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gateshead, east, parliament, constituency, gateshead, east, parliamentary, constituency, represented, house, commons, parliament, united, kingdom, from, 1950, 1997, elected, member, parliament, first, past, post, system, election, gateshead, eastformer, boroug. Gateshead East was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1997 It elected one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election Gateshead EastFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of CommonsBoundary of Gateshead East in Tyne and Wear boundaries 1983 97CountyCounty Durham until 1974 then Tyne and Wear1950 1997SeatsOneCreated fromGatesheadReplaced byGateshead East amp Washington West Tyne Bridge and Jarrow Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 2 1 1950 1955 2 2 1955 1964 2 3 1964 1983 2 4 1983 1997 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4 1 Elections in the 1950s 4 2 Elections in the 1960s 4 3 Elections in the 1970s 4 4 Elections in the 1980s 4 5 Elections in the 1990s 5 See also 6 Notes and referencesHistory editGateshead East as could be inferred from the name formed the eastern part of the Borough of Gateshead now in Tyne and Wear The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election when the existing Gateshead seat was split in two It was abolished for the 1997 general election when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Gateshead East and Washington West with smaller areas going to Tyne Bridge and Jarrow It returned Labour MPs for the entire period of its existence Boundaries edit1950 1955 edit The County Borough of Gateshead wards of East East Central North East South and South Central 1 1955 1964 edit The County Borough of Gateshead wards of East South and South Central and the Urban District of Felling 1 The East Central and North East wards were transferred to Gateshead West Felling transferred from Jarrow 1964 1983 edit The County Borough of Gateshead wards of Claxton Enfield Low Fell and Wrekenton and the Urban District of Felling 1 2 Minor changes to reflect redistribution of local authority wards 1983 1997 edit The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead wards of Chowdene Deckham Felling High Fell Leam Low Fell Pelaw and Heworth Saltwell and Wrekendyke 3 A small part included in the new constituency of Tyne Bridge Gained parts of the abolished constituency of Gateshead West Members of Parliament editElection Member 4 Party1950 Arthur Moody Labour1964 Bernard Conlan Labour1987 Joyce Quin Labour1997 constituency abolished see Gateshead East amp Washington West Tyne Bridge and JarrowElections editElections in the 1950s edit General election 1950 Gateshead East 5 Party Candidate Votes Labour Arthur Moody 15 249 45 14National Liberal Douglas Clift 13 530 40 05Independent Labour Konni Zilliacus 5 001 14 80Majority 1 719 5 09Turnout 33 780 85 81Labour win new seat General election 1951 Gateshead East 6 Party Candidate Votes Labour Arthur Moody 19 525 57 65National Liberal Douglas Clift 14 344 42 35Majority 5 181 15 30Turnout 33 869 85 67Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1955 Gateshead East 7 Party Candidate Votes Labour Arthur Moody 21 653 56 45Conservative George Glover 16 706 43 55Majority 4 947 12 90Turnout 38 359 78 78Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1959 Gateshead East Party Candidate Votes Labour Arthur Moody 25 319 58 92Conservative George Glover 17 654 41 08Majority 7 665 17 84Turnout 42 973 81 60Labour hold SwingElections in the 1960s edit General election 1964 Gateshead East 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bernard Conlan 26 633 64 51Conservative Olive Sinclair 14 654 35 49Majority 11 979 29 02Turnout 41 287 79 85Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1966 Gateshead East 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bernard Conlan 27 628 69 57Conservative James HE Mendl 12 084 30 43Majority 15 544 39 14Turnout 39 712 75 73Labour hold SwingElections in the 1970s edit General election 1970 Gateshead East 10 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bernard Conlan 28 524 64 81Conservative Peter R Wood 15 489 35 19Majority 13 035 29 62Turnout 44 013 70 73Labour hold SwingGeneral election February 1974 Gateshead East Party Candidate Votes Labour Bernard Conlan 27 269 55 16Conservative Richard Ryder 11 970 24 21Liberal Kenneth Aubrey Buckingham 10 196 20 63 NewMajority 15 299 30 95Turnout 49 435 78 62Labour hold SwingGeneral election October 1974 Gateshead East Party Candidate Votes Labour Bernard Conlan 27 620 61 87Conservative Richard Ryder 10 021 22 45Liberal Kenneth Aubrey Buckingham 6 998 15 68Majority 17 599 39 42Turnout 44 639 70 30Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1979 Gateshead East Party Candidate Votes Labour Bernard Conlan 28 776 61 15Conservative Frank Rogers 14 078 29 92Liberal C Batey 4 201 8 93Majority 14 698 31 23Turnout 47 055 75 32Labour hold SwingElections in the 1980s edit General election 1983 Gateshead East 11 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bernard Conlan 22 981 48 32Conservative Frank Rogers 12 659 26 62SDP Paul Nunn 11 920 25 06Majority 10 322 21 70Turnout 47 560 69 57Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1987 Gateshead East 12 Party Candidate Votes Labour Joyce Quin 28 895 59 22Conservative Francis Rogers 11 667 23 91SDP Noel Rippeth 8 231 16 87Majority 17 228 35 31Turnout 48 793 71 80Labour hold SwingElections in the 1990s edit General election 1992 Gateshead East 13 14 Party Candidate Votes Labour Joyce Quin 30 100 63 5 4 3Conservative Martin Callanan 11 570 24 4 0 5Liberal Democrats Ron W A L Beadle 5 720 12 1 4 8Majority 18 530 39 1 3 8Turnout 47 390 73 6 1 8Labour hold SwingSee also editHistory of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Tyne and Wear History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in DurhamNotes and references edit a b c Craig Fred W S 1972 Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885 1972 Chichester Political Reference Publications p 59 ISBN 0 900178 09 4 OCLC 539011 Craig Fred W S 1972 Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885 1972 Chichester Political Reference Publications p 130 ISBN 0 900178 09 4 OCLC 539011 The Parliamentary Constituencies England Order 1983 PDF p 74 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with G part 1 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1950 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1951 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1955 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1964 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1966 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1970 Election Data 1983 Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 Retrieved 28 June 2017 Election Data 1987 Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 Retrieved 28 June 2017 Election Data 1992 Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 Retrieved 28 June 2017 Politics Resources Election 1992 Politics Resources 9 April 1992 Archived from the original on 24 July 2011 Retrieved 6 December 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gateshead East UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1208743247, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
