Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)

Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)
Blaydon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons since 2017 by Liz Twist of the Labour Party.
The seat is due to be abolished for the next general election.
Constituency profile
The seat has been a safe seat for the Labour Party since 1935.
Historically the area's economy relied on coal mining from the Victorian period until the decline of mining in the latter half of the 20th century.
Today the economy is supported by engineering and service industries on Tyneside, and agriculture. It also includes the Metrocentre, the second-largest shopping centre in the UK.
The constituency is on the western upland outskirts of Gateshead and its communities are separated by green buffers. It currently comprises the towns of Blaydon, Whickham, Ryton, Birtley and surrounding villages in the south and west of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.
Boundaries
1918–1950
The Urban Districts of Blaydon, Ryton, Tanfield, and Whickham.
Blaydon was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election when Blaydon, Ryton and Whickham were split off from the existing Chester-le-Street seat. Tanfield was added from the abolished constituency of North West Durham.
1950–1983
The Urban Districts of Blaydon, Ryton, and Whickham.
Tanfield transferred to Consett.
1983–2010
The Borough of Gateshead wards of Birtley, Blaydon, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook and Greenside, Lamesley, Ryton, Whickham North, Whickham South, and Winlaton.
The communities of Birtley and Lamesley were transferred in from the abolished constituency of Chester-le-Street. Lost small area in the east of the seat to the new constituency of Tyne Bridge.
2010–present
The Borough of Gateshead wards of Birtley, Blaydon, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook and Greenside, Dunston Hill and Whickham East, Lamesley, Ryton, Crookhill and Stella, Whickham North, Whickham South and Sunniside, and Winlaton and High Spen.
Minor changes resulting from the redrawing of ward boundaries in Gateshead Borough and abolition of Tyne Bridge.
Proposed abolition
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be abolished for the next general election, with its contents distributed to three new constituencies:
The three wards incorporating the town of Whickham included in an expanded Gateshead constituency named Gateshead Central and Whickham
Birtley and Lamesley combined with Washington to form Washington and Gateshead South
Remaining wards (comprising about half the electorate), including the communities of Blaydon, Rowlands Gill and Ryton, to form a cross-county constituency with Consett in County Durham - named Blaydon and Consett
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Election in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Tyne and Wear
History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham
Notes
References
External links
nomis Constituency Profile for Blaydon, presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
Politics of Gateshead