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South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)
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| South Shields Borough constituency |
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| South Shields shown within Tyne and Wear, and Tyne and Wear shown within England | |
| Created: | 1832 |
| MP: | David Miliband |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Tyne and Wear |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
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 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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The constituency covers the area of South Shields in South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear.
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1832 | Constituency created | ||
| 1832 | Robert Ingham | Liberal | |
| 1841 | John Twizell Wawn | Liberal | |
| 1852 | Robert Ingham | Liberal | |
| 1868 | James Cochran Stevenson | Liberal | |
| 1895 | William Snowdon Robson, later Baron Robson | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Russell Rea | Liberal | |
| 1916 | Cecil Algernon Cochrane | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Joseph Havelock Wilson CBE | Coalition Liberal and Trade Unionist | |
| 1922 | Edward Augustus St Aubyn Harney KC | Liberal | |
| 1929 | James Chuter Ede | Labour | |
| 1931 | Harcourt Johnstone | Liberal | |
| 1935 | James Chuter Ede | Labour | |
| 1964 | Arthur Blenkinsop | Labour | |
| 1979 | David G. Clark | Labour | |
| 2001 | David Miliband | Labour | |
| General Election 2005: South Shields | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Miliband | 18,269 | 60.5 | -2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stephen Psallidas | 5,957 | 19.7 | +2.9 | |
| Conservative | Richard Lewis | 5,207 | 17.2 | +0.3 | |
| Independent | Nader Afshari-Naderi | 773 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 12,312 | 40.8 | |||
| Turnout | 30,206 | 42.2 | -7.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: South Shields | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Miliband | 19,230 | 63.2 | -8.3 | |
| Conservative | Joanna Gardner | 5,140 | 16.9 | +2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Marshall Grainger | 5,127 | 16.8 | +8.0 | |
| UK Independence | Alan Hardy | 689 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Roger Nettleship | 262 | 0.9 | -0.1 | |
| Majority | 14,090 | 46.3 | |||
| Turnout | 30,448 | 49.7 | -12.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: South Shields | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Clark | 27,834 | 71.4 | +11.6 | |
| Conservative | Mark Hoban | 5,681 | 14.6 | -12.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Ord | 3,429 | 4.0 | -8.5 | |
| Referendum Party | A. Lorriane | 1,660 | 4.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | I. Wilburn | 374 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 22,153 | 56.8 | +24.4 | ||
| Turnout | 38,978 | 62.6 | -7.5 | ||
| 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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