Newcastle upon Tyne West (UK Parliament constituency)

Newcastle upon Tyne West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Newcastle-upon-Tyne North, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central and Tyne Bridge[1]
Created from	Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne West was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of Armstrong, Arthur's Hill, Benwell, Elswick, and Fenham.

1950-1983: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of Benwell, Fenham, Kenton, and Scotswood, and the Urban District of Newburn.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Edward Shortt	Coalition Liberal
	1922	David Adams	Labour
	1923	Cecil Beresford Ramage	Liberal
	1924	John Henry Palin	Labour
	1931	Sir Joseph William Leech	Conservative
	1940 by-election	William Nunn	Conservative
	1945	Ernest Popplewell	Labour
	1966	Robert Brown	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Edward Shortt

General Election 1918: Newcastle upon Tyne West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Edward Shortt	12,812
	Labour	David Adams	6,411
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

• denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

Richard Denman

General Election 1922: Newcastle upon Tyne West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Adams	11,654
	National Liberal	Cecil Beresford Ramage	11,499
	Liberal	Richard Douglas Denman	3,367
Majority			156
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: Newcastle upon Tyne West [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cecil Beresford Ramage	15,141	56.8	+13.4
	Labour	David Adams	11,527	43.2	-0.7
Majority			3,614	13.6	14.1
Turnout				79.3
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+7.0

General Election 1924: Newcastle upon Tyne West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Henry Palin	13,089	45.5
	Unionist	Clifford Vernon	8,459	29.4
	Liberal	Cecil Beresford Ramage	7,208	25.1
Majority			4,630	16.1
Turnout				83.8
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1929: Newcastle upon Tyne West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Henry Palin	16,856	46.6	+1.1
	Unionist	Joseph William Leech	14,088	38.9	+9.5
	Liberal	John Dodd	5,267	14.5	-10.6
Majority			2,768	7.7	-8.4
Turnout				76.8	-7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.2

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Newcastle upon Tyne West[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr Joseph William Leech	28,560	67.88	+19.0
	Labour	John Henry Palin	13,514	32.12	-14.5
Majority			15,046	35.76	N/A
Turnout			42,074	83.28	+6.5
Registered electors			50,521
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+16.75

General Election 1935: Newcastle upon Tyne West[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr Joseph William Leech	28,526	59.95	-7.93
	Labour	W Taylor	17,052	40.05	+7.93
Majority			8,474	19.90	-15.86
Turnout			42,578	75.05	-8.23
Registered electors			56,732
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.93

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: Joseph William Leech, Labour: Henry Hird.

Newcastle upon Tyne West by-election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Nunn	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General Election 1945: Newcastle upon Tyne West[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Popplewell	28,149	58.50	+18.45
	Conservative	William Nunn	19,966	41.50	-18.45
Majority			8,183	17.01	N/A
Turnout			48,115	72.94	-2.11
Registered electors			65,964
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+18.45

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Newcastle upon Tyne West[6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Popplewell	31,230	58.19	-0.31
	Conservative	AE Pain	21,949	40.90	-0.60
	Communist	R McNair	492	0.92	N/A
Majority			9,281	17.29	+0.28
Turnout			53,671	87.19	+14.25
Registered electors			61,556
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.15

General Election 1951: Newcastle upon Tyne West[8][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Popplewell	31,765	57.92	-0.27
	Conservative	James Michael Bazin	23,081	42.08	+1.18
Majority			8,684	15.83	-1.46
Turnout			54,846	87.17	-0.02
Registered electors			62,916
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.73

General Election 1955: Newcastle upon Tyne West[10][11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Popplewell	25,401	55.68	-2.24
	Conservative	Arthur Grey	20,217	44.32	+2.24
Majority			5,184	11.36	-4.47
Turnout			45,618	79.83	-7.34
Registered electors			57,142
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.24

General Election 1959: Newcastle upon Tyne West[12][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Popplewell	28,956	54.75	-0.93
	Conservative	C Dennis Larrow	23,933	45.25	+0.93
Majority			5,023	9.50	-1.86
Turnout			52,889	81.99	+2.16
Registered electors			64,509
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.93

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Newcastle upon Tyne West[14][15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Popplewell	29,603	58.33	+3.58
	Conservative	H Ian Bransom	21,149	41.67	-3.58
Majority			8,454	16.66	+7.16
Turnout			50,752	79.37	-2.62
Registered electors			63,943
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.58

General Election 1966: Newcastle upon Tyne West[16][17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Crofton Brown	30,219	62.67	+4.34
	Conservative	Denis Alan Orde	18,002	37.33	-4.34
Majority			12,217	25.34	+8.68
Turnout			48,221	75.79	-3.58
Registered electors			63,628
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.34

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Newcastle upon Tyne West[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Crofton Brown	30,805	58.73
	Conservative	C Lipman	21,644	41.27
Majority			9,161	17.47
Turnout			52,449	70.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election, February 1974: Newcastle upon Tyne West[1][19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Crofton Brown	33,829	60.13	+1.40
	Conservative	Robin Milton Stewart	22,433	39.87	-1.40
Majority			11,396	20.25	+2.80
Turnout			56,262	73.76	+3.14
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election, October 1974: Newcastle upon Tyne West[1][20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Crofton Brown	30,057	56.73	-3.40
	Conservative	Robin Milton Stewart	14,983	28.28	-11.59
	Liberal	Robert Humphrey Bourchier Devereux	7,945	14.99
Majority			15,074	28.45	+8.20
Turnout			52,985	68.86	-4.90
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.10

General Election, 1979: Newcastle upon Tyne West[1][21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Crofton Brown	32,827	54.51	-2.21
	Conservative	Donald David Gilbert	21,591	35.85	+7.58
	Liberal	Jane Dryden Dickinson	5,801	9.63	-5.36
Majority			11,236	18.66	-9.79
Turnout			60,219	72.42	+3.56
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.90

References

1. "'Newcastle upon Tyne West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
3. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1931". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
4. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1935". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
5. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1945". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
6. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
8. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
10. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
12. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
14. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
16. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
18. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
19. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
20. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
21. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

Sources

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)