Gateshead (constituency)
UK Parliament constituency (1832–1950; 2010–2024)
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Gateshead was a constituency[n 1] most recently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since it was re-established in 2010 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Ian Mearns of the Labour Party.[n 2]
| Gateshead | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
2010–2024 boundary of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear | |
 Location of Tyne and Wear within England | |
| County | Tyne and Wear |
| Electorate | 66,066 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Gateshead |
| 2010–2024 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Gateshead East and Washington West, and Tyne Bridge |
| Replaced by | Gateshead Central and Whickham |
| 1832–1950 | |
| Seats | One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
| Created from | County Durham |
| Replaced by | Gateshead East and Gateshead West |
Under the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the majority of the constituency was included in the new seat of Gateshead Central and Whickham, with the Felling, and Windy Nook and Whitehills wards being added to the new constituency of Jarrow and Gateshead East.[2]
History
First creation
The seat was first created by the Reform Act 1832 as a single-member parliamentary borough.[3] It was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election and split into Gateshead East and Gateshead West.[4]
Revival
As a result of the Boundary Commission's Fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2010 general election, combining over half of the electorates of both of the abolished constituencies of Gateshead East and Washington West, and Tyne Bridge.
Boundaries
Map of boundaries 2010–2024
1832–1918
Under the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, the contents of the borough were defined as the Parish of Gateshead and part of the Chapelry of Heworth in the Parish of Jarrow.[5]
See map on Vision of Britain website.[6]
1918–1950
- The County Borough of Gateshead.[7]
No change to boundaries.
2010–2024
Constituency profile
Under the current boundaries, the constituency is overwhelmingly White, and working-class; with 95% of its electorate identifying as White British and being in the top decile of constituencies for routine work. The area's politics are influenced by these demographics; with the exception of Low Fell, all of the wards that make up the constituency are safely Labour areas, and the constituency voted overwhelmingly to leave the European Union, like the borough as a whole.
Members of Parliament
Among famous representatives are James Melville KC who was Solicitor General for England and Wales before he died, while holding the seat, and international statesman Konni Zilliacus who assisted in creating peaceful bilateral relations during the Cold War, including though work at the United Nations.
MPs 1832–1950
| Election | Member[9] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Cuthbert Rippon | Radical[10][11][12] | |
| 1841 | Sir William Hutt | Radical[13][14] | |
| 1859 | Liberal | ||
| 1874 | Walter James | Liberal | |
| 1893 | Sir William Allan | Liberal | |
| 1904 | John Johnson | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Sir Harold Elverston | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Herbert Surtees | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | John Brotherton | Labour | |
| 1923 | John Dickie | Liberal | |
| 1924 | John Beckett | Labour | |
| 1929 | Sir James Melville | Labour | |
| 1931 | Herbert Evans | Labour | |
| 1931 | Thomas Magnay | National Liberal | |
| 1945 | Konni Zilliacus | Labour (1945–49) Labour Independent Group (1949) Independent Labour (1949–50) | |
| 1950 | Constituency abolished | ||
MPs since 2010
| Election | Member[9] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Ian Mearns | Labour | |
| 2024 | Constituency abolished | ||
Elections results 2010–2019
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Mearns | 20,712 | 54.1 | −7.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Hindle | 8,163 | 21.3 | +0.6 | |
| Conservative | Hazel Anderson | 5,716 | 14.9 | +4.8 | |
| BNP | Kevin Scott | 1,787 | 4.7 | +1.6 | |
| UKIP | John Tennant | 1,103 | 2.9 | −0.4 | |
| Green | Andy Redfern | 379 | 1.0 | New | |
| TUSC | Elaine Brunskill | 266 | 0.7 | New | |
| Christian | David Walton | 131 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 12,549 | 32.8 | −7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 38,257 | 57.5 | +3.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Mearns | 21,549 | 56.8 | +2.7 | |
| UKIP | John Tennant | 6,765 | 17.8 | +14.9 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Smith | 5,502 | 14.5 | −0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Hindle | 2,585 | 6.8 | −14.5 | |
| Green | Andy Redfern[18] | 1,548 | 4.1 | +3.1 | |
| Majority | 14,784 | 39.0 | +6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 37,949 | 59.4 | +1.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Mearns | 27,426 | 65.1 | +8.3 | |
| Conservative | Lauren Hankinson | 10,076 | 23.9 | +9.4 | |
| UKIP | Mark Bell | 2,281 | 5.4 | −12.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Hindle | 1,709 | 4.1 | −2.7 | |
| Green | Andy Redfern | 611 | 1.5 | −2.6 | |
| Majority | 17,350 | 41.2 | +2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 42,103 | 64.6 | +5.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Mearns | 20,450 | 53.6 | −11.5 | |
| Conservative | Jane MacBean | 13,250 | 34.7 | +10.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Maughan | 2,792 | 7.3 | +3.2 | |
| Green | Rachael Cabral | 1,653 | 4.3 | +2.8 | |
| Majority | 7,200 | 18.9 | −22.3 | ||
| Turnout | 38,145 | 59.2 | −5.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −11.2 | |||
Election results 1832–1950
Elections in the 1830s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Cuthbert Rippon | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 454 | ||||
| Radical win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Cuthbert Rippon | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 506 | ||||
| Radical hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Cuthbert Rippon | 236 | 61.0 | ||
| Radical | John William Williamson | 151 | 39.0 | ||
| Majority | 85 | 22.0 | |||
| Turnout | 387 | 72.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 534 | ||||
| Radical hold | |||||
Elections in the 1840s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | William Hutt | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 554 | ||||
| Radical hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | William Hutt | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 656 | ||||
| Radical hold | |||||
Elections in the 1850s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | William Hutt | 270 | 45.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Adolphus Frederick Octavius Liddell[22] | 190 | 31.9 | New | |
| Independent Liberal | Ralph Walters[23][24] | 136 | 22.8 | New | |
| Majority | 80 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 596 | 83.8 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 711 | ||||
| Radical hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | William Hutt | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 895 | ||||
| Radical hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Hutt | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 913 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Elections in the 1860s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Hutt | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
- Caused by Hutt's appointment as Vice-President of the Board of Trade.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Hutt | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,165 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Hutt | 2,442 | 63.5 | N/A | |
| Independent Liberal | William Arbuthnot[25] | 1,406 | 36.5 | New | |
| Majority | 1,036 | 27.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 3,848 | 69.0 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 5,578 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1870s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Walter James | 4,250 | 75.1 | +11.6 | |
| Conservative | Richard Forster | 1,396 | 24.7 | New | |
| Independent Liberal | William Arbuthnot[27] | 12 | 0.2 | −36.3 | |
| Majority | 2,854 | 50.4 | +23.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,658 | 57.8 | −11.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,782 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +24.0 | |||
- Arbuthnot retired from the race the day before polling.[28]
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Walter James | 5,749 | 78.5 | +3.4 | |
| Conservative | Gainsford Bruce[29] | 1,570 | 21.5 | −3.2 | |
| Majority | 4,179 | 57.0 | +6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 7,319 | 63.4 | +5.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,551 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Walter James | 5,756 | 65.6 | −12.9 | |
| Conservative | James Henry Bottomley[31] | 3,024 | 34.4 | +12.9 | |
| Majority | 2,732 | 31.2 | −25.8 | ||
| Turnout | 8,780 | 66.5 | +3.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,206 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −12.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Walter James | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Walter James | 5,336 | 51.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Unionist | Pandeli Ralli | 5,043 | 48.5 | New | |
| Majority | 293 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 10,379 | 76.4 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 13,581 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Allan | 6,434 | 53.6 | +2.2 | |
| Liberal Unionist | Pandeli Ralli | 5,566 | 46.4 | −2.1 | |
| Majority | 868 | 7.2 | +4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 12,000 | 85.2 | +8.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,090 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
- Caused by James' succession to the peerage as Lord Northbourne.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Allan | 6,137 | 52.0 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal Unionist | J. Lucas | 5,654 | 48.0 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | 483 | 4.0 | +1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 11,791 | 82.0 | +5.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,383 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Allan | 6,657 | 53.8 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Unionist | John Sherburn | 5,711 | 46.2 | −1.8 | |
| Majority | 946 | 7.6 | +3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 12,368 | 74.3 | −7.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 16,635 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lib-Lab | John Johnson | 8,220 | 54.0 | +0.2 | |
| Liberal Unionist | Charles Howard | 7,015 | 46.0 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 1,205 | 8.0 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 15,235 | 84.9 | +10.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,951 | ||||
| Lib-Lab hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lib-Lab | John Johnson | 9,651 | 65.3 | +11.5 | |
| Liberal Unionist | Theodore Angier | 5,126 | 34.7 | −11.5 | |
| Majority | 4,525 | 30.6 | +23.0 | ||
| Turnout | 14,777 | 79.4 | +5.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 18,614 | ||||
| Lib-Lab hold | Swing | +11.5 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Harold Elverston | 6,800 | 40.7 | +40.7 | |
| Liberal Unionist | Nicholas Grattan-Doyle | 6,323 | 37.9 | +3.2 | |
| Labour | John Johnson | 3,572 | 21.4 | −43.9 | |
| Majority | 477 | 2.8 | −27.8 | ||
| Turnout | 16,695 | 87.2 | +7.8 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +42.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Harold Elverston | 8,763 | 61.0 | +20.3 | |
| Conservative | Herbert Surtees | 5,608 | 39.0 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 3,155 | 22.0 | +19.2 | ||
| Turnout | 14,371 | 75.1 | −12.1 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | Herbert Surtees | 17,215 | 56.9 | +17.9 |
| Labour | John Brotherton | 7,212 | 23.8 | New | |
| Liberal | Harold Elverston | 5,833 | 19.3 | −41.7 | |
| Majority | 10,003 | 33.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 30,260 | 54.6 | −20.5 | ||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Brotherton | 18,795 | 43.8 | +20.0 | |
| Unionist | Herbert Surtees | 13,424 | 31.3 | −25.6 | |
| Liberal | John Dickie | 10,679 | 24.9 | +5.6 | |
| Majority | 5,371 | 12.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42,898 | 78.4 | +23.8 | ||
| Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +22.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Dickie | 17,344 | 42.7 | +17.8 | |
| Labour | John Brotherton | 16,689 | 41.1 | −2.7 | |
| Unionist | George Francis Stephen Christie | 6,592 | 16.2 | −15.1 | |
| Majority | 355 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 40,625 | 73.2 | −5.2 | ||
| Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +10.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Beckett | 23,514 | 50.2 | +9.1 | |
| Unionist | Hilton Philipson | 14,178 | 30.2 | +14.0 | |
| Liberal | John Dickie | 9,185 | 19.6 | −23.1 | |
| Majority | 9,336 | 20.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 46,877 | 82.7 | +9.5 | ||
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | −2.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Melville | 28,393 | 52.6 | +2.4 | |
| Unionist | Ian Orr-Ewing | 11,644 | 21.5 | −8.7 | |
| Liberal | John Fennell | 10,314 | 19.1 | −0.5 | |
| Independent Liberal | John Leonard Watson | 3,688 | 6.8 | New | |
| Majority | 16,749 | 31.1 | +11.1 | ||
| Turnout | 54,039 | 73.9 | −8.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Conservative candidate Charles White withdrew on 15 October 1931. Barr and Fennell also withdrew, but their names remained on the ballot paper.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Herbert Evans | 22,893 | 51.6 | −1.0 | |
| Conservative | Cuthbert Headlam | 21,501 | 48.4 | +26.9 | |
| Majority | 1,392 | 3.2 | −27.9 | ||
| Turnout | 44,394 | 60.8 | −13.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Sir James Melville died on 1 May 1931, leading to a by-election on 8 June. The winner of the by-election, Herbert Evans, himself died on 7 October, the day parliament was dissolved for the 1931 general election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal | Thomas Magnay | 34,764 | 60.09 | ||
| Labour | Ernest Bevin | 21,826 | 37.73 | ||
| New Party | John Stuart Barr | 1,077 | 1.86 | New | |
| National Labour | John Fennell | 187 | 0.32 | New | |
| Majority | 12,938 | 22.36 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 57,314 | 78.32 | |||
| National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal | Thomas Magnay | 28,772 | 52.72 | ||
| Labour | James Wilson | 25,804 | 47.28 | ||
| Majority | 2,968 | 5.44 | |||
| Turnout | 54,576 | 74.68 | |||
| National Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Konni Zilliacus | 36,736 | 67.5 | +20.2 | |
| National Liberal | Thomas Magnay | 17,719 | 32.5 | −20.2 | |
| Majority | 19,017 | 35.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 54,455 | 76.0 | +1.3 | ||
| Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | ||||
See also
Notes
- A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- As with all current constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.