Number of members 1 | Created from Tyneside | |
County 1918–1974: Northumberland
1974–1997: Tyne and Wear Replaced by Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend, North Tyneside | ||
Wallsend was a parliamentary constituency centred on Wallsend, a town on the north bank of the River Tyne in North Tyneside.
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It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
It was partly replaced by the new Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency and North Tyneside constituency.
Boundaries
1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Wallsend, and the Urban Districts of Gosforth, Longbenton, and Weetslade.
1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Wallsend, and the Urban Districts of Gosforth and Longbenton.
1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside wards of Battle Hill, Benton, Camperdown, Holystone, Howdon, Longbenton, Northumberland, Valley, Wallsend, and Weetslade.