Gateshead West (UK Parliament constituency)


Gateshead West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Gateshead in what is now Tyne and Wear. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Gateshead wards of Central, North, North West, West, and West Central.
1955–1983: The County Borough of Gateshead wards of Central, East Central, North, North East, North West, West, and West Central.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s