Newcastle upon Tyne North
2010 Results:
Conservative: 7966 (18.13%)
Labour: 17950 (40.85%)
Liberal Democrat: 14536 (33.08%)
BNP: 1890 (4.3%)
UKIP: 1285 (2.92%)
Green: 319 (0.73%)
Majority: 3414 (7.77%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 20012 (49.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 13238 (33%)
Conservative: 5771 (14.4%)
Other: 1092 (2.7%)
Majority: 6774 (16.9%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 6022 (15.7%)
Labour: 19224 (50%)
Liberal Democrat: 12201 (31.7%)
Other: 997 (2.6%)
Majority: 7023 (18.3%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 7424 (20.4%)
Labour: 21874 (60.1%)
Liberal Democrat: 7070 (19.4%)
Majority: 14450 (39.7%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 8793 (19.4%)
Labour: 28125 (62.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 6578 (14.5%)
Referendum: 1733 (3.8%)
Majority: 19332 (42.7%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Catherine McKinnell (Labour) Born Denton. Educated at Sacred Heart Comprehensive and Edinburgh University. Employment solicitor.
Stephen Parkinson (Conservative) Born 1983, North Shields. Educated at Cambridge University. Author and think tank director.Catherine McKinnell (Labour) Born Denton. Educated at Sacred Heart Comprehensive and Edinburgh University. Employment solicitor.
Ron Beadle (Liberal Democrat) born 1966. Educated at Westminster City London and the LSE. Reader in Business Ethics at Northumbria University. Gateshead councillor since 1996. Contested Newcastle North in 2005, Gateshead East & Washington West 2001, Sedgefield 1997, Gateshead East 1992. 
Anna Heyman (Green) Ian Proud (UKIP)Terry Gibson (BNP) 2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 86933
Male: 48.2%
Female: 51.8%
Under 18: 20.8%
Over 60: 22.5%
Born outside UK: 3.4%
White: 97.6%
Black: 0.3%
Asian: 1%
Mixed: 0.6%
Other: 0.6%
Christian: 77.5%
Muslim: 0.7%
Full time students: 7.7%
Graduates 16-74: 15.8%
No Qualifications 16-74: 33.9%
Owner-Occupied: 70.4%
Social Housing: 21.7% (Council: 11.5%, Housing Ass.: 10.2%)
Privately Rented: 4.8%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 7.4%
High student population will make this a LibDem gain.
Very risky to bet on this one. Almost inevitably recount.
Gut feeling that as this a LD tareget, they should take by 1%
I think the LDs are starting to recede now. LAB HOLD
I thought the LDs could come very close here,
maybe even take it.
A Tory revival helped kill that off,
and Labour are clearly too well supported when push comes to shove for the LDs to win.
This was the LDs’ chance & with first-time incumbency, if she does her job well, McKinnell should increase her majority next time.
and the government cuts will harm seats like this much more than the average seat and other marginals in the south.