Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Blaydon Borough constituency |
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| Blaydon shown within Tyne and Wear, and Tyne and Wear shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918 |
| MP: | David Anderson |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Tyne and Wear |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
Blaydon 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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[edit] Boundaries
It comprises the towns of Blaydon, Whickham, Ryton, Birtley and surrounding villages in the periphary of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Tyne and Wear, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Blaydon constituency to be fought at the 2009 or 2010 general election, from the following electoral wards;
- Birtley, Blaydon, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook and Greenside, Dunston Hill and Whickham East, Lamesley, Ryton, Crookhill and Stella, Whickham North, Whickham South and Sunniside, and Winlaton and High Spen
[edit] Members of Parliament
The current MP is David Anderson, first elected in 2005.
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | constituency created | ||
| 1918 | Walter Waring | ||
| 1922 | William Whiteley | Labour | |
| 1931 | Thomas Ballantyne Martin | ||
| 1935 | William Whiteley | Labour | |
| 1956 | Robert Woof | Labour | |
| 1979 | John McWilliam | Labour | |
| 2005 | David Anderson | Labour | |
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Blaydon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Anderson | 20,120 | 51.5 | -3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Maughan | 14,785 | 37.9 | +4.1 | |
| Conservative | Dorothy Luckhurst | 3,129 | 8.0 | -3.4 | |
| UK Independence | Norman Endacott | 1,019 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 5,335 | 13.7 | |||
| Turnout | 39,053 | 62.6 | +5.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 | |||
| General Election 2001: Blaydon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John McWilliam | 20,340 | 54.8 | -5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Maughan | 12,531 | 33.8 | +10.0 | |
| Conservative | Mark Watson | 4,215 | 11.4 | -1.8 | |
| Majority | 7,809 | 21.0 | |||
| Turnout | 37,086 | 57.4 | -13.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Blaydon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John McWilliam | 27,535 | 60.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Maughan | 10,930 | 23.8 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Watson | 6,048 | 13.2 | ||
| Independent | Richard Rook | 1,412 | 3.1 | ||
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[edit] See also
| 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 |
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| Conservative | |
| North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
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