The ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in north east England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972...

is divided into 13 Parliamentary constituencies

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

.
They are all Borough constituencies.

Constituencies

ConstituencyBC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.	Electorate	MajorityThe majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.	Member of Parliament Member of Parliament A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...		Nearest opposition		Map
Blaydon BC	69,530	9,117		David Anderson		Neil Bradbury
Gateshead BC Gateshead (UK Parliament constituency) Gateshead is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election. A previous Gateshead constituency existed from 1832 to 1950....	69,403	12,549		Ian Mearns Ian Mearns Ian Mearns is a British Labour Party politician who is the Member of Parliament for Gateshead. He was first elected at the 2010 general election....		Frank Hindle
Houghton and Sunderland South BC Houghton and Sunderland South (UK Parliament constituency) Houghton and Sunderland South is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 2010, it has elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....	71,347	10,990		Bridget Phillipson Bridget Phillipson Bridget Maeve Phillipson is a British Labour Party politician who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South.- Early life :...		Robert Oliver
Jarrow BC Jarrow (UK Parliament constituency) Jarrow is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-Boundaries:...	65,804	12,908		Stephen Hepburn Stephen Hepburn Stephen Hepburn is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Jarrow since 1997.-Early life and family:...		Jeff Milburn
Newcastle upon Tyne Central BC Newcastle upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament constituency) Newcastle upon Tyne Central is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...	64,803	7,464		Chinyelu Onwurah		Gareth Kane
Newcastle upon Tyne East BC Newcastle upon Tyne East (UK Parliament constituency) Newcastle upon Tyne East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....	68,068	4,453		Nick Brown Nick Brown Nicholas Hugh "Nick" Brown is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne East since 1983...		Wendy Taylor
Newcastle upon Tyne North BC Newcastle upon Tyne North (UK Parliament constituency) Newcastle upon Tyne North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...	68,753	3,414		Catherine McKinnell Catherine McKinnell Catherine McKinnell is a British Labour Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne North. She stood as a candidate for the 2010 UK general election after the incumbent Labour MP, Doug Henderson, announced in 2009 that he would not stand for re-election...		Ronald Beadle
North Tyneside BC North Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency) North Tyneside is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundary review:...	71,751	12,884		Mary Glindon Mary Glindon Mary Theresa Glindon is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for North Tyneside since 2010....		David Ord
South Shields BC South Shields (UK Parliament constituency) South Shields is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...	65,773	11,109		David Miliband David Miliband David Wright Miliband is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for South Shields since 2001, and was the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2007 to 2010. He is the elder son of the late Marxist theorist Ralph Miliband...		Karen Allen
Sunderland Central BC Sunderland Central (UK Parliament constituency) Sunderland Central is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...	76,457	6,725		Julie Elliott Julie Elliott Julie Elliott is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Sunderland Central since 2010....		Lee Martin
Tynemouth BC Tynemouth (UK Parliament constituency) Tynemouth is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament using the first past the post voting system.-History:...	71,514	5,739		Alan Campbell Alan Campbell (politician) Alan Campbell is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Tynemouth since 1997. He served as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 2008 until 2010, when the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats came to power...		Wendy Morton
Washington and Sunderland West BC Washington and Sunderland West (UK Parliament constituency) -See also:* Constituencies in the United Kingdom general election, 2010* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear* Houghton and Sunderland South* Sunderland Central...	70,259	11,453		Sharon Hodgson Sharon Hodgson Sharon Hodgson is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Washington and Sunderland West since 2010...		Ian Cuthbert

Boundary changes

Name	Jarrow BC Jarrow (UK Parliament constituency) Jarrow is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-Boundaries:... Newcastle upon Tyne Central BC Newcastle upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament constituency) Newcastle upon Tyne Central is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :... Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend BC Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (UK Parliament constituency) Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend was, from 1997 until 2010, a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-History:... Newcastle upon Tyne North BC Newcastle upon Tyne North (UK Parliament constituency) Newcastle upon Tyne North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... North Tyneside BC North Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency) North Tyneside is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundary review:... South Shields BC South Shields (UK Parliament constituency) South Shields is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... Sunderland North BC Sunderland North (UK Parliament constituency) Sunderland North was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-History:... Sunderland South BC Sunderland South (UK Parliament constituency) Sunderland South was, from 1950 until 2010, a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-History:... Tyne Bridge BC Tyne Bridge (UK Parliament constituency) Tyne Bridge was a parliamentary constituency in the north east of England, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1983 until 2010... Tynemouth BC Tynemouth (UK Parliament constituency) Tynemouth is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament using the first past the post voting system.-History:...

The Boundary Commission for England has provisionally recommended that the county should
in future be divided into 12 constituencies.
The proposals and objections were subjected to public inquiry

Public inquiry

A Tribunal of Inquiry is an official review of events or actions ordered by a government body in Common Law countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland or Canada. Such a public inquiry differs from a Royal Commission in that a public inquiry accepts evidence and conducts its hearings in a more...

 in June, 2005.
Final proposals were produced on January 11, 2006, for implementation at the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Proposed name	Gateshead Gateshead (UK Parliament constituency) Gateshead is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election. A previous Gateshead constituency existed from 1832 to 1950....  BC Houghton and Sunderland South Houghton and Sunderland South (UK Parliament constituency) Houghton and Sunderland South is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 2010, it has elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....  BC Jarrow BC Jarrow (UK Parliament constituency) Jarrow is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-Boundaries:... Newcastle upon Tyne Central BC Newcastle upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament constituency) Newcastle upon Tyne Central is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :... Newcastle upon Tyne East Newcastle upon Tyne East (UK Parliament constituency) Newcastle upon Tyne East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....  BC Newcastle upon Tyne North BC Newcastle upon Tyne North (UK Parliament constituency) Newcastle upon Tyne North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... North Tyneside BC North Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency) North Tyneside is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundary review:... South Shields BC South Shields (UK Parliament constituency) South Shields is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... Sunderland Central Sunderland Central (UK Parliament constituency) Sunderland Central is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...  BC Tynemouth BC Tynemouth (UK Parliament constituency) Tynemouth is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament using the first past the post voting system.-History:... Washington and Sunderland West Washington and Sunderland West (UK Parliament constituency) -See also:* Constituencies in the United Kingdom general election, 2010* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear* Houghton and Sunderland South* Sunderland Central... BC

Results

2005	2010