North Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency)

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County Tyne and Wear Created 1997 European Parliament constituency North East England Number of members 1		Electorate 78,617 (December 2010) Created from Tynemouth and Wallsend Member of parliament Mary Glindon Replaced by Tynemouth, Wallsend

North Tyneside is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Mary Glindon of the Labour Party.

History

This seat was represented from its creation in 1997 by Stephen Byers of the Labour Party, who before that election represented the abolished seat of Wallsend from 1992. Byers stood down at the 2010 general election and his party selected local councillor Mary Glindon as their new candidate for the general election, which she won with a majority of 12,884.

Constituency profile

This constituency forms north-east suburbs to the largest city in the region, Newcastle. At the end of 2010 unemployment still reflected a slightly less strong economy than in the city's shipbuilding heyday and stood in this seat alone at 5.7% by claimant count, compared to a regional average of 5.5%, significantly lower than South Shields's 7.7%. As to the male only claimant total, this amounted to 7.8%, just part of a significant region-wide disparity but significantly lower than Middlesbrough's 12.8%, however both sets of figures were a little higher than the national average — Greater London saw an average of 4.1% and for men a proportion of 4.9%.

Boundaries

1997-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside wards of Battle Hill, Benton, Camperdown, Holystone, Howdon, Longbenton, Riverside, Valley, and Weetslade.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside wards of Battle Hill, Benton, Camperdown, Howdon, Killingworth, Longbenton, Northumberland, Riverside, Wallsend, and Weetslade.

The seat contains Wallsend, which has been moved from Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend. As a consequence of 2010 changes, Newcastle East becomes a constituency in its own right.

Elections in the 2010s

2010: At this election Mary Glindon was Councillor for Battle Hill Ward, David Ord was Councillor for Northumberland Ward and Gagan Mohindra was District Councillor in Epping Forest, Essex.