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Gateshead

Every general election in Gateshead since 1918 (until 2019). Latest: Ian Mearns, Labour, majority 7,200.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Ian Mearns Elected sitting MPLabour20,45053.6%
Jane MacBeanConservative13,25034.7%
Peter MaughanLiberal Democrats2,7927.3%
Rachel CabralGreen1,6534.3%
Valid votes38,145
Majority7,20018.9%

Lab hold Turnout 59.2% of 64,449 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%191819221923192419291931193519452010201520172019Labour, 1918: 23.8%Labour, 1922: 43.8%Labour, 1923: 41.1%Labour, 1924: 50.2%Labour, 1929: 52.5%Labour, 1931: 37.7%Labour, 1935: 47.3%Labour, 1945: 67.5%Labour, 2010: 54.1%Labour, 2015: 56.8%Labour, 2017: 65.1%Labour, 2019: 53.6%Conservative, 1918: 56.9%Conservative, 1922: 31.3%Conservative, 1923: 16.2%Conservative, 1924: 30.3%Conservative, 1929: 21.6%Conservative, 2010: 14.9%Conservative, 2015: 14.5%Conservative, 2017: 23.9%Conservative, 2019: 34.7%National Liberal, 1931: 60.1%National Liberal, 1935: 52.7%National Liberal, 1945: 32.5%Liberal, 1918: 19.3%Liberal, 1922: 24.9%Liberal, 1923: 42.7%Liberal, 1924: 19.6%Liberal, 1929: 19.1%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 21.3%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 6.8%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 4.1%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 7.3%UK Independence Party, 2010: 2.9%UK Independence Party, 2015: 17.8%UK Independence Party, 2017: 5.4%
Vote share in Gateshead at each general election Lab Con Nat Lib Lib LD UKIP

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Gateshead (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 Ian MearnsCon7,20018.959.2%Lab hold
2017Lab Ian MearnsCon17,35041.264.6%Lab hold
2015Lab Ian MearnsUKIP14,78439.058.8%Lab hold
2010Lab Ian MearnsLD12,54932.857.5%Lab hold
1945LabNat Lib19,01734.976.0%
1935Nat LibLab2,9685.474.7%Nat Lib hold
1931Nat LibLab12,93822.478.3%Nat Lib gain from Lab
1929LabCon16,74931.073.9%Lab hold
1924LabCon9,33619.982.7%Lab gain from Lib
1923LibLab6551.673.2%Lib gain from Lab
1922LabCon5,37112.578.4%Lab gain from Con
1918ConLab10,00333.154.6%

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 Gateshead?

Ian Mearns (Labour) won Gateshead at the 2019 general election with a majority of 7,200.

Which parties have won Gateshead?

At the 12 general elections held under this name since 1918: Labour 8, National Liberal 2, Liberal 1, Conservative 1.

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