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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
North East
69,725 electors
Active Seat

South Shields

Current MP
Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
58.7%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Labour Emma Lewell-Buck Hold
Majority 6,653
Turnout 53.9% ↓6.5pp
Total Votes 36,824
Winner Swing ↓4.5pp
✓ Emma Lewell-Buck
Labour
15,122 41.1%
↓3.0pp
Stephen Holt
Reform UK
8,469 23.0%
↑8.3pp
David Francis
Green Party
5,433 14.8%
↑11.6pp
Craig Robinson
Conservative
4,128 11.2%
↓14.6pp
Ahmed Khan
—
2,270 6.2%
—
Jonathan Aibi
Liberal Democrats
1,402 3.8%
↑0.3pp
Labour Emma Lewell-Buck Hold
Majority 9,585
Turnout 60.3% ↓4.0pp
Total Votes 37,882
Winner Swing ↓15.9pp
✓ Emma Lewell-Buck
Labour
17,273 45.6%
↓15.9pp
Oni Oviri
Conservative
7,688 20.3%
↓5.6pp
Glenn Thompson
—
6,446 17.0%
—
Geoff Thompson
—
3,658 9.7%
—
William Shepherd
Liberal Democrats
1,514 4.0%
↑2.3pp
Sarah McKeown
Green Party
1,303 3.4%
↓0.1pp
Labour Emma Lewell-Buck Hold
Majority 14,508
Turnout 64.3% ↑6.5pp
Total Votes 40,772
Winner Swing ↑10.3pp
✓ Emma Lewell-Buck
Labour
25,078 61.5%
↑10.3pp
Felicity Buchan
Conservative
10,570 25.9%
↑9.3pp
Richard Elvin
—
3,006 7.4%
↓14.6pp
Shirley Ford
Green Party
1,437 3.5%
↓0.9pp
Gita Gordon
Liberal Democrats
681 1.7%
↓0.1pp
Labour Emma Lewell-Buck Hold
Majority 10,614
Turnout 57.8% ↑0.8pp
Total Votes 36,265
Winner Swing ↓0.8pp
✓ Emma Lewell-Buck
Labour
18,589 51.3%
↓0.8pp
Norman Dennis
—
7,975 22.0%
—
Robert Oliver
Conservative
6,021 16.6%
↓5.0pp
Shirley Ford
Green Party
1,614 4.5%
↑2.4pp
Lisa Nightingale
—
1,427 3.9%
—
Gita Gordon
Liberal Democrats
639 1.8%
↓12.5pp
Labour David Miliband Hold
Majority 11,109
Turnout 57.0%
Total Votes 36,518
✓ David Miliband
Labour
18,995 52.0%
↓8.8pp
Karen Allen
Conservative
7,886 21.6%
↑4.0pp
Stephen Psallidas
Liberal Democrats
5,189 14.2%
↓5.0pp
Donna Watson
—
2,382 6.5%
—
Shirley Ford
Green Party
762 2.1%
—
Siamak Kaikavoosi
—
729 2.0%
—
Victor Thompson
—
316 0.9%
—
Sam Navabi
—
168 0.5%
—
Roger Nettleship
—
91 0.3%
—

Turnout Trend

57.0%
'10
57.8%
'15
64.3%
'17
60.3%
'19
53.9%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
22.7% ▲4.3pp
50 to 64
20.8%
0 to 17
19.5%
35 to 49
18.2%
25 to 34
11.9%
18 to 24
7.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
92.8%
Asian or Asian British
4.0%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.6%
Other
1.0%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.6%
📊 Age
65 and over
22.7%
45 to 64
20.8%
Under 18
19.5%
18 to 29
18.8%
30 to 44
18.2%
⛪ Religion
Christian
51.2%
No religion
39.4%
Not answered
4.6%
Muslim
3.6%
Sikh
0.4%
Other religion
0.4%
Buddhist
0.2%
Hindu
0.2%
Jewish
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
94.6%
Asian or Asian British
3.0%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.1%
Other ethnic group
0.9%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.4%
📊 Age
45 to 64
27.9%
Under 18
19.9%
30 to 44
18.4%
65 and over
18.3%
18 to 29
15.4%
⛪ Religion
Christian
67.6%
No religion
22.5%
Religion not stated
6.0%
Muslim
2.9%
Sikh
0.3%
Other religion
0.2%
Hindu
0.2%
Buddhist
0.2%
Jewish
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
David Miliband Labour 2001-06-07 2013-04-15