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  Map1 NewcastleCentral
  Map2 TyneWear
  Type Borough
  Year 1918
  Entity Tyne and Wear
  County Tyne and Wear
  EP North East England
  MP Jim Cousins
  Party Labour


Newcastle upon Tyne Central is a Constituency represented in the House Of Commons of the Parliament Of The United Kingdom . It elects one Member Of Parliament (MP) by the First Past The Post system of election.


BOUNDARIES

Confusingly Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central does not include Newcastle's commercial city centre (which is in the Tyne Bridge constituency). Instead it consists a number of fairly prosperous communities surrounding Newcastle's Town Moor and houses a substantial student population. The seat includes Gosforth , Jesmond , Fenham , Kenton and much of the universities of Newcastle and Northumbria .


MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT




ELECTIONS


  title General Election 2005 : Newcastle upon Tyne Central


  party Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Jim Cousins
  votes 16,211
  percentage 451
  change -99


  party Liberal Democrats (UK)
  candidate Greg Stone
  votes 12,229
  percentage 340
  change +123


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate Wendy Morton
  votes 5,749
  percentage 160
  change -53


  party Green Party of England and Wales
  candidate Joe Hulm
  votes 1,254
  percentage 35
  change +35


  party Newcastle Academy With Christian Values Party
  candidate Clive Harding
  votes 477
  percentage 13
  change +13


  votes 3,982
  percentage 111


  votes 35,920
  percentage 525
  change +12


  winner Labour Party (UK)
  swing -111


  title General Election 2001 : Newcastle upon Tyne Central


  party Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Jim Cousins
  votes 19,169
  percentage 550
  change -42


  party Liberal Democrats (UK)
  candidate Stephen Psallidas
  votes 7,564
  percentage 217
  change +67


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate Aidan Ruff
  votes 7,414
  percentage 213
  change -22


  party Socialist Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Gordon Potts
  votes 723
  percentage 21
  change ''N/A''


  votes 11,605
  percentage 333


  votes 34,870
  percentage 513
  change -146


  winner Labour Party (UK)


  title General Election 1997 : Newcastle upon Tyne Central


  party Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Jim Cousins
  votes 27,272
  percentage 592
  change +75


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate Brooks Newmark
  votes 10,792
  percentage 234
  change -122


  party Liberal Democrats (UK)
  candidate Ruth Berry
  votes 6,911
  percentage 150
  change +23


  party Referendum Party
  candidate CA Coxon
  votes 1,113
  percentage 24
  change ''N/A''


  votes 16,480
  percentage 358


  votes 46,088
  percentage 659


  winner Labour Party (UK)


  title General Election 1992 : Newcastle upon Tyne Central


  party Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Jim Cousins
  votes 21,123
  percentage 494
  change +52


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate Mike Summersby
  votes 15,835
  percentage 370
  change -18


  party Liberal Democrats (UK)
  candidate Lembit Opik
  votes 5,816
  percentage 136
  change -22


  votes 5,288
  percentage 124


  votes 42,774
  percentage 713


  winner Labour Party (UK)



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