Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832 onwards
South Shields is a
borough constituency 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. It has been represented by
Emma Lewell-Buck of the
Labour Party since 2013.
The seat was created by the
Reform Act 1832 as a single-member parliamentary borough.
[2]
The current constituency covers the area of
South Shields in the
South Tyneside district of
Tyne and Wear .
Boundaries
1832-1918
Under the
Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 , the contents of the borough were defined as the Respective Townships of South Shields and Westoe.
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See map on Vision of Britain website.
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1918–1950
The County Borough of South Shields.
[5]
Expanded to be coterminous with County Borough.
1950–1951
As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
[6]
Expanded southwards, including the communities of
Harton , transferred from Houghton-le-Spring.
1951–1983
As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
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1983–1997
The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of All Saints, Beacon and Bents, Cleadon Park, Harton, Horsley Hill, Rekendyke, Tyne Dock and Simonside, Westoe, West Park, and Whiteleas.
[7]
Minor changes to take account of ward boundaries of the newly formed metropolitan borough, including the transfer of
Biddick Hall to
Jarrow.
1997–2010
The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of All Saints, Beacon and Bents, Biddick Hall, Cleadon Park, Harton, Horsley Hill, Rekendyke, Tyne Dock and Simonside, Westoe, West Park, and Whiteleas.
[8]
Biddick Hall gained back from Jarrow.
2010–present
Map of current boundaries
The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of Beacon and Bents, Biddick and All Saints, Cleadon Park, Harton, Horsley Hill, Simonside and Rekendyke, Westoe, West Park, Whitburn and Marsden, and Whiteleas.
[9]
Boundary changes for the
2010 general election transferred the community of
Whitburn into the South Shields constituency from the neighbouring
Jarrow seat.
Proposed
Further to the
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the
2024 United Kingdom general election , the constituency will be expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range, by adding the South Tyneside ward of Cleadon and East Boldon, transferred from Jarrow (to be abolished).
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Members of Parliament
The seat was held from 2001 to 2013 by
David Miliband , who served as
Foreign Secretary from 2007 until Labour's general election defeat of 2010. On 26 March 2013 Miliband announced his
resignation from
Parliament in order to take up a post as the head of the
International Rescue Committee in
New York City .
[11]
William Robson
With two exceptions (Arthur Blenkinsop and
Emma Lewell-Buck ) every South Shields MP since 1929 has been a cabinet member at some point in their career. However, Blenkinsop was a junior minister, and Lewell-Buck has been a shadow minister. Two of them, Chuter Ede (
Home Secretary ) and Miliband (
Foreign Secretary ), have held one of the
Great Offices of State while MP for South Shields.
The
Open Spaces Society in 2013 observed that there has been a tradition of South Shields MPs, from Chuter Ede onwards, promoting the cause of public access and common land.
[21]
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
Havelock Wilson
Russell Rea
Elections in the 1900s
William Robson
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1830s
See also
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