Newcastle_upon_Tyne_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Newcastle upon Tyne East (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards
Newcastle upon Tyne East is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Nick Brown, formerly of the Labour Party. Brown has held the seat since its recreation in 2010.[n 2]
| Newcastle upon Tyne East | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Newcastle upon Tyne East in Tyne and Wear for the 2010 general election | |
Location of Tyne and Wear within England | |
| County | Tyne and Wear |
| Electorate | 65,203 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Nick Brown (Independent) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend; Tyne Bridge |
| 1918–1997 | |
| Created from | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside |
| Replaced by | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Jesmond will be transferred to Newcastle upon Tyne North and the rest of the seat will again be absorbed into the re-established constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend, to be first contested at the next general election.[2]
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.[3] Its first creation was eventually absorbed in 1997 by the new Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend seat. Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which recommended the re-creation of the seat for the 2010 general election.[4]
1918–1950
- The County Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Byker, St Anthony's, St Lawrence, and Walker.[3]
Included the former Urban District of Walker which had been absorbed into the County Borough in 1904 and had previously been part of the abolished Tyneside constituency.
1950–1983
- The County Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Dene, Heaton, St Lawrence, Walker, and Walkergate.[5]
Boundaries redrawn to take account of expansion of the County Borough and redistribution of wards. Expanded northwards, gaining Dene and Heaton from Newcastle upon Tyne North. Byker and St Anthony's transferred to Newcastle upon Tyne Central.
1983–1997
- The City of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Byker, Dene, Heaton, Monkchester, Sandyford, Walker, and Walkergate.[6]
Regained Byker and St Anthony's with the addition of the Battle Field area from Newcastle-upon-Tyne Centre. Sandyford transferred from Newcastle-upon-Tyne North.
On abolition, the Sandyford ward was transferred to Newcastle upon Tyne Central; the remainder of the constituency comprised the bulk of the new seat of Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend.
2010–present
- The City of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Byker, Dene, North Heaton, North Jesmond, Ouseburn, South Heaton, South Jesmond, Walker, and Walkergate.[7]
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear in 2007, the Boundary Commission for England re-created the constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne East, which took effect at the 2010 general election.[4] The new seat largely replaced the former Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend seat, with the Wallsend element being transferred to the adjacent North Tyneside constituency. The boundaries were similar to those in place before 1997, with the addition of Jesmond from Newcastle upon Tyne Central.
Apart from a period in 1981-1983 following the defection of local member Mike Thomas to the SDP, successive members of the Labour Party have represented this constituency in Westminster since 1964 (including its interim successors). Since 1966, the double-digit majorities won in all three previous forms of the constituency and today's constituency suggest they have been safe seats.
Ahead of the 2010 election the seat was considered at risk for the Labour Party, after the Liberal Democrat, achieved victories in local elections in areas covered by the constituency. In the event, Labour's Nick Brown held the seat with the smallest majority in 44 years, and in the simultaneous local elections Labour benefitted from the associated increased turnout to take the Walkergate council ward from the Liberal Democrats.
In 2015, the Liberal Democrat vote collapsed in line with the rest of the country and in 2017, Brown achieved a record margin of 46.3%. In 2019 the constituency was one of only a handful of Labour-held seats not contested by the Brexit Party.
MPs 1918–1997
MPs since 2010
| Election | Member[8] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Nick Brown | Labour | |
| 2023 | Independent | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDP | Martin Evison[9] | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Ridyard | ||||
| Independent | Gary Spedding | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nick Brown | 26,049 | 60.1 | −7.5 | |
| Conservative | Robin Gwynn | 10,586 | 24.4 | +3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy Taylor | 4,535 | 10.5 | +4.3 | |
| Green | Nick Hartley | 2,195 | 5.1 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 15,463 | 35.7 | −10.6 | ||
| Turnout | 43,365 | 68.0 | +1.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −5.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nick Brown | 28,127 | 67.6 | +18.2 | |
| Conservative | Simon Kitchen | 8,866 | 21.3 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy Taylor | 2,574 | 6.2 | −4.8 | |
| UKIP | Anthony Sanderson | 1,315 | 3.2 | −9.3 | |
| Green | Alistair Ford[13] | 755 | 1.8 | −6.9 | |
| Majority | 19,261 | 46.3 | +14.5 | ||
| Turnout | 41,637 | 66.8 | +5.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +7.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nick Brown | 19,378 | 49.4 | +4.4 | |
| Conservative | Duncan Crute[16] | 6,884 | 17.6 | +1.6 | |
| UKIP | David Robinson-Young[17] | 4,910 | 12.5 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy Taylor | 4,332 | 11.0 | -22.3 | |
| Green | Andrew Gray[18] | 3,426 | 8.7 | +7.1 | |
| TUSC | Paul Phillips[19] | 170 | 0.4 | New | |
| Communist | Mollie Stevenson[20] | 122 | 0.3 | -0.2 | |
| Majority | 12,494 | 31.8 | +20.1 | ||
| Turnout | 39,222 | 61.1 | +2.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nick Brown* | 17,043 | 45.0 | −7.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy Taylor | 12,590 | 33.3 | +1.5 | |
| Conservative | Dominic Llewellyn | 6,068 | 16.0 | +3.0 | |
| BNP | Alan Spence | 1,342 | 3.5 | New | |
| Green | Andrew Gray | 620 | 1.6 | New | |
| Communist | Martin Levy | 177 | 0.5 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 4,453 | 11.7 | +9.2 | ||
| Turnout | 37,840 | 58.7 | +3.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −4.6 | |||
- * Served as MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend, 1997–2010
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nick Brown | 24,342 | 60.2 | +3.7 | |
| Conservative | Jeremy R. Lucas | 10,465 | 25.9 | −0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Thompson | 4,883 | 12.1 | −3.9 | |
| Green | Gareth L.N. Edwards | 744 | 1.8 | New | |
| Majority | 13,877 | 34.3 | +4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 40,434 | 70.7 | +0.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nick Brown | 23,677 | 56.5 | +11.0 | |
| Conservative | Jenefer Riley | 11,177 | 26.6 | −1.2 | |
| Liberal | Peter Arnold | 6,728 | 16.0 | −10.7 | |
| Communist | Joseph Keith | 362 | 0.9 | New | |
| Majority | 12,500 | 29.9 | +12.2 | ||
| Turnout | 41,944 | 70.6 | -0.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nick Brown | 19,247 | 45.5 | −9.6 | |
| Conservative | Arthur T. Barnes | 11,755 | 27.8 | −8.7 | |
| SDP | Mike Thomas | 11,293 | 26.7 | New | |
| Majority | 7,492 | 17.7 | -0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 42,295 | 71.0 | +3.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Mike Thomas | 18,257 | 55.1 | +2.3 | |
| Conservative | Derek Conway | 12,087 | 36.5 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal | J. Nelson | 2,818 | 8.5 | −4.9 | |
| Majority | 6,170 | 18.6 | -0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 33,162 | 68.0 | -3.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mike Thomas | 17,312 | 52.84 | ||
| Conservative | M. Hill | 11,063 | 33.76 | ||
| Liberal | T. Symonds | 4,391 | 13.40 | New | |
| Majority | 6,249 | 19.08 | |||
| Turnout | 32,766 | 71.77 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Geoffrey Rhodes | 20,439 | 58.76 | ||
| Conservative | M. Hill | 14,347 | 41.24 | ||
| Majority | 6,092 | 17.52 | |||
| Turnout | 34,786 | 76.87 | |||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Geoffrey Rhodes | 20,780 | 58.4 | -1.4 | |
| Conservative | Philip E. Heseltine | 14,832 | 41.7 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 5,948 | 16.7 | -2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 35,612 | 75.6 | -4.9 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Geoffrey Rhodes | 22,408 | 59.77 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas T. Hubble | 15,082 | 40.23 | ||
| Majority | 7,326 | 19.54 | |||
| Turnout | 37,490 | 80.51 | |||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Geoffrey Rhodes | 21,200 | 52.02 | ||
| Conservative | Fergus Montgomery | 19,556 | 47.98 | ||
| Majority | 1,644 | 4.04 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 40,756 | 83.37 | |||
| Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Fergus Montgomery | 21,457 | 50.11 | ||
| Labour | Arthur Blenkinsop | 21,359 | 49.89 | ||
| Majority | 98 | 0.22 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42,816 | 84.59 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur Blenkinsop | 22,816 | 52.08 | ||
| Conservative | George F.H. Walker | 20,994 | 47.92 | ||
| Majority | 1,822 | 4.16 | |||
| Turnout | 43,810 | 77.60 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur Blenkinsop | 25,621 | 52.86 | ||
| Conservative | Alfred Edwards | 22,850 | 47.14 | ||
| Majority | 2,771 | 5.72 | |||
| Turnout | 48,471 | 84.59 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur Blenkinsop | 24,694 | 51.45 | ||
| Conservative | P.G. Williams | 18,866 | 39.30 | ||
| Liberal | William McKeag | 4,440 | 9.25 | New | |
| Majority | 5,828 | 12.15 | |||
| Turnout | 48,000 | 83.67 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur Blenkinsop | 26,116 | 68.93 | ||
| National Liberal | Richard O'Sullivan | 11,774 | 31.07 | ||
| Majority | 14,342 | 37.86 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 37,890 | 73.13 | |||
| Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal | Robert Aske | 23,146 | 58.6 | -4.8 | |
| Labour | Bernard Benjamin Gillis | 16,322 | 41.4 | +4.8 | |
| Majority | 6,824 | 17.2 | -9.6 | ||
| Turnout | 39,468 | 81.3 | -5.2 | ||
| National Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal | Robert Aske | 24,522 | 63.4 | New | |
| Labour | Maurice Alexander | 14,176 | 36.6 | -12.1 | |
| Majority | 10,346 | 26.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 38,728 | 86.5 | +7.1 | ||
| National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Robert Aske | 17,856 | 51.3 | +6.2 | |
| Labour | Martin Connolly | 16,921 | 48.7 | +2.3 | |
| Majority | 935 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 34,777 | 79.4 | −4.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 43,797 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +2.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin Connolly | 13,120 | 46.4 | −1.3 | |
| Liberal | Robert Aske | 12,776 | 45.1 | −7.2 | |
| Unionist | William Temple | 2,420 | 8.5 | New | |
| Majority | 344 | 1.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 28,316 | 83.9 | +10.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 33,737 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Robert Aske | 12,656 | 52.3 | +22.3 | |
| Labour | Arthur Henderson | 11,532 | 47.7 | +4.6 | |
| Majority | 1,124 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 24,188 | 73.2 | −0.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 33,066 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +8.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur Henderson | 11,066 | 45.7 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal | Harry Barnes | 6,682 | 27.6 | −2.4 | |
| Unionist | Robert Gee | 6,480 | 26.7 | New | |
| Majority | 4,384 | 18.1 | +5.0 | ||
| Turnout | 24,228 | 76.4 | +2.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 31,703 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
- Death of Joseph Bell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joseph Bell | 10,084 | 43.1 | +8.4 | |
| Liberal | Harry Barnes | 6,999 | 30.0 | −28.1 | |
| National Liberal | Gilbert Stone | 6,273 | 26.9 | New | |
| Majority | 3,085 | 13.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 23,356 | 73.7 | +25.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 31,703 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +18.3 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Liberal | Harry Barnes | 8,682 | 58.1 | |
| Labour | Walter Hudson | 5,195 | 34.7 | ||
| Independent | John Thompson* | 1,079 | 7.2 | ||
| Majority | 3,487 | 23.4 | |||
| Turnout | 14,956 | 48.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 30,719 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
* Thompson was initially supported by the local branch of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers but this was later revoked.
- A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- 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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