Jarrow (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Jarrow
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Jarrow in Tyne and Wear.
Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County	Tyne and Wear
Electorate	83,260 (2011)[1]
Major settlements	Jarrow
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Stephen Hepburn (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	South Durham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Jarrow is a constituency^{[n 1]} ESE of and adjoining Newcastle upon Tyne represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Stephen Hepburn of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

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

Boundaries

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

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

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

1955-1983: The Municipal 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

In 2005 The Guardian described the constiuency as:

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3]	Party
	1885	Charles Mark Palmer	Liberal
	1907 by-election	Peter Francis Curran	Labour
	Jan 1910	Godfrey Mark Palmer	Liberal
	1922	Robert John Wilson	Labour
	1931	William George Pearson	Conservative
	1935	Ellen Wilkinson	Labour
	1947 by-election	Ernest Fernyhough	Labour
	1979	Don Dixon	Labour
	1997	Stephen Hepburn	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Jarrow^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Hepburn	21,464	55.7	+1.7
	UKIP	Steve Harrison[5]	7,583	19.7	+19.7
	Conservative	Nick Mason	6,584	17.1	-3.6
	Green	David Herbert[6]	1,310	3.4	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Stan Collins[7]	1,238	3.2	-15.3
	TUSC	Norman Hall[8]	385	1.0	+1.0
Majority			13,881	36.0	+2.7
Turnout			38,564	60.4	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.0

General Election 2010: Jarrow^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Hepburn	20,910	53.9	−4.9
	Conservative	Jeff Milburn	8,002	20.6	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Appleby	7,163	18.5	−4.0
	BNP	Andy Swaddle	2,709	7.0	+7.0
Majority			12,908	33.3
Turnout			38,784	60.3	+5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Jarrow^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Hepburn	20,554	60.5	−5.6
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Schardt	6,650	19.6	+4.6
	Conservative	Linkson A.S. Jack	4,807	14.1	−0.6
	UKIP	Alan Badger	1,567	4.6	+2.5
	Safeguard the National Health Service	Roger Nettleship	400	1.2	N/A
Majority			13,904	40.9
Turnout			33,978	55.0	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.1

General Election 2001: Jarrow^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Hepburn	22,777	66.1	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	James Selby	5,182	15.0	+4.0
	Conservative	Donald Wood	5,056	14.7	−0.3
	UKIP	Alan Badger	716	2.1	N/A
	Independent	Alan J. Le Blond	391	1.1	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	John Bissett	357	1.0	+0.0
Majority			17,595	51.1
Turnout			34,479	55.1	−13.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Jarrow^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Hepburn	28,497	64.9	+2.8
	Conservative	Mark C. Allatt	6,564	14.9	−8.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tim N. Stone	4,865	11.1	−3.1
	Independent Labour	Alan J. Le Blond	2,538	5.8	N/A
	Referendum	Peter W. Mailer	1,034	2.4	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	John Bissett	444	1.0	N/A
Majority			21,933	49.9
Turnout			43,942	68.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Jarrow^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Don Dixon	28,956	62.1	−1.3
	Conservative	Terence F. Ward	11,049	23.7	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Orrell	6,608	14.2	+0.8
Majority			17,907	38.4	−1.8
Turnout			46,613	74.4	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.9

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Jarrow^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Don Dixon	29,651	63.4	+7.9
	Conservative	Paul Seymour Yeoman	10,856	23.2	−1.6
	Liberal	Peter Freitag	6,230	13.3	−6.7
Majority			18,795	40.2
Turnout			46,737	74.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Jarrow^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Don Dixon	25,151	55.3
	Conservative	Miss S. Copland	11,274	24.8
	Liberal	John A. Lennox	9,094	20.0
Majority			13,877	30.5
Turnout			45,519	71.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Don Dixon	24,057	55.8	−7.0
	Conservative	D. Auld	12,529	29.1	+6.8
	Liberal	A. McDonnell	3,907	9.1	−5.8
	Independent Labour	H. Downey	2,247	5.2	N/A
	Independent	N. Brown	374	0.9	N/A
Majority			11,528	26.7
Turnout			43,114	77.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Fernyhough	24,558	62.8	−3.9
	Conservative	B. Bolam	8,707	22.3	−10.0
	Liberal	L. Ormston	5,818	14.9	N/A
Majority			15,851	40.6
Turnout			39,083	71.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Fernyhough	27,740	66.7
	Conservative	B. Bolam	13,848	33.3
Majority			13,892	33.4
Turnout			41,588	86.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Fernyhough	25,861	63.5
	Conservative	D.J. Robson	14,847	36.5
Majority			11,014	27.1
Turnout			40,708	74.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Fernyhough	26,006	67.6
	Conservative	D.J. Robson	12,449	32.4
Majority			13,557	35.3
Turnout			38,455	76.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Fernyhough	26,053	64.2
	Conservative	T.T. Hubble	14,503	35.8
Majority			11,550	28.5
Turnout			40,556	80.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Fernyhough	25,638	62.7
	Conservative	T.T. Hubble	15,286	37.4
Majority			10,352	25.3
Turnout			40,924	80.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Fernyhough	24,706	63.3
	Conservative	M. Dickinson	14,304	36.4
Majority			10,402	26.7
Turnout			39,010	79.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Fernyhough	35,963	66.2
	Conservative	J.L. Cox	19,217	34.8
Majority			16,746	30.4
Turnout			55,180	84.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Fernyhough	33,751	63.0
	Conservative	John L. Cox	16,895	31.5
	Liberal	Edward Glover Stephen Chalkley	2,940	5.5
Majority			16,856	31.5
Turnout			53,586	82.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Jarrow by-election, 1947^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Fernyhough	20,694	59.3	-6.7
	Conservative	William Scott	13,078	37.5	N/A
	Ind. Labour Party	W. Moody	1,114	3.2	N/A
Majority			7,616	21.8	-10.3
Turnout			34,886
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1945: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ellen Wilkinson	22,656	66.0
	Liberal National	S. Holmes	11,649	34.0
Majority			11,007	32.1
Turnout			34,305	82.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ellen Wilkinson	20,324	53.1	+7.2
	Conservative	William George Pearson	17,974	46.9	−7.2
Majority			2,350	6.1
Turnout			38,298	80.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1931: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William George Pearson	21,263	54.1
	Labour	Robert John Wilson	18,071	45.9
Majority			3,192	8.1
Turnout			39,334	80.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert John Wilson	22,751	62.5
	Unionist	Longinus Vivian Rogers	13,638	37.5
Majority			9,113	25.0
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert John Wilson	18,203
	Unionist	Albert Baucher	13,527
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Jarrow ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert John Wilson	16,570	63.9
	Unionist	John Lindsley	9,348	36.1
Majority			7,222	27.8	+5.8
Turnout				67.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Jarrow ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert John Wilson	17,208	53.9	+14.9
	Unionist	Charles Harrie Innes-Hopkins	10,166	31.9	n/a
	Liberal	Ernest James Young	4,522	14.2	-46.8
Majority			7,042	22.0
Turnout				82.2	+27.2
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Godfrey Mark Palmer	12,544	61.0	+27.0
	Labour	John Hill	8,034	39.0	+
Majority			4,510	22.0
Turnout				55.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

• endorsed by Coalition Government

General Election December 1910: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Godfrey Mark Palmer	5,097	34.0	0.0
	Conservative	James Kirkley	4,986
	Labour	Alexander Gordon Cameron	4,892
Majority			111
Turnout				81.9	+3.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election January 1910: Jarrow ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Godfrey Mark Palmer	4,885	34.0
	Labour	Peter Francis Curran	4,818	33.5
	Conservative	James Kirkley	4,668	32.5
Majority			67	0.5
Turnout			14,371
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

Jarrow by-election, 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Francis Curran	4,698	33.0
	Conservative	Patrick Rose-Innes	3,930	27.6	N/A
	Liberal	Spencer Leigh-Hughes	3,474	24.4
	Irish Parliamentary	John O'Hanlon	2,122	14.9	N/A
Majority			768	5.4
Turnout			14,224
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Charles Palmer

General Election 1906: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Charles Mark Palmer	8,047
	Labour	Peter Francis Curran	5,093
Majority			2,954	22.5
Turnout			13,140
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1900: Jarrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

Notes and references

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

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5. https://yournextmp.com/person/5445/steve-harrison
6. http://southtyneside.greenparty.org.uk/news/2014/11/18/news-item-one/
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18. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
19. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
20. Times House of Commons, 1910; Politico’s Publishing, 2004 p62