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| Gateshead East and Washington West | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Gateshead East and Washington West in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election | |
 Location of Tyne and Wear within England | |
| County | Tyne and Wear |
| 1997–2010 | |
| Seats | One |
| 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 from 1997 to 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post electoral system.
History
The constituency was created for the 1997 general election, primarily from the abolished Gateshead East seat, with the addition of two Washington wards from Houghton and Washington.
It was abolished for the 2010 general election when the Boundary Commission reduced the number of seats in Tyne and Wear from 13 to 12, with the constituencies in the City of Sunderland, in particular, being reorganised. The majority of the seat was included in the re-established constituency of Gateshead, while the two Washington wards were included in the new seat of Washington and Sunderland West and the Pelaw and Heworth ward was transferred to Jarrow.[1]
Boundaries
1997-2010
- 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.[2]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Joyce Quin | Labour | |
| 2005 | Sharon Hodgson | Labour | |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Gateshead, Jarrow and Washington and Sunderland West | ||
Election results
Elections of the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sharon Hodgson | 20,997 | 60.6 | −7.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Hindle | 7,590 | 21.9 | +7.0 | |
| Conservative | Lee Martin | 4,812 | 13.9 | −0.9 | |
| UKIP | Jim Batty | 1,269 | 3.7 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 13,407 | 38.7 | -14.5 | ||
| Turnout | 34,668 | 56.4 | +3.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −7.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joyce Quin | 22,903 | 68.1 | −3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ron Beadle | 4,999 | 14.9 | +4.2 | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Campbell | 4,970 | 14.8 | +0.6 | |
| UKIP | Martin Rouse | 743 | 2.2 | New | |
| Majority | 17,904 | 53.2 | -4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 33,615 | 52.5 | −14.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joyce Quin | 31,047 | 72.1 | ||
| Conservative | Jacqui M. Burns | 6,097 | 14.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan D. Ord | 4,622 | 10.7 | ||
| Referendum | Michael Daley | 1,315 | 3.1 | ||
| Majority | 24,950 | 57.9 | |||
| Turnout | 43,081 | 67.2 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||