Gateshead East and Washington West (UK Parliament constituency)
54°56′13″N 1°33′18″W / 54.937°N 1.555°W
| Gateshead East and Washington West | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Gateshead East and Washington West in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election | |
 Location of Tyne and Wear within England | |
| County | Tyne and Wear |
| 1997–2010 | |
| Seats | 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 from 1997 to 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post electoral system.
History
[edit]The constituency was created for the 1997 general election, primarily from the abolished Gateshead East seat, with the addition of two Washington wards from Houghton and Washington.
It was abolished for the 2010 general election when the Boundary Commission reduced the number of seats in Tyne and Wear from 13 to 12, with the constituencies in the City of Sunderland, in particular, being reorganised. The majority of the seat was included in the re-established constituency of Gateshead, while the two Washington wards were included in the new seat of Washington and Sunderland West and the Pelaw and Heworth ward was transferred to Jarrow.[1]
Boundaries
[edit]1997-2010
- 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.[2]
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member [3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Joyce Quin | Labour | |
| 2005 | Sharon Hodgson | Labour | |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Gateshead, Jarrow and Washington and Sunderland West | ||
Election results
[edit]Elections of the 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Boundary Commission for England Fifth Periodical Report Vol 3" (PDF). pp. 144–147.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". In the County of Tyne and Wear.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Gateshead East and Washington West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
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