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Newcastle upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Newcastle upon Tyne Central Borough constituency |
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| Newcastle upon Tyne Central shown within Tyne and Wear, and Tyne and Wear shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918 |
| MP: | Jim Cousins |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Tyne and Wear |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
Newcastle upon Tyne Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Confusingly Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central does not include Newcastle's commercial city centre (which is in the Tyne Bridge constituency). Instead it consists a number of fairly prosperous communities surrounding Newcastle's Town Moor and houses a large student population,a reason for a substantial swing towards the Liberal Democrats here in 2005,due to student hostility to Labour's policy of top-up fees. The seat includes Gosforth, Jesmond, Fenham, Kenton and much of the universities of Newcastle and Northumbria.
| General Election 2005: Newcastle upon Tyne Central | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jim Cousins | 16,211 | 45.1 | -9.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Greg Stone | 12,229 | 34.0 | +12.3 | |
| Conservative | Wendy Morton | 5,749 | 16.0 | -5.3 | |
| Green | Joe Hulm | 1,254 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
| Newcastle Academy with Christian Values Party | Clive Harding | 477 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 3,982 | 11.1 | |||
| Turnout | 35,920 | 52.5 | +1.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -11.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Newcastle upon Tyne Central | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jim Cousins | 19,169 | 55.0 | -4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stephen Psallidas | 7,564 | 21.7 | +6.7 | |
| Conservative | Aidan Ruff | 7,414 | 21.3 | -2.2 | |
| Socialist Labour | Gordon Potts | 723 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,605 | 33.3 | |||
| Turnout | 34,870 | 51.3 | -14.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Newcastle upon Tyne Central | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jim Cousins | 27,272 | 59.2 | +7.5 | |
| Conservative | Brooks Newmark | 10,792 | 23.4 | -12.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ruth Berry | 6,911 | 15.0 | +2.3 | |
| Referendum Party | C.A. Coxon | 1,113 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 16,480 | 35.8 | |||
| Turnout | 46,088 | 65.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Newcastle upon Tyne Central | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jim Cousins | 21,123 | 49.4 | +5.2 | |
| Conservative | Mike Summersby | 15,835 | 37.0 | -1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Lembit Opik | 5,816 | 13.6 | -2.2 | |
| Majority | 5,288 | 12.4 | |||
| Turnout | 42,774 | 71.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Constituencies in North East England | |
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| Labour |
Bishop Auckland | Blaydon | Blyth Valley | City of Durham | Darlington | Easington | Gateshead East and Washington West | Hartlepool | Houghton and Washington East | Jarrow | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Newcastle upon Tyne North | North Durham | North Tyneside | North West Durham | Redcar | Sedgefield | South Shields | Stockton North | Stockton South | Sunderland North | Sunderland South | Tyne Bridge | Tynemouth | Wansbeck |
| Liberal Democrat | |
| Conservative | |
| North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
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