Gateshead West (UK Parliament constituency)
| Gateshead West | |
|---|---|
|
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | County Durham until 1974, then Tyne and Wear |
| 1950–1983 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Tyne Bridge and Gateshead East[1] |
| Created from | Gateshead |
Gateshead West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Gateshead in what is now Tyne and Wear. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Gateshead wards of Central, North, North West, West, and West Central.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | John Hall | Labour | |
| 1955 by-election | Harry Randall | Labour | |
| 1970 | John Horam | Labour | |
| 1981 | SDP | ||
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Election Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Horam | 13,533 | 67.24 | ||
| Conservative | DR Kelly | 5,221 | 25.94 | ||
| Liberal | FE Patterson | 1,185 | 5.89 | ||
| National Front | H Beadle | 186 | 0.92 | ||
| Majority | 8,312 | 41.30 | |||
| Turnout | 69.31 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Horam | 13,859 | 68.61 | ||
| Conservative | P Brown | 4,432 | 21.94 | ||
| Liberal | K Stoddart | 1,909 | 9.45 | ||
| Majority | 9,427 | 46.67 | |||
| Turnout | 20,200 | 65.65 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Horam | 13,839 | 61.01 | ||
| Conservative | Bentley John Heddle | 5,372 | 23.68 | ||
| Liberal | J Bennison | 3,474 | 15.31 | ||
| Majority | 8,467 | 37.32 | |||
| Turnout | 74.20 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Horam | 15,622 | 68.07 | ||
| Conservative | John O'Sullivan | 7,328 | 31.93 | ||
| Majority | 8,294 | 36.14 | |||
| Turnout | 66.59 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Randall | 20,381 | 74.77 | ||
| Conservative | E Greenwood | 6,878 | 25.23 | ||
| Majority | 13,503 | 49.54 | |||
| Turnout | 70.11 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Randall | 21,390 | 68.97 | ||
| Conservative | DR Chapman | 9,623 | 31.03 | ||
| Majority | 11,767 | 37.94 | |||
| Turnout | 74.93 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Randall | 21,277 | 64.90 | ||
| Conservative | David A Wright | 11,509 | 35.10 | ||
| Majority | 9,768 | 29.79 | |||
| Turnout | 76.88 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Randall | 13,196 | 66.46 | +1.14 | |
| Conservative | David A Wright | 6,661 | 33.54 | -1.14 | |
| Majority | 6,535 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Thomas Hall | 22,040 | 65.32 | ||
| Conservative | J Quigley | 11,071 | 34.68 | ||
| Majority | 10,339 | 30.64 | - | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Thomas Hall | 20,790 | 63.77 | ||
| Liberal National | JS Magnay | 11,811 | 36.23 | ||
| Majority | 8,979 | 27.54 | |||
| Turnout | 83.81 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Thomas Hall | 20,872 | 64.16 | ||
| Liberal National | JS Magnay | 11,660 | 35.84 | ||
| Majority | 9,212 | 28.32 | |||
| Turnout | 83.90 | ||||
References
- ↑ "'Gateshead West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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