Newcastle upon Tyne North
Borough constituency for theHouse of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Newcastle upon Tyne North in the North East England
County	Tyne and Wear
Electorate	76,503 (2023)[1]
Major settlements	Newcastle upon Tyne
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of Parliament	Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne North is aconstituency^{[n 1]} represented in theHouse of Commons of theUK Parliament since 2010 byCatherine McKinnell of theLabour Party.^{[n 2]}

Under the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, effective from the2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency underwent significant boundary changes, with only 41.3% of the previous seat being included in the redrawn one.^[2]

Parliament created this seat under theRepresentation of the People Act 1918 for the general election later that year. It was one of four divisions of the parliamentary borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which had previously been represented by one two-member seat.^[3]

The constituency included much of Newcastle city centre from 1950 to 1983, despite the fact that theNewcastle upon Tyne Central constituency was retained, albeit with redrawn boundaries.

Following the local government reorganisation arising from theLocal Government Act 1972, major boundary changes resulted in a constituency composed entirely of wards that did not form any part of the pre-1983 seat, which had been held by Conservative or Conservative Party affiliated candidates since 1918. The majority of the old Newcastle upon Tyne North wards moved to Newcastle upon Tyne Central. The newly constituted seat comprised northern and western suburbs of the expandedmetropolitan borough of theCity of Newcastle upon Tyne.

• The County Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Dene, Heaton, Jesmond, St Andrew's, and St Thomas.^[3]

• The County Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Arthur's Hill, Elswick, Jesmond, Sandyford, and Westgate.^[4]

Boundaries redrawn to take account of expansion of the County Borough and redistribution of wards. Dene and Heaton transferred toNewcastle upon Tyne East. Expanded westwards and into parts of the city centre, gaining Arthur's Hill and Elswick fromNewcastle upon Tyne West and Westgate fromNewcastle upon Tyne Central.

• The City of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Castle, Denton, Fawdon, Grange, Lemington, Newburn, Westerhope, and Woolsington.^[5][6]

Following the reorganisation of local authorities as a result of theLocal Government Act 1972, the constituencies within the City of Newcastle upon Tyne were completely redrawn. The contents of the existing seat formed no part of newly constituted version. With the exception of Sandyford, which was transferred to Newcastle upon Tyne East, the existing seat was absorbed into a redrawn Newcastle upon Tyne Central.

The new seat was made up of western parts of the now abolished constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne West, comprising the formerUrban District of Newburn, the parts ofCastle Ward transferred to the new metropolitan borough, previously inHexham and a small area transferred fromWallsend.

Map of 2010–2024 boundaries

• The City of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Castle, Denton, East Gosforth, Fawdon, Lemington, Newburn, Parklands, Westerhope, and Woolsington.^[7]

Minor changes due to redistribution of ward boundaries.

Further to the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The City of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of: Castle (polling districts F04, F05 and F06); Dene & South Gosforth; Fawdon & West Gosforth; Gosforth; Kenton; Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall (polling district O04); North Jesmond; Parklands; South Jesmond.

• The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside wards of: Benton; Longbenton¹.^[8]

The constituency underwent wholesale changes, with the following areas being transferred out:

• The districts ofDenton,Lemington,Westerhope and Newbiggin Hall to the new constituency ofNewcastle upon Tyne Central and West;
• Callerton &Throckley ward (which includes the communities ofNewburn andWoolsington) toHexham; and
• The northern part ofCastle ward, includingDinnington, to the new constituency ofCramlington and Killingworth.

The redrawn seat now comprises the following areas:

• Eastern parts ofGosforth,Fawdon,Parklands ward and most of Castle ward from the previous version of the seat;
• Kenton and western parts of Gosforth fromNewcastle upon Tyne Central (abolished);
• Jesmond andDene fromNewcastle upon Tyne East (abolished); and
• The North Tyneside Borough wards ofBenton andLongbenton¹ from theNorth Tyneside constituency (abolished).

¹ Further to a local government boundary review which became effective in May 2024,^[9] the parts in North Tyneside Borough now comprise the Longbenton & Benton ward, most of the Forest Hill ward and a small part of the Camperdown ward.^[10]

From its creation in1918, the seat was asafeConservative Party seat, including six years of representation byGwilym Lloyd George, who was aligned to theNational Liberal Party but served asHome Secretary for almost three years until 1957 in aConservative government. This continued until the1983 general election, when the major boundary changes resulted in the majority of the old wards being moved toNewcastle upon Tyne Central, which the Conservatives won in 1983, while the new Newcastle North became a safeLabour seat, although in 1983 Labour's majority was just over 2,500 votes in a relatively close three-way race, despite a landslide defeat on the national scale. It has been a safe Labour seat ever since, with theLiberal Democrats being the greatest challengers in 2005 and 2010, and the Conservatives finishing in second place in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

General election 2019: Newcastle upon Tyne North^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine McKinnell	21,354	45.4	10.0
	Conservative	Mark Lehain	15,589	33.2	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Cott	4,357	9.3	4.0
	Brexit Party	Richard Ogden	4,331	9.2	N/A
	Green	Alistair Ford	1,368	2.9	1.8
Majority			5,765	12.2	9.3
Turnout			46,999	68.6	3.8
	Labourhold		Swing	4.6

General election 2017: Newcastle upon Tyne North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine McKinnell	26,729	55.4	9.3
	Conservative	Duncan Crute	16,380	33.9	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Lower	2,533	5.2	4.5
	UKIP	Timothy Marron	1,780	3.6	12.9
	Green	Alison Whalley[14]	513	1.0	2.3
	North of England Community Alliance	Brian Moore	353	0.8	N/A
Majority			10,349	21.5	1.1
Turnout			48,288	72.4	5.7
	Labourhold		Swing	0.6

General election 2015: Newcastle upon Tyne North^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine McKinnell	20,689	46.1	5.2
	Conservative	Stephen Bates[16]	10,536	23.5	5.3
	UKIP	Timothy Marron	7,447	16.6	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Lower[17]	4,366	9.7	23.4
	Green	Alison Whalley[18]	1,515	3.4	2.6
	North East	Violet Rook[19]	338	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,153	22.6	14.9
Turnout			44,891	66.7	1.2
	Labourhold		Swing	0.05

The 1983 result is classed as a hold for Labour, rather than a gain from the Conservatives, because the pre-1983 Newcastle-upon-Tyne North constituency, which was a Conservative-held seat, covered a substantially different area, making the two seats entirely different. The constituency which replaced the pre-1983 Newcastle-upon-Tyne North constituency, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, was won by the Conservatives and is classed as a hold for the Conservatives, as they were incumbent party in the pre-1983 Newcastle-upon-Tyne North seat. By contrast, this constituency was the closest successor to the pre-1983Newcastle-upon-Tyne West seat whereRobert Brown had been the MP.

• 1940 Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election
• 1957 Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
• List of parliamentary constituencies in North East England (region)
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Tyne and Wear
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Northumberland

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969].British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

• Newcastle upon Tyne North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) atMapIt UK
• Newcastle upon Tyne North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) atMapIt UK
• Newcastle upon Tyne North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) atMapIt UK

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