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South Shields | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Tyne and Wear |
Electorate | 82,294(2011)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1832 |
Member of Parliament | Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | County Durham |
South Shields is a borough constituency that is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Currently, this constituency contains the areas of South Shields in South Tyneside in Tyne and wear. Changes to the boundary that are to be in place for the next election will bring Whitburn into the constituency from neighbouring Jarrow.
General election 2019: South Shields[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Emma Lewell-Buck | 17,273 | 45.6 | -15.9 | |
Conservative | Oni Oviri | 7,688 | 20.3 | -5.6 | |
Brexit Party | Glenn Thompson | 6,446 | 17.0 | New | |
Independent | Geoff Thompson | 3,658 | 9.7 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | William Shepherd | 1,514 | 4.0 | +2.3 | |
Green | Sarah McKeown | 1,303 | 3.4 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 9,585 | 25.3 | -10.3 | ||
Turnout | 37,882 | 60.3 | -4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.2 |