List of parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

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Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate[1]	Majority[2][nb 2]	Member of Parliament[2]		Nearest opposition[2]		Map
Blaydon	67,853	5,531		Liz Twist		Adrian Pepper
Gateshead	64,449	7,200		Ian Mearns		Jane MacBean
Houghton and Sunderland South	68,835	3,115		Bridget Phillipson		Christopher Howarth
Jarrow	65,103	7,120		Kate Osborne		Nick Oliver
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	57,845	12,278		Chinyelu Onwurah		Emily Payne
Newcastle upon Tyne East	63,796	15,463		Nick Brown[nb 3]		Robin Gwynn
Newcastle upon Tyne North	68,486	5,765		Catherine McKinnell		Mark Lehain
North Tyneside	78,902	9,561		Mary Glindon		Dean Carroll
South Shields	62,793	9,585		Emma Lewell-Buck		Oni Oviri
Sunderland Central	72,680	2,964		Julie Elliott		Tom D'Silva
Tynemouth	77,261	4,857		Alan Campbell		Lewis Bartoli
Washington and Sunderland West	66,278	3,723		Sharon Hodgson		Valerie Allen

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.

Former name	Boundaries 1997-2010	Current name	Boundaries 2010–present
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		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

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.^[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside be combined 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 of Blaydon, Gateshead, Jarrow, North Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne Central, Newcastle upon Tyne East, and Washington and Sunderland West would be abolished, and new or re-established constituencies 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.^[4][5]

The following seats are proposed:

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)

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[6]

2019 edit

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Tyne and Wear in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Labour	247,317	47.8%	13.0%	12	0
Conservative	160,155	30.9%	2.4%	0	0
Brexit	47,142	9.1%	new	0	0
Liberal Democrats	36,417	7.0%	3.0%	0	0
Greens	16,010	3.1%	1.5%	0	0
Others	10,504	2.0%	3.0%	0	0
Total	517,545	100.0		12

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