Gateshead Central and Whickham

Declared: 1:03am on 5th July

Labour Party HOLD
Elected: Mark Ferguson
Majority: 9644

Candidates

Photograph of Mark FergusonLab / 45.2%
Mark Ferguson
Photograph of Damian HeslopReform / 21.3%
Damian Heslop
Photograph of Ron BeadleLD / 12.4%
Ron Beadle
Photograph of Nick OliverCon / 11.5%
Nick Oliver
Photograph of Rachel Mary CabralGreen / 8.0%
Rachel Mary Cabral
Photograph of Norman HallTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition / 0.9%
Norman Hall
Photograph of Graham SteeleSave Us Now / 0.4%
Graham Steele

Candidate images from Democracy Club. Data collated by Open Innovations.

Constituency Drill Down

Population: 98000

Households: 44300

Housing tenure type for Gateshead Central and Whickham

0%25%50%Social rentedPrivate rentedOwned with a mortgage or loanOwned outrightOther tenureOther tenure
Percentage: 0.6%
Owned outright
Percentage: 29.1%
Owned with a mortgage or loan
Percentage: 26.4%
Private rented
Percentage: 19.7%
Social rented
Percentage: 24.2%

Age demographic for Gateshead Central and Whickham

0%25%50%Aged 65 years and overAged 50 to 64 yearsAged 35 to 49 yearsAged 25 to 34 yearsAged 16 to 24 yearsAged 15 years and underAged 15 years and under
Percentage: 17.7%
Aged 16 to 24 years
Percentage: 10.2%
Aged 25 to 34 years
Percentage: 14.4%
Aged 35 to 49 years
Percentage: 19.1%
Aged 50 to 64 years
Percentage: 19.9%
Aged 65 years and over
Percentage: 18.7%

Data from the House of Commons Library.

2019 General Election

It is projected that this would have been a Labour Party seat in the 2019 General Election if it had been contested with the new constituency boundaries.