List of Parliamentary constituencies in the North East (region)

The region[1] of North East England is divided into 29 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 19 Borough Constituencies and 10 County Constituencies. Since the 2019 General Election,[2] 19 are represented by Labour MPs and 10 by Conservative MPs.

Constituencies

   Conservative    Labour

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate[3] Majority[4][nb 2] Member of Parliament[4] Nearest opposition[4] County County Location Constituency Map
Berwick-upon-Tweed CC 59,939 14,835   Anne-Marie Trevelyan   Trish Williams‡ Northumberland
Bishop Auckland CC 68,170 7,962   Dehenna Davison   Helen Goodman County Durham
Blaydon BC 67,853 5,531   Liz Twist   Adrian Pepper† Tyne and Wear
Blyth Valley BC 64,429 712   Ian Levy   Susan Dungworth‡ Northumberland
City of Durham CC 71,271 5,025   Mary Foy   William Morgan† County Durham
Darlington BC 66,397 3,294   Peter Gibson   Jenny Chapman County Durham
Easington CC 61,182 6,581   Grahame Morris Clare Ambrosino† County Durham
Gateshead BC 66,449 7,200   Ian Mearns   Jane MacBean† Tyne and Wear
Hartlepool BC 70,855 3,595   Mike Hill   Stefan Houghton† County Durham (prev. Cleveland)
Hexham CC 61,324 10,549   Guy Opperman Penny Greenan‡ Northumberland
Houghton and Sunderland South BC 68,835 3,115   Bridget Phillipson   Christopher Howarth† Tyne and Wear
Jarrow BC 65,103 7,120   Kate Osborne   Nick Oliver† Tyne and Wear
Middlesbrough BC 60,764 8,390   Andy McDonald   Ruth Betson† North Yorkshire (prev. Cleveland)
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland CC 72,348 11,626   Simon Clarke   Lauren Dingsdale‡ North Yorkshire (prev. Cleveland)
Newcastle upon Tyne Central BC 57,845 12,278   Chinyelu Onwurah   Emily Victoria Payne† Tyne and Wear
Newcastle upon Tyne East BC 63,796 15,463   Nick Brown   Robin Gwynn† Tyne and Wear
Newcastle upon Tyne North BC 68,486 5,765   Catherine McKinnell   Mark Lehain† Tyne and Wear
North Durham CC 66,796 4,742   Kevan Jones   Edward Parson† County Durham
North Tyneside BC 78,902 9,561   Mary Glindon   Dean Carroll† Tyne and Wear
North West Durham CC 72,166 1,144   Richard Holden Laura Pidcock County Durham
Redcar BC 66,864 3,527   Jacob Young   Anna Turley North Yorkshire (prev. Cleveland)
Sedgefield CC 64,325 4,513   Paul Howell   Phil Wilson County Durham
South Shields BC 62,793 9,585   Emma Lewell-Buck Oni Oviri† Tyne and Wear
Stockton North BC 66,649 1,027   Alex Cunningham

  Steven Jackson† County Durham (prev. Cleveland)
Stockton South BC 76,870 5,260   Matt Vickers   Paul Williams County Durham (prev. Cleveland)
Sunderland Central BC 72,680 2,964   Julie Elliott   Tom D'Silva† Tyne and Wear
Tynemouth BC 77,261 4,857   Alan Campbell   Lewis Bartoli† Tyne and Wear
Wansbeck CC 63,339 814   Ian Lavery Jack Gebhard† Northumberland
Washington and Sunderland West BC 66,278 3,723   Sharon Hodgson   Valerie Allen† Tyne and Wear

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries.[5] Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[6] was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.

The Act specified that the next review should be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[7] The Commission have calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the North East region will decrease by 2, from 29 to 27.[8]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[9]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the North East region in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Labour 532,122 42.6% 12.8% 19 7
Conservative 478,208 38.3% 3.9% 10 7
Brexit 98,958 7.9% new 0 0
Liberal Democrats 85,243 6.8% 2.2% 0 0
Greens 29,732 2.4% 1.1% 0 0
Others 23,872 2.0% 2.3% 0 0
Total 1,248,135 100.0 29

Percentage votes

North East votes percentage

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019

Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats

North East seats

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 1974 (Feb) - Independent Labour (Eddie Milne)

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. NUTS statistical regions of England - NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Commons Library. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020".
  7. "2023 Review launched | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  9. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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