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Coordinates: 55°00′11″N 1°36′36″W / 55.003°N 1.610°W / 55.003; -1.610

Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Newcastle upon Tyne Central in Tyne and Wear.
Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County	Tyne and Wear
Electorate	60,795 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1918 (1918)
Member of Parliament	Chinyelu Onwurah (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Newcastle upon Tyne Central 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.

Contents

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 See also
5 Notes and references

Boundaries

The constituency covers the central part of Newcastle upon Tyne, being one of three constituencies in the city. Between 1983 and 2010, the seat did not actually contain the city's commercial centre, as it was covered by the Tyne Bridge constituency, which also covered parts of Gateshead. Boundary changes taking effect at the 2010 general election remove this anomaly, with the city centre being divided between this seat and Newcastle upon Tyne East.

The constituency is formed from eight electoral wards: Benwell and Scotswood, Blakelaw, Elswick, Fenham, Kenton, Westgate, West Gosforth, and Wingrove.^[2]

Members of Parliament

	Member ^[3]	Party
1918	George Renwick	Conservative
1922	Charles Trevelyan	Labour
1931	Arthur Denville	Conservative
1945	Lyall Wilkes	Labour
1951	Ted Short	Labour
1976 by-election	Harry Cowans	Labour
1983	Piers Merchant	Conservative
1987	Jim Cousins	Labour
2010	Chi Onwurah	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Newcastle upon Tyne Central^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chi Onwurah	15,692	45.9	-4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Kane	8,228	24.1	-3.4
	Conservative	Nick Holder	6,611	19.4	+2.8
	BNP	Ken Booth	2,302	6.7	+6.7
	UKIP	Martin Davies	754	2.2	+2.2
	Green	John Pearson	568	1.7	-2.2
Majority			7,464	21.9
Turnout			34,155	56.4	-0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Cousins	16,211	45.1	-9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Greg Stone	12,229	34.0	+12.3
	Conservative	Wendy Morton	5,749	16.0	-5.3
	Green	Joe Hulm	1,254	3.5	+3.5
	Newcastle Academy with Christian Values Party	Clive Harding	477	1.3	+1.3
Majority			3,982	11.1
Turnout			35,920	52.5	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.1

General Election 2001: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Cousins	19,169	55.0	-4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Psallidas	7,564	21.7	+6.7
	Conservative	Aidan Ruff	7,414	21.3	-2.2
	Socialist Labour	Gordon Potts	723	2.1	N/A
Majority			11,605	33.3
Turnout			34,870	51.3	-14.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Cousins	27,272	59.2	+7.5
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	10,792	23.4	-12.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Berry	6,911	15.0	+2.3
	Referendum Party	C.A. Coxon	1,113	2.4	N/A
Majority			16,480	35.8
Turnout			46,088	65.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Newcastle upon Tyne Central^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Cousins	21,123	49.4	+5.2
	Conservative	Mike Summersby	15,835	37.0	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Lembit Opik	5,816	13.6	-2.2
Majority			5,288	12.4	+7.0
Turnout			42,774	71.3	−4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.5

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Cousins	20,416	44.21
	Conservative	Piers Merchant	17,933	38.83
	Social Democrat	Nigel Martin	7,304	15.82
	Green	RJ Bird	418	0.91
	Red Front	K Williams	111	0.24
Majority			2,483	5.38
Turnout				75.52
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1983: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Piers Merchant	18,161	40.82
	Labour	N Todd	15,933	35.81
	Social Democrat	John Horam	9,923	22.30
	Ecology	DN Jacques	478	1.07
Majority			2,228	5.01
Turnout				70.98
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cowans	10,395	67.28
	Conservative	D Conway	2,982	19.30
	Liberal	J Nelson	2,073	13.42
Majority			7,413	47.98
Turnout				65.25
	Labour hold		Swing

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central by-election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cowans	4,692	47.61	-24.16
	Liberal	Andrew Ellis	2,854	28.96	+17.28
	Conservative	Richard Sowler	1,945	19.73	+3.18
	Socialist Workers	David Hayes	184	1.87	N/A
	National Front	Bruce Anderson-Lynes	181	1.84	N/A
Turnout			9,856
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Edward Watson Short	10,546	71.77
	Conservative	S. Faith	2,432	16.55
	Liberal	Andrew Ellis	1,716	11.68
Majority			7,370	12.98
Turnout				55.22
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Edward Watson Short	12,182	74.45
	Conservative	M. Jack	4,180	25.55
Majority			8,002	48.91
Turnout				65.43
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Edward Watson Short	13,671	70.61
	Conservative	Michael St John Way	4,256	21.98
	Liberal	David Lesser	1,433	7.40
Majority			9,415	48.63
Turnout				61.64
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Watson Short	19,291	76.65
	Conservative	J. J. Walker-Smith	5,474	21.75
	Communist	T. G. Welch	404	1.61
Majority			13,817	54.90
Turnout				65.87
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Watson Short	20,547	70.91
	Conservative	W. D. Rutter	7,896	27.25
	Communist	T. G. Welch	532	1.84
Majority			12,651	43.66
Turnout				69.13
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Watson Short	24,051	65.83
	Conservative	W. D. Rutter	12,485	34.17
Majority			11,566	31.66
Turnout				73.18
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Watson Short	26,102	66.59
	Conservative	G. Peters	13,099	33,41
Majority			13,003	33.17
Turnout				70.88
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Watson Short	25,637	64.14
	Conservative	F. T. Webster	13,325	33.34
	Ind. Labour Party	Fred Barton	1,006	2.52
Majority			12,312	30.80
Turnout				80.74
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyall Wilkes	25,190	63.66
	Conservative	G. C. White	13,567	34.29
	Ind. Labour Party	Fred Barton	812	2.05
Majority			11,623	29.37
Turnout				79.80
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyall Wilkes	10,627	61.92
	Conservative	Arthur Denville	6,536	38.08
Majority			4,091	23.84
Turnout				71.75
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Notes and references

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituencies in Tyne and Wear". Boundary Commission for England. 2006-05-10. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/Tyne_Wear_Boroughs/downloads/FR_NR_Tyne_Wear_Web.doc. Retrieved 2010-04-23. ^{[dead link]}
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)^{[self-published source?]}^{[better source needed]}
^ http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/wwwfileroot/cxo/electoral/SPNCentral2010.pdf
^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Washington & Sunderland West". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e95.stm.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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