity but significantly lower than Middlesbrough's 12.8%, however both sets of figures were a little higher than the national average — Greater London saw an average of 4.1% and for men a proportion of 4.9%. [3]

Boundaries

North Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of 2010–2024 boundaries

1997–2010: The Borough of North Tyneside wards of Battle Hill, Benton, Camperdown, Holystone, Howdon, Longbenton, Riverside, Valley, and Weetslade. [4]

Apart from Riverside ward, which was transferred from Tynemouth, the constituency was formed from the majority of the abolished Wallsend constituency.

2010–2024: The Borough of North Tyneside wards of Battle Hill, Benton, Camperdown, Howdon, Killingworth, Longbenton, Northumberland, Riverside, Wallsend, and Weetslade. [5]

The Wallsend and Northumberland wards moved from Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend which was abolished and replaced by the re-established constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne East. Valley ward was transferred to Tynemouth.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [6] Party
1997 Stephen Byers Labour
2010 Mary Glindon Labour
2024 Constituency abolished

Election results 1997-2024

Elections in the 1990s

1997: Michael McIntyre was Councillor for Whitley Bay Ward 1992-2012.

General election 1997: North Tyneside [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Byers 32,810 72.7
Conservative Michael McIntyre6,16713.7
Liberal Democrats Tommy Mulvenna4,76210.6
Referendum Michael Rollings1,3823.1
Majority26,64359.0
Turnout 45,12167.9
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: North Tyneside [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Byers 26,027 69.5 −3.2
Conservative Mark Ruffell5,45914.6+0.9
Liberal Democrats Simon Reed4,64912.4+1.8
UKIP Alan Taylor7702.1New
Socialist Alliance Pete Burnett3240.9New
Socialist Labour Kenneth Capstick2400.6New
Majority20,56854.9−4.1
Turnout 37,46957.7−10.2
Labour hold Swing

2005: Duncan McLellan was Councillor for Weetslade Ward 2005-2012.

General election 2005: North Tyneside [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Byers 22,882 61.9 −7.6
Conservative Duncan McLellan7,84521.2+6.6
Liberal Democrats Gillian Ferguson6,21216.8+4.4
Majority15,03740.7−14.2
Turnout 36,93957.2−0.5
Labour hold Swing −7.1

Elections in the 2010s

2010: At this election Mary Glindon was Councillor for Battle Hill Ward, David Ord was Councillor for Northumberland Ward and Gagan Mohindra was District Councillor in Epping Forest, Essex.

General election 2010: North Tyneside [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Glindon 23,505 50.7 −8.7
Liberal Democrats David Ord10,62122.9+0.9
Conservative Gagan Mohindra 8,51418.3−0.3
BNP John Burrows1,8604.0New
UKIP Claudia Blake1,3062.8New
National Front Bob Batten5991.3New
Majority12,88427.8−9.6
Turnout 46,40559.7+4.3
Labour hold Swing −4.8
General election 2015: North Tyneside [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Glindon 26,191 55.9 +5.2
Conservative Martin McGann8,99719.2+0.9
UKIP Scott Hartley [13] 7,61816.3+13.5
Liberal Democrats John Appleby2,0754.4−18.5
Green Martin Collins1,4423.1New
TUSC Tim Wall3040.6New
National Front Bob Batten1910.4−0.9
Majority17,19436.7+8.9
Turnout 46,81859.0−0.7
Labour hold Swing +2.2
General election 2017: North Tyneside [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Glindon 33,456 64.5 +8.6
Conservative Henry Newman14,17227.3+8.1
UKIP Gary Legg2,1014.0−12.3
Liberal Democrats Greg Stone1,4942.9−1.5
Green Martin Collins6691.3−1.8
Majority19,28437.2+0.5
Turnout 51,89265.7+6.7
Labour hold Swing +0.2
General election 2019: North Tyneside [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Glindon 25,051 49.7 −14.8
Conservative Dean Carroll15,49030.7+3.4
Brexit Party Andrew Husband5,25410.4New
Liberal Democrats Chris Boyle3,2416.4+3.5
Green John Buttery1,3932.8+1.5
Majority9,56119.0−18.2
Turnout 50,42963.9−1.8
Labour hold Swing −9.1

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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.

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