Newcastle upon Tyne North (UK Parliament constituency)

Newcastle upon Tyne North
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Newcastle upon Tyne North in Tyne and Wear.
Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County	Tyne and Wear
Electorate	67,401 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Newcastle upon Tyne North is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Catherine McKinnell of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of Dene, Heaton, Jesmond, St Andrew's, and St Thomas.

1950-1983: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of Arthur's Hill, Elswick, Jesmond, Sandyford, and Westgate.

1983-2010: The City of Newcastle wards of Castle, Denton, Fawdon, Grange, Lemington, Newburn, Westerhope, and Woolsington.

2010-present: The City of Newcastle wards of Castle, Denton, East Gosforth, Fawdon, Lemington, Newburn, Parklands, Westerhope, and Woolsington.

History

From its creation in 1918, the seat was safely Conservative — including six years of complex representation in terms of the modern parties by Gwilym Lloyd George, who was Home Secretary for almost three years until 1957 in a Conservative government. This continued until the 1983 general election, when boundary changes resulted in the Newcastle North of 1983 being composed entirely of wards that did not form part of the pre-1983 Newcastle North (the majority of the old Newcastle North moving to Newcastle Central, which the Conservatives won in 1983). Under these new boundaries the seat was notionally a safe Labour seat. Despite Labour's heavy landslide defeat in 1983, Labour held the new Newcastle North and have done ever since, with the Liberal Democrats since 2005 the greatest challengers.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1918	Nicholas Grattan-Doyle	Conservative
	1940 by-election	Sir Cuthbert Headlam	Independent Conservative
	1940		Conservative
	1951	Gwilym Lloyd George	National Liberal
	1957 by-election	Sir William Elliott	Conservative
	1983	Robert Brown	Labour
	1987	Doug Henderson	Labour
	2010	Catherine McKinnell	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Newcastle upon Tyne North[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine McKinnell	20,689	46.1	+5.2
	Conservative	Stephen Andrew Edward Bates[4]	10,536	23.5	+5.3
	UKIP	Timothy Thomas Marron	7,447	16.6	+13.7
	Liberal Democrat	Anita Anne Lower[5]	4,366	9.7	-23.4
	Green	Alison Juliette Whalley[6]	1,515	3.4	+2.6
	North East Party	Violet Rook[7]	338	0.7	+0.8
Majority			10,153	22.6	+15.2
Turnout			44,891	66.7	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.05

General Election 2010: Newcastle upon Tyne North[8][9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine McKinnell	17,950	40.8	−9.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald W.A.L. Beadle	14,536	33.1	+0.1
	Conservative	Stephen Parkinson	7,966	18.1	+3.4
	BNP	Terry Gibson	1,890	4.3	+4.3
	UKIP	Ian Proud	1,285	2.9	+2.9
	Green	Anna Heyman	319	0.7	+0.7
Majority			3,414	7.8	-9.5
Turnout			43,946	65.5	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Newcastle upon Tyne North[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Henderson	19,224	50.0	−10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald W.A.L. 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	-21.4
Turnout			38,444	67.6	+10.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.2

General Election 2001: Newcastle upon Tyne North[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Henderson	21,874	60.1	−2.0
	Conservative	Philip R. Smith	7,424	20.4	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Graham A. Soult	7,070	19.4	+4.9
Majority			14,450	39.7	-3
Turnout			36,368	57.5	−11.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Newcastle upon Tyne North[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Henderson	28,125	62.2	+12.8
	Conservative	Gregory B. White	8,793	19.4	−12.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter J. Allen	6,578	14.5	−4.2
	Referendum	Mrs. Doreen Chipchase	1,733	3.8	N/A
Majority			19,332	42.7	+25.1
Turnout			45,229	69.2	-7.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.6

General Election 1992: Newcastle upon Tyne North[14][15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Henderson	25,121	49.4	+6.7
	Conservative	Ian Gordon	16,175	31.8	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter J. Maughan	9,542	18.8	−13.9
Majority			8,946	17.6	+7.6
Turnout			50,838	76.8	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Newcastle upon Tyne North[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Henderson	22,424	42.7	+5.1
	Liberal	John Warren Shipley	17,181	32.7	+2.8
	Conservative	John Tweddle	12,915	24.6	−7.9
Majority			5,243	10.0
Turnout			52,520	75.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Newcastle upon Tyne North[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Brown	18,985	37.6	−10.8
	Conservative	Philip Straw	16,429	32.5	−5.1
	Liberal	John Warren Shipley	15,136	29.9	+16.2
Majority			2,556	5.1
Turnout			50,550	72.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Elliott	12,721	47.6
	Labour	S. Ward	11,010	41.2
	Liberal	C. Marlowe	2,983	11.2
Majority			1,711	6.4
Turnout			26,714	68.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Elliott	11,217	42.9
	Labour	Tony Banks	10,748	41.1
	Liberal	David Herd	4,189	16.0
Majority			469	1.8
Turnout			26,154	65.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Elliott	12,793	43.6
	Labour	R.G. Eccles	9,813	33.4
	Liberal	Chris Foote Wood	6,772	23.1
Majority			2,980	10.1
Turnout			29,378	73.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Elliott	15,978	56.1
	Labour	R.G. Eccles	12,518	43.9
Majority			3,460	12.1
Turnout			28,496	67.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Elliott	15,243	49.7
	Labour	F.R. Griffin	12,550	40.9
	Liberal	A. Share	2,902	9.5
Majority			2,693	8.8
Turnout			30,695	75.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Elliott	19,502	60.9
	Labour	S. Lee	12,515	39.1
Majority			6,987	21.8
Turnout			32,017	75.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Elliott	24,588	64.9
	Labour	M.F.L. Pritchard	13,316	35.1
Majority			11,272	29.7
Turnout			37,904	79.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election 1957: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Elliott	19,107	60.35	+3.5
	Labour	T. McDonald	12,555	39.65	+3.5
Majority			6,462
Turnout
	Conservative gain from National Liberal		Swing

General Election 1955: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Gwilym Lloyd George	25,236	63.8
	Labour	B Chisholm	14,303	36.2
Majority			10,933	27.7	-
Turnout			39,539
	National Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Gwilym Lloyd George	23,930	51.1
	Labour	I.E. Geffen	17,005	36.3
	Independent Conservative	C. Gray	5,904	12.1
Majority			6,925	14.8
Turnout			46,839
	National Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1950: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Cuthbert Headlam, Bt	25,325	53.9
	Labour	W.H. Shackleton	16,860	35.9
	Liberal	Aubrey Herbert	4,839	10.3
Majority			8,465	18.0
Turnout			47,024	83.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Cuthbert Headlam	17,381	50.6
	Labour	W Henry Shackleton	10,228	29.8
	Liberal	William McKeag	5,812	16.9
	Common Wealth	Henry Arthur Charles Ridsdale	904	2.6
Majority			7,153	20.8
Turnout			34,325	73.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 7 June 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Conservative	Sir Cuthbert Headlam, Bt	7,380	71.2	N/A
	Conservative	Howard Grattan-Doyle	2,982	28.8	−48.2
Majority			4,398	42.4
Turnout			10,362	22.0	−48.3
	Independent Conservative gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Grattan-Doyle	25,683	77.0
	Labour	E. Gilbert	7,693	23.1
Majority			17,990	53.9
Turnout			33,376	70.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Grattan-Doyle	30,245	83.93
	Labour	R.J. Thomson	5,791	16.07
Majority			24,454	67.86
Turnout				76.83
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North [18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Nicholas Grattan-Doyle	17,962	53.4
	Labour	Edward Scott	7,573	23.4
	Liberal	Dr J. Roberts Creighton	6,860	21.2	n/a
Majority			10,389	30.0
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North [19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Nicholas Grattan-Doyle	12,715	52.1
	Liberal	Dr Robert Wilfred Simpson	6,321	25.9	-7.0
	Labour	John Warburton Beckett	5,374	22.0	n/a
Majority			6,394	26.2
Turnout				73.6
	Unionist hold		Swing

See also

• Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 1940
• Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 1957
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

Notes and references

Notes

1. A borough 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. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
3. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
4. "Stephen Bates PPC page". Conservative Party (UK). Retrieved 31 January 2015.
5. "Anita Lower PPC page". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
6. "green-party-mps-for-newcastle". Retrieved 13 February 2015.
7. "Violet Rook PPC page" (PDF). The North East Party. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
8. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
9. http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/wwwfileroot/cxo/electoral/SPNNorth2010.pdf
10. "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Newcastle Upon Tyne East". BBC News.
11. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
12. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
14. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
15. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
16. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
17. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
18. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
19. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

Sources

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

Coordinates: 55°00′N 1°42′W / 55.0°N 1.7°W