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Gateshead East and Washington West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Gateshead East and Washington West in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election
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Location of Tyne and Wear within England
CountyTyne and Wear
1997–2010
SeatsOne
Replaced byGateshead, Jarrow, Washington and Sunderland West

Gateshead East and Washington West was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post electoral system.

History

The constituency was created for the 1997 general election, primarily from the abolished Gateshead East seat, with the addition of two Washington wards from Houghton and Washington.

It was abolished for the 2010 general election when the Boundary Commission reduced the number of seats in Tyne and Wear from 13 to 12, with the constituencies in the City of Sunderland, in particular, being reorganised. The majority of the seat was included in the re-established constituency of Gateshead, while the two Washington wards were included in the new seat of Washington and Sunderland West and the Pelaw and Heworth ward was transferred to Jarrow.[1]

Boundaries

1997-2010

Members of Parliament

Election Member [3] Party
1997 Joyce Quin Labour
2005 Sharon Hodgson Labour
2010 Constituency abolished: see Gateshead, Jarrow
and Washington and Sunderland West

Election results

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2005: Gateshead East and Washington West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon Hodgson 20,997 60.6 −7.5
Liberal Democrats Frank Hindle 7,590 21.9 +7.0
Conservative Lee Martin 4,812 13.9 −0.9
UKIP Jim Batty 1,269 3.7 +1.5
Majority 13,407 38.7 -14.5
Turnout 34,668 56.4 +3.9
Labour hold Swing −7.3
General election 2001: Gateshead East and Washington West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joyce Quin 22,903 68.1 −3.9
Liberal Democrats Ron Beadle 4,999 14.9 +4.2
Conservative Elizabeth Campbell 4,970 14.8 +0.6
UKIP Martin Rouse 743 2.2 New
Majority 17,904 53.2 -4.7
Turnout 33,615 52.5 −14.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1997: Gateshead East and Washington West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joyce Quin 31,047 72.1
Conservative Jacqui M. Burns 6,097 14.2
Liberal Democrats Alan D. Ord 4,622 10.7
Referendum Michael Daley 1,315 3.1
Majority 24,950 57.9
Turnout 43,081 67.2
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Boundary Commission for England Fifth Periodical Report Vol 3" (PDF). pp. 144–147.
  2. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". In the County of Tyne and Wear.
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
  4. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


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