Gateshead East and Washington West (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 54°56′13″N 1°33′18″W / 54.937°N 1.555°W
Gateshead East and Washington West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Tyne and Wear |
1997–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Gateshead, Jarrow, Washington and Sunderland West |
Gateshead East and Washington West was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected a Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post electoral system.
History[]
The constituency was created in 1997 from Gateshead East and Houghton and Washington, and was replaced in 2010 by new constituencies of Gateshead and Washington and Sunderland West, while two wards were transferred to the Jarrow seat.
Boundaries[]
The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead wards of Chowdene, Felling, High Fell, Leam, Low Fell, and Pelaw and Heworth, and the City of Sunderland wards of Washington South and Washington West.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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1997 | Joyce Quin | Labour | |
2005 | Sharon Hodgson | Labour | |
2010 | Constituency abolished: see Gateshead, Jarrow and Washington and Sunderland West |
Election results[]
Elections of the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sharon Hodgson | 20,997 | 60.6 | −7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Hindle | 7,590 | 21.9 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Lee Martin | 4,812 | 13.9 | −0.9 | |
UKIP | Jim Batty | 1,269 | 3.7 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 13,407 | 38.7 | -14.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,668 | 56.4 | +3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joyce Quin | 22,903 | 68.1 | −3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ron Beadle | 4,999 | 14.9 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Campbell | 4,970 | 14.8 | +0.6 | |
UKIP | Martin Rouse | 743 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 17,904 | 53.2 | -4.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,615 | 52.5 | −14.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joyce Quin | 31,047 | 72.1 | ||
Conservative | Jacqui M. Burns | 6,097 | 14.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan D. Ord | 4,622 | 10.7 | ||
Referendum | Michael Daley | 1,315 | 3.1 | ||
Majority | 24,950 | 57.9 | |||
Turnout | 43,081 | 67.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also[]
Notes and references[]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010
- Politics of Gateshead
- United Kingdom constituency stubs