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Tynemouth (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Tynemouth Borough constituency |
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| Tynemouth shown within Tyne and Wear, and Tyne and Wear shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Alan Campbell |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Tyne and Wear |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
Tynemouth 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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It covers Tynemouth in North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear. This has usually been the best Conservative area in Tyne and Wear; they do very well in Whitley Bay and Cullercoats in the north of the seat; the southern part around North Shields and Tynemouth itself is more inclined to Labour. They have held the seat since 1997 but it is a marginal seat.
Following the review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Tynemouth constituency to be fought at the next UK general election in 2009 or 2010.
During the public consultation into the changes, a proposal to change the constituency name to "Tynemouth and Whitley Bay" was rejected. The electoral wards used to create the modified seat are;
- Chirton, Collingwood, Cullercoats, Monkseaton North, Monkseaton South, Preston, St Mary’s, Tynemouth, Valley, Whitley Bay.
- Constituency created (1885)
| General Election 2005: Tynemouth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Campbell | 20,143 | 47.0 | -6.2 | |
| Conservative | Michael McIntyre | 16,000 | 37.3 | +3.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Colin Finlay | 6,716 | 15.7 | +4.1 | |
| Majority | 4,143 | 9.7 | |||
| Turnout | 42,859 | 66.9 | -0.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -5.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Tynemouth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Campbell | 23,364 | 53.2 | -2.1 | |
| Conservative | Karl Poulsen | 14,686 | 33.5 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Penny Reid | 5,108 | 11.6 | +2.8 | |
| UK Independence | Michael Rollings | 745 | 1.7 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 8,678 | 19.7 | |||
| Turnout | 43,903 | 67.4 | -9.8 | ||
| 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) | |