Newcastle Upon Tyne East and Wallsend (UK Parliament Constituency)

Newcastle Upon Tyne East And Wallsend (UK Parliament Constituency)

Coordinates: 54°58′30″N 1°32′53″W / 54.975°N 1.548°W / 54.975; -1.548

Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend in Tyne and Wear for the 2005 general election.

Location of Tyne and Wear within England.
County Tyne and Wear
1997 (1997)–2010 (2010)
Number of members One
Replaced by Newcastle upon Tyne East, North Tyneside
Created from Newcastle upon Tyne East, Wallsend

Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend was, from 1997 until 2010, a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Read more about Newcastle Upon Tyne East And Wallsend (UK Parliament Constituency):  History, Boundaries, Members of Parliament

Famous quotes containing the words east and/or parliament:

    The beds i’ th’ East are soft.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    At the ramparts on the cliff near the old Parliament House I counted twenty-four thirty-two-pounders in a row, pointed over the harbor, with their balls piled pyramid-wise between them,—there are said to be in all about one hundred and eighty guns mounted at Quebec,—all which were faithfully kept dusted by officials, in accordance with the motto, “In time of peace prepare for war”; but I saw no preparations for peace: she was plainly an uninvited guest.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)