Election for the constituency of Newcastle Upon Tyne Central on 12 December 2019

An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Newcastle Upon Tyne Central, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.

Labour hold by Chi Onwurah with a majority of 12,278 - 32.8% - on a turnout of 64.8%.

An electorate of 57,845, having a valid vote count of 37,474 and an invalid vote count of 137.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
ONWURAH, Chi Lab 21,568 57.6% -7.3%
PAYNE, Emily Con 9,290 24.8% 0.2%
AVAEI, Ali LD 2,709 7.2% 2.3%
GRIFFIN, Mark BRX 2,542 6.8% -
PITMAN, Tay Green 1,365 3.6% 2.0%

The writ for this election was issued on 5 November 2019.

Result declared at 23:27 on 12 December 2019. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.