Blaydon and Consett (UK Parliament constituency)

Blaydon and Consett is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency crosses the boundary of the ceremonial counties of Durham and Tyne and Wear and is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The County of Durham electoral divisions of: Benfieldside; Burnopfield and Dipton; Consett North; Consett South; Delves Lane; Leadgate and Medomsley.
• The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead wards of: Blaydon; Chopwell and Rowlands Gill; Crawcrook and Greenside; Ryton, Crookhill and Stella; Winlaton and High Spen.

It comprises approximately half the electorate of each of the abolished constituencies of Blaydon and North West Durham and includes the following communities:

• Blaydon, Rowlands Gill, and Ryton from the Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear
• Consett, Leadgate, and Burnopfield from County Durham

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

References

1. Consett (UK Parliament constituency)
2. Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)
3. North West Durham (UK Parliament constituency)
4. Consett
5. List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (2024–present) by region
6. List of parliamentary constituencies in County Durham
7. 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
8. 2024 United Kingdom general election in North East England
9. Liz Twist
10. List of parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
11. List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1918–1945) by region
12. List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1974–1983)
13. List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1955–1974)
14. List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
15. Parliamentary constituencies in North East England
16. History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham
17. Rowlands Gill
18. Sunniside, Gateshead
19. 1923 United Kingdom general election
20. List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1974–1983) by region