South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)
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South Shields | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Tyne and Wear |
Electorate | 82,294(2011)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1832 |
Member of Parliament | Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | County Durham |
South Shields is a borough constituency that is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Boundaries
[change | change source]Currently, this constituency contains the areas of South Shields in South Tyneside in Tyne and wear. Changes to the boundary that are to be in place for the next election will bring Whitburn into the constituency from neighbouring Jarrow.
Election results
[change | change source]General election 2019: South Shields[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Emma Lewell-Buck | 17,273 | 45.6 | -15.9 | |
Conservative | Oni Oviri | 7,688 | 20.3 | -5.6 | |
Brexit Party | Glenn Thompson | 6,446 | 17.0 | New | |
Independent | Geoff Thompson | 3,658 | 9.7 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | William Shepherd | 1,514 | 4.0 | +2.3 | |
Green | Sarah McKeown | 1,303 | 3.4 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 9,585 | 25.3 | -10.3 | ||
Turnout | 37,882 | 60.3 | -4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.2 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Parliament Constituency population 2011". Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ↑ "South Shields Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 24 November 2019.