Gateshead East (UK Parliament constituency)
Gateshead East | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Gateshead East in Tyne and Wear, boundaries 1983-97 | |
County | County Durham until 1974, then Tyne and Wear |
1950–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Gateshead East & Washington West, Tyne Bridge and Jarrow |
Created from | Gateshead |
Gateshead East was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
History[]
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. It returned Labour MPs for the entire period of its existence.
Boundaries[]
1950–1955: The County Borough of Gateshead wards of East, East Central, North East, South, and South Central.
1955–1983: The County Borough of Gateshead wards of East, South, and South Central, and the Urban District of Felling.
1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead wards of Chowdene, Deckham, Felling, High Fell, Leam, Low Fell, Pelaw and Heworth, Saltwell, and Wrekendyke.
Gateshead East, as could be inferred from the name, formed the eastern part of the Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear. In 1997, it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Gateshead East and Washington West, with smaller areas going to Tyne Bridge and Jarrow.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Arthur Moody | Labour | |
1964 | Bernard Conlan | Labour | |
1987 | Joyce Quin | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Gateshead East & Washington West, Tyne Bridge and Jarrow |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Moody | 15,249 | 45.14 | ||
National Liberal | Douglas Clift | 13,530 | 40.05 | ||
Independent Labour | Konni Zilliacus | 5,001 | 14.80 | ||
Majority | 1,719 | 5.09 | |||
Turnout | 33,780 | 85.81 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Moody | 19,525 | 57.65 | ||
National Liberal | Douglas Clift | 14,344 | 42.35 | ||
Majority | 5,181 | 15.30 | |||
Turnout | 33,869 | 85.67 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Moody | 21,653 | 56.45 | ||
Conservative | George Glover | 16,706 | 43.55 | ||
Majority | 4,947 | 12.90 | |||
Turnout | 38,359 | 78.78 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Moody | 25,319 | 58.92 | ||
Conservative | George Glover | 17,654 | 41.08 | ||
Majority | 7,665 | 17.84 | |||
Turnout | 42,973 | 81.60 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 26,633 | 64.51 | ||
Conservative | Olive Sinclair | 14,654 | 35.49 | ||
Majority | 11,979 | 29.02 | |||
Turnout | 41,287 | 79.85 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 27,628 | 69.57 | ||
Conservative | James HE Mendl | 12,084 | 30.43 | ||
Majority | 15,544 | 39.14 | |||
Turnout | 39,712 | 75.73 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 28,524 | 64.81 | ||
Conservative | Peter R Wood | 15,489 | 35.19 | ||
Majority | 13,035 | 29.62 | |||
Turnout | 44,013 | 70.73 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 27,269 | 55.16 | ||
Conservative | Richard Ryder | 11,970 | 24.21 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Aubrey Buckingham | 10,196 | 20.63 | New | |
Majority | 15,299 | 30.95 | |||
Turnout | 49,435 | 78.62 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 27,620 | 61.87 | ||
Conservative | Richard Ryder | 10,021 | 22.45 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Aubrey Buckingham | 6,998 | 15.68 | ||
Majority | 17,599 | 39.42 | |||
Turnout | 44,639 | 70.30 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 28,776 | 61.15 | ||
Conservative | FW Rogers | 14,078 | 29.92 | ||
Liberal | C Batey | 4,201 | 8.93 | ||
Majority | 14,698 | 31.23 | |||
Turnout | 47,055 | 75.32 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 22,981 | 48.32 | ||
Conservative | FW Rogers | 12,659 | 26.62 | ||
SDP | P Nunn | 11,920 | 25.06 | ||
Majority | 10,322 | 21.70 | |||
Turnout | 47,560 | 69.57 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joyce Quin | 28,895 | 59.22 | ||
Conservative | Francis Rogers | 11,667 | 23.91 | ||
SDP | Noel Rippeth | 8,231 | 16.87 | ||
Majority | 17,228 | 35.31 | |||
Turnout | 48,793 | 71.80 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joyce Quin | 30,100 | 63.5 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Martin Callanan | 11,570 | 24.4 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ron W.A.L. Beadle | 5,720 | 12.1 | −4.8 | |
Majority | 18,530 | 39.1 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 47,390 | 73.6 | +1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also[]
Notes and references[]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997
- Politics of Gateshead