Wallsend (UK Parliament constituency)


Wallsend was a parliamentary constituency centred on Wallsend, a town on the north bank of the River Tyne in North Tyneside.
It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
It was partly replaced by the new Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency and North Tyneside constituency.

History

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Wallsend, and the Urban Districts of Gosforth, Longbenton, and Weetslade.
1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Wallsend, and the Urban Districts of Gosforth and Longbenton. Weetslade Urban District had been absorbed by Longbenton Urban District in 1935, but the constituency boundaries remained unchanged.
1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside wards of Battle Hill, Benton, Camperdown, Holystone, Howdon, Longbenton, Northumberland, Valley, Wallsend, and Weetslade.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Election in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s