Gateshead East and Washington West (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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

History

The constituency was created in 1997 from Gateshead East and Houghton and Washington, and was replaced in 2010 by new constituencies of Gateshead and Washington and Sunderland West, while two wards were transferred to the Jarrow seat.

Boundaries

The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead wards of Chowdene, Felling, High Fell, Leam, Low Fell, and Pelaw and Heworth, and the City of Sunderland wards of Washington South and Washington West.

Members of Parliament
Election Member [1] 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[2]
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
Turnout 34,668 56.4 +3.9
Labour hold Swing −7.3
General election 2001: Gateshead East and Washington West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joyce Quin 22,903 68.1 −3.9
Liberal Democrats Ron Beadle 4,999 14.9 +4.1
Conservative Elizabeth Campbell 4,970 14.8 +0.6
UKIP Martin Rouse 743 2.2 N/A
Majority 17,904 53.2
Turnout 33,615 52.5 −14.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s
General election 1997: Gateshead East and Washington West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joyce Quin 31,047 72.1 N/A
Conservative Jacqui M. Burns 6,097 14.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alan D. Ord 4,622 10.7 N/A
Referendum Michael Daley 1,315 3.1 N/A
Majority 24,950 57.9 N/A
Turnout 43,081 67.2 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
  2. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


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