Parliamentary constituencies in North East England explained

The region^[1] of North East England is divided into 27 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 11 borough constituencies and 16 county constituencies. Since the 2024 general election, 26 are represented by Labour MPs and one by a Conservative MP.

Constituencies

See also: 2019 United Kingdom general election.

Constituency ^[2]	Electorate^[3]	Majority^[4] ^[5]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		County	County Location	Constituency Map
Berwick-upon-Tweed CC	59,939	14,835		Anne-Marie Trevelyan†		Trish Williams‡	Northumberland
Bishop Auckland CC	68,170	7,962		Dehenna Davison†		Helen Goodman‡	County Durham
Blaydon BC	67,853	5,531		Liz Twist‡		Adrian Pepper†	Tyne and Wear
Blyth Valley BC	64,429	712		Ian Levy†		Susan Dungworth‡	Northumberland
City of Durham CC	71,271	5,025		Mary Foy‡		William Morgan†	County Durham
Darlington BC	66,397	3,294		Peter Gibson†		Jenny Chapman‡	County Durham
Easington CC	61,182	6,581		Grahame Morris‡		Clare Ambrosino†	County Durham
Gateshead BC	66,449	7,200		Ian Mearns‡		Jane MacBean†	Tyne and Wear
Hartlepool BC^[6]	70,855	6,940		Jill Mortimer†		Paul Williams‡	County Durham (prev. Cleveland)
Hexham CC	61,324	10,549		Guy Opperman†		Penny Greenan‡	Northumberland
Houghton and Sunderland South BC	68,835	3,115		Bridget Phillipson‡		Christopher Howarth†	Tyne and Wear
Jarrow BC	65,103	7,120		Kate Osborne‡		Nick Oliver†	Tyne and Wear
Middlesbrough BC	60,764	8,390		Andy McDonald‡		Ruth Betson†	North Yorkshire (prev. Cleveland)
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland CC	72,348	11,626		Simon Clarke†		Lauren Dingsdale‡	North Yorkshire (prev. Cleveland)
Newcastle upon Tyne Central BC	57,845	12,278		Chinyelu Onwurah‡		Emily Victoria Payne†	Tyne and Wear
Newcastle upon Tyne East BC	63,796	15,463		Nick Brown		Robin Gwynn†	Tyne and Wear
Newcastle upon Tyne North BC	68,486	5,765		Catherine McKinnell‡		Mark Lehain†	Tyne and Wear
North Durham CC	66,796	4,742		Kevan Jones‡		Edward Parson†	County Durham
North Tyneside BC	78,902	9,561		Mary Glindon‡		Dean Carroll†	Tyne and Wear
North West Durham CC	72,166	1,144		Richard Holden†		Laura Pidcock‡	County Durham
Redcar BC	66,864	3,527		Jacob Young†		Anna Turley‡	North Yorkshire (prev. Cleveland)
Sedgefield CC	64,325	4,513		Paul Howell†		Phil Wilson‡	County Durham
South Shields BC	62,793	9,585		Emma Lewell-Buck‡		Oni Oviri†	Tyne and Wear
Stockton North BC	66,649	1,027		Alex Cunningham‡		Steven Jackson†	County Durham (prev. Cleveland)
Stockton South BC	76,870	5,260		Matt Vickers†		Paul Williams‡	County Durham (prev. Cleveland)
Sunderland Central BC	72,680	2,964		Julie Elliott‡		Tom D'Silva†	Tyne and Wear
Tynemouth BC	77,261	4,857		Alan Campbell‡		Lewis Bartoli†	Tyne and Wear
Wansbeck CC	63,339	814		Ian Lavery‡		Jack Gebhard†	Northumberland
Washington and Sunderland West BC	66,278	3,723		Sharon Hodgson‡		Valerie Allen†	Tyne and Wear

2023 boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the North East region would be decreased by two, from 29 to 27.^[7] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

Under the revised proposals, the following constituencies for the region came into effect at the 2024 general election:^[8]

Constituency	Electorate	Ceremonial county	Local authority
Bishop Auckland CC	70,879	Durham	County Durham
Blaydon and Consett CC	70,163	Durham / Tyne and Wear	County Durham / Gateshead
Blyth and Ashington CC	75,452	Northumberland	Northumberland
City of Durham CC	72,878	Durham	County Durham
Cramlington and Killingworth CC	73,295	Northumberland / Tyne and Wear	Newcastle upon Tyne / North Tyneside / Northumberland
Darlington CC	70,446	Durham	Darlington
Easington CC	70,043	Durham	County Durham
Gateshead Central and Whickham BC	70,994	Tyne and Wear	Gateshead
Hartlepool CC	71,228	Durham	Hartlepool
Hexham CC	72,738	Northumberland / Tyne and Wear	Newcastle upon Tyne / Northumberland
Houghton and Sunderland South CC	76,883	Tyne and Wear	Sunderland
Jarrow and Gateshead East BC	71,106	Tyne and Wear	Gateshead / South Tyneside
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East BC	71,742	North Yorkshire	Middlesbrough / Stockton-on-Tees
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland CC	69,967	North Yorkshire	Middlesbrough / Redcar and Cleveland
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West BC	76,460	Tyne and Wear	Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend BC	76,875	Tyne and Wear	Newcastle upon Tyne / North Tyneside
Newcastle upon Tyne North BC	76,503	Tyne and Wear	Newcastle upon Tyne / North Tyneside
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor CC	71,299	Durham	County Durham
North Durham CC	73,079	Durham	County Durham
North Northumberland CC	72,541	Northumberland	Northumberland
Redcar BC	71,331	North Yorkshire	Redcar and Cleveland
South Shields BC	69,725	Tyne and Wear	South Tyneside
Stockton North CC	69,779	Durham	Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton West CC	70.108	Durham / North Yorkshire	Darlington / Stockton-on-Tees
Sunderland Central BC	72,688	Tyne and Wear	Sunderland
Tynemouth BC	73,022	Tyne and Wear	North Tyneside
Washington and Gateshead South BC	71,775	Tyne and Wear	Gateshead / Sunderland

2024 results

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the North East region in the 2024 general election were as follows:^[9]

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019 (actual)	Change from 2019 (notional)
Labour	504,569	45.4	2.8	26	7	7
Conservative	224,584	20.3	18.1	1	9	7
Reform UK	220,875	19.9	12.0	0	0	0
Green	66,680	6.0	3.6	0	0	0
Liberal Democrats	65,385	5.8	1.1	0	0	0
Others	29,447	2.6	0.8	0	0	0
Total	1,111,540	100.0		27	2

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019

Percentage votes

Key:

• CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
• LAB - Labour Party, including Labour and Co-operative Party
• LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
• UKIP - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and from 2019)
• REF - Reform UK (2019 - Brexit Party)
• GRN - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats

Key:

• CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
• LAB - Labour Party, including Labour and Co-operative Party
• LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
• OTH - 1974 (Feb) - Independent Labour (Eddie Milne)

See also

• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland
• List of parliamentary constituencies in County Durham
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

Notes and References

1. NUTS statistical regions of England - NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
2. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
3. News: Baker. Carl. Uberoi. Elise. Cracknell. Richard. 28 January 2020. General Election 2019: full results and analysis. Commons Library. 26 April 2020.
4. News: Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019. BBC News. 26 April 2020.
5. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
6. Per by-election held on 6 May 2021.
7. Web site: 2023 Review. 8 January 2021. Boundary Commission for England. en-GB.
8. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North East Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-08 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
9. Web site: 26 July 2024 . General election 2024 results . 1 August 2024 . House of Commons Library.