County Tyne and Wear Created 1918 Member of parliament Catherine McKinnell | Electorate 67,401 (December 2010) European Parliament constituency North East England Number of members 1 | |
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Newcastle upon Tyne North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Catherine McKinnell of the Labour Party.
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Boundaries
1918-1950: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of Dene, Heaton, Jesmond, St Andrew's, and St Thomas.
1950-1983: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of Arthur's Hill, Elswick, Jesmond, Sandyford, and Westgate.
1983-2010: The City of Newcastle wards of Castle, Denton, Fawdon, Grange, Lemington, Newburn, Westerhope, and Woolsington.
2010-present: The City of Newcastle wards of Castle, Denton, East Gosforth, Fawdon, Lemington, Newburn, Parklands, Westerhope, and Woolsington.
History
From its creation in 1918, the seat was safely Conservative — including six years of complex representation in terms of the modern parties by Gwilym Lloyd George, who was Home Secretary for almost three years until 1957 in a Conservative government. This continued until the 1983 general election, when boundary changes resulted in the Newcastle North of 1983 being composed entirely of wards that did not form part of the pre-1983 Newcastle North (the majority of the old Newcastle North moving to Newcastle Central, which the Conservatives won in 1983). Under these new boundaries the seat was notionally a safe Labour seat. Despite Labour's heavy landslide defeat in 1983, Labour held the new Newcastle North and have done ever since, with the Liberal Democrats since 2005 the greatest challengers.