South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)

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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.

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South Shields
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundaries since 2024
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Boundary of South Shields in the North East England
CountyTyne and Wear
Electorate68,366 (2024)
Current constituency
Created1832
Member of ParliamentEmma Lewell-Buck (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromCounty Durham
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The seat was created by the Reform Act 1832 as a single-member parliamentary borough.[1]

The current constituency covers the area of South Shields in the South Tyneside district of Tyne and Wear.

Boundaries

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1832–1918

Under the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, the contents of the borough were defined as the Respective Townships of South Shields and Westoe.[2]

See map on Vision of Britain website.[3]

1918–1950

The County Borough of South Shields.[4]

Expanded to be coterminous with County Borough.

1950–1951

As prior but with redrawn boundaries.[5]

Expanded southwards, including the communities of Harton, transferred from Houghton-le-Spring.

1951–1983

As prior but with redrawn boundaries.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

Biddick Hall gained back from Jarrow.

2010–2024

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Map of 2010–2024 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.[8]

Boundary changes for the 2010 general election transferred the community of Whitburn into the South Shields constituency from the neighbouring Jarrow seat.

2024–present

The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of Beacon and Bents; Biddick and All Saints; Cleadon Park; Cleadon and East Boldon; Harton; Horsley Hill; Simonside and Rekendyke; West Park; Westoe; Whitburn and Marsden; and Whiteleas.[9]

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency was expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range, by adding the South Tyneside ward of Cleadon and East Boldon, transferred from the abolished Jarrow constituency.[10]

Members of Parliament

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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]

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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

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General election 2024: South Shields[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Lewell-Buck 15,122 41.1 −3.0
Reform UK Steve Holt 8,469 23.0 +8.3
Green David Francis 5,433 14.8 +11.7
Conservative Craig Robinson 4,128 11.2 −14.6
Independent Ahmed Khan 2,270 6.2 New
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Aibi 1,402 3.8 +0.3
Majority 6,653 18.1 −7.2
Turnout 36,824 53.9 −6.4
Registered electors 68,366
Labour hold Swing
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Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2019: South Shields[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Lewell-Buck 17,273 45.6 −15.9
Conservative Oni Oviri 7,688 20.3 −5.6
Brexit Party Glenn Thompson 6,446 17.0 New
Independent Geoff Thompson 3,658 9.7 New
Liberal Democrats William Shepherd 1,514 4.0 +2.3
Green Sarah McKeown 1,303 3.4 −0.1
Majority 9,585 25.3 −10.3
Turnout 37,882 60.3 −4.0
Labour hold Swing −5.2
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General election 2017: South Shields[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Lewell-Buck 25,078 61.5 +10.2
Conservative Felicity Buchan 10,570 25.9 +9.3
UKIP Richard Elvin 3,006 7.4 −14.6
Green Shirley Ford 1,437 3.5 −1.0
Liberal Democrats Gita Gordon 681 1.7 −0.1
Majority 14,508 35.6 +6.3
Turnout 40,772 64.3 +6.5
Labour hold Swing
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General election 2015: South Shields[26][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Lewell-Buck 18,589 51.3 −0.7
UKIP Norman Dennis 7,975 22.0 New
Conservative Robert Oliver 6,021 16.6 −5.0
Green Shirley Ford 1,614 4.5 +2.4
Independent Lisa Nightingale 1,427 3.9 New
Liberal Democrats Gitanjali (Gita) Gordon 639 1.8 −12.4
Majority 10,614 29.3 −1.1
Turnout 36,265 57.8 +0.1
Labour hold Swing
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2013 South Shields by-election[28][29][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Lewell-Buck 12,493 50.4 −1.6
UKIP Richard Elvin 5,988 24.2 New
Conservative Karen Allen 2,857 11.5 −10.1
Independent Ahmed Khan 1,331 5.4 New
Independent Socialist Party Phil Brown 750 3.0 New
BNP Dorothy Brookes 711 2.9 −3.6
Liberal Democrats Hugh Annand 352 1.4 −12.8
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 197 0.8 New
Independent Thomas Darwood 57 0.2 New
Majority 6,505 26.2 −4.2
Turnout 24,780 39.3 −18.4
Labour hold Swing
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General election 2010: South Shields[31][32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Miliband 18,995 52.0 −8.5
Conservative Karen Allen 7,886 21.6 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Psallidas 5,189 14.2 −5.5
BNP Donna Watson 2,382 6.5 New
Green Shirley Ford 762 2.1 New
Independent Siamak Kaikavoosi 729 2.0 New
Independent Victor Thomson 316 0.9 New
Independent Sam Navabi 168 0.5 New
Fight for an Anti-War Government Roger Nettleship 91 0.2 New
Majority 11,109 30.4 −10.4
Turnout 36,518 57.7 +6.8
Labour hold Swing
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Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: South Shields[33][34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Miliband 18,269 60.5 −2.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Psallidas 5,957 19.7 +2.9
Conservative Richard Lewis 5,207 17.2 +0.3
Independent Nader Afshari-Naderi 773 2.6 New
Majority 12,312 40.8 −5.5
Turnout 30,206 50.9 +1.2
Labour hold Swing
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General election 2001: South Shields[35][36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Miliband 19,230 63.2 −8.2
Conservative Joanna Gardner 5,140 16.9 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Marshall Grainger 5,127 16.8 +8.0
UKIP Alan Hardy 689 2.3 New
Independent Roger Nettleship 262 0.9 New
Majority 14,090 46.3 −10.5
Turnout 30,448 49.7 −12.8
Labour hold Swing −5.3
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Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: South Shields[37][36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Clark 27,834 71.4 +11.6
Conservative Mark Hoban 5,681 14.6 −12.8
Liberal Democrats David Ord 3,429 8.8 −4.0
Referendum Alan Lorriane 1,660 4.3 New
Independent Ian Wilburn 374 1.0 New
Majority 22,153 56.8 +24.4
Turnout 38,978 62.5 −7.6
Labour hold Swing +12.2
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General election 1992: South Shields[38][39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Clark 24,876 59.8 +1.9
Conservative Jonathan L Howard 11,399 27.4 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Arthur Preece 5,344 12.8 −2.7
Majority 13,477 32.4 +0.2
Turnout 41,619 70.1 −0.6
Labour hold Swing +0.1
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Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: South Shields[40][41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Clark 24,882 57.9 +11.4
Conservative Michael Fabricant 11,031 25.7 −5.2
SDP Margaret Melling 6,654 15.5 −7.2
Democrat Edward Dunn 408 1.0 New
Majority 13,851 32.2 +16.6
Turnout 42,975 70.7 +4.5
Labour hold Swing +8.2
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General election 1983: South Shields[42][43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Clark 19,055 46.5 −10.5
Conservative Peter Groves 12,653 30.9 −0.1
SDP Peter Angus 9,288 22.7 +10.7
Majority 6,402 15.6 −10.4
Turnout 40,996 66.2 −5.0
Labour hold Swing −5.2
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Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: South Shields[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Clark 28,675 57.0 +0.6
Conservative R Booth 15,551 31.0 +6.2
Liberal L Monger 6,003 12.0 −5.3
Majority 13,124 26.0 −5.6
Turnout 50,229 71.2 +6.5
Labour hold Swing −2.8
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General election October 1974: South Shields[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Blenkinsop 26,492 56.4 −3.3
Conservative NS Smith 11,667 24.8 −11.6
Liberal L Garbutt 8,106 17.3 New
National Front W Owen 711 1.5 −2.3
Majority 14,825 31.6 +8.3
Turnout 46,976 64.7 −6.9
Labour hold Swing +4.1
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General election February 1974: South Shields[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Blenkinsop 30,740 59.7 −0.5
Conservative S Smith 18,754 36.4 −3.4
National Front W Owen 1,958 3.8 New
Majority 11,986 23.3 +2.9
Turnout 51,452 71.6 +4.8
Labour hold Swing +1.9
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General election 1970: South Shields[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Blenkinsop 30,191 60.2 −4.5
Conservative John McKee 19,960 39.8 +4.5
Majority 10,231 20.4 −9.0
Turnout 50,151 66.8 −1.9
Labour hold Swing −4.5
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Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1966: South Shields[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Blenkinsop 31,829 64.7 +9.6
Conservative Charles MacKenzie Dallas 17,340 35.3 +5.0
Majority 14,489 29.4 +4.6
Turnout 49,169 68.7 −5.4
Labour hold Swing +2.35
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General election 1964: South Shields[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Blenkinsop 29,694 55.1 −2.9
Conservative John Chalmers 16,344 30.3 −11.7
Liberal Thomas Henry Campbell Wardlaw 7,837 14.6 New
Majority 13,350 24.8 +8.8
Turnout 53,875 74.1 −0.3
Labour hold Swing +4.45
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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: South Shields[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chuter Ede 32,577 58.0 −1.6
Conservative John Chalmers 23,638 42.0 +1.6
Majority 8,939 16.0 −3.2
Turnout 56,215 74.4 0.0
Labour hold Swing −1.7
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General election 1955: South Shields[51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chuter Ede 31,734 59.6 +3.6
Conservative John Chalmers 21,482 40.4 +6.8
Majority 10,252 19.2 −3.2
Turnout 53,216 74.4 −6.1
Labour hold Swing −1.6
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General election 1951: South Shields[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chuter Ede 33,633 56.0 −0.5
Conservative John Chalmers 20,208 33.6 +6.7
Liberal Charles Jonathan Kitchell 6,270 10.4 −5.6
Majority 13,425 22.4 −7.2
Turnout 60,111 80.5 −1.2
Labour hold Swing −3.7
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General election 1950: South Shields[53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chuter Ede 33,452 56.5 −2.9
Conservative John Chalmers 15,897 28.9 −11.7
Liberal John George 9,446 16.0 New
Communist FO Smith 415 0.7 New
Majority 17,555 29.6 +10.8
Turnout 59,210 81.7 +8.6
Labour hold Swing +5.4
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Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: South Shields[54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chuter Ede 22,410 59.4 +11.2
National Liberal Donald Maurice Parry 15,296 40.6 New
Majority 7,114 18.8 −1.1
Turnout 37,706 73.1 +0.3
Labour hold Swing +12.6
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Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1935: South Shields
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chuter Ede 22,031 48.16 +7.97
Liberal Harcourt Johnstone 12,932 29.27 −30.54
National Labour Frederick Burden 10,784 23.57 New
Majority 9,099 19.89 N/A
Turnout 45,747 72.79 −7.34
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
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General election 1931: South Shields
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harcourt Johnstone 30,528 59.81 +16.81
Labour Chuter Ede 20,512 40.19 −2.01
Majority 10,016 19.62 N/A
Turnout 51,040 80.13 +7.23
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
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Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: South Shields[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chuter Ede 18,938 42.2 +0.1
Liberal Harold Burge Robson 18,898 42.0 −15.9
Unionist William Nunn 7,110 15.8 New
Majority 40 0.2 N/A
Turnout 44,946 72.9 −2.4
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +8.0
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General election 1924: South Shields[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Harney 23,171 57.9 −1.4
Labour William Lawther 16,852 42.1 +1.4
Majority 6,319 15.8 −2.8
Turnout 40,023 75.3 +1.8
Liberal hold Swing −1.4
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General election 1923: South Shields[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Harney 22,912 59.3 +19.5
Labour William Lawther 15,717 40.7 +1.0
Majority 7,195 18.6 +18.5
Turnout 28,629 73.5 −2.7
Liberal hold Swing +9.5
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General election 1922: South Shields[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Harney 15,760 39.8 −35.4
Labour William Lawther 15,735 39.7 +14.9
National Liberal Havelock Wilson 8,121 20.5 −54.7
Majority 25 0.1 −50.3
Turnout 39,616 76.2 +24.9
Liberal hold Swing
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Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: South Shields[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal Havelock Wilson 19,514 75.2 N/A
Labour George John Rowe 6,425 24.8 N/A
Majority 13,089 50.4 N/A
Turnout 25,939 51.3 N/A
Liberal hold
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1918 South Shields by-election[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Havelock Wilson Unopposed
Liberal hold
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1916 South Shields by-election[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cecil Cochrane Unopposed
Liberal hold
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General election December 1910: South Shields[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Russell Rea Unopposed
Liberal hold
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1910 South Shields by-election[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Russell Rea 7,929 61.8 −3.4
Liberal Unionist Roland Edmund Lomax Vaughan Williams 4,910 38.2 +3.4
Majority 3,019 23.6 −6.8
Turnout 12,839 70.1 −6.0
Registered electors 18,320
Liberal hold Swing −3.4
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General election January 1910: South Shields[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Robson 9,090 65.2 −8.7
Liberal Unionist Roland Edmund Lomax Vaughan Williams[57] 4,854 34.8 +8.7
Majority 4,236 30.4 −17.4
Turnout 13,944 76.1 +3.5
Registered electors 18,320
Liberal hold Swing −8.7
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Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1906: South Shields[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Robson 9,717 73.9 +9.6
Conservative A R Chamberlayne 3,431 26.1 −9.6
Majority 6,286 47.8 +19.2
Turnout 13,148 72.6 +0.6
Registered electors 18,106
Liberal hold Swing +9.6
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General election 1900: South Shields[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Robson 7,417 64.3 +13.6
Conservative R Readhead 4,119 35.7 −13.6
Majority 3,298 28.6 +27.2
Turnout 11,536 72.0 +2.2
Registered electors 16,033
Liberal hold Swing +13.6
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Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1895: South Shields[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Robson 5,057 50.7 −4.9
Conservative Henry Herbert Wainwright 4,924 49.3 +4.9
Majority 133 1.4 −9.8
Turnout 9,981 69.8 +2.5
Registered electors 14,307
Liberal hold Swing −4.9
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General election 1892: South Shields[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Cochran Stevenson 4,965 55.6 N/A
Conservative Henry Herbert Wainwright 3,958 44.4 N/A
Majority 1,007 11.2 N/A
Turnout 8,923 67.3 N/A
Registered electors 13,259
Liberal hold
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Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1886: South Shields[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Cochran Stevenson Unopposed
Liberal hold
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General election 1885: South Shields[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Cochran Stevenson 4,064 56.5 −18.4
Conservative William Digby Seymour 3,128 43.5 +18.4
Majority 936 13.0 −36.8
Turnout 7,192 60.3 +0.4
Registered electors 11,928
Liberal hold Swing −18.4
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General election 1880: South Shields[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Cochran Stevenson 4,435 74.9 N/A
Conservative Henry Best Hans-Hamilton[59] 1,486 25.1 N/A
Majority 2,949 49.8 N/A
Turnout 5,921 59.9 N/A
Registered electors 9,893
Liberal hold
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Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: South Shields[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Cochran Stevenson Unopposed
Registered electors 8,870
Liberal hold
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Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1868: South Shields[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Cochran Stevenson 2,582 53.1 N/A
Liberal Charles Palmer[60] 2,277 46.9 N/A
Majority 305 6.2 N/A
Turnout 4,859 78.3 N/A
Registered electors 6,208
Liberal hold
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General election 1865: South Shields[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Ingham Unopposed
Registered electors 1,113
Liberal hold
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Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1859: South Shields[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Ingham 506 62.8 N/A
Liberal John Wawn[61] 300 37.2 N/A
Majority 206 25.6 N/A
Turnout 806 71.6 N/A
Registered electors 1,126
Liberal hold
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General election 1857: South Shields[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Robert Ingham Unopposed
Registered electors 1,079
Whig hold
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General election 1852: South Shields[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Robert Ingham 430 63.3 −2.1
Conservative Henry Liddell[62][63] 249 36.7 +2.1
Majority 181 26.6 N/A
Turnout 679 73.4 +5.0
Registered electors 925
Whig gain from Radical Swing −2.1
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Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1847: South Shields[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical John Wawn 333 65.4 +15.5
Conservative William Whateley 176 34.6 −15.5
Majority 157 30.8 +23.9
Turnout 509 68.4 −2.8
Registered electors 744
Radical hold Swing +15.5
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General election 1841: South Shields[58][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical John Wawn 240 49.9 N/A
Conservative Robert Ingham 207 43.0 N/A
Conservative George Fyler 34 7.1 N/A
Majority 33 6.9 N/A
Turnout 481 71.2 N/A
Registered electors 676
Radical gain from Conservative Swing N/A
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Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1837: South Shields[58][13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Robert Ingham Unopposed
Registered electors 644
Conservative hold
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General election 1835: South Shields[58][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Ingham 273 68.1 +19.2
Whig Russell Bowlby 128 31.9 +31.4
Majority 145 36.2 +13.1
Turnout 401 77.4 −10.8
Registered electors 518
Conservative hold Swing −6.1
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General election 1832: South Shields[58][13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Robert Ingham 205 48.9
Tory George Palmer 108 25.8
Whig William Gowan[64] 104 24.8
Whig Russell Bowlby 2 0.5
Majority 97 23.1
Turnout 419 88.2
Registered electors 475
Tory win (new seat)
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