Newcastle upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:UK constituency infobox Newcastle upon Tyne Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Confusingly Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central doe not include Newcastle's commercial city centre (which is in the Tyne Bridge constituency). Instead it consists a number of fairly prosperous communities surrounding Newcastle's Town Moor and houses a substantial student population. The seat includes Gosforth, Jesmond, Fenham, Kenton and much of the universities of Newcastle and Northumbria.

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1918)
• 1987 — present: Jim Cousins, Labour
• 1983 — 1987: Piers Merchant, Conservative

Elections

General Election 2005: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Cousins	16,211	45.1	−9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Stone	12,229	34.0	+12.3
	Conservative	Wendy Morton	5,749	16.0	−5.3
	Green	Joe Hulm	1,254	3.5	+3.5
	Newcastle Academy with Christian Values Party	Clive Harding	477	1.3	+1.3
Majority			3,982	11.1
Turnout			35,920	52.5	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.1

General Election 2001: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Cousins	19,169	55.0	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Psallidas	7,564	21.7	+6.7
	Conservative	Aidan Ruff	7,414	21.3	−2.2
	Socialist Labour	Gordon Potts	723	2.1	N/A
Majority			11,605	33.3
Turnout			34,870	51.3	−14.6
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear