List of Parliamentary constituencies in the North East (region)

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The region[1] of North East England is divided into 29 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 19 Borough Constituencies and 10 County Constituencies. Since the 2019 general election,[2] 19 are represented by Labour MPs and 10 by Conservative MPs.

Constituencies[]

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate[3] Majority[4][nb 2] Member of Parliament[4] Nearest opposition[4] County County Location Constituency Map
Berwick-upon-Tweed CC 59,939 14,835   Anne-Marie Trevelyan†   Trish Williams‡ Northumberland EnglandNorthumberland.png
Bishop Auckland CC 68,170 7,962   Dehenna Davison†   Helen Goodman‡ County Durham EnglandDurham.png
Blaydon BC 67,853 5,531   Liz Twist‡   Adrian Pepper† Tyne and Wear EnglandTyneWear.png
Blyth Valley BC 64,429 712   Ian Levy†   Susan Dungworth‡ Northumberland EnglandNorthumberland.png
City of Durham CC 71,271 5,025   Mary Foy‡   William Morgan† County Durham EnglandDurham.png
Darlington BC 66,397 3,294   Peter Gibson†   Jenny Chapman‡ County Durham EnglandDurham.png
Easington CC 61,182 6,581   Grahame Morris‡ Clare Ambrosino† County Durham EnglandDurham.png
Gateshead BC 66,449 7,200   Ian Mearns‡   Jane MacBean† Tyne and Wear EnglandTyneWear.png
Hartlepool BC[nb 3] 70,855 6,940   Jill Mortimer†   Paul Williams‡ County Durham (prev. Cleveland) EnglandCleveland.png
Hexham CC 61,324 10,549   Guy Opperman† Penny Greenan‡ Northumberland EnglandNorthumberland.png
Houghton and Sunderland South BC 68,835 3,115   Bridget Phillipson‡   Christopher Howarth† Tyne and Wear EnglandTyneWear.png
Jarrow BC 65,103 7,120   Kate Osborne‡   Nick Oliver† Tyne and Wear EnglandTyneWear.png
Middlesbrough BC 60,764 8,390   Andy McDonald‡   Ruth Betson† North Yorkshire (prev. Cleveland) EnglandCleveland.png
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland CC 72,348 11,626   Simon Clarke†   Lauren Dingsdale‡ North Yorkshire (prev. Cleveland) EnglandCleveland.png
Newcastle upon Tyne Central BC 57,845 12,278   Chinyelu Onwurah‡   Emily Victoria Payne† Tyne and Wear EnglandTyneWear.png
Newcastle upon Tyne East BC 63,796 15,463   Nick Brown‡   Robin Gwynn† Tyne and Wear EnglandTyneWear.png
Newcastle upon Tyne North BC 68,486 5,765   Catherine McKinnell‡   Mark Lehain† Tyne and Wear EnglandTyneWear.png
North Durham CC 66,796 4,742   Kevan Jones‡   Edward Parson† County Durham EnglandDurham.png
North Tyneside BC 78,902 9,561   Mary Glindon‡   Dean Carroll† Tyne and Wear EnglandTyneWear.png
North West Durham CC 72,166 1,144   Richard Holden† Laura Pidcock‡ County Durham EnglandDurham.png
Redcar BC 66,864 3,527   Jacob Young†   Anna Turley‡ North Yorkshire (prev. Cleveland) EnglandCleveland.png
Sedgefield CC 64,325 4,513   Paul Howell†   Phil Wilson‡ County Durham EnglandDurham.png
South Shields BC 62,793 9,585   Emma Lewell-Buck‡ Oni Oviri† Tyne and Wear EnglandTyneWear.png
Stockton North BC 66,649 1,027   Alex Cunningham

‡

  Steven Jackson† County Durham (prev. Cleveland) EnglandCleveland.png
Stockton South BC 76,870 5,260   Matt Vickers†   Paul Williams‡ County Durham (prev. Cleveland) EnglandCleveland.png
Sunderland Central BC 72,680 2,964   Julie Elliott‡   Tom D'Silva† Tyne and Wear EnglandTyneWear.png
Tynemouth BC 77,261 4,857   Alan Campbell‡   Lewis Bartoli† Tyne and Wear EnglandTyneWear.png
Wansbeck CC 63,339 814   Ian Lavery‡ Jack Gebhard† Northumberland EnglandNorthumberland.png
Washington and Sunderland West BC 66,278 3,723   Sharon Hodgson‡   Valerie Allen† Tyne and Wear EnglandTyneWear.png

Proposed boundary changes[]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. The Commission have calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the North East region will decrease by two, from 29 to 27.[5]

The following seats are proposed:[6]

Constituency Electorate Ceremonial county Local authority
72,541 Northumberland Northumberland
Bishop Auckland CC 72,307 Durham County Durham
Blaydon CC 74,066 Tyne and Wear Gateshead
75,452 Northumberland Northumberland
City of Durham CC 70,603 Durham / Tyne and Wear County Durham / Sunderland
Darlington CC 70,446 Durham Darlington
Gateshead BC 70,553 Tyne and Wear Gateshead
Hartlepool CC 71,228 Durham Hartlepool
Hexham CC 72,738 Northumberland / Tyne and Wear Newcastle upon Tyne / Northumberland
69,762 Tyne and Wear South Tyneside / Sunderland
Middlesbrough BC 71,742 North Yorkshire Middlesbrough / Stockton-on-Tees
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland CC 70,063 North Yorkshire Middlesbrough / Redcar and Cleveland
Newcastle upon Tyne East BC 77,038 Tyne and Wear Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne North BC 74,087 Tyne and Wear Newcastle upon Tyne / North Tyneside
Newcastle upon Tyne West BC 73,536 Tyne and Wear Newcastle upon Tyne
70,149 Durham County Durham
North Durham CC 73,327 Durham County Durham
North West Durham CC 70,300 Durham County Durham
71,235 North Yorkshire Middlesbrough / Redcar and Cleveland
72,787 Durham / Tyne and Wear County Durham / Sunderland
South Shields BC 69,725 Tyne and Wear South Tyneside
Stockton North CC 69,779 Durham Stockton-on-Tees
70.108 Durham / North Yorkshire Darlington / Stockton-on-Tees
Sunderland Central BC 72,688 Tyne and Wear Sunderland
Tynemouth BC 76,984 Tyne and Wear North Tyneside
75,245 Tyne and Wear Sunderland
74,510 Northumberland / Tyne and Wear North Tyneside / Northumberland

Results history[]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]

2019[]

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the North East region in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Labour 532,122 42.6% Decrease12.8% 19 Decrease7
Conservative 478,208 38.3% Increase3.9% 10 Increase7
Brexit 98,958 7.9% new 0 0
Liberal Democrats 85,243 6.8% Increase2.2% 0 0
Greens 29,732 2.4% Increase1.1% 0 0
Others 23,872 2.0% Decrease2.3% 0 0
Total 1,248,135 100.0 29

Percentage votes[]

North East votes percentage

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019

Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats[]

North East seats

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 1974 (Feb) - Independent Labour (Eddie Milne)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  3. ^ Per by-election held on 6 May 2021.

References[]

  1. ^ NUTS statistical regions of England - NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ^ "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Commons Library. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the North East region | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  7. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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