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Coordinates: 54°58′37″N 1°27′00″W / 54.977°N 1.450°W / 54.977; -1.450

Jarrow is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Kate Osborne of the Labour Party.[n 2]

History[edit]

The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. The last Liberal to serve the seat lost his seat at the 1922 general election and the last Conservative to serve the seat held it from 1931-1935, since which it has been served by MPs from the Labour Party.

Since 1935, just five people have served as MP for Jarrow; the first, Ellen Wilkinson, served as Labour's first Minister of Education during the first Attlee government. While the seat has been loyally Labour by comfortable margins since 1935, it has seen unusual swings a number of times; in the 1983 Conservative landslide, incumbent MP Don Dixon actually increased his majority; in the close 1992 election his majority fell somewhat despite the general swing to Labour; and in 2001 his successor Stephen Hepburn managed to increase his majority to 51.1% (incidentally the biggest any candidate has ever held in the seat).

Boundaries[edit]

Map of present boundaries

1885–1918: The Boroughs of Jarrow and South Shields, the Sessional Division of South Shields, and part of the parish of Heworth.

1918–1950: The Borough of Jarrow, and the Urban Districts of Felling and Hebburn.

1950–1955: The Borough of Jarrow, and the Urban Districts of Boldon, Felling, and Hebburn.

1955–1983: The Borough of Jarrow, and the Urban Districts of Boldon and Hebburn.

1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of Bede, Biddick Hall, Boldon Colliery, Cleadon and East Boldon, Fellgate and Hedworth, Hebburn Quay, Hebburn South, Monkton, Primrose, and Whitburn and Marsden.

1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of Bede, Boldon Colliery, Cleadon and East Boldon, Fellgate and Hedworth, Hebburn Quay, Hebburn South, Monkton, Primrose, and Whitburn and Marsden, and the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead ward of Wrekendyke.

2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of Bede, Boldon Colliery, Cleadon and East Boldon, Fellgate and Hedworth, Hebburn North, Hebburn South, Monkton, and Primrose, and the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead wards of Pelaw and Heworth, and Wardley and Leam Lane.

Following boundary changes taking effect at the 2010 general election, the constituency consists of part of the metropolitan district of South Tyneside, including the settlements of Jarrow, Boldon, Cleadon and Hebburn, as well as two wards from the adjacent Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, covering Pelaw and Wardley.[2]

Constituency profile[edit]

In 2005 The Guardian described the constituency as:

'[A] former shipbuilding town south of Newcastle famous for its march against unemployment in the 1930s.'

Members of Parliament[edit]

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

Elections in the 1940s[edit]

Elections in the 1930s[edit]

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

Charles Palmer

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

Elections in the 1880s[edit]

See also[edit]

  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

Notes and references[edit]

Notes
  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
  1. ^ "Parliament constituency population 2011". Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituencies in Tyne and Wear". Boundary Commission for England. 2006-05-10. Archived from the original on 2009-11-02. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "J"
  4. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated - Jarrow" (PDF). Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. 2019-11-14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ^ "Election Data 2017". Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-04-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  10. ^ http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
  11. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  17. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  18. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
  20. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
  21. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
  22. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.
  23. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
  24. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
  25. ^ The Liberal Magazine, vols.55-56, p.269
  26. ^ a b British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  27. ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  28. ^ Times House of Commons, 1910; Politico’s Publishing, 2004 p62
  29. ^ "Commercial Items". The Globe. 24 Jun 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  30. ^ "The Jarrow Election". Shields Daily Gazette. 18 Apr 1893. p. 4. Retrieved 22 November 2017.