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Traditionally, Tynemouth had been the only seat in Tyne and Wear to be Conservative. Dame Irene Ward was the longest-serving incumbent of this seat, representing the area from 1950 to 1974. The seat was only lost by the Tories in 1997, when Alan Campbell for Labour took over from Neville Trotter.

In 1987 Trotter's majority was reduced to just over 2,000. In 1997 Labour captured this seat with a 11,273 majority.

In 2005 the Conservatives polled exactly 16,000 votes, an increase of more than 1,000 since the previous election. Labour meanwhile polled 3,000 fewer votes.

At the election boundary changes have resulted in the ward of Riverside being lost to North Tyneside. Chirton, Collingwood, Monkseaton South, St Mary's and Valley are all now entirely within the seat's boundaries after previously being shared with North Tyneside. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

Tynemouth has a long coastline at the south eastern tip of the old Northumberland county.

The seat's main economy has traditionally been shipbuilding. This area was one of the principal production areas of Victorian Britain. Alongside the shipbuilders, marine engineering and fishing were the principal industries.

These have all declined and have been replaced by employment within the service industries and public sector, the majority of the seat's employment now deriving from this a

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BBC Profile:
Traditionally, Tynemouth had been the only seat in Tyne and Wear to be Conservative. Dame Irene Ward was the longest-serving incumbent of this seat, representing the area from 1950 to 1974. The seat was only lost by the Tories in 1997, when Alan Campbell for Labour took over from Neville Trotter.

In 1987 Trotter's majority was reduced to just over 2,000. In 1997 Labour captured this seat with a 11,273 majority.

In 2005 the Conservatives polled exactly 16,000 votes, an increase of more than 1,000 since the previous election. Labour meanwhile polled 3,000 fewer votes.

At the election boundary changes have resulted in the ward of Riverside being lost to North Tyneside. Chirton, Collingwood, Monkseaton South, St Mary's and Valley are all now entirely within the seat's boundaries after previously being shared with North Tyneside. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

Tynemouth has a long coastline at the south eastern tip of the old Northumberland county.

The seat's main economy has traditionally been shipbuilding. This area was one of the principal production areas of Victorian Britain. Alongside the shipbuilders, marine engineering and fishing were the principal industries.

These have all declined and have been replaced by employment within the service industries and public sector, the majority of the seat's employment now deriving from this area. The developing tourist industry in the area is also becoming a source of new jobs.

Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
Lab 22,752 (48.28%)
C 17,262 (36.63%)
LD 7,109 (15.09%)

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