Blyth Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Blyth Valley
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Blyth Valley in Northumberland.
Location of Northumberland within England.
County	Northumberland
Population	82,174 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	63,173 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements	Blyth, Cramlington, Seaton Delaval
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Ronnie Campbell (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Blyth Valley (formerly known as Blyth) is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1987 by Ronnie Campbell of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

The constituency was established in 1950 as "Blyth", and renamed in 1983.

Boundaries

The constituency is based around the former borough of Blyth Valley, with Blyth as its main town.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Northumberland, the Boundary Commission for England has made only minor changes to the existing constituencies in the region. Blyth Valley remains co-terminous with the boundaries of the former borough of the same name.

Members of Parliament

Event		Member[3]	Party
	1950	Alfred Robens	Labour
	1960 by-election	Eddie Milne	Labour
	Feb 1974		Independent Labour
	Oct 1974	John Ryman	Labour
	1987	Ronnie Campbell	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Blyth Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronnie Campbell [4]	17,813	46.3	+1.8
	UKIP	Barry Elliott	8,584	22.3	+18.0
	Conservative	Greg Munro	8,346	21.7	+5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Latham[5]	2,265	5.9	-21.3
	Green	Dawn Furness[6]	1,453	3.8	+3.8
Majority			9,229	24.0	+6.3
Turnout			38,461	60.1	+0.01
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Blyth Valley[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronnie Campbell	17,156	44.5	−10.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jeffrey Reid	10,488	27.2	−3.9
	Conservative	Barry Flux	6,412	16.6	+2.7
	BNP	Steve Fairbairn	1,699	4.4	+4.4
	UKIP	Jim Condon	1,665	4.3	+4.3
	Independent	Barry Elliott	819	2.1	+2.1
	English Democrats	Allan White	327	0.8	+0.8
Majority			6,668	17.3
Turnout			38,566	60.0	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.3%

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Blyth Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronnie Campbell	19,659	55.0	−4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jeffrey Reid	11,132	31.1	+6.7
	Conservative	Michael Windridge	4,982	13.9	−2.0
Majority			8,527	23.8	−11.5
Turnout			35,773	56.2	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.7

General Election 2001: Blyth Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronnie Campbell	20,627	59.7	−4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jeffrey Reid	8,439	24.4	+2.0
	Conservative	Wayne Daley	5,484	15.9	+2.5
Majority			12,188	35.3	−6.5
Turnout			34,550	54.7	−14.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Blyth Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronnie Campbell	27,276	64.2	+14.3
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Lamb	9,540	22.5	−11.0
	Conservative	Barbara Musgrave	5,666	13.3	−2.3
Majority			17,736	41.8	25.4
Turnout			42,482	68.8	−12.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.7

General Election 1992: Blyth Valley[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronnie Campbell	24,542	49.9	+7.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter M. Tracey	16,498	33.5	−7.1
	Conservative	Michael J. Revell	7,691	15.6	−1.3
	Green	Stephen P. Tyley	470	1.0	+1.0
Majority			8,044	16.3	+14.5
Turnout			49,201	80.7	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Blyth Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronnie Campbell	19,604	42.5	+3.0
	Social Democratic	Rosemary Margaret Brownlow	18,751	40.6	+8.8
	Conservative	Robert Richard Francis Kinghorn	7,823	16.9	−10.9
Majority			853	1.9	−5.8
Turnout			46,178	78.1	+5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Blyth Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ryman	16,583	39.5	−0.6
	Social Democratic	Rosemary Margaret Brownlow	13,340	31.8	+31.8
	Conservative	Andrew Hargreaves	11,657	27.8	+5.0
	Independent	S. Robinson	406	0.9	+0.9
Majority			3,243	7.7	−3.6
Turnout			41,986	72.8	−5.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Blyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ryman	25,047	40.1	+3.4
	Independent Labour	Eddie Milne	17,987	28.8	−7.8
	Conservative	Emma Harriet Nicholson	14,194	22.8	+10.9
	Liberal	D. Parkin	5,176	8.29	−6.5
Majority			7,060	11.3	+11.2
Turnout			62,404	78.3	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Blyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ryman	20,308	36.7
	Independent Labour	Eddie Milne	20,230	36.6
	Liberal	John Shipley	8,177	14.8
	Conservative	B. Griffiths	6,590	11.9
Majority			78	0.1
Turnout			55,305	74.3
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing

General Election February 1974: Blyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Eddie Milne	22,918	38.9
	Labour	Ivor Richard	16,778	28.5
	Liberal	John Shipley	10,214	17.4
	Conservative	B. Griffiths	8,888	15.1
Majority			6,140	10.4
Turnout			58,798	79.5
	Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1970: Blyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Milne	36,118	74.2
	Conservative	A.J. Blackburn	12,550	25.8
Majority			23,568	48.4
Turnout			48,668	71.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Blyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Milne	36,493	78.2
	Conservative	W.J. Prime	10,179	21.8
Majority			26,314	56.4
Turnout			46,672	74.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Blyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Milne	37,336	75.9
	Conservative	G.P. Davidson	11,832	24.1
Majority			25,504	51.9
Turnout			49,168	78.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Blyth by-election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Milne	23,438	68.9%	-5.7%
	Conservative	Dennis Murray Walters	7,366	21.6%	-3.8%
	Independent	C. Pym	3,223	9.5%	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Blyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Robens	38,616	74.6
	Conservative	Dennis Murray Walters	13,122	25.4
Majority			25,494	49.3
Turnout			51,738	82.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Blyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Robens	36,522	73.1
	Conservative	Nicholas Ridley	13,429	26.9
Majority			23,093	46.2
Turnout			49,951	80.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Blyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Robens	39,823	73.7	-1.0
	Conservative	G. Peters	14,184	26.3	0.9
Majority			25,693	47.5	−1.8
Turnout			54,007	86.25	-0.72
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Blyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Robens	40,245	74.7	N/A
	Conservative	L.J. Amos	13,665	25.4	N/A
Majority			26,580	49.3	N/A
Turnout			53,910	86.97	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland

Notes and references

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "Blyth Valley: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
2. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
4. http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/blyth-valley-2015.html
5. "Candidate is selected". News Post Leader. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
6. https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates?display_name=Blyth+Valley&display_name_1=&display_name_2=All&relationship_type=All
7. http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=7549
8. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

External Links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Blyth Valley presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

Coordinates: 55°07′37″N 1°31′23″W / 55.127°N 1.523°W