Washington and Sunderland West
2010 Results:
Conservative: 8157 (21.85%)
Labour: 19615 (52.54%)
Liberal Democrat: 6382 (17.09%)
BNP: 1913 (5.12%)
UKIP: 1267 (3.39%)
Majority: 11458 (30.69%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 21039 (62.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 5890 (17.4%)
Conservative: 4874 (14.4%)
Other: 1978 (5.9%)
Majority: 15149 (44.8%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 4772 (13.8%)
Labour: 22310 (64.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 6245 (18%)
BNP: 1367 (3.9%)
Majority: 16065 (46.3%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 4810 (14.3%)
Labour: 24628 (73.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 4203 (12.5%)
Majority: 19818 (58.9%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 5391 (12.9%)
Labour: 31946 (76.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 3209 (7.7%)
Referendum: 1277 (3.1%)
Majority: 26555 (63.5%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Sharon Hodgson (Labour) born 1966, Gateshead. Educated at Heathfield Senior High. Former accounting clerk and Labour party organiser. First elected as MP for Gateshead East and Washington West 2005. Her current seat is divided between this and the new Gateshead seat, which will be contested by David Clelland. Former PPS to Liam Byrne, Bob Ainsworth and Dawn Primarolo. Government whip since 2009.
Ian Cuthbert (Conservative) Born 1967, South Shields. Educated at Boldon Comprehensive. Marketing manager. Sunderland councillor.Sharon Hodgson (Labour) born 1966, Gateshead. Educated at Heathfield Senior High. Former accounting clerk and Labour party organiser. First elected as MP for Gateshead East and Washington West 2005. Her current seat is divided between this and the new Gateshead seat, which will be contested by David Clelland. Former PPS to Liam Byrne, Bob Ainsworth and Dawn Primarolo. Government whip since 2009.
Peter Andras (Liberal Democrat) Educated at Babes – Bolyai University. University lecturer.
Linda Hudson (UKIP)Ian McDonald (BNP) 2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 90790
Male: 48.6%
Female: 51.4%
Under 18: 24.4%
Over 60: 17.5%
Born outside UK: 1.8%
White: 98.7%
Asian: 0.6%
Mixed: 0.3%
Other: 0.3%
Christian: 81.2%
Full time students: 2.5%
Graduates 16-74: 10.2%
No Qualifications 16-74: 36.9%
Owner-Occupied: 56.9%
Social Housing: 39.3% (Council: 28.6%, Housing Ass.: 10.6%)
Privately Rented: 2.5%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 1.3%
Which seats have included Washington since 1885? I have in mind particularly present-day Washington Central ward, which includes the ancestral home of George Washington.
It was in Chester-le-Street all the way from 1885 to 1983
‘It was in Chester-le-Street all the way from 1885 to 1983′
Following which, was it in
Houghton and Washington 1983-97
Houghton and Washington East 1997-2010?
Quite a difference between the 2005 notionals here, and those on the BBC (who reported an 11.6% swing).
That sounds a little large,
so inclined to think these ones here are right.
Sharon Hodgson seemed very pleasant.
The Thrasher & Rallings notionals (which are those the BBC use) assign the votes of ‘others’ to the main successor seats. This seat was made up of wards from four previous seats and the ‘others’ votes from those seats were all assigned to the major successor seats meaning that the notional result for this seat had no vote for others whereas there would have been over 5% for others (as the notionals here have). Naturally the majority of that 6% will have been taken up by Labour because they have such a large proportion of the three party vote so this will have inflated the Labour share on the T&R notionals.
That’s a strange practice,
I wonder why they use that, as they’re very respected.
I agree with Pete.
On Torbay –
There’s nothing in the results from 1987 to 1997 to suggest Rupert Allason did anything other than respectably for the context of each of those 3 elections.
I would say 1987 was slightly positive as the SW was starting to drift away from the Tories then.
The anti Tory vote did swing behind the Alliance in 1983 as Pete explained.
Labour had quite a decent vote in 1979.
They did well in the 1990 local elections and quite well in 2005, no doubt partly providing some of the extra LD votes this time.
Sorry I was on the wrong thread – meant to be on Tiverton and Honiton answering a point on Torbay.
I might aswell put it on completely the correct seat now.