Blaydon | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Tyne and Wear |
Population | 88,281 (2011 census) [1] |
Electorate | 68,156 (December 2010) [2] |
Major settlements | Birtley, Blaydon, Rowlands Gill, Ryton and Whickham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Liz Twist ( Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Chester-le-Street and Hexham |
Blaydon is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons since 2017 by Liz Twist of the Labour Party. [n 2]
The seat is due to be abolished for the next general election. [3]
The seat has been a safe seat for the Labour Party since 1935.
Historically, the area's economy relied on coal mining from the Victorian period until the decline of mining in the latter half of the 20th century.
Today, the economy is supported by engineering and service industries on Tyneside, and agriculture.[ citation needed] It also includes the Metrocentre, the second-largest shopping centre in the UK.
The constituency is on the western upland outskirts of Gateshead and its communities are separated by green buffers. It currently comprises the towns of Blaydon, Whickham, Ryton, Birtley and surrounding villages in the south and west of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.
Blaydon was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election when Blaydon, Ryton and Whickham were split off from the existing Chester-le-Street seat. Tanfield was added from the abolished constituency of North West Durham.
Tanfield transferred to Consett.
The communities of Birtley and Lamesley were transferred in from the abolished constituency of Chester-le-Street. Lost small area in the east of the seat to the new constituency of Tyne Bridge.
Minor changes resulting from the redrawing of ward boundaries in Gateshead Borough and abolition of Tyne Bridge.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be abolished for the next general election, with its contents distributed to three new constituencies: [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Twist | 19,794 | 43.3 | −12.8 | |
Conservative | Adrian Pepper | 14,263 | 31.2 | +3.1 | |
Brexit Party | Michael Robinson | 5,833 | 12.8 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Vicky Anderson | 3,703 | 8.1 | −1.0 | |
Green | Diane Cadman | 1,279 | 2.8 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Kathy King | 615 | 1.3 | New | |
Space Navies Party | Lisabela Marschild | 118 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Lee Garrett | 76 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 5,531 | 12.1 | −15.9 | ||
Turnout | 45,681 | 67.3 | −2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Twist | 26,979 | 56.1 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Tom Smith | 13,502 | 28.1 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Wallace | 4,366 | 9.1 | −3.1 | |
UKIP | Ray Tolley | 2,459 | 5.1 | −12.4 | |
Green | Paul McNally | 583 | 1.2 | −2.5 | |
Libertarian | Michael Marchetti [14] | 114 | 0.2 | New | |
Space Navies Party | Lisabela Marschild | 81 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 13,477 | 28.0 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 48,084 | 70.2 | +4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.85 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Anderson | 22,090 | 49.2 | -0.6 | |
UKIP | Mark Bell | 7,863 | 17.5 | New | |
Conservative | Alison Griffiths | 7,838 | 17.4 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Wallace | 5,497 | 12.2 | -17.1 | |
Green | Paul McNally [16] | 1,648 | 3.7 | New | |
Majority | 14,227 | 31.7 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,936 | 66.2 | 0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Anderson | 22,297 | 49.6 | −1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Bradbury | 13,180 | 29.3 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | Glenn Hall | 7,159 | 15.9 | +7.9 | |
BNP | Keith McFarlane | 2,277 | 5.1 | New | |
Majority | 9,117 | 20.3 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,913 | 66.2 | +4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Anderson | 20,120 | 51.5 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter J. Maughan | 14,785 | 37.9 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Luckhurst | 3,129 | 8.0 | −3.4 | |
UKIP | Norman R. Endacott | 1,019 | 2.6 | New | |
Majority | 5,335 | 13.7 | -7.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,053 | 62.6 | +5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McWilliam | 20,340 | 54.8 | −5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter J. Maughan | 12,531 | 33.8 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Mark A. Watson | 4,215 | 11.4 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 7,809 | 21.0 | -15.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,086 | 57.4 | −13.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McWilliam | 27,535 | 60.0 | +7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter J. Maughan | 10,930 | 23.8 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Mark A. Watson | 6,048 | 13.2 | -13.5 | |
Independent | Richard J. Rook | 1,412 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 16,605 | 36.2 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,925 | 71.0 | -6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McWilliam | 27,028 | 52.7 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Pescod | 13,685 | 26.7 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Nunn | 10,602 | 20.7 | −4.8 | |
Majority | 13,343 | 26.0 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 51,315 | 77.7 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McWilliam | 25,277 | 50.3 | +5.9 | |
SDP | Paul Nunn | 12,789 | 25.5 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Pescod | 12,147 | 24.2 | -5.1 | |
Majority | 12,488 | 24.8 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 50,213 | 75.7 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McWilliam | 21,285 | 44.4 | -9.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Williams | 14,063 | 29.3 | -5.7 | |
SDP | Maurice Carr | 12,607 | 26.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,222 | 15.1 | -3.3 | ||
Turnout | 47,955 | 73.2 | -5.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McWilliam | 24,687 | 53.40 | ||
Conservative | T. Middleton | 16,178 | 35.00 | ||
Liberal | David Hutton | 5,364 | 11.60 | ||
Majority | 8,509 | 18.40 | |||
Turnout | 46,229 | 79.07 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Woof | 23,743 | 57.27 | ||
Conservative | A.A. Craig | 10,277 | 24.79 | ||
Liberal | Paul Barker | 7,439 | 17.94 | New | |
Majority | 13,466 | 32.48 | |||
Turnout | 41,409 | 69.20 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Woof | 22,279 | 58.65 | ||
Conservative | A.A. Craig | 15,705 | 41.35 | ||
Majority | 6,574 | 17.30 | |||
Turnout | 37,984 | 67.25 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Woof | 25,724 | 64.88 | ||
Conservative | Norman H. D'Aguiar | 13,926 | 35.12 | ||
Majority | 11,798 | 29.76 | |||
Turnout | 39,650 | 72.30 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Woof | 26,629 | 69.21 | ||
Conservative | Bernard Bligh | 11,849 | 30.79 | ||
Majority | 14,780 | 38.42 | |||
Turnout | 38,478 | 77.45 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Woof | 25,926 | 66.72 | ||
Conservative | Neville Cooper Bailey | 12,932 | 33.28 | ||
Majority | 12,994 | 33.44 | |||
Turnout | 38,858 | 80.01 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Woof | 25,969 | 65.43 | ||
Conservative | Godfrey William Iredell | 13,719 | 34.57 | ||
Majority | 12,250 | 30.86 | |||
Turnout | 39,688 | 82.94 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Woof | 18,791 | 69.94 | +3.47 | |
Conservative | John Morley Reay-Smith | 8,077 | 30.06 | -3.47 | |
Majority | 10,714 | 39.88 | +6.94 | ||
Turnout | 26,868 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whiteley | 25,273 | 66.47 | ||
Conservative | John Morley Reay-Smith | 12,750 | 33.53 | ||
Majority | 12,523 | 32.94 | |||
Turnout | 38,023 | 80.66 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whiteley | 28,337 | 68.18 | ||
Conservative | Charles Percy Lawler Satchwell | 13,223 | 31.82 | ||
Majority | 15,114 | 36.36 | |||
Turnout | 41,560 | 87.60 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whiteley | 28,343 | 68.94 | ||
Conservative | Leslie Frances Lawson | 12,772 | 31.06 | ||
Majority | 15,571 | 37.88 | |||
Turnout | 41,115 | 87.46 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whiteley | 29,931 | 71.65 | ||
Conservative | Edward Charles Peake | 11,842 | 28.35 | ||
Majority | 18,089 | 43.30 | |||
Turnout | 41,773 | 79.70 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whiteley | 24,148 | 62.29 | ||
Conservative | Charles Edwin Vickery | 14,622 | 37.71 | ||
Majority | 9,526 | 24.58 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,770 | 80.76 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Martin | 18,927 | 50.66 | ||
Labour | William Whiteley | 18,431 | 49.34 | ||
Majority | 496 | 1.32 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,358 | 80.95 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whiteley | 21,221 | 59.1 | -3.5 | |
Unionist | R. Charles White | 7,847 | 21.8 | -15.6 | |
Liberal | Thomas Magnay | 6878 | 19.1 | New | |
Majority | 13,374 | 37.3 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 35,946 | 79.5 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 45,204 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whiteley | 17,670 | 62.6 | −5.3 | |
Unionist | George Denson | 10,549 | 37.4 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 7,121 | 25.2 | −10.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,219 | 77.0 | +14.9 | ||
Registered electors | 36,646 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whiteley | 15,073 | 67.9 | +14.0 | |
Unionist | George Denson | 7,124 | 32.1 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 7,949 | 35.8 | +11.1 | ||
Turnout | 22,197 | 62.1 | −14.9 | ||
Registered electors | 35,764 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whiteley | 14,722 | 53.9 | +12.3 | |
Unionist | Sir Frank Robert Simpson, 1st Baronet | 7,963 | 29.2 | New | |
National Liberal | Frederick William Cook | 4,606 | 16.9 | -35.9 | |
Majority | 6,759 | 24.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27,291 | 77.0 | +19.6 | ||
Registered electors | 35,434 | ||||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | National Liberal | Walter Waring | 9,937 | 52.8 | |
Labour | William Whiteley | 7,844 | 41.6 | ||
Liberal | Thomas George Graham | 1,064 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 2,093 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 18,845 | 57.4 | |||
National Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |