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    Newcastle upon Tyne Central was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. As with all constituencies, the constituency...
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    Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (/njuːˈkæsəl/ new-KASS-əl, RP: /ˈnjuːkɑːsəl/ NEW-kah-səl), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear...
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  • The Newcastle upon Tyne Central by-election of 4 November 1976 was held after the resignation of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Edward Short who left...
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  • divisions; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, Newcastle-upon-Tyne East, Newcastle-upon-Tyne North and Newcastle-upon-Tyne West. The constituency was based upon the...
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    settlement is the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. The county is largely urbanised. It had a population of 1.14 million in 2021. After Newcastle (300,125) the largest...
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    (legally the University of Northumbria at Newcastle) is a public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East of England. It has been a...
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    Moray Morley and Outwood Motherwell and Wishaw Neath Newcastle upon Tyne Central Newcastle upon Tyne East Newport West Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford...
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  • consecutive by-election losses, which has occurred three times since 1945: between holding the 1976 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central by-election and the 1977...
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    Early Middle Ages. It is the fourth largest settlement in Tyne and Wear, after Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland and Gateshead. Historically within the county...
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    general election, being replaced by the re-established constituency of Gateshead south of the River Tyne, and by the Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency...
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  • Edward Short, Baron Glenamara (category Councillors in Tyne and Wear)
    leader of the Labour Party. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and served as a minister during the Labour governments under...
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    South Wales is a similar distance north of Newcastle as Morpeth, Northumberland is north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Under Captain James Wallis, commandant from...
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    MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central at a 1976 by-election. After boundary changes, he was elected for Tyne Bridge in the 1983 general election. Six candidates...
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    The 1976 Wirral by-election of 11 March 1976 was held after Selwyn Lloyd, who had been elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) but who was...
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  • absence in 1918, as member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central. He had previously sat for the undivided Newcastle upon Tyne seat in two periods between 1900...
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  • The 1976 Cambridge by-election of 2 December 1976 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) David Lane resigned his seat to take up the position...
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  • Rotherham by-election of 24 June 1976 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Brian O'Malley. Labour held on to the seat in the by-election...
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  • Allen Adams, Paisley, 1979–83; Paisley North, 1983–90 David Adams, Newcastle-upon-Tyne West, 1922–23; Consett, 1935–43 Irene Adams, Paisley North, 1990–2005...
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  • by-election of 15 July 1976 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Hugh Delargy. Labour held on to the seat in the by-election Reporting...
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  • The 1976 Carshalton by-election of 11 March 1976 was held after the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Robert Carr was elevated to the House of Lords...
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  • Mike Thomas, Newcastle upon Tyne East, 1974–1981 (1981–1983 for SDP) Stanley Tiffany, Peterborough, 1945–1950 John Tilley, Lambeth Central, 1978–1983 Meredith...
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  • Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central at a 1976 by-election. After boundary changes, he was elected for Tyne Bridge in 1983. From 1983...
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  • Newcastle upon Tyne local elections Newcastle-under-Lyme local elections Newham local elections Norfolk local elections North Cornwall local elections North Devon...
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  • The 1976 Workington by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England for the House of Commons constituency of Workington in Cumbria on 4 November...
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    Mary Magdalene Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. vii) Saint Mary Magdalene Hospital (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Act 1940 (3 & 4 Geo. 6...
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    Scholarship to study naval architecture at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Upon graduation in 1970, he joined Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) as a...
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    in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne...
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  • his quest to find a seat in Parliament and eventually succeeded at Newcastle-upon-Tyne East in October 1974, after the death at age 45 of the sitting Labour...
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    and Newcastle upon Tyne Central. The existing seat of Newcastle upon Tyne North now effectively became a completely reconfigured Newcastle upon Tyne Central...
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  • The Walsall North by-election on 4 November 1976 was held after the resignation of sitting Member of Parliament (MP) John Stonehouse. Elected as a Labour...
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