The
region
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of
North East England
North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. The region has three current administrative levels below the region level in the region; combined authority, unitary authorit ...
is divided into 29
parliamentary constituencies
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which is made up of 19
borough constituencies
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Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituenc ...
and 10
county constituencies
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Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituenc ...
. Since the
2019 general election, 18 are represented by
Labour
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MPs and 11 by
Conservative
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MPs.
Constituencies
Proposed boundary changes
''See
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
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for further details.''
Following the abandonment of the
Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the
Boundary Commission for England
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* Boundary Commission for E ...
formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the North East region will decrease by two, from 29 to 27. Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
Under the revised proposals, the following constituencies for the region would come into effect at the
next general election:
Results history
''Primary data source:'' House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the North East region in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Percentage votes
''Key:''
CON -
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
, including
National Liberal Party up to 1966
LAB -
Labour Party
LIB -
Liberal Party
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up to 1979;
SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987;
Liberal Democrats from 1992
UKIP/Br -
UK Independence Party
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2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019);
Brexit Party
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in 2019
Green -
Green Party of England and Wales
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(included in Other up to 2005)
Seats
''Key:''
CON -
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
, including
National Liberal Party up to 1966
LAB -
Labour Party
LIB -
Liberal Party
The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left.
__TOC__ Active liberal parties
This is a li ...
up to 1979;
SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987;
Liberal Democrats from 1992
OTH - 1974 (Feb) - Independent Labour (
Eddie Milne)
See also
*
List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
The Parliament of the United Kingdom currently has 650 parliamentary constituencies across the constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), each electing a single member of parliament (MP) to the House of Commons by ...
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in County Durham
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Parliamentary Constituencies in North East
Parliamentary constituencies in North East England
North East
Parliamentary
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Parliamentary
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Parliamentary
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Parliamentary
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