County Tyne and Wear | Number of members 1 | |
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Replaced by Gateshead, Jarrow, Washington and Sunderland West | ||
Gateshead East and Washington West was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected a Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post electoral system.
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History
The constituency was created in 1997 from Gateshead East and Houghton and Washington, and was replaced in 2010 by new constituencies of Gateshead and Washington and Sunderland West, while two wards were transferred to the Jarrow seat.
Boundaries
The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead wards of Chowdene, Felling, High Fell, Leam, Low Fell, and Pelaw and Heworth, and the City of Sunderland wards of Washington South and Washington West.
References
Gateshead East and Washington West (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA