Jarrow (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 54°58′37″N 1°27′00″W / 54.977°N 1.450°W
Jarrow | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Jarrow in Tyne and Wear. | |
Location of Tyne and Wear within England. | |
County | Tyne and Wear |
Electorate | 83,260 (2011)[1] |
Major settlements | Jarrow |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | Stephen Hepburn (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | South Durham |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | North East England |
Jarrow is a constituency[n 1] ESE of and adjoining Newcastle upon Tyne represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Stephen Hepburn of the Labour Party.[n 2]
History
The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. The last Liberal to serve the seat lost the 1922 election and the last Conservative to serve the seat held it from 1931 until 1935, since which it has been served by politicians in the Labour Party.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Jarrow and South Shields, the Sessional Division of South Shields, and part of the civil parish of Heworth.
1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Jarrow, and the Urban Districts of Felling and Hebburn.
1950-1955: The Municipal Borough of Jarrow, and the Urban Districts of Boldon, Felling, and Hebburn.
1955-1983: The Municipal Borough of Jarrow, and the Urban Districts of Boldon and Hebburn.
1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of Bede, Biddick Hall, Boldon Colliery, Cleadon and East Boldon, Fellgate and Hedworth, Hebburn Quay, Hebburn South, Monkton, Primrose, and Whitburn and Marsden.
1997-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of Bede, Boldon Colliery, Cleadon and East Boldon, Fellgate and Hedworth, Hebburn Quay, Hebburn South, Monkton, Primrose, and Whitburn and Marsden, and the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead ward of Wrekendyke.
2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of Bede, Boldon Colliery, Cleadon and East Boldon, Fellgate and Hedworth, Hebburn North, Hebburn South, Monkton, and Primrose, and the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead wards of Pelaw and Heworth, and Wardley and Leam Lane.
Following boundary changes taking effect at the 2010 general election, the constituency consists of part of the metropolitan district of South Tyneside, including the settlements of Jarrow, Boldon, Cleadon and Hebburn, as well as two wards from the adjacent Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, covering Pelaw and Wardley.[2]
Constituency profile
In 2005 The Guardian described the constiuency as:
'[A] former shipbuilding town south of Newcastle famous for its march against unemployment in the 1930s.'
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Hepburn | 21,464 | 55.7 | +1.7 | |
UKIP | Steve Harrison[5] | 7,583 | 19.7 | +19.7 | |
Conservative | Nick Mason | 6,584 | 17.1 | -3.6 | |
Green | David Herbert[6] | 1,310 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stan Collins[7] | 1,238 | 3.2 | -15.3 | |
TUSC | Norman Hall[8] | 385 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 13,881 | 36.0 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 38,564 | 60.4 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Hepburn | 20,910 | 53.9 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | Jeff Milburn | 8,002 | 20.6 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tom Appleby | 7,163 | 18.5 | −4.0 | |
BNP | Andy Swaddle | 2,709 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 12,908 | 33.3 | |||
Turnout | 38,784 | 60.3 | +5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.4 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Hepburn | 20,554 | 60.5 | −5.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bill Schardt | 6,650 | 19.6 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Linkson A.S. Jack | 4,807 | 14.1 | −0.6 | |
UKIP | Alan Badger | 1,567 | 4.6 | +2.5 | |
Safeguard the National Health Service | Roger Nettleship | 400 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,904 | 40.9 | |||
Turnout | 33,978 | 55.0 | −0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Hepburn | 22,777 | 66.1 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | James Selby | 5,182 | 15.0 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Donald Wood | 5,056 | 14.7 | −0.3 | |
UKIP | Alan Badger | 716 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Alan J. Le Blond | 391 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Socialist (GB) | John Bissett | 357 | 1.0 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 17,595 | 51.1 | |||
Turnout | 34,479 | 55.1 | −13.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Hepburn | 28,497 | 64.9 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Mark C. Allatt | 6,564 | 14.9 | −8.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tim N. Stone | 4,865 | 11.1 | −3.1 | |
Independent Labour | Alan J. Le Blond | 2,538 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Referendum | Peter W. Mailer | 1,034 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Socialist (GB) | John Bissett | 444 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,933 | 49.9 | |||
Turnout | 43,942 | 68.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Don Dixon | 28,956 | 62.1 | −1.3 | |
Conservative | Terence F. Ward | 11,049 | 23.7 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith Orrell | 6,608 | 14.2 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 17,907 | 38.4 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,613 | 74.4 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.9 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Don Dixon | 29,651 | 63.4 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Paul Seymour Yeoman | 10,856 | 23.2 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | Peter Freitag | 6,230 | 13.3 | −6.7 | |
Majority | 18,795 | 40.2 | |||
Turnout | 46,737 | 74.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Don Dixon | 25,151 | 55.3 | ||
Conservative | Miss S. Copland | 11,274 | 24.8 | ||
Liberal | John A. Lennox | 9,094 | 20.0 | ||
Majority | 13,877 | 30.5 | |||
Turnout | 45,519 | 71.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Don Dixon | 24,057 | 55.8 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | D. Auld | 12,529 | 29.1 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | A. McDonnell | 3,907 | 9.1 | −5.8 | |
Independent Labour | H. Downey | 2,247 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Independent | N. Brown | 374 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,528 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 43,114 | 77.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 24,558 | 62.8 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | B. Bolam | 8,707 | 22.3 | −10.0 | |
Liberal | L. Ormston | 5,818 | 14.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,851 | 40.6 | |||
Turnout | 39,083 | 71.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 27,740 | 66.7 | ||
Conservative | B. Bolam | 13,848 | 33.3 | ||
Majority | 13,892 | 33.4 | |||
Turnout | 41,588 | 86.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 25,861 | 63.5 | ||
Conservative | D.J. Robson | 14,847 | 36.5 | ||
Majority | 11,014 | 27.1 | |||
Turnout | 40,708 | 74.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 26,006 | 67.6 | ||
Conservative | D.J. Robson | 12,449 | 32.4 | ||
Majority | 13,557 | 35.3 | |||
Turnout | 38,455 | 76.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 26,053 | 64.2 | ||
Conservative | T.T. Hubble | 14,503 | 35.8 | ||
Majority | 11,550 | 28.5 | |||
Turnout | 40,556 | 80.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 25,638 | 62.7 | ||
Conservative | T.T. Hubble | 15,286 | 37.4 | ||
Majority | 10,352 | 25.3 | |||
Turnout | 40,924 | 80.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 24,706 | 63.3 | ||
Conservative | M. Dickinson | 14,304 | 36.4 | ||
Majority | 10,402 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 39,010 | 79.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 35,963 | 66.2 | ||
Conservative | J.L. Cox | 19,217 | 34.8 | ||
Majority | 16,746 | 30.4 | |||
Turnout | 55,180 | 84.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 33,751 | 63.0 | ||
Conservative | John L. Cox | 16,895 | 31.5 | ||
Liberal | Edward Glover Stephen Chalkley | 2,940 | 5.5 | ||
Majority | 16,856 | 31.5 | |||
Turnout | 53,586 | 82.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 20,694 | 59.3 | -6.7 | |
Conservative | William Scott | 13,078 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Ind. Labour Party | W. Moody | 1,114 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,616 | 21.8 | -10.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,886 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ellen Wilkinson | 22,656 | 66.0 | ||
Liberal National | S. Holmes | 11,649 | 34.0 | ||
Majority | 11,007 | 32.1 | |||
Turnout | 34,305 | 82.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ellen Wilkinson | 20,324 | 53.1 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | William George Pearson | 17,974 | 46.9 | −7.2 | |
Majority | 2,350 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 38,298 | 80.8 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William George Pearson | 21,263 | 54.1 | ||
Labour | Robert John Wilson | 18,071 | 45.9 | ||
Majority | 3,192 | 8.1 | |||
Turnout | 39,334 | 80.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert John Wilson | 22,751 | 62.5 | ||
Unionist | Longinus Vivian Rogers | 13,638 | 37.5 | ||
Majority | 9,113 | 25.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert John Wilson | 18,203 | |||
Unionist | Albert Baucher | 13,527 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert John Wilson | 16,570 | 63.9 | ||
Unionist | John Lindsley | 9,348 | 36.1 | ||
Majority | 7,222 | 27.8 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 67.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert John Wilson | 17,208 | 53.9 | +14.9 | |
Unionist | Charles Harrie Innes-Hopkins | 10,166 | 31.9 | n/a | |
Liberal | Ernest James Young | 4,522 | 14.2 | -46.8 | |
Majority | 7,042 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 82.2 | +27.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 12,544 | 61.0 | +27.0 | ||
Labour | John Hill | 8,034 | 39.0 | + | |
Majority | 4,510 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 55.0 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
- endorsed by Coalition Government
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Godfrey Mark Palmer | 5,097 | 34.0 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | James Kirkley | 4,986 | |||
Labour | Alexander Gordon Cameron | 4,892 | |||
Majority | 111 | ||||
Turnout | 81.9 | +3.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Godfrey Mark Palmer | 4,885 | 34.0 | ||
Labour | Peter Francis Curran | 4,818 | 33.5 | ||
Conservative | James Kirkley | 4,668 | 32.5 | ||
Majority | 67 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 14,371 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Francis Curran | 4,698 | 33.0 | ||
Conservative | Patrick Rose-Innes | 3,930 | 27.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Spencer Leigh-Hughes | 3,474 | 24.4 | ||
Irish Parliamentary | John O'Hanlon | 2,122 | 14.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 768 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 14,224 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Charles Mark Palmer | 8,047 | |||
Labour | Peter Francis Curran | 5,093 | |||
Majority | 2,954 | 22.5 | |||
Turnout | 13,140 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | |||||
Conservative | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ↑ "Parliament constituency population 2011". Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ↑ "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituencies in Tyne and Wear". Boundary Commission for England. 2006-05-10. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "J"
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ https://yournextmp.com/person/5445/steve-harrison
- ↑ http://southtyneside.greenparty.org.uk/news/2014/11/18/news-item-one/
- ↑ http://northeastlibdems.org.uk/en/article/2015/1021524/stan-s-the-man-for-jarrow/
- ↑ http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ The Liberal Magazine, vols.55-56, p.269
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ Times House of Commons, 1910; Politico’s Publishing, 2004 p62