Gateshead West (UK Parliament constituency)

Gateshead West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	County Durham until 1974, then Tyne and Wear
1950–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Tyne Bridge and Gateshead East[1]
Created from	Gateshead

Gateshead West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Gateshead in what is now Tyne and Wear. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Gateshead wards of Central, North, North West, West, and West Central.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	John Hall	Labour
	1955 by-election	Harry Randall	Labour
	1970	John Horam	Labour
	1981		SDP
1983		constituency abolished

Election Results

General Election 1979: Gateshead West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Horam	13,533	67.24
	Conservative	DR Kelly	5,221	25.94
	Liberal	FE Patterson	1,185	5.89
	National Front	H Beadle	186	0.92
Majority			8,312	41.30
Turnout				69.31

General Election October 1974: Gateshead West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Horam	13,859	58.61
	Conservative	P Brown	4,432	21.94
	Liberal	K Stoddart	1,909	9.45
Majority			9,427	46.67
Turnout				65.65

General Election February 1974: Gateshead West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Horam	13,839	61.01
	Conservative	Bentley John Heddle	5,372	23.68
	Liberal	J Bennison	3,474	15.31
Majority			8,467	37.32
Turnout				74.20

General Election 1970: Gateshead West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Horam	15,622	68.07
	Conservative	John O'Sullivan	7,328	31.93
Majority			8,294	36.14
Turnout				66.59

General Election 1966: Gateshead West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Randall	20,381	74.77
	Conservative	E Greenwood	6,878	25.23
Majority			13,503	49.54
Turnout				70.11

General Election 1964: Gateshead West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Randall	21,390	68.97
	Conservative	DR Chapman	9,623	31.03
Majority			11,767	37.94
Turnout				74.93

General Election 1959: Gateshead West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Randall	21,277	64.90
	Conservative	David A Wright	11,509	35.10
Majority			9,768	29.79
Turnout				76.88

By-election 1955: Gateshead West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Randall	13,196	66.46	+1.14
	Conservative	David A Wright	6,661	33.54	-1.14
Majority			6,535

General Election 1955: Gateshead West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Thomas Hall	22,040	65.32
	Conservative	J Quigley	11,071	34.68
Majority			10,339	30.64	-

General Election 1951: Gateshead West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Thomas Hall	20,790	63.77
	Liberal National	JS Magnay	11,811	36.23
Majority			8,979	27.54
Turnout				83.81

General Election 1950: Gateshead West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Thomas Hall	20,872	64.16
	Liberal National	JS Magnay	11,660	35.84
Majority			9,212	28.32
Turnout				83.90

References

1. "'Gateshead West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)