# Jarrow (UK Parliament constituency)

Jarrow was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2019 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Kate Osborne of the Labour Party.
The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. and abolished in the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies. With moderate boundary changes the constituency was replaced by the new Jarrow and Gateshead East, to be first contested in the 2024 general election.

## Boundaries
### 1885–1918

* The Sessional Division of South Shields;
* the Municipal Boroughs of Jarrow and South Shields; and
* so much of the Parish of Heworth as is not included in the Municipal Borough of Gateshead.
NB included only non-resident freeholders in the parliamentary borough of South Shields.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as one of eight new single-member divisions of the county of Durham, replacing the two 2-member seats of North Durham and South Durham. See map on Vision of Britain website.

### 1918–1950

* The Borough of Jarrow; and
* the Urban Districts of Felling and Hebburn.
Areas to the south and east transferred to the expanded constituencies of South Shields and Houghton-le-Spring (the Boldons).

### 1950–1955

* The Borough of Jarrow; and
* the Urban Districts of Boldon, Felling, and Hebburn.
Regained the Boldons from Houghton-le-Spring.

### 1955–1983

* The Borough of Jarrow; and
* the Urban Districts of Boldon and Hebburn.
Felling transferred to Gateshead East. Redesignated as a borough constituency.

### 1983–1997

* The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of Bede, Biddick Hall, Boldon Colliery, Cleadon and East Boldon, Fellgate and Hedworth, Hebburn Quay, Hebburn South, Monkton, Primrose, and Whitburn and Marsden.
Minor changes to take account of ward boundaries of the newly formed metropolitan borough, including the transfer of Biddick Hall from South Shields.

### 1997–2010

* The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of Bede, Boldon Colliery, Cleadon and East Boldon, Fellgate and Hedworth, Hebburn Quay, Hebburn South, Monkton, Primrose, and Whitburn and Marsden; and
* the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead ward of Wrekendyke.
Biddick Hall returned to South Shields; Wrekendyke transferred from the abolished constituency of Gateshead East.

### 2010–2024

* The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of Bede, Boldon Colliery, Cleadon and East Boldon, Fellgate and Hedworth, Hebburn North, Hebburn South, Monkton, and Primrose; and
* the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead wards of Pelaw and Heworth, and Wardley and Leam Lane.
Boundary changes for the 2010 general election transferred the community of Whitburn into the neighbouring South Shields seat. Pelaw and Heworth transferred from the abolished constituency of Gateshead East and Washington West. (The Wrekendyke ward had been renamed Wardley and Leam Lane).

### Abolition

As a result of 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies the consistency was abolished with new constituencies being contested in the 2024 general election. Jarrow constituency was split between modified South Shields and newly created Jarrow and Gateshead East the following way:
| Wards | New constituency | Part of Jarrow, % |
| Pelaw and Heworth, Wardley and Leam Lane wards (Gateshead)Bede, Boldon Colliery, Fellgate and Hedworth, Hebburn North, Hebburn South, Monkton, Primrose (South Tyneside) | Jarrow and Gateshead East | 90.5 |
| Cleadon and East Boldon (South Tyneside) | South Shields | 9.5 |

## Constituency profile

The constituency consisted of part of the metropolitan district of South Tyneside, including the settlements of Jarrow, Boldon, Cleadon and Hebburn, as well as two wards from the adjacent Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, covering Pelaw and Wardley.
In 2005 The Guardian described Jarrow as:
   '[A] former shipbuilding town south of Newcastle famous for its march against unemployment in the 1930s.'

## Political history

The last Liberal to serve the seat lost his seat at the 1922 general election and the last Conservative to serve the seat held it from 1931 to 1935, since which it has been served by MPs from the Labour Party.
Since 1935, just five people have served as MP for Jarrow; the first, Ellen Wilkinson, served as Labour's first Minister of Education during the first Attlee government. While the seat has been loyally Labour by comfortable margins since 1935, it has seen unusual swings a number of times; in the 1983 Conservative landslide, incumbent MP Don Dixon actually increased his majority; in the close 1992 election his majority fell somewhat despite the general swing to Labour; and in 2001 his successor Stephen Hepburn managed to increase his majority to 51.1% (incidentally the biggest any candidate has ever held in the seat).

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1885 | Charles Palmer | Liberal |
| 1907 by-election | Pete Curran | Labour |
| Jan 1910 | Godfrey Mark Palmer | Liberal |
| 1922 | Robert John Wilson | Labour |
| 1931 | William Pearson | Conservative |
| 1935 | Ellen Wilkinson | Labour |
| 1947 by-election | Ernest Fernyhough | Labour |
| 1979 | Don Dixon | Labour |
| 1997 | Stephen Hepburn | Labour |
| 2019 | Stephen Hepburn | Independent |
| 2019 | Kate Osborne | Labour |
| 2024 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |

## Election results 1885–2024
### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Charles Palmer | 5,702 | 76.6 | |
| | Jarrow Radical and Labour Representation League | James Johnston | 1,731 | 23.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,971 | 53.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,433 | 57.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,897 | | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
= N/A
General election 1886: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Charles Palmer | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Charles Palmer | 7,343 | 75.2 | N/A |
| | Independent Labour | Edward Dillon Lewis | 2,416 | 24.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,927 | 50.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,759 | 68.6 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,231 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1895: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Charles Palmer | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Charles Palmer | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General election 1906: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Charles Palmer | 8,047 | 61.2 | N/A |
| | Labour Repr. Cmte. | Pete Curran | 5,093 | 38.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,954 | 22.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,140 | 77.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,023 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
1907 Jarrow by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Pete Curran | 4,698 | 33.1 | −5.7 |
| | Conservative | Patrick Rose-Innes | 3,930 | 27.6 | New |
| | Liberal | Spencer Leigh Hughes | 3,474 | 24.4 | −36.8 |
| | Irish Parliamentary | John O'Hanlon | 2,122 | 14.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 768 | 5.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,224 | 82.7 | +5.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,195 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.6 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Godfrey Palmer | 4,885 | 34.0 | −27.2 |
| | Labour | Peter Francis Curran | 4,818 | 33.5 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | James Kirkley | 4,668 | 32.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 67 | 0.5 | −21.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,371 | 78.6 | +1.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 18,292 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −11.0 | |
General election December 1910: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Godfrey Palmer | 5,097 | 34.0 | ±0.0 |
| | Conservative | James Kirkley | 4,986 | 33.3 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Alexander Gordon Cameron | 4,892 | 32.7 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 111 | 0.7 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,975 | 81.9 | +3.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 18,292 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +0.1 | |
General election 1918: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Liberal | Godfrey Palmer | 12,544 | 61.0 | +27.0 |
| | Labour | John Hill | 8,034 | 39.0 | +5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,510 | 22.0 | +21.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,578 | 55.0 | −26.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 37,389 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +10.7 | |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Wilson | 17,208 | 53.9 | +14.9 |
| | Unionist | Charles Harrie Innes-Hopkins | 10,166 | 31.9 | New |
| | Liberal | Ernest Young | 4,522 | 14.2 | −46.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,042 | 22.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,896 | 82.2 | +27.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 38,808 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +30.9 | |
General election 1923: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert John Wilson | 16,570 | 63.9 | +10.0 |
| | Unionist | John Lindsley | 9,348 | 36.1 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,222 | 27.8 | +5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,918 | 67.2 | −15.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 38,548 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 | |
General election 1924: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Wilson | 18,203 | 57.4 | −6.5 |
| | Unionist | Albert Baucher | 13,527 | 42.6 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,676 | 14.8 | −13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,730 | 80.9 | +13.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 39,237 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −6.5 | |
General election 1929: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Wilson | 22,751 | 62.5 | +5.1 |
| | Unionist | Longinus Vivian Rogers | 13,638 | 37.5 | −5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,113 | 25.0 | +10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,389 | 75.3 | −5.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 48,313 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.1 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Pearson | 21,263 | 54.1 | +16.6 |
| | Labour | Robert Wilson | 18,071 | 45.9 | −16.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,192 | 8.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,334 | 80.5 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ellen Wilkinson | 20,324 | 53.1 | +7.2 |
| | Conservative | William Pearson | 17,974 | 46.9 | −7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,350 | 6.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,298 | 80.8 | +0.3 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ellen Wilkinson | 22,656 | 66.0 | +12.9 |
| | National Liberal | Stanley Holmes | 11,649 | 34.0 | −12.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,007 | 32.1 | +25.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,305 | 82.4 | +1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
1947 Jarrow by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 20,694 | 59.3 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | William Scott | 13,078 | 37.5 | +3.5 |
| | Ind. Labour Party | W. Moody | 1,114 | 3.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,616 | 21.8 | −10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,886 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 33,751 | 63.0 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | John L. Cox | 16,895 | 31.5 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal | Edward Glover Stephen Chalkley | 2,940 | 5.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,856 | 31.5 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,586 | 82.8 | +0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1951: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 35,963 | 66.2 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | John Cox | 19,217 | 34.8 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,746 | 30.4 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,180 | 84.6 | +1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1955: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 24,706 | 63.3 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Dickinson | 14,304 | 36.4 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,402 | 26.9 | −3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,010 | 79.1 | −5.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1959: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 25,638 | 62.7 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative | Tommy T Hubble | 15,286 | 37.4 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,352 | 25.3 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,924 | 80.3 | +1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 26,053 | 64.2 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Tommy T Hubble | 14,503 | 35.8 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,550 | 28.4 | +3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,556 | 80.0 | −0.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1966: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 26,006 | 67.6 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | Derrick Robson | 12,449 | 32.4 | −3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,557 | 35.2 | +6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,455 | 76.7 | −3.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 25,861 | 63.5 | −4.1 |
| | Conservative | Derrick Robson | 14,847 | 36.5 | +4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,014 | 27.0 | −8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,708 | 74.4 | −2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election February 1974: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 27,740 | 66.7 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | B. Bolam | 13,848 | 33.3 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,892 | 33.4 | +6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,588 | 86.8 | +12.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election October 1974: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Fernyhough | 24,558 | 62.8 | −3.9 |
| | Conservative | B. Bolam | 8,707 | 22.3 | −10.0 |
| | Liberal | L. Ormston | 5,818 | 14.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,851 | 40.5 | +7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,083 | 71.4 | −15.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1979: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Don Dixon | 24,057 | 55.8 | −7.0 |
| | Conservative | D. Auld | 12,529 | 29.1 | +6.8 |
| | Liberal | A. McDonnell | 3,907 | 9.1 | −5.8 |
| | Independent Labour | H. Downey | 2,247 | 5.2 | New |
| | Independent | N. Brown | 374 | 0.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,528 | 26.7 | −13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,114 | 77.5 | +6.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Don Dixon | 25,151 | 55.3 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | Sonia Copland | 11,274 | 24.8 | −4.3 |
| | Liberal | John A. Lennox | 9,094 | 20.0 | +10.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,877 | 30.5 | +3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,519 | 71.4 | −6.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1987: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Don Dixon | 29,651 | 63.4 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative | Paul Yeoman | 10,856 | 23.2 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal | Peter Freitag | 6,230 | 13.3 | −6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,795 | 40.2 | +9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,737 | 74.4 | +3.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Don Dixon | 28,956 | 62.1 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative | Terence F. Ward | 11,049 | 23.7 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Orrell | 6,608 | 14.2 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,907 | 38.4 | −1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,613 | 74.4 | 0.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −0.9 | |
General election 1997: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Hepburn | 28,497 | 64.9 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | Mark C. Allatt | 6,564 | 14.9 | −8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim N. Stone | 4,865 | 11.1 | −3.1 |
| | Independent Labour | Alan J. Le Blond | 2,538 | 5.8 | New |
| | Referendum | Peter W. Mailer | 1,034 | 2.4 | New |
| | Socialist (GB) | John Bissett | 444 | 1.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,933 | 50.0 | +11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,942 | 68.7 | −5.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Hepburn | 22,777 | 66.1 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Selby | 5,182 | 15.0 | +3.9 |
| | Conservative | Donald Wood | 5,056 | 14.7 | −0.2 |
| | UKIP | Alan Badger | 716 | 2.1 | New |
| | Independent | Alan J. Le Blond | 391 | 1.1 | New |
| | Socialist (GB) | John Bissett | 357 | 1.0 | ±0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,595 | 51.1 | +1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,479 | 55.1 | −13.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 2005: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Hepburn | 20,554 | 60.5 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Schardt | 6,650 | 19.6 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Linkson A.S. Jack | 4,807 | 14.1 | −0.6 |
| | UKIP | Alan Badger | 1,567 | 4.6 | +2.5 |
| | Safeguard the National Health Service | Roger Nettleship | 400 | 1.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,904 | 40.9 | −10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,978 | 55.0 | −0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −5.1 | |

### Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Hepburn | 20,910 | 53.9 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | Jeff Milburn | 8,002 | 20.6 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Appleby | 7,163 | 18.5 | −4.0 |
| | BNP | Andy Swaddle | 2,709 | 7.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,908 | 33.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,784 | 60.3 | +5.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −6.4 | |
General election 2015: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Hepburn | 21,464 | 55.7 | +1.8 |
| | UKIP | Steve Harrison | 7,583 | 19.7 | New |
| | Conservative | Nick Mason | 6,584 | 17.1 | −3.5 |
| | Green | David Herbert | 1,310 | 3.4 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stan Collins | 1,238 | 3.2 | −15.3 |
| | TUSC | Norman Hall | 385 | 1.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,881 | 36.0 | +2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,564 | 60.4 | +0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −9.0 | |
General election 2017: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Hepburn | 28,020 | 65.1 | +9.4 |
| | Conservative | Robin Gwynn | 10,757 | 25.0 | +7.9 |
| | UKIP | James Askwith | 2,338 | 5.4 | −14.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Maughan | 1,163 | 2.7 | −0.5 |
| | Green | David Herbert | 745 | 1.7 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,263 | 40.1 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,023 | 66.4 | +6.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |
General election 2019: Jarrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kate Osborne | 18,363 | 45.1 | −20.0 |
| | Conservative | Nick Oliver | 11,243 | 27.6 | +2.6 |
| | Brexit Party | Richard Monaghan | 4,122 | 10.1 | +10.1 |
| | Independent | John Robertson | 2,991 | 7.3 | +7.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Wilkinson | 2,360 | 5.8 | +3.1 |
| | Green | James Milne | 831 | 2.0 | +0.3 |
| | Independent | Shaun Sadler | 614 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| | SDP | Mark Conway | 212 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,120 | 17.5 | −22.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,736 | 62.6 | −3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −11.3 | |
This was the only seat in England at the 2019 general election where five candidates saved their deposit by securing over 5% of the vote.