Gateshead West (UK Parliament constituency)

Gateshead West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Gateshead in what is now Tyne and Wear. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Gateshead West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Gateshead West in County Durham, boundaries 1974-83
County	County Durham
1950–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Tyne Bridge and Gateshead East[1]
Created from	Gateshead

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Gateshead wards of Central, North, North West, West, and West Central.

1955–1983: The County Borough of Gateshead wards of Central, East Central, North, North East, North West, West, and West Central.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	John Hall	Labour
	1955 by-election	Harry Randall	Labour
	1970	John Horam	Labour
	1981		SDP
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Gateshead West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Horam	13,533	67.24
	Conservative	DR Kelly	5,221	25.94
	Liberal	FE Patterson	1,185	5.89
	National Front	H Beadle	186	0.92
Majority			8,312	41.30
Turnout				69.31

General election October 1974: Gateshead West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Horam	13,859	68.61
	Conservative	P Brown	4,432	21.94
	Liberal	K Stoddart	1,909	9.45
Majority			9,427	46.67
Turnout			20,200	65.65

General election February 1974: Gateshead West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Horam	13,839	61.01
	Conservative	John Heddle	5,372	23.68
	Liberal	J Bennison	3,474	15.31
Majority			8,467	37.32
Turnout				74.20

General election 1970: Gateshead West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Horam	15,622	68.07
	Conservative	John O'Sullivan	7,328	31.93
Majority			8,294	36.14
Turnout				66.59

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Gateshead West[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Randall	20,381	74.77
	Conservative	Ernest Greenwood	6,878	25.23
Majority			13,503	49.54
Turnout				70.11

General election 1964: Gateshead West[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Randall	21,390	68.97
	Conservative	Derek R Chapman	9,623	31.03
Majority			11,767	37.94
Turnout				74.93

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Gateshead West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Randall	21,277	64.90
	Conservative	David A Wright	11,509	35.10
Majority			9,768	29.79
Turnout				76.88

By-election 1955: Gateshead West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Randall	13,196	66.46	+1.14
	Conservative	David A Wright	6,661	33.54	-1.14
Majority			6,535	32.92	+2.28

General election 1955: Gateshead West[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Hall	22,040	65.32
	Conservative	James Quigley	11,071	34.68
Majority			10,339	30.64	-

General election 1951: Gateshead West[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Hall	20,790	63.77
	National Liberal and Conservative	John S Magnay	11,811	36.23
Majority			8,979	27.54
Turnout				83.81

General election 1950: Gateshead West[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Hall	20,872	64.16
	National Liberal and Conservative	John S Magnay	11,660	35.84
Majority			9,212	28.32
Turnout				83.90

References

1. "'Gateshead West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
2. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
3. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
4. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
5. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
6. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)