Newcastle upon Tyne West (UK Parliament constituency)
Newcastle upon Tyne West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Newcastle-upon-Tyne North, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central and Tyne Bridge[1] |
Created from | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Newcastle upon Tyne West was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election, when the closest successor constituency was Newcastle-upon-Tyne North.
Boundaries[]
1918–1950: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of Armstrong, Arthur's Hill, Benwell, Elswick, and Fenham.
1950–1983: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of Benwell, Fenham, Kenton, and Scotswood, and the Urban District of Newburn.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Edward Shortt | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | David Adams | Labour | |
1923 | Cecil Beresford Ramage | Liberal | |
1924 | John Palin | Labour | |
1931 | Sir Joseph Leech | Conservative | |
1940 by-election | William Nunn | Conservative | |
1945 | Ernest Popplewell | Labour | |
1966 | Robert Brown | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results[]
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Edward Shortt | 12,812 | 66.6 | |
Labour | David Adams | 6,411 | 33.4 | ||
Majority | 6,401 | 33.2 | |||
Turnout | 19,223 | 57.3 | |||
Registered electors | 33,527 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Adams | 11,654 | 43.9 | +10.5 | |
National Liberal | Cecil Beresford Ramage | 11,499 | 43.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Richard Denman | 3,367 | 12.7 | −53.9 | |
Majority | 156 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,520 | 80.5 | +23.2 | ||
Registered electors | 32,964 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +32.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Cecil Beresford Ramage | 15,141 | 56.8 | +13.4 | |
Labour | David Adams | 11,527 | 43.2 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 3,614 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,668 | 79.3 | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 33,621 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Palin | 13,089 | 45.5 | +2.3 | |
Unionist | Clifford Vernon | 8,459 | 29.4 | New | |
Liberal | Cecil Beresford Ramage | 7,208 | 25.1 | −31.7 | |
Majority | 4,630 | 16.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,756 | 83.8 | +4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 34,304 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +17.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Palin | 16,856 | 46.6 | +1.1 | |
Unionist | Joseph Leech | 14,088 | 38.9 | +9.5 | |
Liberal | John Dodd | 5,267 | 14.5 | −10.6 | |
Majority | 2,768 | 7.7 | −8.4 | ||
Turnout | 36,211 | 76.8 | −7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 47,121 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.2 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Leech | 28,560 | 67.88 | +19.0 | |
Labour | John Palin | 13,514 | 32.12 | -14.5 | |
Majority | 15,046 | 35.76 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,074 | 83.28 | +6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 50,521 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +16.75 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Leech | 28,526 | 59.95 | -7.93 | |
Labour | William Taylor | 17,052 | 40.05 | +7.93 | |
Majority | 8,474 | 19.90 | -15.86 | ||
Turnout | 42,578 | 75.05 | -8.23 | ||
Registered electors | 56,732 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.93 |
Elections in the 1940s[]
General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Joseph Leech
- Labour: Henry Hird
At the outbreak of the Second World War the planned election was postponed and the major parties agreed to an electoral truce, where they would not contest by-elections against each other for the duration of the war.[5] This meant that following Joseph Leech's death in May 1940 neither Labour nor the Liberal Party stood candidates, and the Conservative candidate was unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Nunn | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Popplewell | 28,149 | 58.50 | +18.45 | |
Conservative | William Nunn | 19,966 | 41.50 | -18.45 | |
Majority | 8,183 | 17.00 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,115 | 72.94 | -2.11 | ||
Registered electors | 65,964 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +18.45 |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Popplewell | 31,230 | 58.19 | -0.31 | |
Conservative | AE Pain | 21,949 | 40.90 | -0.60 | |
Communist | R McNair | 492 | 0.92 | New | |
Majority | 9,281 | 17.29 | +0.28 | ||
Turnout | 53,671 | 87.19 | +14.25 | ||
Registered electors | 61,556 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Popplewell | 31,765 | 57.92 | -0.27 | |
Conservative | James Michael Bazin | 23,081 | 42.08 | +1.18 | |
Majority | 8,684 | 15.84 | -1.45 | ||
Turnout | 54,846 | 87.17 | -0.02 | ||
Registered electors | 62,916 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.73 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Popplewell | 25,401 | 55.68 | -2.24 | |
Conservative | Arthur Grey | 20,217 | 44.32 | +2.24 | |
Majority | 5,184 | 11.36 | -4.47 | ||
Turnout | 45,618 | 79.83 | -7.34 | ||
Registered electors | 57,142 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.24 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Popplewell | 28,956 | 54.75 | -0.93 | |
Conservative | C Dennis Larrow | 23,933 | 45.25 | +0.93 | |
Majority | 5,023 | 9.50 | -1.86 | ||
Turnout | 52,889 | 81.99 | +2.16 | ||
Registered electors | 64,509 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.93 |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Popplewell | 29,603 | 58.33 | +3.58 | |
Conservative | H Ian Bransom | 21,149 | 41.67 | -3.58 | |
Majority | 8,454 | 16.66 | +7.16 | ||
Turnout | 50,752 | 79.37 | -2.62 | ||
Registered electors | 63,943 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.58 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Brown | 30,219 | 62.67 | +4.34 | |
Conservative | Denis Alan Orde | 18,002 | 37.33 | -4.34 | |
Majority | 12,217 | 25.34 | +8.68 | ||
Turnout | 48,221 | 75.79 | -3.58 | ||
Registered electors | 63,628 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.34 |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Brown | 30,805 | 58.73 | ||
Conservative | C Lipman | 21,644 | 41.27 | ||
Majority | 9,161 | 17.46 | |||
Turnout | 52,449 | 70.62 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Brown | 33,829 | 60.13 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Robin Milton Stewart | 22,433 | 39.87 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 11,396 | 20.3 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 56,262 | 73.8 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Brown | 30,057 | 56.73 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Robin Milton Stewart | 14,983 | 28.28 | −11.6 | |
Liberal | Robert Humphrey Bourchier Devereux | 7,945 | 15.0 | New | |
Majority | 15,074 | 28.5 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,985 | 68.9 | −4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Brown | 32,827 | 54.51 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Donald David Gilbert | 21,591 | 35.85 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | Jane Dryden Dickinson | 5,801 | 9.63 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 11,236 | 18.66 | −9.8 | ||
Turnout | 60,219 | 72.4 | +3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.9 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d "'Newcastle upon Tyne West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1931". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1935". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Pelling, Henry (1980). "The 1945 general election Reconsidered". The Historical Journal. 23 (2): 399. doi:10.1017/S0018246X0002433X.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1945". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
Sources[]
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
- Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
- Politics of Newcastle upon Tyne