This is the seventy-fourth in a series of blogposts (scroll to the bottom of the article for the others) which will seek to predict the outcome of every seat in the run-up to the next general election. The notion of a universal swing in May 2015 can be totally discounted. Each seat has to be treated on its merits. Feel free to add your comments and tell me where you think I have got things wrong. I will return to update each county analysis when and if I get new information.
Tyne & Wear
Seats: 12
Current Political Makeup: Lab 12
Predicted Political Makeup after May 7: Lab 12
1. *Blaydon
2010 Result:
Conservative: 7159 (15.9%)
Labour: 22297 (49.6%)
Lib Dem: 13180 (29.3%)
BNP: 2277 (5.1%)
MAJORITY: 9117 (20.3%)
Sitting MP: David Anderson (Lab)
Prediction: Labour hold
Safe seat.
2. Gateshead
2010 Result:
Conservative: 5716 (14.9%)
Labour: 20712 (54.1%)
Lib Dem: 8163 (21.3%)
BNP: 1787 (4.7%)
Green: 379 (1%)
UKIP: 1103 (2.9%)
Christian: 131 (0.3%)
TUSC: 266 (0.7%)
MAJORITY: 12549 (32.8%)
Sitting MP: Ian Mearns (Lab)
Prediction: Labour hold
Safe seat.
3. Houghton & Sunderland South
2010 Result:
Conservative: 8147 (21.4%)
Labour: 19137 (50.3%)
Lib Dem: 5292 (13.9%)
BNP: 1961 (5.2%)
UKIP: 1022 (2.7%)
Independent: 2462 (6.5%)
MAJORITY: 10990 (28.9%)
Sitting MP: Bridget Phillipson (Lab)
Prediction: Labour hold
Safe seat
4. Jarrow
2010 Result:
Conservative: 8002 (20.6%)
Labour: 20910 (53.9%)
Lib Dem: 7163 (18.5%)
BNP: 2709 (7%)
MAJORITY: 12908 (33.3%)
Sitting MP: Stephen Hepburn (Lab)
Prediction: Labour hold
Safe seat.
5. Newcastle upon Tyne Central
2010 Result:
Conservative: 6611 (19.4%)
Labour: 15694 (45.9%)
Lib Dem: 8228 (24.1%)
BNP: 2302 (6.7%)
Green: 568 (1.7%)
UKIP: 754 (2.2%)
MAJORITY: 7466 (21.9%)
Sitting MP: Chi Onwurah (Lab)
Prediction: Labour hold
Safe seat
6. Newcastle upon Tyne East
2010 Result:
Conservative: 6068 (16%)
Labour: 17043 (45%)
Lib Dem: 12590 (33.3%)
BNP: 1342 (3.5%)
Green: 620 (1.6%)
Others: 177 (0.5%)
MAJORITY: 4453 (11.8%)
Sitting MP: Nick Brown (Lab)
Prediction: Labour hold
Safe seat.
7. Newcastle upon Tyne North
2010 Result:
Conservative: 7966 (18.1%)
Labour: 17950 (40.8%)
Lib Dem: 14536 (33.1%)
BNP: 1890 (4.3%)
Green: 319 (0.7%)
UKIP: 1285 (2.9%)
MAJORITY: 3414 (7.8%)
Sitting MP: Catherine McKinnell (Lab)
Prediction: Labour hold
Not a safe seat, but the LibDems had their chance here and they muffed it.
8. North Tyneside
2010 Result:
Conservative: 8514 (18.3%)
Labour: 23505 (50.7%)
Lib Dem: 10621 (22.9%)
BNP: 1860 (4%)
UKIP: 1306 (2.8%)
Others: 599 (1.3%)
MAJORITY: 12884 (27.8%)
Sitting MP: Mary Glindon (Lab)
Prediction: Labour hold
Safe seat.
9. South Shields
2010 Result:
Conservative: 7886 (21.6%)
Labour: 18995 (52%)
Lib Dem: 5189 (14.2%)
BNP: 2382 (6.5%)
Green: 762 (2.1%)
Independent: 729 (2%)
Others: 575 (1.6%)
MAJORITY: 11109 (30.4%)
Sitting MP: Emma Lewel-Buck
Prediction: Labour hold
Safe seat.
10. Sunderland Central
2010 Result:
Conservative: 12770 (30.1%)
Labour: 19495 (45.9%)
Lib Dem: 7191 (16.9%)
BNP: 1913 (4.5%)
UKIP: 1094 (2.6%)
MAJORITY: 6725 (15.8%)
Sitting MP: Julie Elliott
Prediction: Labour hold
Safe-ish seat.
11. Tynemouth
2010 Result:
Conservative: 18121 (34.4%)
Labour: 23860 (45.3%)
Lib Dem: 7845 (14.9%)
BNP: 1404 (2.7%)
Green: 538 (1%)
UKIP: 900 (1.7%)
MAJORITY: 5739 (10.9%)
Sitting MP: Alan Campbell (Lab)
Prediction: Labour hold
12. Washington & Sunderland West
2010 Result:
Conservative: 8157 (21.8%)
Labour: 19615 (52.5%)
Lib Dem: 6382 (17.1%)
BNP: 1913 (5.1%)
UKIP: 1267 (3.4%)
MAJORITY: 11458 (30.7%)
Sitting MP: Sharon Hodgson (Lab)
Prediction: Labour hold
If you’d like to see the rest of my seat by seat predictions, click HERE
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