Gateshead_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Gateshead West
Gateshead West
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Gateshead West in County Durham, boundaries 1974-83
County	County Durham
1950–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Gateshead
Replaced by	Tyne Bridge and Gateshead East

Gateshead West (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983

Gateshead West was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Horam	13,533	67.24
	Conservative	DR Kelly	5,221	25.94
	Liberal	Frank Patterson	1,185	5.89
	National Front	H Beadle	186	0.92	New
Majority			8,312	41.30
Turnout			20,125	69.31
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Horam	13,859	68.61
	Conservative	P Brown	4,432	21.94
	Liberal	K Stoddart	1,909	9.45
Majority			9,427	46.67
Turnout			20,200	65.65
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Horam	13,839	61.01
	Conservative	John Heddle	5,372	23.68
	Liberal	J Bennison	3,474	15.31	New
Majority			8,467	37.33
Turnout			22,685	74.20
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Horam	15,622	68.07
	Conservative	John O'Sullivan	7,328	31.93
Majority			8,294	36.14
Turnout			22,950	66.59
	Labour hold		Swing

Gateshead West (UK Parliament constituency)

Gateshead West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Gateshead West in County Durham, boundaries 1974-83
County	County Durham
1950–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Gateshead
Replaced by	Tyne Bridge and Gateshead East^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harry Randall	20,381	74.77
	Conservative	Ernest Greenwood	6,878	25.23
Majority			13,503	49.54
Turnout			27,259	70.11
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harry Randall	21,390	68.97
	Conservative	Derek R Chapman	9,623	31.03
Majority			11,767	37.94
Turnout			31,013	74.93
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harry Randall	21,277	64.90
	Conservative	David A Wright	11,509	35.10
Majority			9,768	29.80
Turnout			32,786	76.88
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Randall	13,196	66.46	+1.14
	Conservative	David A Wright	6,661	33.54	-1.14
Majority			6,535	32.92	+2.28
Turnout			19,857
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Hall	22,040	65.32
	Conservative	James Quigley	11,071	34.68
Majority			10,339	30.64
Turnout			33,111
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Hall	20,790	63.77
	National Liberal	John S Magnay	11,811	36.23
Majority			8,979	27.54
Turnout			32,601	83.81
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Hall	20,872	64.16
	National Liberal	John S Magnay	11,660	35.84
Majority			9,212	28.32
Turnout			32,532	83.90
	Labour win (new seat)