Gateshead East (UK Parliament constituency)
Gateshead East | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County Durham until 1974, then Tyne and Wear |
1950–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Gateshead East & Washington West, Tyne Bridge and Jarrow |
Created from | Gateshead |
Gateshead East was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
History
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. It returned Labour MPs for the entire period of its existence.
Boundaries
1950-1983: The County Borough of Gateshead wards of East, East Central, North East, South, and South Central.
1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead wards of Chowdene, Deckham, Felling, High Fell, Leam, Low Fell, Pelaw and Heworth, Saltwell, and Wrekendyke.
Gateshead East, as could be inferred from the name, formed the eastern part of the Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear. In 1997, it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Gateshead East and Washington West, with smaller areas going to Tyne Bridge and Jarrow.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1950 | Arthur Moody | Labour | |
1964 | Bernard Conlan | Labour | |
1987 | Joyce Quin | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Gateshead East & Washington West, Tyne Bridge and Jarrow |
Elections
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1992: Gateshead East[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joyce Quin | 30,100 | 63.5 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Martin Callanan | 11,570 | 24.4 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ron W.A.L. Beadle | 5,720 | 12.1 | −4.8 | |
Majority | 18,530 | 39.1 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 47,390 | 73.6 | +1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Gateshead East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joyce Quin | 28,895 | 59.22 | ||
Conservative | FW Rogers | 11,667 | 23.91 | ||
Social Democratic | NG Rippeth | 8,231 | 16.87 | ||
Majority | 17,228 | 35.31 | |||
Turnout | 71.80 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1983: Gateshead East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 22,981 | 48.32 | ||
Conservative | FW Rogers | 12,659 | 26.62 | ||
Social Democratic | P Nunn | 11,920 | 25.06 | ||
Majority | 10,322 | 21.70 | |||
Turnout | 69.57 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Gateshead East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 28,776 | 51.15 | ||
Conservative | FW Rogers | 14,078 | 29.92 | ||
Liberal | C Batey | 4,201 | 8.93 | ||
Majority | 14,698 | 31.24 | |||
Turnout | 75.32 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: Gateshead East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 27,620 | 51.87 | ||
Conservative | Richard Andrew Ryder | 10,021 | 22.45 | ||
Liberal | KA Buckingham | 6,998 | 15.68 | ||
Majority | 17,599 | 39.43 | |||
Turnout | 70.30 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: Gateshead East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 27,269 | 55.16 | ||
Conservative | Richard Andrew Ryder | 11,970 | 24.21 | ||
Liberal | KA Buckingham | 10,196 | 20.63 | ||
Majority | 15,299 | 30.95 | |||
Turnout | 78.62 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1970: Gateshead East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 28,524 | 64.81 | ||
Conservative | PR Wood | 15,489 | 35.19 | ||
Majority | 13,035 | 29.62 | |||
Turnout | 70.73 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Gateshead East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 27,628 | 69.57 | ||
Conservative | JHE Mendl | 12,084 | 30.43 | ||
Majority | 15,544 | 39.14 | |||
Turnout | 75.73 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1964: Gateshead East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 26,633 | 64.51 | ||
Conservative | O Sinclair | 14,654 | 35.49 | ||
Majority | 11,979 | 29.01 | |||
Turnout | 79.85 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Gateshead East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Arthur Moody | 25,319 | 58.92 | ||
Conservative | G Glover | 17,654 | 41.08 | ||
Majority | 7,665 | 17.84 | |||
Turnout | 81.60 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1955: Gateshead East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Arthur Moody | 21,653 | 56.45 | ||
Conservative | G Glover | 16,706 | 43.55 | ||
Majority | 4,947 | 12.90 | |||
Turnout | 78.78 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1951: Gateshead East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Arthur Moody | 19,525 | 57.65 | ||
Liberal National | D Clift | 14,344 | 42.35 | ||
Majority | 5,181 | 15.30 | |||
Turnout | 85.67 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1950: Gateshead East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Arthur Moody | 15,249 | 45.14 | ||
Liberal National | D Clift | 13,530 | 40.05 | ||
Ind. Labour Party | Konni Zilliacus | 5,001 | 14.80 | ||
Majority | 1,719 | 5.09 | |||
Turnout | 85.81 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.