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Blaydon

Every general election in Blaydon since 1955 (until 2019). Latest: Liz Twist, Labour, majority 5,531.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Liz Twist Elected sitting MPLabour19,79443.3%
Adrian PepperConservative14,26331.2%
Michael RobinsonBrexit Party
The Brexit Party		5,83312.8%
Vicky AndersonLiberal Democrats3,7038.1%
Diane CadmanGreen1,2792.8%
Kathy KingLiberal6151.4%
Lisabela MarschildSpace Navies Party1180.3%
Lee GarrettIndependent760.2%
Valid votes45,681
Majority5,53112.1%

Lab hold Turnout 67.3% of 67,853 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%195519641970O1974198319922001201020172019Labour, 1955: 66.5%Labour, 1959: 65.4%Labour, 1964: 66.2%Labour, 1966: 69.2%Labour, 1970: 64.9%Labour, February 1974: 58.7%Labour, October 1974: 57.3%Labour, 1979: 53.4%Labour, 1983: 44.4%Labour, 1987: 50.3%Labour, 1992: 52.7%Labour, 1997: 60.0%Labour, 2001: 54.9%Labour, 2005: 51.5%Labour, 2010: 49.6%Labour, 2015: 49.2%Labour, 2017: 56.1%Labour, 2019: 43.3%Conservative, 1955: 33.5%Conservative, 1959: 34.6%Conservative, 1964: 33.8%Conservative, 1966: 30.8%Conservative, 1970: 35.1%Conservative, February 1974: 41.4%Conservative, October 1974: 24.8%Conservative, 1979: 35.0%Conservative, 1983: 29.3%Conservative, 1987: 24.2%Conservative, 1992: 26.7%Conservative, 1997: 13.2%Conservative, 2001: 11.4%Conservative, 2005: 8.0%Conservative, 2010: 15.9%Conservative, 2015: 17.4%Conservative, 2017: 28.1%Conservative, 2019: 31.2%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 20.7%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 23.8%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 33.8%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 37.9%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 29.4%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 12.2%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 9.1%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 8.1%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 26.3%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 25.5%Liberal, October 1974: 17.9%Liberal, 1979: 11.6%Liberal, 2019: 1.4%UK Independence Party, 2015: 17.5%UK Independence Party, 2017: 5.1%Brexit Party, 2019: 12.8%
Vote share in Blaydon at each general election Lab Con LD Alliance Lib UKIP Brx

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Blaydon (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019Lab Liz TwistCon5,53112.167.3%Lab hold
2017Lab Liz TwistCon13,47728.070.2%Lab hold
2015Lab David AndersonUKIP14,22731.766.2%Lab hold
2010Lab David AndersonLD9,11720.366.2%Lab hold
2005LabLD5,33513.762.2%
2001LabLD7,80921.157.4%Lab hold
1997LabLD16,60536.271.0%
1992LabCon13,34326.077.7%Lab hold
1987LabAlliance12,48824.975.7%Lab hold
1983LabCon7,22215.172.4%
1979LabCon8,50918.479.1%Lab hold
October 1974LabCon13,46632.572.9%Lab hold
February 1974LabCon6,57417.367.2%
1970LabCon11,79829.872.3%Lab hold
1966LabCon14,78038.477.4%Lab hold
1964LabCon12,36432.378.7%Lab hold
1959LabCon12,25030.982.9%Lab hold
1955LabCon12,52332.980.7%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Blaydon?

Liz Twist (Labour) won Blaydon at the 2019 general election with a majority of 5,531.

Which parties have won Blaydon?

At the 18 general elections held under this name since 1955: Labour 18.

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