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Blaydon and Consett is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election and is currently held by Liz Twist of the Labour Party, who previously represented the abolished Blaydon constituency from 2017 to 2024.
Consett was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election. It succeeded the abolished North West Division of Durham , comprising the whole of that seat, excluding Tanfield , which was included in the new constituency of Blaydon , and Lanchester , which was transferred to Barnard Castle .
The Consett area is currently divided into four electoral divisions (Benfieldside; Consett North; Delves Lane and Consett South; and Leadgate and Medomsley), each electing two county councillors. The town unlike most other towns and villages in County Durham is unparished and has no town council. Consett was part of the constituency of North ...
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine the unitary authority of County Durham with the Tyne and Wear boroughs of Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland as a sub-region of the North East Region, with the creation of a cross-county ...
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside with Northumberland as a sub-region of the North East Region, with the creation of two cross-county boundary constituencies comprising an expanded Hexham seat ...
Blaydon and Consett (UK Parliament constituency) C. Cramlington and Killingworth (UK Parliament constituency) G. Gateshead Central and Whickham (UK Parliament ...
This article is a list of electoral wards (i.e. those used for local elections) in each parliamentary constituency in England. For those in Wales , see List of electoral wards in Wales . Administrative Areas
The constituency was on the western upland outskirts of Gateshead and with communities separated by green buffers. It comprised the towns of Blaydon , Whickham , Ryton , Birtley and surrounding villages in the south and west of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead .