Gateshead Central and Whickham

Gateshead Central and Whickham is a constituency in the North East region of England. The seat has been held by Mark Ferguson (Labour) since July 2024.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
9,644
Electorate
69,827
Turnout
57.6%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. This means that the election history for this constituency began at the last general election on 4 July 2024.

The Library’s election results site shows relationships to previous constituencies and election results for 2010-2024.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Mark Ferguson
Labour
18,245 45.4% -1.7%
Damian Heslop
Reform UK
8,601 21.4% 17.5%
Ron Beadle
Liberal Democrat
4,987 12.4% 0.2%
Nicholas Oliver
Conservative
4,628 11.5% -21.5%
Rachel Cabral
Green Party
3,217 8.0% 4.2%
Norman Hall
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
369 0.9% 0.9%
Graham Steele
Save Us Now
170 0.4% 0.4%