Blaydon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons since 2017 by Liz Twist of the Labour Party.
Constituency profile
The seat has been a safe seat for the Labour Party since 1945.
Historically the area's economy relied on coal mining from the Victorian period until the decline of mining in the latter half of the 20th century.
Today the economy is supported by engineering and service industries on Tyneside, and agriculture.
The constituency is on the western upland outskirts of Gateshead and its communities are separated by green buffers.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Blaydon, Ryton, Tanfield, and Whickham.
1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Blaydon, Ryton, and Whickham.
1983–2010: The Borough of Gateshead wards of Birtley, Blaydon, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook and Greenside, Lamesley, Ryton, Whickham North, Whickham South, and Winlaton.
2010–present: The Borough of Gateshead wards of Birtley, Blaydon, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook and Greenside, Dunston Hill and Whickham East, Lamesley, Ryton, Crookhill and Stella, Whickham North, Whickham South and Sunniside, and Winlaton and High Spen.
The Blaydon constituency currently comprises the towns of Blaydon, Whickham, Ryton, Birtley and surrounding villages in the south and west of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.
Blaydon was affected by the planned 2018 Boundary Commission changes, with the electorate projected to increase from 66,409 to 76,791.
Members of Parliament
Elections
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Elections in the 1910s
thumb|120px|Waring See also
List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
Notes
References
External links
nomis Constituency Profile for Blaydon, presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics
