| Newcastle upon Tyne North Borough constituency |
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| Newcastle upon Tyne North shown within Tyne and Wear, and Tyne and Wear shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918 |
| MP: | Doug Henderson |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Tyne and Wear |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
Newcastle upon Tyne North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1918)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Nicholas Grattan-Doyle | Conservative | |
| 1940 by-election | Sir Cuthbert Headlam | Independent Conservative then Conservative | |
| 1951 | Gwilym Lloyd George | Liberal and Conservative | |
| 1957 by-election | Sir William Elliott | Conservative | |
| 1983 | Robert Brown | Labour | |
| 1987 | Doug Henderson | Labour | |
Election results
Elections in the 1940s
| Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 7th June 1940 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent Conservative | Sir Cuthbert Headlam, Bt | 7,380 | 71.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | H. Grattan-Doyle | 2,982 | 28.8 | −48.2 | |
| Majority | 4,398 | 42.4 | |||
| Turnout | 10,362 | 22.0 | −48.3 | ||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2001: Newcastle upon Tyne North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Doug Henderson | 21,874 | 60.1 | -2.0 | |
| Conservative | Philip Smith | 7,424 | 20.4 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Graham Soult | 7,070 | 19.4 | +4.9 | |
| Majority | 14,450 | 39.7 | |||
| Turnout | 36,368 | 57.5 | -11.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2005: Newcastle upon Tyne North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Doug Henderson | 19,224 | 50.0 | -10.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ron Beadle | 12,201 | 31.7 | +12.3 | |
| Conservative | Neil Hudson | 6,022 | 15.7 | -4.7 | |
| National Front | Roland Wood | 997 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 7,023 | 18.3 | |||
| Turnout | 38,444 | 67.6 | +10.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -11.2 | |||
See also
- Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 1940
- Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 1957
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
| Constituencies in North East England | |
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| Labour |
Bishop Auckland | Blaydon | Blyth Valley | City of Durham | Darlington | Easington | Gateshead East and Washington West | Hartlepool | Houghton and Washington East | Jarrow | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Newcastle upon Tyne North | North Durham | North Tyneside | North West Durham | Redcar | Sedgefield | South Shields | Stockton North | Stockton South | Sunderland North | Sunderland South | Tyne Bridge | Tynemouth | Wansbeck |
| Liberal Democrat | |
| Conservative | |
| North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
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