Election 97

Tyne Bridge

Current MP David Clelland
Conservative 97 3,861
Labour 97 26,767
LibDem 97 2,785
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 518
Elected party
Tyne Bridge

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Tyne Bridge
Conservative 92 9,443
Labour 92 28,520
LibDem 92 4,755
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 0
Elected party Labour

This seat, spanning the inner-city portions of both Newcastle and Gateshead, is possibly the most blighted constituency in the whole of England's struggling North East, with the highest rate of male unemployment in the region - 23 per cent in 1991, the highest percentage of council housing: 45 per cent, and some extremely poor ethnic minority communities like Bangladeshis, who have been subjected to much racial abuse and persecution. Given this, it would be surprising if Labour did not enjoy consistently large majorities - their Dave Clelland faces a no-contest situation.


Super Profiles

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