Tyne and Wear - Politics

Politics

See also: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is divided into 13 Parliamentary constituencies. Historically, the area has been a Labour stronghold, South Shields is the only Parliamentary constituency that has never returned a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons since the Reform Act of 1832.

General Election 2010 : Tyne and Wear
Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative BNP UKIP Others Green National Front Trade Union & Socialist Christian Party Turnout
239,211
+7,338		 106,380
+9,129		 105,117
+30,595		 23,740
+20,071		 8,731
+4,876		 3,766
+59		 3,186
+1,932		 599
–398		 266
N/A		 131
N/A		 491,304
+73,971
Overall Number of seats as of 2010
Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative BNP UKIP Others Green National Front Trade Union & Socialist Christian Party
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

At the level of local government, three of the region's five unitary authorities were controlled by Labour in 2005, the exceptions being Newcastle City Council and North Tyneside Council. Since an upset result in the local elections of 2004, the former has been controlled by the Liberal Democrats. No one party has overall control of North Tyneside Council: while the Conservatives hold the greatest number of seats, 28, they lack an overall majority, there are 32 other councillors. North Tyneside is the only authority in the area with a directly elected Mayor. Currently a Conservative member.

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