Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)
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Template:Infobox UK constituency main Blaydon was a constituency<ref group="n">A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).</ref> in Tyne and Wear represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1918 until its abolition for the 2024 general election.<ref group="n">As with all current constituencies, the constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.</ref> The seat was held continuously by a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1935 onwards. Its final MP was Liz Twist, who was re-elected in 2024 in the newly-created seat of Blaydon and Consett.
Constituency profile
The seat was a safe seat for the Labour Party from 1935 until its abolition.
Historically, the area's economy relied on coal mining from the Victorian period until the decline of mining in the latter half of the 20th century.
By 2024, the economy was supported by engineering and service industries on Tyneside, and agriculture.Template:Citation needed It also included the Metrocentre, the second-largest shopping centre in the UK.
The constituency was on the western upland outskirts of Gateshead and with communities separated by green buffers. It comprised the towns of Blaydon, Whickham, Ryton, Birtley and surrounding villages in the south and west of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.
Boundaries
1918–1950
- The Urban Districts of Blaydon, Ryton, Tanfield, and Whickham.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Blaydon was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election when Blaydon, Ryton and Whickham were split off from the existing Chester-le-Street seat. Tanfield was added from the abolished constituency of North West Durham.
1950–1983
- The Urban Districts of Blaydon, Ryton, and Whickham.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Tanfield transferred to Consett.
1983–2010
- The Borough of Gateshead wards of Birtley, Blaydon, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook and Greenside, Lamesley, Ryton, Whickham North, Whickham South, and Winlaton.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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The communities of Birtley and Lamesley were transferred in from the abolished constituency of Chester-le-Street. Lost small area in the east of the seat to the new constituency of Tyne Bridge.
2010–2024
- The Borough of Gateshead wards of Birtley, Blaydon, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook and Greenside, Dunston Hill and Whickham East, Lamesley, Ryton, Crookhill and Stella, Whickham North, Whickham South and Sunniside, and Winlaton and High Spen.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Minor changes resulting from the redrawing of ward boundaries in Gateshead Borough and abolition of Tyne Bridge.
Abolition
Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed to three new constituencies:<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- The three wards incorporating the town of Whickham included in an expanded Gateshead constituency named Gateshead Central and Whickham
- Birtley and Lamesley combined with Washington to form Washington and Gateshead South
- Remaining wards (comprising about half the electorate), including the communities of Blaydon, Rowlands Gill and Ryton, to form a cross-county constituency with Consett in County Durham - named Blaydon and Consett
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member<ref>Template:Rayment-hc</ref> | Whip | |
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| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1918 | Walter Waring | Coalition Liberal |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1922 | William Whiteley | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1931 | Thomas Martin | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1935 | William Whiteley | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1956 by-election | Robert Woof | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1979 | John McWilliam | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2005 | David Anderson | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2017 | Liz Twist | Labour |
| 2024 | Constituency abolished | ||
Election results 1918–2024
Elections in the 1910s
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Elections in the 1920s
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Election in the 1940s
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Elections in the 1960s
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Elections in the 2000s
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See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
- History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Tyne and Wear
- History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham
Notes
References
External links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Blaydon, presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics
- Blaydon UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Blaydon UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK