Newcastle-upon-Tyne North (UK Parliament constituency)

Newcastle upon Tyne North
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Newcastle upon Tyne North in Tyne and Wear.
Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County	Tyne and Wear
Electorate	67,401 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Newcastle upon Tyne North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Catherine McKinnell of the Labour Party.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of Dene, Heaton, Jesmond, St Andrew's, and St Thomas.

1950-1983: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of Arthur's Hill, Elswick, Jesmond, Sandyford, and Westgate.

1983-2010: The City of Newcastle wards of Castle, Denton, Fawdon, Grange, Lemington, Newburn, Westerhope, and Woolsington.

2010–present: The City of Newcastle wards of Castle, Denton, East Gosforth, Fawdon, Lemington, Newburn, Parklands, Westerhope, and Woolsington.

From its creation in 1918, the seat was safely Conservative — including six years of complex representation in terms of the modern parties by Gwilym Lloyd George, who was Home Secretary for almost three years until 1957 in a Conservative government. This continued until the 1983 general election, when boundary changes resulted in the Newcastle North of 1983 being composed entirely of wards that did not form part of the pre-1983 Newcastle North (the majority of the old Newcastle North moving to Newcastle Central, which the Conservatives won in 1983). Under these new boundaries the seat was notionally a safe Labour seat. Despite Labour's heavy landslide defeat in 1983, Labour held the new Newcastle North and have done ever since, with the Liberal Democrats the greatest challengers in 2005 and 2010, and the Conservatives finishing second in 2015 and 2017.

Coordinates: 55°00′N 1°42′W / 55.0°N 1.7°W / 55.0; -1.7