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Gateshead — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Gateshead was won by Labour at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 7,200 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Gateshead from 1832 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1832–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Cuthbert Rippon (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1835 Cuthbert Rippon (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1837 Cuthbert Rippon (Radical) 236 61.0% John William Williamson (Radical) 85 (22.0 pts) 72.5%
1841 William Hutt (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1847 William Hutt (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 William Hutt (Radical) 270 45.3% Adolphus Frederick Octavius Liddell (Conservative) 80 (13.4 pts) 83.8%
1857 William Hutt (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 William Hutt (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 William Hutt (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 William Hutt (Liberal) 2,442 63.5% William Arbuthnot (Independent Liberal) 1,036 (26.9 pts) 69.0%
1874 Walter Henry James (Liberal) 4,250 75.1% Richard Forster (Conservative) 2,854 (50.4 pts) 57.8%
1880 Walter Henry James (Liberal) 5,749 78.5% Gainsford Bruce (Conservative) 4,179 (57.1 pts) 63.4%
1885 Walter Henry James (Liberal) 5,756 65.6% James Henry Bottomley (Conservative) 2,732 (31.1 pts) 66.5%
1886 Walter Henry James (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 Walter Henry James (Liberal) 5,336 51.4% Pandeli Ralli (Liberal Unionist) 293 (2.8 pts) 76.4%
1895 William Allan (Liberal) 6,137 52.0% John Lucas (Liberal Unionist) 483 (4.1 pts) 82.0%
1900 William Allan (Liberal) 6,657 53.8% John Sherburn (Liberal Unionist) 946 (7.6 pts) 74.3%
1906 John Johnson (Liberal-Labour) 9,651 65.3% Theodore Vivian Samuel Angier (Liberal Unionist) 4,525 (30.6 pts) 79.4%
Dec 1910 Harold Elverston (Liberal) 8,763 61.0% Herbert Conyers Surtees (Conservative) 3,155 (21.9 pts) 75.1%
Jan 1910 Harold Elverston (Liberal) 6,800 40.7% Nicholas Grattan-Doyle (Liberal Unionist) 477 (2.9 pts) 87.2%
1918 Herbert Conyers Surtees (Unionist) 17,215 56.9% John Brotherton (Labour) 10,003 (33.1 pts) 54.6%
1922 John Brotherton (Labour) 18,795 43.8% Herbert Conyers Surtees (Unionist) 5,371 (12.5 pts) 78.4%
1923 John Purcell Dickie (Liberal) 17,344 42.7% John Brotherton (Labour) 655 (1.6 pts) 73.2%
1924 John Warburton Beckett (Labour) 23,514 50.2% Hilton Philipson (Unionist) 9,336 (19.9 pts) 82.7%
1929 James Benjamin Melville (Labour) 28,393 52.5% Ian Leslie Orr-Ewing (Unionist) 16,749 (31.0 pts) 73.9%
1931 Thomas Magnay (National Liberal) 34,764 60.1% Ernest Bevin (Labour) 12,938 (22.4 pts) 78.3%
1935 Thomas Magnay (National Liberal) 28,772 52.7% James Maitland Wilson (Labour) 2,968 (5.4 pts) 74.7%
1945 Konni Zilliacus (Labour) 36,736 67.5% Thomas Magnay (National Liberal) 19,017 (34.9 pts) 76.0%
2010 Ian Mearns (Labour) 20,712 54.1% Frank Hindle (Liberal Democrat) 12,549 (32.8 pts) 57.7%
2015 Ian Mearns (Labour) 21,549 56.8% John Tennant (UKIP) 14,784 (39.0 pts) 59.0%
2017 Ian Mearns (Labour) 27,426 65.1% Lauren Hankinson (Conservative) 17,350 (41.2 pts) 64.7%
2019 Ian Mearns (Labour) 20,450 53.6% Jane MacBean (Conservative) 7,200 (18.9 pts) 59.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cuthbert Rippon Radical Unopposed Yes

1835

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cuthbert Rippon Radical Unopposed Yes

1837

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cuthbert Rippon Radical 23661.0% Yes
John William Williamson Radical 15139.0% No

1841

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Hutt Radical Unopposed Yes

1847

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Hutt Radical Unopposed Yes

1852

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Hutt Radical 27045.3% Yes
Adolphus Frederick Octavius Liddell Conservative 19031.9% No
Ralph Walters Independent Liberal 13622.8% No

1857

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Hutt Radical Unopposed Yes

1859

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Hutt Liberal Unopposed Yes

1865

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Hutt Liberal Unopposed Yes

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Hutt Liberal 2,44263.5% Yes
William Arbuthnot Independent Liberal 1,40636.5% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Henry James Liberal 4,25075.1% Yes
Richard Forster Conservative 1,39624.7% No
William Arbuthnot Independent Liberal 120.2% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Henry James Liberal 5,74978.5% Yes
Gainsford Bruce Conservative 1,57021.5% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Henry James Liberal 5,75665.6% Yes
James Henry Bottomley Conservative 3,02434.4% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Henry James Liberal Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Henry James Liberal 5,33651.4% Yes
Pandeli Ralli Liberal Unionist 5,04348.6% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Allan Liberal 6,13752.0% Yes
John Lucas Liberal Unionist 5,65448.0% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Allan Liberal 6,65753.8% Yes
John Sherburn Liberal Unionist 5,71146.2% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Johnson Liberal-Labour 9,65165.3% Yes
Theodore Vivian Samuel Angier Liberal Unionist 5,12634.7% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Elverston Liberal 8,76361.0% Yes
Herbert Conyers Surtees Conservative 5,60839.0% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Elverston Liberal 6,80040.7% Yes
Nicholas Grattan-Doyle Liberal Unionist 6,32337.9% No
John Johnson Labour 3,57221.4% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert Conyers Surtees Unionist 17,21556.9% Yes
John Brotherton Labour 7,21223.8% No
Harold Elverston Liberal 5,83319.3% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Brotherton Labour 18,79543.8% Yes
Herbert Conyers Surtees Unionist 13,42431.3% No
John Purcell Dickie Liberal 10,67924.9% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Purcell Dickie Liberal 17,34442.7% Yes
John Brotherton Labour 16,68941.1% No
George Francis Stephen Christie Unionist 6,59216.2% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Warburton Beckett Labour 23,51450.2% Yes
Hilton Philipson Unionist 14,17830.2% No
John Purcell Dickie Liberal 9,18519.6% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Benjamin Melville Labour 28,39352.5% Yes
Ian Leslie Orr-Ewing Unionist 11,64421.5% No
John Fennell Liberal 10,31419.1% No
John Leonard Watson Independent 3,6886.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Magnay National Liberal 34,76460.1% Yes
Ernest Bevin Labour 21,82637.7% No
John Stuart Barr New Party 1,0771.9% No
John Fennell National Labour 1870.3% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Magnay National Liberal 28,77252.7% Yes
James Maitland Wilson Labour 25,80447.3% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Konni Zilliacus Labour 36,73667.5% Yes
Thomas Magnay National Liberal 17,71932.5% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Mearns Labour 20,71254.1% Yes
Frank Hindle Liberal Democrat 8,16321.3% No
Hazel Anderson Conservative 5,71614.9% No
Kevin Scott BNP 1,7874.7% No
John Tennant UKIP 1,1032.9% No
Andy Redfern Green 3791.0% No
Elaine Brunskill Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2660.7% No
David Walton Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 1310.3% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Mearns Labour 21,54956.8% Yes
John Tennant UKIP 6,76517.8% No
Tom Smith Conservative 5,50214.5% No
Frank Hindle Liberal Democrat 2,5856.8% No
Andy Redfern Green 1,5484.1% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Mearns Labour 27,42665.1% Yes
Lauren Hankinson Conservative 10,07623.9% No
Mark Bell UKIP 2,2815.4% No
Frank Hindle Liberal Democrat 1,7094.1% No
Andy Redfern Green 6111.5% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Mearns Labour 20,45053.6% Yes
Jane MacBean Conservative 13,25034.7% No
Peter Maughan Liberal Democrat 2,7927.3% No
Rachel Cabral Green 1,6534.3% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1837: Radical margin 22.0 pts 1852: Radical margin 13.4 pts 1868: Liberal margin 26.9 pts 1874: Liberal margin 50.4 pts 1880: Liberal margin 57.1 pts 1885: Liberal margin 31.1 pts 1892: Liberal margin 2.8 pts 1895: Liberal margin 4.1 pts 1900: Liberal margin 7.6 pts 1906: Liberal-Labour margin 30.6 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 21.9 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 2.9 pts 1918: Unionist margin 33.1 pts 1922: Labour margin 12.5 pts 1923: Liberal margin 1.6 pts 1924: Labour margin 19.9 pts 1929: Labour margin 31.0 pts 1931: National Liberal margin 22.4 pts 1935: National Liberal margin 5.4 pts 1945: Labour margin 34.9 pts 2010: Labour margin 32.8 pts 2015: Labour margin 39.0 pts 2017: Labour margin 41.2 pts 2019: Labour margin 18.9 pts 1837 1852 1868 1874 1880 1885 1892 1895 1900 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Gateshead has been contested at 32 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Radical, Liberal, Liberal-Labour, Unionist, Labour, National Liberal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Gateshead in the 2019 general election?

Labour won Gateshead in 2019 with 20,450 votes (53.6%), a majority of 7,200 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Gateshead since 1832?

Since 1832, Gateshead has been won by: Labour, Liberal, Liberal-Labour, National Liberal, Radical, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Gateshead?

The closest result on record for Gateshead was 1923, when Liberal beat Labour by just 655 votes (1.6 percentage points).

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