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    Gateshead, UK Parliamentary general election

    At the most recent election (12 December 2019), Ian Mearns (The Labour Party) won Gateshead, with a majority of 7,200 votes on a turnout of 59.19%.

    At the Local by-elections 22 Sep 2016 (22 September 2016), 1 seats on Gateshead were filled: The Labour Party 1. The Labour Party won a majority of the seats contested.

    Area type
    constituency
    Within
    UK Parliamentary general election
    Elections recorded
    12
    Wards / divisions
    32
    Gateshead: seats won by party at each election
    ElectionDateSeats won by party
    Local by-elections 22 Sep 201622 September 2016The Labour Party 1
    Local Elections 20115 May 2011The Labour Party 1
    Local by-elections 23 Sep 201023 September 2010The Labour Party 1
    Local Elections 20106 May 2010The Labour Party 1
    Local by-elections 14 May 200914 May 2009The Labour Party 1
    Local by-elections 31 Jul 200831 July 2008Liberal Democrats 1
    Local Elections 20081 May 2008The Labour Party 1
    Local Elections 20073 May 2007The Labour Party 2
    Local Elections 20064 May 2006The Labour Party 1
    Local by-elections 01 Dec 20051 December 2005The Labour Party 1
    Local Elections 20031 May 2003The Labour Party 1
    Local Elections 20022 May 2002The Labour Party 1
    Local Elections 20017 June 2001The Labour Party 1
    Local by-elections 29 Mar 200129 March 2001The Labour Party 1
    Local by-elections 17 Sep 199817 September 1998Liberal Democrats 1
    Gateshead: UK General Election 2019Turnout 59.19%, electorate 64,449
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Ian MearnsThe Labour Party20,45053.6%Yes
    Jane Emma MacBeanConservative Party13,25034.7%No
    Peter James MaughanLiberal Democrats2,7927.3%No
    Rachel Mary CabralGreen Party1,6534.3%No
    Gateshead: UK General Election 2017Turnout 64.59%, electorate 65,186
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Ian MearnsThe Labour Party27,42665.1%Yes
    Lauren HankinsonConservative Party10,07623.9%No
    Mark BellUK Independence Party (UKIP)2,2815.4%No
    Frank HindleLiberal Democrats1,7094.1%No
    Andy RedfernGreen Party6111.5%No
    Gateshead: UK General Election 2015Turnout 58.81%, electorate 64,524
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Ian MearnsThe Labour Party21,54956.8%Yes
    John TennantUK Independence Party (UKIP)6,76517.8%No
    Thomas SmithConservative Party5,50214.5%No
    Frank HindleLiberal Democrats2,5856.8%No
    Andy RedfernGreen Party1,5484.1%No
    Gateshead: UK General Election 2010Turnout 57.54%, electorate 66,492
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Ian MearnsThe Labour Party20,71254.1%Yes
    Frank HindleLiberal Democrats8,16321.3%No
    Hazel AndersonConservative Party5,71614.9%No
    Kevin ScottBritish National Party1,7874.7%No
    John TennantUK Independence Party (UKIP)1,1032.9%No
    Andy RedfernGreen Party3791%No
    Elaine BrunskillTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2660.7%No
    David WaltonIndependent1310.3%No
    Gateshead: UK General Election 05 Jul 1945
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Konni ZilliacusThe Labour Party36,73667.5%Yes
    Thomas MagnayLiberal National17,71932.5%No
    Gateshead: UK General Election 14 Nov 1935
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Thomas MagnayLiberal National28,77252.7%Yes
    James Martin WilsonThe Labour Party25,80447.3%No
    Gateshead: UK General Election 27 Oct 1931
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Thomas MagnayLiberal National34,76460.1%Yes
    Ernest BevinThe Labour Party21,82637.7%No
    John Stuart BarrNew Party1,0771.9%No
    John FennellNational Labour1870.3%No
    Gateshead: UK General Election 30 May 1929
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    James Benjamin MelvilleThe Labour Party28,39352.5%Yes
    Ian Leslie Orr-EwingUnionist11,64421.5%No
    John FennellLiberal Democrats10,31419.1%No
    John WatsonIndependent3,6886.8%No
    Gateshead: UK General Election 29 Oct 1924
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    John Warburton BeckettThe Labour Party23,51450.2%Yes
    Hilton PhilipsonUnionist14,17830.2%No
    John Purcell DickieLiberal Democrats9,18519.6%No
    Gateshead: UK General Election 06 Dec 1923
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    John Purcell DickieLiberal Democrats17,34442.7%Yes
    John BrothertonThe Labour Party16,68941.1%No
    George Francis Stephen ChristieUnionist6,59216.2%No
    Gateshead: UK General Election 15 Nov 1922
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    John BrothertonThe Labour Party18,79543.8%Yes
    Herbert Conyers SurteesUnionist13,42431.3%No
    John Purcell DickieLiberal Democrats10,67924.9%No
    Gateshead: UK General Election 14 Dec 1918
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Herbert Conyers SurteesUnionist with Coalition Coupon17,21556.9%Yes
    John BrothertonThe Labour Party7,21223.8%No
    Harold ElverstonLiberal Democrats5,83319.3%No

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