Tynemouth | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Tyne and Wear |
Electorate | 76,618 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | North Shields, Whitley Bay, Monkseaton, Tynemouth and Cullercoats |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1832 |
Member of Parliament | Sir Alan Campbell (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Northumberland |
Tynemouth is a constituency[n 1] in Tyne and Wear represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Sir Alan Campbell, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Tynemouth was one of 20 new single-member parliamentary boroughs created by the Reform Act 1832.[2] However, under the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, it is referred to as Tynemouth and North Shields.[3] The constituency is referred to in various sources (e.g. Leigh Rayment[4] and F.W.S.Craig) by the latter name between 1832 and 1885 and then treated as abolished and replaced by Tynemouth from 1885 onwards. However, there is no mention of this in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and the boundaries were unchanged at that time. The current name of Tynemouth has officially been in use since the Representation of the People Act 1918.[5] It therefore appears that both names were used for the same constituency at different times from 1832 to 1918.
No change to the boundaries.
Whitley Bay, which became a municipal borough in 1954, was transferred from the abolished constituency of Wansbeck.
Minor changes to take account of changes to local authority and ward boundaries following the reorganisation under the Local Government Act 1972.
Riverside ward transferred to the new constituency of North Tyneside.
Valley ward transferred from North Tyneside.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the Borough of North Tyneside (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
Chirton; Collingwood; Cullercoats; Monkseaton North; Monkseaton South; Preston; Riverside (polling districts FC, FD, FE, FF, FG and FH); St. Mary’s; Tynemouth; Whitley Bay.[11]
The Valley ward will be moved back out to the new constituency of Cramlington and Killingworth, partly offset by the reinstatement of most of Riverside ward from North Tyneside (to be abolished).
Tynemouth is a coastal seat on the northern bank of the River Tyne. The seat covers Tynemouth, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Cullercoats, Monkseaton and, since 2010, Shiremoor and Backworth.
North Shields and the communities along the Tyne itself tend to be more industrial and working-class, once dominated by coal mining and shipbuilding. The coastal towns to the north, such as Whitley Bay, tend to be more middle-class dormitory towns for Newcastle commuters.
Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 close to the national average of 3.8%, at 3.9% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian, lower than the regional average by 0.5%.[12]
The seat has tended to be one of the more Conservative-leaning seats in the North East of England, where the party has traditionally struggled against the Labour Party. As a relatively middle-class area, it returned Conservative MPs from 1950 to 1997, albeit often on narrow majorities. It has been represented by Labour since 1997, though the Conservatives remain strong at a local level. Similar to Sefton Central on Merseyside, despite being a traditionally strong Conservative area in a Labour-dominated county, the area has swung significantly to Labour during the twenty-first century, and has been won by semi-marginal to safe margins by Labour candidates at every general election since 1997, with significant swings to Labour seen in both 2015 and 2017.
Since the 1997 general election, it has been represented by Alan Campbell of the Labour Party, who reached the level of government below a Minister of State in 2008, as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office. He is currently Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Reform UK | Michael Harrigan[13] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Campbell | 26,928 | 48.0 | 9.0 | |
Conservative | Lewis Bartoli | 22,071 | 39.4 | 2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Appleby | 3,791 | 6.8 | 3.0 | |
Brexit Party | Ed Punchard | 1,963 | 3.5 | New | |
Green | Julia Erskine | 1,281 | 2.3 | 1.2 | |
Majority | 4,857 | 8.6 | 12.9 | ||
Turnout | 56,034 | 72.5 | 2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Campbell | 32,395 | 57.0 | 8.8 | |
Conservative | Nick Varley | 20,729 | 36.5 | 3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Appleby | 1,724 | 3.0 | ||
UKIP | Stuart Haughton | 1,257 | 2.2 | 10.0 | |
Green | Julia Erskine[16] | 629 | 1.1 | 2.7 | |
Independent | Anthony "The Durham Cobbler" Jull | 124 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 11,666 | 20.5 | 4.1 | ||
Turnout | 56,858 | 74.5 | 5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Campbell | 25,791 | 48.2 | 2.9 | |
Conservative | Glenn Hall[18] | 17,551 | 32.8 | 1.6 | |
UKIP | Gary Legg[19] | 6,541 | 12.2 | 10.5 | |
Green | Julia Erskine[20] | 2,017 | 3.8 | 2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Paton-Day[21] | 1,595 | 3.0 | 11.9 | |
Majority | 8,240 | 15.4 | 4.5 | ||
Turnout | 53,495 | 69.0 | 0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Campbell | 23,860 | 45.3 | 3.0 | |
Conservative | Wendy Morton | 18,121 | 34.4 | 2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Appleby | 7,845 | 14.9 | 0.2 | |
BNP | Dorothy Brooke | 1,404 | 2.7 | New | |
UKIP | Natasha Payne | 900 | 1.7 | New | |
Green | Julia Erskine | 538 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 5,739 | 10.9 | 1.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,668 | 69.6 | 3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.4 |
Michael McIntyre was councillor for the Whitley Bay Ward at the time of polling. The Conservatives hoped to snatch the seat, but could only diminish Alan Campbell's majority. In the Mayoral election held on the same day, Mayor Linda Arkley (Conservative) narrowly lost re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Campbell | 20,143 | 47.0 | 6.2 | |
Conservative | Michael McIntyre | 16,000 | 37.3 | 3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Finlay | 6,716 | 15.7 | 4.1 | |
Majority | 4,143 | 9.7 | 10.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,859 | 66.9 | 0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.0 |
Labour MP Alan Campbell was returned in 2001 with a smaller majority during Tony Blair's second landslide.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Campbell | 23,364 | 53.2 | 2.2 | |
Conservative | Karl Poulsen | 14,686 | 33.5 | 0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Penny Reid | 5,108 | 11.6 | 2.8 | |
UKIP | Michael Rollings | 745 | 1.7 | 0.8 | |
Majority | 8,678 | 19.7 | 2.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,903 | 67.4 | 9.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
In 1997 Labour won the seat for the first time since 1945. The Conservatives chose Gateshead Councillor Martin Callanan as their candidate to replace the retiring Neville Trotter. He would subsequently become a North East MEP and later a peer and government minister.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Campbell | 28,318 | 55.4 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Martin Callanan | 17,045 | 33.3 | -12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Duffield | 4,509 | 8.8 | +0.7 | |
Referendum | Clive Rook | 819 | 1.6 | New | |
UKIP | Frank Rogers | 462 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 11,273 | 22.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,153 | 77.11 | −3.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.5 |
In 1992 Neville Trotter narrowly won his final term as the Labour candidate's fourth attempt failed. Many council seats were also unexpectedly won on the back of John Major's victory such as Whitley Bay and Monkseaton.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Neville Trotter | 27,731 | 46.0 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Patrick Cosgrove | 27,134 | 45.0 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip J.S. Selby | 4,855 | 8.1 | −9.9 | |
Green | Andrew Buchanan-Smith | 543 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 597 | 1.0 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 60,263 | 80.4 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Neville Trotter | 25,113 | 43.2 | -4.9 | |
Labour | Patrick Cosgrove | 22,530 | 38.8 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | David F. Mayhew | 10,446 | 18.0 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 2,583 | 4.4 | -12.8 | ||
Turnout | 58,089 | 78.1 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.42 |
The 1983 election saw Neville Trotter's biggest majority after a landslide victory won by Margaret Thatcher.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Neville Trotter | 27,029 | 48.1 | -3.5 | |
Labour | Patrick Cosgrove | 17,420 | 31.3 | -7.2 | |
Liberal | David F. Mayhew | 11,153 | 20.1 | +10.3 | |
Majority | 9,609 | 17.2 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 55.602 | 74.6 | -3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 |
1979: Patrick 'Paddy' Cosgrove's first of four attempts to win the seat. Cosgrove was the Labour councillor for Whitley Bay Ward.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Neville Trotter | 29,941 | 51.57 | ||
Labour | Patrick Joseph Cosgrove[n 3] | 22,377 | 38.55 | ||
Liberal | R. Pinkney | 5,736 | 9.88 | ||
Majority | 7,564 | 13.02 | |||
Turnout | 58,054 | 77.69 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neville Trotter | 24,510 | 43.16 | ||
Labour | J.E. Miller | 21,389 | 37.66 | ||
Liberal | Rodney S. Turner | 10,895 | 19.18 | ||
Majority | 3,121 | 5.50 | |||
Turnout | 56,794 | 74.29 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
February 1974: Neville Trotter, a Newcastle City Councillor and Chartered Accountant, became MP.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neville Trotter | 26,824 | 44.22 | ||
Labour | D. Carlton | 20,437 | 33.69 | ||
Liberal | Rodney S. Turner | 13,393 | 22.08 | ||
Majority | 6,387 | 10.53 | |||
Turnout | 60,654 | 80.02 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Jeremy Beecham would later become leader of Newcastle City Council and a Peer.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Irene Ward | 30,773 | 51.36 | ||
Labour | Jeremy Beecham | 23,927 | 39.93 | ||
Liberal | Rodney S. Turner | 5,221 | 8.71 | New | |
Majority | 6,846 | 11.43 | |||
Turnout | 59,921 | 75.85 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1966: Gordon Adam would latterly become a North East MEP and make a failed bid to become Mayor of North Tyneside in 2001.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irene Ward | 29,210 | 49.62 | ||
Labour | Gordon Adam | 25,814 | 43.85 | ||
Independent | James C. Edwards | 3,846 | 6.53 | New | |
Majority | 3,396 | 5.77 | |||
Turnout | 58,870 | 78.45 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irene Ward | 33,342 | 56.29 | ||
Labour | Albert Booth | 25,894 | 43.71 | ||
Majority | 7,448 | 12.58 | |||
Turnout | 59,236 | 78.96 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irene Ward | 32,810 | 56.37 | ||
Labour | William H. Hutchinson | 18,866 | 32.42 | ||
Liberal | David N. Thompson | 6,525 | 11.21 | ||
Majority | 13,994 | 23.95 | |||
Turnout | 58,201 | 80.53 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irene Ward | 30,949 | 55.12 | ||
Labour | James Finegan | 20,113 | 35.82 | ||
Liberal | Roy Cairncross | 5,082 | 9.05 | New | |
Majority | 10,836 | 19.30 | |||
Turnout | 56,144 | 79.35 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irene Ward | 33,800 | 56.39 | ||
Labour | Grace Colman | 26,144 | 43.61 | ||
Majority | 7,656 | 12.78 | |||
Turnout | 59,944 | 84.54 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irene Ward | 28,785 | 49.30 | ||
Labour | Grace Colman | 23,148 | 39.65 | ||
Liberal | E.B. Slack | 6,452 | 11.05 | ||
Majority | 5,637 | 9.65 | |||
Turnout | 58,385 | 84.01 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Grace Colman | 13,963 | 46.07 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Russell | 10,884 | 35.91 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Paterson Chitty | 5,460 | 18.02 | ||
Majority | 3,079 | 10.16 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,307 | 76.85 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Russell | 16,003 | 47.1 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Samuel Segal | 10,145 | 29.8 | +6.0 | |
Liberal | John Stanley Holmes | 7,868 | 23.1 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 5,858 | 17.3 | -10.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,016 | 79.22 | -4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Russell | 17,607 | 51.8 | +14.8 | |
Liberal | John Stanley Holmes | 8,295 | 24.4 | -8.7 | |
Labour | T.H. Knight | 8,110 | 23.8 | -6.1 | |
Majority | 9,312 | 27.38 | +23.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,012 | 84.15 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alexander Russell | 11,785 | 37.0 | -8.2 | |
Liberal | Richard Irvin | 10,545 | 33.1 | +5.7 | |
Labour | John Stuart Barr | 9,503 | 29.9 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 1,240 | 3.9 | -13.9 | ||
Turnout | 31,833 | 83.3 | -1.3 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alexander Russell | 11,210 | 45.2 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | Harry Barnes | 6,820 | 27.4 | -10.9 | |
Labour | John Stuart Barr | 6,818 | 27.4 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 4,390 | 17.8 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 24,848 | 84.6 | +3.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alexander Russell | 9,612 | 41.0 | -7.1 | |
Liberal | Harry Barnes | 9,008 | 38.3 | +9.3 | |
Labour | W. Pitt | 4,875 | 20.7 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 604 | 2.7 | -16.4 | ||
Turnout | 23,495 | 81.1 | -2.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alexander Russell | 11,244 | 48.1 | +13.4 | |
Liberal | Herbert Craig | 6,787 | 29.0 | -3.2 | |
Labour | George Harold Humphrey | 5,362 | 22.9 | +7.7 | |
Majority | 4,457 | 19.1 | +16.6 | ||
Turnout | 23,393 | 83.5 | +19.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Charles Percy | 5,883 | 34.7 | −14.2 |
Liberal | Herbert Craig | 5,434 | 32.2 | −18.9 | |
Independent Labour | George Harold Humphrey | 2,566 | 15.2 | New | |
Independent | Henry Gregg (British politician) | 2,495 | 14.8 | New | |
National | Dixon Scott | 517 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 449 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,895 | 63.8 | −15.6 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.4 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
1918: Dixon Scott was the founder of Newcastle's 'News Cinema', the modern 'Tyneside Cinema'.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Craig | 4,106 | 51.1 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | Charles Percy | 3,939 | 48.9 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 177 | 2.2 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,045 | 79.4 | -3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,122 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Craig | 4,487 | 52.9 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Edward George Spencer-Churchill[33] | 3,993 | 47.1 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 494 | 5.8 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,480 | 83.3 | -3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 10,122 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Craig | 4,286 | 54.9 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Frederick Leverton Harris | 3,522 | 45.1 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 764 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,808 | 86.6 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,019 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Leverton Harris[34] | 3,501 | 53.1 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | F.D. Blake | 3,094 | 46.9 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 407 | 6.2 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,595 | 82.0 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,041 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Donkin | 3,168 | 51.7 | −1.2 | |
Liberal | Francis Blake[35] | 2,959 | 48.3 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 209 | 3.4 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,127 | 80.0 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,659 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Donkin | 3,121 | 52.9 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | James Annand | 2,783 | 47.1 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 338 | 5.8 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,904 | 80.9 | +4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 7,300 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Donkin | 2,795 | 55.1 | −2.1 | |
Liberal | William Thomas Raymond[36] | 2,277 | 44.9 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 518 | 10.2 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,072 | 76.1 | −3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 6,669 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Donkin | 3,027 | 57.2 | ||
Liberal | Joseph Spence[37] | 2,269 | 42.8 | ||
Majority | 758 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,296 | 79.4 | |||
Registered electors | 6,669 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |