Gateshead East and Washington West (UK Parliament constituency)


Gateshead East and Washington West was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected a Member of Parliament by the first past the post electoral system.

History

The constituency was created in 1997 from Gateshead East and Houghton and Washington, and was replaced in 2010 by new constituencies of Gateshead and Washington and Sunderland West, while two wards were transferred to the Jarrow seat.

Boundaries

The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead wards of Chowdene, Felling, High Fell, Leam, Low Fell, and Pelaw and Heworth, and the City of Sunderland wards of Washington South and Washington West.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections of the 2000s

Elections of the 1990s