Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

The ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear is divided into 13 parliamentary constituencies, including 2 cross-county boundary seats with Northumberland and one with Durham, of which 9 are borough constituencies and 4 county constituencies. As of the 2024 general election, all 13 are represented by the Labour Party.

Constituencies

Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  Conservative   Labour   Reform UK

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate	Majority[nb 2]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Map
Blaydon and Consett CC (part)	70,487	11,153		Liz Twist		David Ayre
Cramlington and Killingworth CC (part)	76,228	12,820		Emma Foody		Gordon Fletcher
Gateshead Central and Whickham BC	69,827	9,644		Mark Ferguson		Damian Heslop
Hexham CC (part)	76,431	3,713		Joe Morris		Guy Opperman
Houghton and Sunderland South CC	78,448	7,168		Bridget Phillipson		Sam Woods-Brass
Jarrow and Gateshead East BC	70,272	8,946		Kate Osborne		Lynda Alexandra
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West BC	76,969	11,060		Chi Onwurah		Ashton Muncaster
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend BC	76,425	12,817		Mary Glindon		Robin Gwynn
Newcastle upon Tyne North BC	75,146	17,762		Catherine McKinnell		Guy Renner-Thompson
South Shields BC	68,366	6,653		Emma Lewell-Buck		Steve Holt
Sunderland Central BC	76,145	6,073		Lewis Atkinson		Chris Eynon
Tynemouth BC	76,145	15,455		Alan Campbell		Lewis Bartoli
Washington and Gateshead South BC	70,972	6,913		Sharon Hodgson		Paul Donaghy

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Name (2010-2024)	Boundaries 2010-2024	Name (2024-present)	Boundaries 2024-present
Blaydon Gateshead Houghton and Sunderland South Jarrow Newcastle upon Tyne Central Newcastle upon Tyne East Newcastle upon Tyne North North Tyneside South Shields Sunderland Central Tynemouth Washington and Sunderland West	Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (2010-2024)	Blaydon and Consett Cramlington and Killingworth Gateshead Central and Whickham Hexham Houghton and Sunderland South Jarrow and Gateshead East Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Newcastle upon Tyne North South Shields Sunderland Central Tynemouth Washington and Gateshead South	Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (2024-present)

For the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside with Northumberland as a sub-region of the North East Region, with the creation of two cross-county boundary constituencies comprising an expanded Hexham seat and a new seat named Cramlington and Killingworth. Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland would be combined with County Durham, resulting in another cross-county boundary constituency, named Blaydon and Consett. The constituencies names of Blaydon, Gateshead, Jarrow, North Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne Central, Newcastle upon Tyne East, and Washington and Sunderland West were abolished, and new or re-established constituency names of Gateshead Central and Whickham, Jarrow and Gateshead East, Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West, Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend, and Washington and Gateshead South created.^[1][2]

The following seats resulted from the boundary review:

Containing electoral wards from Gateshead

• Blaydon and Consett (part)
• Gateshead Central and Whickham
• Jarrow and Gateshead East (part)
• Washington and Gateshead South (part)

Containing electoral wards from Newcastle upon Tyne

• Cramlington and Killingworth (parts also in North Tyneside and Northumberland)

• Hexham (part also in Northumberland)
• Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
• Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (part)
• Newcastle upon Tyne North (part)

Containing electoral wards from North Tyneside

• Cramlington and Killingworth (parts also in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland)

• Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (part)

• Newcastle upon Tyne North (part)
• Tynemouth

Containing electoral wards from South Tyneside

• Jarrow and Gateshead East (part)
• South Shields

Containing electoral wards from Sunderland

• Houghton and Sunderland South
• Sunderland Central
• Washington and Gateshead South (part)

2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in Tyne and Wear from 13 to 12, leading to significant changes. The constituencies of Gateshead East and Washington West, Houghton and Washington East, Sunderland North, Sunderland South, and Tyne Bridge were abolished and replaced with Gateshead, Houghton and Sunderland South, Sunderland Central, and Washington and Sunderland West. Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend became Newcastle upon Tyne East.

Name (1997-2010)	Boundaries 1997-2010	Name (2010-2024)	Boundaries 2010–2024
Blaydon Gateshead East and Washington West Houghton and Washington East Jarrow Newcastle upon Tyne Central Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Newcastle upon Tyne North North Tyneside South Shields Sunderland North Sunderland South Tyne Bridge Tynemouth	Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (1997-2010)	Blaydon Gateshead Houghton and Sunderland South Jarrow Newcastle upon Tyne Central Newcastle upon Tyne East Newcastle upon Tyne North North Tyneside South Shields Sunderland Central Tynemouth Washington and Sunderland West	Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (2010-2024)

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[3]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Tyne and Wear in the 2024 general election were as follows:^{[nb 3]}

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Labour	238,034	47.7%	0.1%	12	0
Reform	109,162	21.9%	12.8	0	0
Conservative	66,117	13.2%	17.7%	0	0
Greens	39,282	7.9%	4.8%	0	0
Liberal Democrats	33,350	6.7%	0.3%	0	0
Others	13,155	2.6%	0.6%	0	0
Total	499,100	100.0		12

Percentage votes

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	45.4	53.6	57.1	67.1	62.9	55.8	48.7	52.1	60.8	47.8	47.7
Reform	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9.1	21.9
Conservative	31.3	27.6	28.8	17.3	17.7	17.4	21.4	20.3	28.5	30.9	13.2
Green Party	-	*	*	*	*	*	0.6	4.1	1.6	3.1	7.9
Liberal Democrat1	23.3	18.6	13.7	11.8	16.6	23.2	21.7	5.5	4.0	7.0	6.7
UKIP	-	-	-	*	*	*	1.8	17.3	4.7	*	*
Other	0.1	0.3	0.4	3.8	2.8	3.6	5.8	0.7	0.3	2.0	2.6

¹1983 & 1987 - Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Conservative	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12

Maps

1983 to 2024

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2024 to present (including three cross-county constituencies)

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Historical representation by party

1983 to 2010

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency	1983	85	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005
Blaydon	McWilliam						Anderson
Gateshead East / Gateshead East & Washington West (1997)	Conlan		Quin				Hodgson
Houghton and Washington / Houghton & Washington East (1997)	Boyes				Kemp
Jarrow	Dixon				Hepburn
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Merchant		Cousins
Newcastle upon Tyne East / Newcastle-u-T East & Wallsend (1997)	N. Brown
Newcastle upon Tyne North	R. Brown		Henderson
Wallsend / North Tyneside (1997)	Garrett			Byers
South Shields	Clark					Miliband
Sunderland North	Clay			Etherington
Tyne Bridge	Cowans	Clelland
Tynemouth	Trotter				Campbell
Sunderland South	Bagier		Mullin

2010 to present

  Independent   Labour

Constituency	2010	13	2015	2017	19	2019	23	2024
Blaydon / Blaydon & Consett (2024)1	Anderson			Twist
Gateshead / Gateshead Central & Whickham ('24)	Mearns							Ferguson
Houghton & Sunderland South	Phillipson
Jarrow / Jarrow & Gateshead East (2024)	Hepburn				→	Osborne
Newcastle upon Tyne Central / N-u-T Central & West (2024)	Onwurah
Newcastle upon Tyne East / N-u-T East & Wallsend (2024)	N. Brown						→	Glindon
Newcastle upon Tyne North	McKinnell
South Shields	Miliband	Lewell-Buck
Sunderland Central	Elliott							Atkinson
Tynemouth	Campbell
Washington & Sunderland W / Washington & Gateshead S ('24)	Hodgson
North Tyneside2	Glindon							N/A

¹includes areas of County Durham

²parts transferred in 2024 to the seat of Cramlington & Killingworth which is mostly in Northumberland

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the North East (region)
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Tyne and Wear

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.
3. Vote shares include the cross-county constituencies of Blaydon and Consett and Cramlington and Killingworth which have roughly evenly split electorates between Tyne and Wear and County Durham and Northumberland respectively. Vote shares exclude Hexham which has a majority Northumberland electorate