Gateshead West (UK Parliament constituency)
Gateshead West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County Durham |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Tyne Bridge and Gateshead East[1] |
Created from | Gateshead |
Gateshead West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Gateshead in what is now Tyne and Wear. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries[]
1950–1955: The County Borough of Gateshead wards of Central, North, North West, West, and West Central.
1955–1983: The County Borough of Gateshead wards of Central, East Central, North, North East, North West, West, and West Central.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | John Hall | Labour | |
1955 by-election | Harry Randall | Labour | |
1970 | John Horam | Labour | |
1981 | SDP | ||
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results[]
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Horam | 13,533 | 67.24 | ||
Conservative | DR Kelly | 5,221 | 25.94 | ||
Liberal | FE 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 |
Elections in the 1960s[]
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 |
Elections in the 1950s[]
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) |
References[]
- ^ "'Gateshead West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
Categories:
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
- Politics of Gateshead
- Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (historic)