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28 November 1885		7,433/12,897	57.63
Charles Mark Palmer	Liberal Party	5,702	76.71
James Johnston	Ind LIB/LAB	1,731	23.29
Majority		3,971	53.42

James Johnston was the nominee of the Jarrow Radical and Labour Representation League.

6 July 1886		12,897
Charles Mark Palmer	Liberal Party	Unopposed

14 July 1892		9,759/14,231	68.58
Sir Charles Mark Palmer, Bt	Liberal Party	7,343	75.24
Edward Dillon Lewis	Independent Labour	2,416	24.76
Majority		4,927	50.49

13 July 1895		14,431
Sir Charles Mark Palmer, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

3 October 1900
Sir Charles Mark Palmer, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

17 January 1906		13,140/17,023	77.19
Sir Charles Mark Palmer, Bt	Liberal Party	8,047	61.24
Peter Francis Curran	Labour Party	5,093	38.76
Majority		2,954	22.48

3 June 1907 Death of Sir Charles Palmer, Bt.

4 July 1907		14,224/17,195	82.72
Peter Francis Curran	Labour Party	4,698	33.03
Patrick Rose-Innes	Conservative Party	3,930	27.63
Spencer Leigh Hughes	Liberal Party	3,474	24.42
John O'Hanlon	Nationalist	2,122	14.92
Majority		768	5.40

29 January 1910		14,371/18,292	78.56
Godfrey Mark Palmer	Liberal Party	4,885	33.99
Peter Francis Curran	Labour Party	4,818	33.53
James Kirkley	Conservative Party	4,668	32.48
Majority		67	0.47

8 December 1910		14,975/18,292	81.87
Godfrey Mark Palmer	Liberal Party	5,097	34.04
James Kirkley	Conservative Party	4,986	33.30
Alexander Gordon Cameron	Labour Party	4,892	32.67
Majority		111	0.74

14 December 1918		20,578/37,389	55.04
Godfrey Mark Palmer	Liberal Party - Coalition	12,544	60.96
John Hill	Labour Party	8,034	39.04
Majority		4,510	21.92

15 November 1922		31,896/38,808	82.19
Robert John Wilson	Labour Party	17,208	53.95
Charles Harrie Innes-Hopkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,166	31.87
Ernest James Young	Liberal Party	4,522	14.18
Majority		7,042	22.08

6 December 1923		25,918/38,548	67.24
Robert John Wilson	Labour Party	16,570	63.93
John Lindsley	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,348	36.07
Majority		7,222	27.86

29 October 1924		31,730/39,237	80.87
Robert John Wilson	Labour Party	18,203	57.37
Albert Edward Baucher	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,527	42.63
Majority		4,676	14.74

30 May 1929		36,389/48,313	75.32
Robert John Wilson	Labour Party	22,751	62.52
Longinus Vivian Rogers	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,638	37.48
Majority		9,113	25.04

27 October 1931		39,334/48,875	80.48
William George Pearson	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,263	54.06
Robert John Wilson	Labour Party	18,071	45.94
Majority		3,192	8.12

14 November 1935		38,298/47,408	80.78
Ellen Cicely Wilkinson	Labour Party	20,324	53.07
William George Pearson	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,974	46.93
Majority		2,350	6.14

5 July 1945		34,305/45,135	76.01
Rt Hon Ellen Cicely Wilkinson	Labour Party	22,656	66.04
John Stanley Holmes	National Liberal Party	11,649	33.96
Majority		11,007	32.09

6 February 1947 Death of Rt Hon Ellen Wilkinson.

7 May 1947		34,886/47,538	73.39
Ernest Fernyhough	Labour Party	20,694	59.32
William Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,078	37.49
W Moody	Independent Labour	1,114	3.19
Majority		7,616	21.83

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		53,586/64,700	82.82
Ernest Fernyhough	Labour Party	33,751	62.98
John Lawson Cox	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,895	31.53
Edward Glover Stephen Chalkley	Liberal Party	2,940	5.49
Majority		16,856	31.46

Minor Boundary Change
25 October 1951		55,180/65,252	84.56
Ernest Fernyhough	Labour Party	35,963	65.17
John Lawson Cox	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,217	34.83
Majority		16,746	30.35

23 November 1954 The Labour whip is withdrawn from Ernest Fernyhough.

26 May 1955		39,010/49,340	79.06
Ernest Fernyhough	Labour Party	24,706	63.33
Marjorie Dickinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,304	36.67
Majority		10,402	26.66

8 October 1959		40,924/50,965	80.30
Ernest Fernyhough	Labour Party	25,638	62.65
Thomas Thompson Hubble	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,286	37.35
Majority		10,352	25.30

15 October 1964		40,556/50,668	80.04
Ernest Fernyhough	Labour Party	26,053	64.24
Thomas Thompson Hubble	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,503	35.76
Majority		11,550	28.48

31 March 1966		38,455/50,158	76.67
Ernest Fernyhough	Labour Party	26,006	67.63
Derrick Joseph Robson	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,449	32.37
Majority		13,557	35.25

18 June 1970		40,708/54,652	74.49
Ernest Fernyhough	Labour Party	25,861	63.53
Derrick Joseph Robson	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,847	36.47
Majority		11,014	27.06

28 February 1974		41,588/54,241	76.67
Rt Hon Ernest Fernyhough	Labour Party	27,740	66.70
Beatrice Bolam	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,848	33.30
Majority		13,892	33.40

10 October 1974		39,083/54,721	71.42
Rt Hon Ernest Fernyhough	Labour Party	24,558	62.84
Beatrice Bolam	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,707	22.28
Leo Ormston	Liberal Party	5,818	14.89
Majority		15,851	40.56

3 May 1979		43,114/55,619	77.52
Donald Dixon	Labour Party	24,057	55.80
Matthew David Edward Auld	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,529	29.06
Margaret Beaton McDonnell	Liberal Party	3,907	9.06
Hugh Downey	Independent Labour	2,247	5.21
Nicholas Terence Brown	Workers Revolutionary Party	374	0.87
Majority		11,528	26.74

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		45,519/64,650	70.41
Donald Dixon	Labour Party	25,151	55.25
Sonia Copland	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,274	24.77
John Anthony Lennox	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,094	19.98
Majority		13,877	30.49

11 June 1987		46,737/63,566	73.53
Donald Dixon	Labour Party	29,651	63.44
Paul Seymour Yeoman	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,856	23.23
Peter Freitag	Liberal Party in Alliance	6,230	13.33
Majority		18,795	40.21

9 April 1992		46,613/62,611	74.45
Donald Dixon	Labour Party	28,956	62.12
Terence Francis Ward	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,049	23.70
John Keith Orrell	Liberal Democrats	6,608	14.18
Majority		17,907	38.42

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		43,942/63,828	68.84
Stephen Hepburn	Labour Party	28,497	64.85
Mark Colin Allatt	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,564	14.94
Timothy Nigel Stone	Liberal Democrats	4,865	11.07
Alan James le Blond	Independent Labour	2,538	5.78
Peter William Mailer	Referendum Party	1,034	2.35
John Bissett	Socialist Party of Great Britain	444	1.01
Majority		21,933	49.91

7 June 2001		34,479/63,172	54.58
Stephen Hepburn	Labour Party	22,777	66.06
James Selby	Liberal Democrats	5,182	15.03
Donald Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,056	14.66
Alan Badger	UK Independence Party	716	2.08
Alan James le Blond	Independent	391	1.13
John Bissett	Socialist	357	1.04
Majority		17,595	51.03

5 May 2005		33,978/61,814	54.97
Stephen Hepburn	Labour Party	20,554	60.49
Charles William Schardt	Liberal Democrats	6,650	19.57
Linkson Andrae Sherman Jack	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,807	14.15
Alan Badger	UK Independence Party	1,567	4.61
Roger Nettleship	Independent	400	1.18
Majority		13,904	40.92

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		38,784/65,205	59.48
Stephen Hepburn	Labour Party	20,910	53.91
Jeff Milburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,002	20.63
Tom Appleby	Liberal Democrats	7,163	18.47
Andy Swaddle	British National Party	2,709	6.98
Majority		12,908	33.28

7 May 2015		38,564/64,002	60.25
Stephen Hepburn	Labour Party	21,464	55.66
Steven Alexander Harrison	UK Independence Party	7,583	19.66
Nick Mason	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,584	17.07
David Herbert	Green Party	1,310	3.40
Stanley Bernard Collins	Liberal Democrats	1,238	3.21
Norman Hall	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	385	1.00
Majority		13,881	35.99

8 June 2017		43,023/64,778	66.42
Stephen Hepburn	Labour Party	28,020	65.13
Robin Gwynn	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,757	25.00
James Lee Askwith	UK Independence Party	2,338	5.43
Peter James Maughan	Liberal Democrats	1,163	2.70
David Herbert	Green Party	745	1.73
Majority		17,263	40.13

12 December 2019		40,736/65,103	62.57
Katharine Helen Brooks-Osborne	Labour Party	18,363	45.08
Nicholas Martin Oliver	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,243	27.60
Richard Leslie Monaghan	Brexit Party	4,122	10.12
John Andrew Robertson	Independent	2,991	7.34
David Wilkinson	Liberal Democrats	2,360	5.79
James Paul Milne	Green Party	831	2.04
Shaun William Sadler	Independent	614	1.51
Mark Anthony Conway	Social Democratic Party	212	0.52
Majority		7,120	17.48