# Newcastle upon Tyne North (UK Parliament constituency)

Newcastle upon Tyne North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Catherine McKinnell of the Labour Party.
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, effective from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency underwent wholesale boundary changes, with only 41.3% of the previous seat being included in the redrawn one.

## History

Parliament created this seat under the Representation 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.
The constituency included much of Newcastle city centre from 1950 to 1983, despite the fact that the Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency was retained, albeit with redrawn boundaries.
Following the local government reorganisation arising from the Local 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. 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 expanded metropolitan borough of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne.

## Boundaries
### 1918–1950

* The County Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Dene, Heaton, Jesmond, St Andrew's, and St Thomas.

### 1950–1983

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

### 1983–2010

* The City of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Castle, Denton, Fawdon, Grange, Lemington, Newburn, Westerhope, and Woolsington.
Following the reorganisation of local authorities as a result of the Local 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 former Urban District of Newburn, the parts of Castle Ward transferred to the new metropolitan borough, previously in Hexham and a small area transferred from Wallsend.

### 2010–2024

* The City of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Castle, Denton, East Gosforth, Fawdon, Lemington, Newburn, Parklands, Westerhope, and Woolsington.
Minor changes due to redistribution of ward boundaries.

### 2024–present

Further to the 2023 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; Longbenton$^1$.
The constituency underwent wholesale changes, with the following areas being transferred out:
* The districts of Denton, Lemington, Westerhope and Newbiggin Hall to the new constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West;
* Callerton & Throckley ward (which includes the communities of Newburn and Woolsington) to Hexham; and
* The northern part of Castle ward, including Dinnington, to the new constituency of Cramlington and Killingworth.
The redrawn seat now comprises the following areas:
* Eastern parts of Gosforth, Fawdon, Parklands ward and most of Castle ward from the previous version of the seat;
* Kenton and western parts of Gosforth from Newcastle upon Tyne Central (abolished);
* Jesmond and Dene from Newcastle upon Tyne East (abolished); and
* The North Tyneside Borough wards of Benton and Longbenton$^1$ from the North Tyneside constituency (abolished).
$^1$ Further to a local government boundary review which became effective in May 2024, 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.

## Political history

From its creation in 1918, the seat was a safe Conservative Party seat, including six years of representation by Gwilym Lloyd George, who was aligned to the National Liberal Party but served as Home Secretary for almost three years until 1957 in a Conservative government. This continued until the 1983 general election, when the major boundary changes resulted in the majority of the old wards being moved to Newcastle upon Tyne Central, which the Conservatives won in 1983, while the new Newcastle North became a safe Labour 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 the Liberal Democrats being the greatest challengers in 2005 and 2010, and the Conservatives finishing in second place in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1918 | Nicholas Grattan-Doyle | Conservative |
| 1940 by-election | Sir Cuthbert Headlam | Independent Conservative |
| 1940 | Sir Cuthbert Headlam | Conservative |
| 1951 | Gwilym Lloyd George | National Liberal |
| 1957 by-election | Sir William Elliott | Conservative |
| 1983 | Robert Brown | Labour |
| 1987 | Doug Henderson | Labour |
| 2010 | Catherine McKinnell | Labour |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Catherine McKinnell | 24,440 | 50.3 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | Guy Renner-Thompson | 6,678 | 13.7 | −18.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aidan King | 5,936 | 12.2 | −1.8 |
| | Reform UK | Deborah Lorraine | 5,933 | 12.2 | +6.4 |
| | Green | Sarah Peters | 5,035 | 10.4 | +6.3 |
| | Independent | King Teare | 310 | 0.6 | N/A |
| | SDP | Martin Evison | 285 | 0.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,762 | 36.6 | +24.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,617 | 64.7 | −6.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +12.0 | |

### Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 5,765 | 12.2 | 9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,999 | 68.6 | 3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.6 | |
General election 2017: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | 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 | 513 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| | North of England Community Alliance | Brian Moore | 353 | 0.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,349 | 21.5 | 1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,288 | 72.4 | 5.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.6 | |
General election 2015: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Catherine McKinnell | 20,689 | 46.1 | 5.2 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Bates | 10,536 | 23.5 | 5.3 |
| | UKIP | Timothy Marron | 7,447 | 16.6 | 13.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anita Lower | 4,366 | 9.7 | 23.4 |
| | Green | Alison Whalley | 1,515 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| | North East | Violet Rook | 338 | 0.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,153 | 22.6 | 14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,891 | 66.7 | 1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.05 | |
General election 2010: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Catherine McKinnell | 17,950 | 40.8 | −9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Beadle | 14,536 | 33.1 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Parkinson | 7,966 | 18.1 | +3.4 |
| | BNP | Terry Gibson | 1,890 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| | UKIP | Ian Proud | 1,285 | 2.9 | +2.9 |
| | Green | Anna Heyman | 319 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,414 | 7.8 | −9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,946 | 65.5 | +3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −4.5 | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doug Henderson | 19,224 | 50.0 | −10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Beadle | 12,201 | 31.7 | +12.3 |
| | Conservative | Neil Hudson | 6,022 | 15.7 | −4.7 |
| | National Front | Roland Wood | 997 | 2.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,023 | 18.3 | −21.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,444 | 67.6 | +10.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −11.2 | |
General election 2001: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doug Henderson | 21,874 | 60.1 | −2.1 |
| | Conservative | Philip R. Smith | 7,424 | 20.4 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham A. Soult | 7,070 | 19.4 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,450 | 39.7 | −3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,368 | 57.5 | −11.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doug Henderson | 28,125 | 62.2 | +12.8 |
| | Conservative | Gregory B. White | 8,793 | 19.4 | −12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter J. Allen | 6,578 | 14.5 | −4.3 |
| | Referendum | Doreen Chipchase | 1,733 | 3.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,332 | 42.8 | +25.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,229 | 69.2 | −7.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +12.6 | |
General election 1992: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doug Henderson | 25,121 | 49.4 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | Ian Gordon | 16,175 | 31.8 | +7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter J. Maughan | 9,542 | 18.8 | −13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,946 | 17.6 | +7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,838 | 76.8 | +0.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −0.3 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doug Henderson | 22,424 | 42.7 | +5.1 |
| | Liberal | John Shipley | 17,181 | 32.7 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | John Tweddle | 12,915 | 24.6 | −7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,243 | 10.0 | +4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,520 | 75.9 | +3.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
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-1983 Newcastle-upon-Tyne West seat where Robert Brown had been the MP.
General election 1983: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Brown | 18,985 | 37.6 | −10.8 |
| | Conservative | Philip Straw | 16,429 | 32.5 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal | John Shipley | 15,136 | 29.9 | +16.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,556 | 5.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,550 | 72.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Elliott | 12,721 | 47.6 | +4.7 |
| | Labour | S. Ward | 11,010 | 41.2 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal | C. Marlowe | 2,983 | 11.2 | −4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,711 | 6.4 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,714 | 68.0 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election October 1974: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Elliott | 11,217 | 42.9 | −0.7 |
| | Labour | Tony Banks | 10,748 | 41.1 | +7.7 |
| | Liberal | David Herd | 4,189 | 16.0 | −7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 469 | 1.8 | −8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,154 | 65.0 | −8.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election February 1974: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Elliott | 12,793 | 43.6 | −12.5 |
| | Labour | R.G. Eccles | 9,813 | 33.4 | −10.5 |
| | Liberal | Chris Foote Wood | 6,772 | 23.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,980 | 10.2 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,378 | 73.4 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1970: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Elliott | 15,978 | 56.1 | +6.4 |
| | Labour | Robert George Eccles | 12,518 | 43.9 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,460 | 12.1 | +3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,496 | 67.7 | −7.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Elliott | 15,243 | 49.7 | −11.2 |
| | Labour | Robert Griffin | 12,550 | 40.9 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal | Alan Share | 2,902 | 9.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,693 | 8.8 | −13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,695 | 75.1 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -6.5 | |
General election 1964: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Elliott | 19,502 | 60.9 | −4.0 |
| | Labour | Sidney Lee | 12,515 | 39.1 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,987 | 21.8 | −7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,017 | 75.6 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Newcastle upon Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Elliott | 24,588 | 64.9 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Muriel Lloyd Prichard | 13,316 | 35.1 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,272 | 29.7 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,904 | 79.1 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 21 March 1957 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Elliott | 19,107 | 60.35 | −3.5 |
| | Labour | T. McDonald | 12,555 | 39.65 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,462 | 20.7 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,662 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1955: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | Gwilym Lloyd-George | 25,236 | 63.8 | +12.7 |
| | Labour | Basil Chisholm | 14,303 | 36.2 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,933 | 27.7 | +12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,539 | | |
| | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | | |
General election 1951: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | Gwilym Lloyd-George | 23,930 | 51.1 | −2.8 |
| | Labour | Ivan Geffen | 17,005 | 36.3 | +0.4 |
| | Ind. Conservative | Colin Gray | 5,904 | 12.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,925 | 14.8 | −3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,839 | | |
| | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | | |
General election 1950: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Cuthbert Headlam | 25,325 | 53.9 | +3.3 |
| | Labour | W. Henry Shackleton | 16,860 | 35.9 | +6.1 |
| | Liberal | Aubrey Herbert | 4,839 | 10.3 | −6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,465 | 18.0 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,024 | 83.7 | +10.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.7 | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Cuthbert Headlam | 17,381 | 50.6 | −26.4 |
| | Labour Co-op | W. Henry Shackleton | 10,228 | 29.8 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal | William McKeag | 5,812 | 16.9 | New |
| | Common Wealth | Charles Ridsdale | 904 | 2.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,153 | 20.8 | −33.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,325 | 73.2 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -16.5 | |
Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 7 June 1940 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ind. Conservative | Cuthbert Headlam | 7,380 | 71.2 | New |
| | Conservative | Howard Grattan-Doyle | 2,982 | 28.8 | −48.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,398 | 42.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,362 | 22.0 | −48.3 |
| | Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative | Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Grattan-Doyle | 25,683 | 77.0 | −6.9 |
| | Labour | E. Gilbert | 7,693 | 23.1 | +6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,990 | 53.9 | −14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,376 | 70.3 | −6.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -6.9 | |
General election 1931: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Grattan-Doyle | 30,245 | 83.9 |
| | Labour | R.J. Thomson | 5,791 | 16.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,454 | 67.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,036 | 76.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Nicholas Grattan-Doyle | 17,962 | 55.4 | −17.1 |
| | Labour | Edward Scott | 7,573 | 23.4 | −4.1 |
| | Liberal | J. Roberts Creighton | 6,860 | 21.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,389 | 32.0 | −13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,395 | 70.9 | −3.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 45,720 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −6.5 | |
General election 1924: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Nicholas Grattan-Doyle | 18,386 | 72.5 | +20.4 |
| | Labour | H. Maw | 6,991 | 27.5 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,395 | 45.0 | +18.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,377 | 74.2 | +0.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 34,209 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +7.5 | |
General election 1923: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Nicholas Grattan-Doyle | 12,715 | 52.1 | −9.1 |
| | Liberal | Robert Wilfred Simpson | 6,321 | 25.9 | −7.0 |
| | Labour | John Beckett | 5,374 | 22.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,394 | 26.2 | −2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,410 | 73.6 | −0.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 33,182 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −1.1 | |
General election 1922: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Nicholas Grattan-Doyle | 14,931 | 61.2 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal | Robert Wilfred Simpson | 8,017 | 32.9 | +9.9 |
| | Independent Labour | Robert John Wilson | 1,435 | 5.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,914 | 28.3 | −9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,383 | 73.9 | +15.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 32,987 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −4.6 | |

### Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Nicholas Grattan-Doyle | 11,347 | 60.5 | |
| | Liberal | George Lunn | 4,322 | 23.0 | |
| | Labour | Robert John Wilson | 3,102 | 16.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,025 | 37.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,771 | 58.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 32,272 | | |
| | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||