Jarrow and Gateshead East is a

constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

of the

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in the

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. Created as a result of the

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, it was first contested at the

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and is currently held by

Kate Osborne Katharine Helen Osborne (born 18 June) is a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow and Gateshead East, formerly Jarrow (UK Parliament consti ...

of the Labour Party, who previously held the abolished constituency of

Jarrow Jarrow ( or ) is a town in South Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Historically in County Durham, it is on the south bank of the River Tyne, about from the east coast. The 2011 census area classed Hebburn and the Boldons as ...

from 2019 to 2024.

History

The seat was formed from the existing

constituency, excluding the

Cleadon Cleadon is a suburban village in South Tyneside in the North East England, North East of England. Prior to the creation of Tyne and Wear in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, the village was part of the County Durham#History, historic Coun ...

and

East Boldon East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that eas ...

ward, with the addition of the

Felling Felling is the process of cutting down trees,"Feller" def. 2. and "Felling", def. 1. ''Oxford English Dictionary'' 2nd ed. via CD-ROM (v. 4.0) © Oxford University Press. 2009. an element of the task of logging. The person cutting the trees is ...

, and

Windy Nook Windy Nook is an area in Tyne and Wear, England, bordered by Carr Hill to the west, Whitehills Estate and Leam Lane Estate to the east, Felling, Tyne and Wear, Felling to the north and Sheriff Hill to the south. It lies on steep, sloping land ...

and Whitehills wards from

Gateshead Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, ...

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards: * The

Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It includes Gateshead, Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon, Ryton, Tyne and Wear, Ryton, Felling (UK), Felling, Birtley, Tyne and ...

wards of Felling, Pelaw & Heworth, Wardley & Leam Lane, and Windy Nook & Whitehills. * The

Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is bordered by all four other boroughs in Tyne and Wear: Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, North Tyneside to the north and Newcastle u ...

wards of Bede, Boldon Colliery, Fellgate & Hedworth, Hebburn North, Hebburn South, Monkton, and Primrose.

Members of Parliament

prior to 2024''

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

References

External links

Jarrow and Gateshead East UK Parliament constituency
(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{Coord, 54.96, -1.50, type:adm2nd_dim:20000_region:GB-HAM, display=title Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024 Politics of Gateshead