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England North East Active

Gateshead Central and Whickham

Mark Ferguson
— Current MP
70,994
Electorate
1
Elections
57.6%
Avg turnout
0
Times changed

Election history

LAB Mark Ferguson Hold
2024-07-04
Majority 9,644 Turnout 57.6% Votes 40,217
CandidatePartyVotesCountShareSwing
✓ Mark Ferguson LAB
18,245 45.4% -1.7pp
Damian Heslop REF
8,601 21.4% +17.5pp
Ron Beadle LD
4,987 12.4% +0.2pp
Nicholas Oliver CON
4,628 11.5% -21.5pp
Rachel Cabral GRN
3,217 8.0% +4.2pp
Norman Hall
369 0.9% —
Graham Steele
170 0.4% —

Demographics

Changes shown vs 2021 Census

📊 Age

0 to 17
20.3%
35 to 49
19.3%
50 to 64
18.8%
65 and over
18.6% ▼0.1pp
25 to 34
14.7%
18 to 24
8.3% ▲0.3pp

Demographic change (2001–2021)

Measured change only. No assumptions or interpretation.

🌍 Ethnicity

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Other ethnic group — — 3.8% — — —
Asian or Asian British — — 3.5% — — —
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British — — 1.6% — — —
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups — — 1.5% — — —
White — — 91.1% — — —

⛪ Religion

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Buddhist — — 0.3% — — —
Christian — — 48.6% — — —
Hindu — — 0.4% — — —
Jewish — — 2.9% — — —
Muslim — — 2.9% — — —
Sikh — — 0.2% — — —
No religion — — 39.5% — — —
Other religion — — 3.8% — — —
Not answered — — 4.9% — — —

🎓 Education

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Apprenticeship — — 6.7% — — —
Level 4 qualifications or above — — 29.9% — — —
Level 1 and entry level qualifications — — 9.6% — — —
Level 2 qualifications — — 13.3% — — —
Level 3 qualifications — — 16.7% — — —
No qualifications — — 21.2% — — —
Other qualifications — — 2.6% — — —

🏠 Housing

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Owner-occupiers — — 55.9% — — —
Private renters — — 19.7% — — —
Rent free — — 0.2% — — —
Social renters — — 24.2% — — —

Previous MPs

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No historic membership records available.