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UK general election on 7 May 2015 North East, England - by majority

A general election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 46,354,197, having 30,697,525 valid votes and 102,639 invalid votes.

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By area - By majority - By vote share of winning candidate - By turnout - By declaration time - By party - Non-party candidates

Ranking Constituency Winning candidate Winning party Majority Valid vote count Majority / valid vote count
1 Easington MORRIS, Grahame Lab 14,641 34,624 42.3%
2 Gateshead MEARNS, Ian Lab 14,784 37,949 39.0%
3 Middlesbrough MCDONALD, Andy Lab 12,477 32,706 38.1%
4 North Tyneside GLINDON, Mary Lab 17,194 46,818 36.7%
5 Newcastle Upon Tyne Central ONWURAH, Chi Lab 12,673 35,085 36.1%
6 Jarrow HEPBURN, Stephen Lab 13,881 38,564 36.0%
7 Washington and Sunderland West HODGSON, Sharon Lab 13,157 37,257 35.3%
8 North Durham JONES, Kevan Lab 13,644 40,146 34.0%
9 Houghton and Sunderland South PHILLIPSON, Bridget Lab 12,938 38,489 33.6%
10 Newcastle Upon Tyne East BROWN, Nicholas Lab 12,494 39,222 31.9%
11 Blaydon ANDERSON, David Lab 14,227 44,936 31.7%
12 South Shields LEWELL-BUCK, Emma Lab 10,614 36,265 29.3%
13 Wansbeck LAVERY, Ian Lab 10,881 38,528 28.2%
14 Hexham OPPERMAN, Guy Con 12,031 43,345 27.8%
15 Sunderland Central ELLIOTT, Julie Lab 11,179 41,762 26.8%
16 Redcar TURLEY, Anna Lab / Co-op 10,388 40,919 25.4%
17 City Of Durham BLACKMAN-WOODS, Roberta Lab 11,439 45,669 25.0%
18 Blyth Valley CAMPBELL, Ronnie Lab 9,229 38,461 24.0%
19 North West Durham GLASS, Pat Lab 10,056 42,818 23.5%
20 Newcastle Upon Tyne North MCKINNELL, Catherine Lab 10,153 44,891 22.6%
21 Stockton North CUNNINGHAM, Alex Lab 8,367 39,571 21.1%
22 Sedgefield WILSON, Phil Lab 6,843 38,716 17.7%
23 Tynemouth CAMPBELL, Alan Lab 8,240 53,495 15.4%
24 Berwick-Upon-Tweed TREVELYAN, Anne-Marie Con 4,914 40,423 12.2%
25 Stockton South WHARTON, James Con 5,046 51,797 9.7%
26 Bishop Auckland GOODMAN, Helen Lab 3,508 39,389 8.9%
27 Darlington CHAPMAN, Jenny Lab 3,158 41,141 7.7%
28 Hartlepool WRIGHT, Iain Lab 3,024 39,490 7.7%
29 Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland BLENKINSOP, Tom Lab 2,268 45,677 5.0%