Boundaries
Following the review by the Boundary Commission for England, taking effect at the 2010 general election, the Newcastle upon Tyne North constituency is formed from the electoral wards of Castle, Denton, East Gosforth, Fawdon, Lemington, Newburn, Parklands, Westerhope, and Woolsington. The Boundary Commission had originally proposed that the West Gosforth ward should be included so that all of Gosforth should be in the same constituency, but this was overturned.
From its creation in 1918, the seat was safely Conservative for generations until the 1983 General Election, when Labour gained it for the first time and against the national swing, where they had been heavily defeated by a landslide. They have held the seat in the years since, with the Liberal Democrats now the main challengers.
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