Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)

The seat was a safe seat for the Labour Party from 1935 until its abolition.

Historically, the area's economy relied on coal mining from the Victorian period until the decline of mining in the latter half of the 20th century.

By 2024, the economy was supported by engineering and service industries on Tyneside, and agriculture.{{Citation needed|date=January 2015}} It also included the Metrocentre, the second-largest shopping centre in the UK.

The constituency was on the western upland outskirts of Gateshead and with communities separated by green buffers. It comprised the towns of Blaydon, Whickham, Ryton, Birtley and surrounding villages in the south and west of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.

• The Urban Districts of Blaydon, Ryton, Tanfield, and Whickham.{{Cite book |last=Craig |first=Fred W. S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/539011 |title=Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972; |date=1972 |publisher=Political Reference Publications |isbn=0-900178-09-4 |location=Chichester |pages=10 |oclc=539011}}

Blaydon was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election when Blaydon, Ryton and Whickham were split off from the existing Chester-le-Street seat. Tanfield was added from the abolished constituency of North West Durham.

• The Urban Districts of Blaydon, Ryton, and Whickham.{{Cite book |last=Craig |first=Fred W. S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/539011 |title=Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972; |date=1972 |publisher=Political Reference Publications |isbn=0-900178-09-4 |location=Chichester |pages=58, 129 |oclc=539011}}

Tanfield transferred to Consett.

• The Borough of Gateshead wards of Birtley, Blaydon, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook and Greenside, Lamesley, Ryton, Whickham North, Whickham South, and Winlaton.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/417/pdfs/uksi_19830417_en.pdf |page=74}}{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1626/made |at=In the County of Tyne and Wear}}

The communities of Birtley and Lamesley were transferred in from the abolished constituency of Chester-le-Street. Lost small area in the east of the seat to the new constituency of Tyne Bridge.

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• The Borough of Gateshead wards of Birtley, Blaydon, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook and Greenside, Dunston Hill and Whickham East, Lamesley, Ryton, Crookhill and Stella, Whickham North, Whickham South and Sunniside, and Winlaton and High Spen.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1681/made |at=In Tyne and Wear}}

Minor changes resulting from the redrawing of ward boundaries in Gateshead Borough and abolition of Tyne Bridge.

Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed to three new constituencies:{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North East {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-north-east/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}

• The three wards incorporating the town of Whickham included in an expanded Gateshead constituency named Gateshead Central and Whickham
• Birtley and Lamesley combined with Washington to form Washington and Gateshead South
• Remaining wards (comprising about half the electorate), including the communities of Blaydon, Rowlands Gill and Ryton, to form a cross-county constituency with Consett in County Durham - named Blaydon and Consett

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File:Walter Waring.jpg

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|title=General election 1918: BlaydonBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|

|party =Coalition Liberal

|candidate =Walter Waring

|votes =9,937

|percentage =52.8

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =William Whiteley

|votes =7,844

|percentage =41.6

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Thomas George Graham

|votes =1,064

|percentage =5.6

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =2,093

|percentage =11.2

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 18,845

|percentage =57.4

|change =

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Coalition Liberal

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|title=General election 1922: Blaydon

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Whiteley

|votes =14,722

|percentage = 53.9

|change = +12.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Sir Frank Robert Simpson, 1st Baronet|Frank Simpson

|votes =7,963

|percentage = 29.2

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)

|candidate =Frederick William Cook

|votes =4,606

|percentage = 16.9

|change = -35.9

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,759

|percentage = 24.7

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 27,291

|percentage = 77.0

|change = +19.6

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 35,434

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Coalition Liberal

|swing = N/A

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|title=General election 1923: Blaydon British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Whiteley

|votes = 15,073

|percentage = 67.9

|change = +14.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = George Denson

|votes = 7,124

|percentage = 32.1

|change = +2.9

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,949

|percentage = 35.8

|change = +11.1

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 22,197

|percentage = 62.1

|change = −14.9

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 35,764

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +5.6

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1924: Blaydon

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Whiteley

|votes =17,670

|percentage = 62.6

|change = −5.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate =George Denson

|votes =10,549

|percentage = 37.4

|change = +5.3

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,121

|percentage = 25.2

|change = −10.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 28,219

|percentage = 77.0

|change = +14.9

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 36,646

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −5.3

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1929: Blaydon

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Whiteley

|votes = 21,221

|percentage = 59.1

|change = -3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = R. Charles White

|votes = 7,847

|percentage = 21.8

|change = -15.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Magnay

|votes = 6878

|percentage = 19.1

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,374

|percentage = 37.3

|change = +12.1

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 35,946

|percentage = 79.5

|change = +2.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 45,204

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +6.0

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1931: Blaydon

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Martin

|votes = 18,927

|percentage = 50.66

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Whiteley

|votes = 18,431

|percentage = 49.34

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 496

|percentage = 1.32

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 37,358

|percentage = 80.95

|change =

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{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1935: Blaydon

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Whiteley

|votes = 24,148

|percentage = 62.29

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Charles Edwin Vickery

|votes = 14,622

|percentage = 37.71

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,526

|percentage = 24.58

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 38,770

|percentage = 80.76

|change =

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{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1945: Blaydon

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Whiteley

|votes = 29,931

|percentage = 71.65

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Edward Charles Peake

|votes = 11,842

|percentage = 28.35

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 18,089

|percentage = 43.30

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,773

|percentage = 79.70

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1950: Blaydon

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Whiteley

|votes = 28,343

|percentage = 68.94

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Leslie Frances Lawson

|votes = 12,772

|percentage = 31.06

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 15,571

|percentage = 37.88

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,115

|percentage = 87.46

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1951: Blaydon

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Whiteley

|votes = 28,337

|percentage = 68.18

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Charles Percy Lawler Satchwell

|votes = 13,223

|percentage = 31.82

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 15,114

|percentage = 36.36

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,560

|percentage = 87.60

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1955: Blaydon

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Whiteley

|votes = 25,273

|percentage = 66.47

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Morley Reay-Smith

|votes = 12,750

|percentage = 33.53

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 12,523

|percentage = 32.94

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 38,023

|percentage = 80.66

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1956 Blaydon by-election

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =Robert Woof

|votes = 18,791

|percentage = 69.94

|change = +3.47

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =John Morley Reay-Smith

|votes = 8,077

|percentage = 30.06

|change = -3.47

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10,714

|percentage = 39.88

|change = +6.94

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 26,868

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = -3.4

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1959: Blaydon

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Woof

|votes = 25,969

|percentage = 65.43

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Godfrey William Iredell

|votes = 13,719

|percentage = 34.57

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 12,250

|percentage = 30.86

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 39,688

|percentage = 82.94

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1964: Blaydon

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =Robert Woof

|votes = 25,926

|percentage = 66.72

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Neville Cooper Bailey

|votes = 12,932

|percentage = 33.28

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 12,994

|percentage = 33.44

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 38,858

|percentage = 80.01

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1966: Blaydon

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =Robert Woof

|votes = 26,629

|percentage = 69.21

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Bernard Bligh

|votes = 11,849

|percentage = 30.79

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 14,780

|percentage = 38.42

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 38,478

|percentage = 77.45

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1970: Blaydon

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =Robert Woof

|votes = 25,724

|percentage = 64.88

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Norman H. D'Aguiar

|votes = 13,926

|percentage = 35.12

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,798

|percentage = 29.76

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 39,650

|percentage = 72.30

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election February 1974: Blaydon

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =Robert Woof

|votes = 22,279

|percentage = 58.65

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = A.A. Craig

|votes = 15,705

|percentage = 41.35

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,574

|percentage = 17.30

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 37,984

|percentage = 67.25

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election October 1974: Blaydon

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Woof

|votes = 23,743

|percentage = 57.27

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = A.A. Craig

|votes = 10,277

|percentage = 24.79

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Barker

|votes = 7,439

|percentage = 17.94

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,466

|percentage = 32.48

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,409

|percentage = 69.20

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1979: Blaydon

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John McWilliam

|votes = 24,687

|percentage = 53.40

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = T. Middleton

|votes = 16,178

|percentage = 35.00

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = David Hutton

|votes = 5,364

|percentage = 11.60

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,509

|percentage = 18.40

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 46,229

|percentage = 79.07

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John McWilliam

|votes = 21,285

|percentage = 44.4

|change = -9.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Andrew Williams

|votes = 14,063

|percentage = 29.3

|change = -5.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Maurice Carr

|votes = 12,607

|percentage = 26.3

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,222

|percentage = 15.1

|change = -3.3

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 47,955

|percentage = 73.2

|change = -5.9

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = -1.7

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John McWilliam

|votes = 25,277

|percentage = 50.3

|change = +5.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Nunn

|votes = 12,789

|percentage = 25.5

|change = -0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Pescod

|votes = 12,147

|percentage = 24.2

|change = -5.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 12,488

|percentage = 24.8

|change = +9.7

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 50,213

|percentage = 75.7

|change = +2.5

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1992: Blaydon{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John McWilliam

|votes = 27,028

|percentage = 52.7

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Pescod

|votes = 13,685

|percentage = 26.7

|change = +2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Paul Nunn

|votes = 10,602

|percentage = 20.7

|change = −4.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,343

|percentage = 26.0

|change = +1.1

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 51,315

|percentage = 77.7

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −0.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John McWilliam

|votes = 27,535

|percentage = 60.0

|change = +7.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Peter J. Maughan

|votes = 10,930

|percentage = 23.8

|change = +3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Mark A. Watson

|votes = 6,048

|percentage = 13.2

|change = -13.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Richard J. Rook

|votes = 1,412

|percentage = 3.1

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16,605

|percentage = 36.2

|change = +10.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 45,925

|percentage = 71.0

|change = -6.7

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2001: Blaydon{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John McWilliam

|votes = 20,340

|percentage = 54.8

|change = −5.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Peter J. Maughan

|votes = 12,531

|percentage = 33.8

|change = +10.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Mark A. Watson

|votes = 4,215

|percentage = 11.4

|change = −1.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,809

|percentage = 21.0

|change = -15.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 37,086

|percentage = 57.4

|change = −13.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2005: Blaydon{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David Anderson

|votes = 20,120

|percentage = 51.5

|change = −3.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Peter J. Maughan

|votes = 14,785

|percentage = 37.9

|change = +4.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Dorothy Luckhurst

|votes = 3,129

|percentage = 8.0

|change = −3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Norman R. Endacott

|votes = 1,019

|percentage = 2.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,335

|percentage = 13.7

|change = -7.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 39,053

|percentage = 62.6

|change = +5.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −3.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2010: Blaydon{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/council/ElectoralServices/Blaydon-StatementofPersonsNominatedNoticeofPoll.pdf |title=Parliamentary Election Thursday, 6 May 2010: Blaydon Constituency. Statement As To Persons Nominated And Notice Of Poll |date=20 April 2010 |website=Gateshead Council |access-date=2010-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615110606/http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/council/ElectoralServices/Blaydon-StatementofPersonsNominatedNoticeofPoll.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-15 |url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Dave Anderson

|votes = 22,297

|percentage = 49.6

|change = −1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Neil Bradbury

|votes = 13,180

|percentage = 29.3

|change = −8.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Glenn Hall

|votes = 7,159

|percentage = 15.9

|change = +7.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Keith McFarlane

|votes = 2,277

|percentage = 5.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,117

|percentage = 20.3

|change = +6.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,913

|percentage = 66.2

|change = +4.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −4.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2015: Blaydon{{cite web |url=http://geo.digiminster.com/election/2015-05-07/Results/Location/Constituency/Blaydon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608165655/http://geo.digiminster.com/election/2015-05-07/results/Location/Constituency/Blaydon |archive-date=2015-06-08 |title=Blaydon - Election Results {{!}} General Elections Online}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Dave Anderson

|votes = 22,090

|percentage = 49.2

|change = -0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UKIP

|candidate = Mark Bell

|votes = 7,863

|percentage = 17.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Alison Griffiths

|votes = 7,838

|percentage = 17.4

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jonathan Wallace

|votes = 5,497

|percentage = 12.2

|change = -17.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Paul McNally{{cite web|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11728362.Greens_name_election_candidates/|title=Greens name election candidates|website=The Northern Echo|date=15 January 2015 |access-date=2015-02-04|archive-date=2015-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204171704/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11728362.Greens_name_election_candidates/|url-status=live}}

|votes = 1,648

|percentage = 3.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 14,227

|percentage = 31.7

|change = +11.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 44,936

|percentage = 66.2

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = -9.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2017: Blaydon{{cite web|title=Blaydon parliamentary constituency - Election 2017|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000574|website=BBC News|date=9 June 2017|access-date=9 June 2017|archive-date=20 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520001543/http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000574|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |title=Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis |edition=Second |date=29 January 2019 |orig-date=7 April 2018 |publisher=House of Commons Library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112183438/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |archive-date=12 November 2019}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Liz Twist

|votes = 26,979

|percentage = 56.1

|change = +6.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Tom Smith

|votes = 13,502

|percentage = 28.1

|change = +10.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jonathan Wallace

|votes = 4,366

|percentage = 9.1

|change = −3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Ray Tolley

|votes = 2,459

|percentage = 5.1

|change = −12.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Paul McNally

|votes = 583

|percentage = 1.2

|change = −2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Libertarian Party UK

|candidate = Michael Marchetti{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/lpukmichaelmarchetti/|title=LPUK Michael Marchetti|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=2017-05-10|archive-date=2022-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404034738/https://www.facebook.com/lpukmichaelmarchetti/|url-status=live}}

|votes = 114

|percentage = 0.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Space Navies Party

|candidate = Lisabela Marschild

|votes = 81

|percentage = 0.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,477

|percentage = 28.0

|change = -3.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 48,084

|percentage = 70.2

|change = +4.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = -1.85

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title = General election 2019: Blaydon{{cite web |url=https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/media/16570/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll-Blaydon/pdf/Statement_of_persons_Nominated_and_Notice-of-poll-Blaydon.pdf?m=637093458619300000 |title=UK Parliamentary election: Blaydon constituency. Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll |date=14 November 2019 |website=Gateshead Council |access-date=15 November 2019 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415171742/https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/media/16570/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll-Blaydon/pdf/Statement_of_persons_Nominated_and_Notice-of-poll-Blaydon.pdf?m=637093458619300000 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |date=28 January 2020 |title=Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis |publisher=House of Commons Library |location=London |access-date=19 January 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118043715/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2021}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Liz Twist|votes=19,794|percentage=43.3|change=−12.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Adrian Pepper| votes=14,263|percentage=31.2|change=+3.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Brexit Party|candidate=Michael Robinson|votes=5,833|percentage=12.8|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Vicky Anderson|votes=3,703|percentage=8.1|change=−1.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales| candidate=Diane Cadman|votes=1,279|percentage=2.8|change=+1.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK, 1989)|candidate=Kathy King|votes=615|percentage=1.3|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate||party=Space Navies Party|candidate=Lisabela Marschild|votes=118|percentage=0.3|change=+0.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Lee Garrett|votes=76|percentage=0.2|change=New}}

{{Election box majority||votes=5,531|percentage=12.1|change=−15.9}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=45,681|percentage=67.3|change=−2.9}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=−8.0}}

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• List of parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
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• [http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/1929379885/report.aspx nomis Constituency Profile for Blaydon, presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics]
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/12936.html Blaydon UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65805.html Blaydon UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK

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