Wallsend | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | 1918–1974: Northumberland 1974–1997: Tyne and Wear |
1918–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend and North Tyneside |
Created from | Tyneside |
Coordinates: 54°59′28″N 1°31′59″W / 54.991°N 1.533°W
Wallsend was a parliamentary constituency centred on Wallsend, a town on the north bank of the River Tyne in North Tyneside.
It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
It was partly replaced by the new Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency and North Tyneside constituency.
1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Wallsend, and the Urban Districts of Gosforth, Longbenton, and Weetslade.
1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Wallsend, and the Urban Districts of Gosforth and Longbenton.
1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside wards of Battle Hill, Benton, Camperdown, Holystone, Howdon, Longbenton, Northumberland, Valley, Wallsend, and Weetslade.