The ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear is divided into 13 parliamentary constituencies, including 2 cross-county boundary seats with Northumberland and one with Durham, of which 9 are borough constituencies and 4 county constituencies.

Constituencies

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! rowspan="1" |Constituency

! rowspan="1" |Electorate

! rowspan="1" |Majority

! class="unsortable" colspan="2" |Member of Parliament

! class="unsortable" colspan="2" |Nearest opposition

<!--!rowspan=1 class=unsortable|Electoral wards -->

! class="unsortable" rowspan="1" |Map

|-

|Blaydon and Consett&nbsp;CC (part)

|70,487

|11,153

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Liz Twist

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|David Ayre

|left|100px|alt=

|-

|Cramlington and Killingworth&nbsp;CC (part)

|76,228

|12,820

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Emma Foody

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Gordon Fletcher

|left|100px|alt=

|-

|Gateshead Central and Whickham&nbsp;BC

|69,827

|9,644

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Mark Ferguson

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Damian Heslop

|left|100px|alt=

|-

|Hexham&nbsp;CC (part)

|76,431

|3,713

| style="color:inherit;background:" |

|Joe Morris

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Guy Opperman

|left|100px|alt=

|-

|Houghton and Sunderland South&nbsp;CC

|78,448

|7,168

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Bridget Phillipson

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Sam Woods-Brass

|left|100px|alt=

|-

|Jarrow and Gateshead East&nbsp;BC

|70,272

|8,946

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Kate Osborne

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Lynda Alexandra

|left|100px|alt=

|-

|Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West&nbsp;BC

|76,969

|11,060

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Chi Onwurah

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Ashton Muncaster

|left|100px|alt=

|-

|Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend&nbsp;BC

|76,425

|12,817

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Mary Glindon

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Robin Gwynn

|left|100px|alt=

|-

|Newcastle upon Tyne North&nbsp;BC

|75,146

|17,762

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Catherine McKinnell

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Guy Renner-Thompson

|left|100px|alt=

|-

|South Shields&nbsp;BC

|68,366

|6,653

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Emma Lewell-Buck

| style="color:inherit;background:" |

|Steve Holt

|left|100px|alt=

|-

|Sunderland Central&nbsp;BC

|76,145

|6,073

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Lewis Atkinson

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Chris Eynon

|left|100px|alt=

|-

|Tynemouth&nbsp;BC

|76,145

|15,455

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Alan Campbell

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Lewis Bartoli

|left|100px|alt=

|-

|Washington and Gateshead South&nbsp;BC

|70,972

|6,913

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Sharon Hodgson

| style="color:inherit;background:" |&nbsp;

|Paul Donaghy

|left|100px|alt=

|-

|}

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

{| border=1 cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"

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!bgcolor="#ff9999"|Name (2010-2024)!! bgcolor="#ff9999" |Boundaries 2010-2024!! bgcolor="#ff9999" |Name (2024-present)!! bgcolor="#ff9999" |Boundaries 2024-present

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  1. Blaydon
  2. Gateshead
  3. Houghton and Sunderland South
  4. Jarrow
  5. Newcastle upon Tyne Central
  6. Newcastle upon Tyne East
  7. Newcastle upon Tyne North
  8. North Tyneside
  9. South Shields
  10. Sunderland Central
  11. Tynemouth
  12. Washington and Sunderland West

|left|Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (2010-2024)

|

  1. Blaydon and Consett
  2. Cramlington and Killingworth
  3. Gateshead Central and Whickham
  4. Hexham
  5. Houghton and Sunderland South
  6. Jarrow and Gateshead East
  7. Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
  8. Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
  9. Newcastle upon Tyne North
  10. South Shields
  11. Sunderland Central
  12. Tynemouth
  13. Washington and Gateshead South

|left|Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (2024-present)

|-

|}

For the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside with Northumberland as a sub-region of the North East Region, with the creation of two cross-county boundary constituencies comprising an expanded Hexham seat and a new seat named Cramlington and Killingworth. Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland would be combined with County Durham, resulting in another cross-county boundary constituency, named Blaydon and Consett. The constituencies names of Blaydon, Gateshead, Jarrow, North Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne Central, Newcastle upon Tyne East, and Washington and Sunderland West were abolished, and new or re-established constituency names of Gateshead Central and Whickham, Jarrow and Gateshead East, Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West, Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend, and Washington and Gateshead South created.

The following seats resulted from the boundary review:

Containing electoral wards from Gateshead

  • Blaydon and Consett (part)
  • Gateshead Central and Whickham
  • Jarrow and Gateshead East (part)
  • Washington and Gateshead South (part)

Containing electoral wards from Newcastle upon Tyne

  • Cramlington and Killingworth (parts also in North Tyneside and Northumberland)
  • Hexham (part also in Northumberland)
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
  • Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (part)
  • Newcastle upon Tyne North (part)

Containing electoral wards from North Tyneside

  • Cramlington and Killingworth (parts also in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland)
  • Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (part)
  • Newcastle upon Tyne North (part)
  • Tynemouth

Containing electoral wards from South Tyneside

  • Jarrow and Gateshead East (part)
  • South Shields

Containing electoral wards from Sunderland

  • Houghton and Sunderland South
  • Sunderland Central
  • Washington and Gateshead South (part)

2010

Under the fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in Tyne and Wear from 13 to 12, leading to significant changes. The constituencies of Gateshead East and Washington West, Houghton and Washington East, Sunderland North, Sunderland South, and Tyne Bridge were abolished and replaced with Gateshead, Houghton and Sunderland South, Sunderland Central, and Washington and Sunderland West. Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend became Newcastle upon Tyne East.

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!bgcolor="#ff9999"|Name (1997-2010)!! bgcolor="#ff9999" |Boundaries 1997-2010!! bgcolor="#ff9999" |Name (2010-2024)!! bgcolor="#ff9999" |Boundaries 2010–2024

|-

|

  1. Blaydon
  2. Gateshead East and Washington West
  3. Houghton and Washington East
  4. Jarrow
  5. Newcastle upon Tyne Central
  6. Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
  7. Newcastle upon Tyne North
  8. North Tyneside
  9. South Shields
  10. Sunderland North
  11. Sunderland South
  12. Tyne Bridge
  13. Tynemouth

|left|Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (1997-2010)

|

  1. Blaydon
  2. Gateshead
  3. Houghton and Sunderland South
  4. Jarrow
  5. Newcastle upon Tyne Central
  6. Newcastle upon Tyne East
  7. Newcastle upon Tyne North
  8. North Tyneside
  9. South Shields
  10. Sunderland Central
  11. Tynemouth
  12. Washington and Sunderland West

|left|Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (2010-2024)

|-

|}

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Tyne and Wear in the 2024 general election were as follows:

{| class="wikitable"

!Party

!Votes

!%

!Change from 2019

!Seats

!Change from 2019

|-

|Labour

|238,034

|47.7%

|0.1%

|12

|0

|-

|Reform

|109,162

|21.9%

|12.8

|0

|0

|-

|Conservative

|66,117

|13.2%

|17.7%

|0

|0

|-

|Greens

|39,282

|7.9%

|4.8%

|0

|0

|-

|Liberal Democrats

|33,350

|6.7%

|0.3%

|0

|0

|-

|Others

|13,155

|2.6%

|0.6%

|0

|0

|-

|Total

|499,100

|100.0

|

|12

|

|}

Percentage votes

{| class="wikitable"

!Election year

!1983

!1987

!1992

!1997

!2001

!2005

!2010

!2015

!2017

!2019

!2024

|-

|Labour

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|45.4

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|53.6

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|57.1

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|67.1

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|62.9

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|55.8

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|48.7

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|52.1

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|60.8

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|47.8

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|47.7

|-

|Reform

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

|9.1

|21.9

|-

|Conservative

|31.3

|27.6

|28.8

|17.3

|17.7

|17.4

|21.4

|20.3

|28.5

|30.9

|13.2

|-

|Green Party

| -

|*

|*

|*

|*

|*

|0.6

|4.1

|1.6

|3.1

|7.9

|-

|Liberal Democrat<sup>1</sup>

|23.3

|18.6

|13.7

|11.8

|16.6

|23.2

|21.7

|5.5

|4.0

|7.0

|6.7

|-

|UKIP

| -

| -

| -

|*

|*

|*

|1.8

|17.3

|4.7

|*

|*

|-

|Other

|0.1

|0.3

|0.4

|3.8

|2.8

|3.6

|5.8

|0.7

|0.3

|2.0

|2.6

|}

<sup>1</sup>1983 & 1987 - Alliance

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Included in Other

Seats

{| class="wikitable"

!Election year

!1983

!1987

!1992

!1997

!2001

!2005

!2010

!2015

!2017

!2019

!2024

|-

|Labour

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|11

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|12

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|12

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|13

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|13

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|13

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|12

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|12

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|12

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|12

|style="background-color:#e2a499;"|12

|-

|Conservative

|2

|1

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|-

|Total

|13

|13

|13

|13

|13

|13

|12

|12

|12

|12

|12

|}

Maps

1983 to 2024

<gallery mode="packed" heights="195">

File:TyneWearParliamentaryConstituency1983Results.svg|1983

File:TyneWearParliamentaryConstituency1992Results.svg|1987

File:TyneWearParliamentaryConstituency1992Results.svg|1992

File:TyneWearParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg|1997

File:TyneWearParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg|2001

File:TyneWearParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg|2005

File:TyneWearParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg|2010

File:TyneWearParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg|2015

File:TyneWearParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg|2017

File:TyneWearParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg|2019

</gallery>

2024 to present (including three cross-county constituencies)

<gallery mode="packed" heights="350">

File:TyneWearParliamentaryConstituency2024Results.svg|2024

</gallery>

Historical representation by party

1983 to 2010

{| class="wikitable"

!Constituency

!1983

!85

!1987

!1992

!1997

!2001

!2005

|-

|Blaydon

| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |McWilliam

| bgcolor="" |Anderson

|-

|Gateshead East / Gateshead East & Washington West (1997)

| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Conlan

| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Quin

| bgcolor="" |Hodgson

|-

|Houghton and Washington / Houghton & Washington East (1997)

| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Boyes

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Kemp

|-

|Jarrow

| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Dixon

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Hepburn

|-

|Newcastle upon Tyne Central

| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Merchant

| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Cousins

|-

|Newcastle upon Tyne East / Newcastle-u-T East & Wallsend (1997)

| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |N. Brown

|-

|Newcastle upon Tyne North

| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |R. Brown

| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Henderson

|-

|Wallsend / North Tyneside (1997)

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Garrett

| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Byers

|-

|South Shields

| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Clark

| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Miliband

|-

|Sunderland North

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Clay

| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Etherington

|-

|Tyne Bridge

| bgcolor="" |Cowans

| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Clelland

|-

|Tynemouth

| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Trotter

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Campbell

|-

|Sunderland South

| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Bagier

| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Mullin

|}

2010 to present

{| class="wikitable"

!Constituency

!2010

!13

!2015

!2017

!19

!2019

!23

!2024

|-

|Blaydon / Blaydon & Consett (2024)<sup>1</sup>

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Anderson

| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Twist

|-

|Gateshead / Gateshead Central & Whickham ('24)

| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |Mearns

| bgcolor="" | Ferguson

|-

|Houghton & Sunderland South

| bgcolor="" colspan="8" |Phillipson

|-

|Jarrow / Jarrow & Gateshead East (2024)

| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Hepburn

| bgcolor="" |→

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Osborne

|-

|Newcastle upon Tyne Central / N-u-T Central & West (2024)

| bgcolor="" colspan="8" |Onwurah

|-

|Newcastle upon Tyne East / N-u-T East & Wallsend (2024)

| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |N. Brown

| bgcolor="" |→

| bgcolor="" | Glindon

|-

|Newcastle upon Tyne North

| bgcolor="" colspan="8" |McKinnell

|-

|South Shields

| bgcolor="" |Miliband

| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |Lewell-Buck

|-

|Sunderland Central

| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |Elliott

| bgcolor="" | Atkinson

|-

|Tynemouth

| bgcolor="" colspan="8" |Campbell

|-

|Washington & Sunderland W / Washington & Gateshead S ('24)

| bgcolor="" colspan="8" |Hodgson

|-

|North Tyneside<sup>2</sup>

| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |Glindon

|N/A

|}

<sup>1</sup>includes areas of County Durham

<sup>2</sup>parts transferred in 2024 to the seat of Cramlington & Killingworth which is mostly in Northumberland

See also

  • List of parliamentary constituencies in the North East (region)
  • History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Tyne and Wear

Notes

References