Blaydon and Consett
North East · County constituency
About the Blaydon and Consett constituency
Blaydon and Consett is a county constituency in the North East. The sitting MP is Liz Twist (Labour), first elected in June 2017. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 50.1% to 23.7% for Reform UK, a majority of 11,153 votes on a 59.9% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 41.1% and Reform UK on 28.9%, a margin of 12.2 points.
Who lives in Blaydon and Consett? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Blaydon and Consett vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Blaydon and Consett
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Blaydon and Consett within Gateshead and County Durham
Blaydon and Consett crosses council boundaries: Gateshead (51%), County Durham (49%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Gateshead | 51% | View projection › |
| County Durham | 49% | — |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benfieldside | Labour 45.4%vs Reform 25.8% | No council data | - | - |
| Blaydon | Labour 54.0%vs Reform 24.6% | May 2026 Reform 44.1%vs Labour 32.9% | Labour→Reform +20.3pp | 39.1% |
| Burnopfield and Dipton | Labour 49.0%vs Reform 24.2% | No council data | - | - |
| Chopwell and Rowlands Gill | Labour 55.1%vs Reform 21.4% | May 2026 Labour 46.7%vs Reform 33.5% | Labour share -8.5pp | 49.1% |
| Consett North | Labour 44.3%vs Reform 25.4% | No council data | - | - |
| Consett South | Labour 40.3%vs Reform 29.1% | No council data | - | - |
| Crawcrook and Greenside | Labour 54.7%vs Reform 21.0% | May 2026 Labour 40.7%vs Reform 32.1% | Labour share -13.9pp | 51.5% |
| Delves Lane | Labour 44.3%vs Reform 26.2% | No council data | - | - |
| Leadgate and Medomsley | Labour 41.7%vs Reform 27.9% | No council data | - | - |
| Ryton, Crookhill and Stella | Labour 57.4%vs Reform 19.5% | May 2026 Labour 37.5%vs Reform 31.2% | Labour share -19.9pp | 50.5% |
| Winlaton and High Spen | Labour 53.7%vs Reform 21.3% | May 2026 Reform 46.1%vs Labour 34.0% | Labour→Reform +22.2pp | 49.7% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Blaydon and Consett at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Blaydon and Consett at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Lab hold | Pat Glass North West Durham MP | 42.3% | 20.0% | 24.9% | 7,612 | 62.3% |
| 2015predecessor | Lab hold | Pat Glass North West Durham MP | 46.9% | 23.4% | 9.1% | 10,056 | 61.3%-1.0 |
| 2017predecessor | Lab hold | Laura Pidcock North West Durham MP | 52.8% | 34.5% | 7.1% | 8,792 | 66.6%+5.3 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Liz Twist Blaydon MP, pre-review boundary | 44.0% | 34.9% | 4.6% | 4,285 | 66.9% |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Liz Twist | 50.1% | 14.3% | 5.4% | 11,153 | 59.9%-7.0 |
Blaydon and Consett was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat North West Durham (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Blaydon and Consett
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Blaydon and Consett. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Private rent15.2 / 14.8vs 20.2
- ↓Graduate29.1 / 29.2vs 33.7
- ↑Owner-occupied66.9 / 69.1vs 61.9
- ↑Owner-occupied66.9 / 67.4vs 61.9
- ↓Graduate29.1 / 29.1vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent15.2 / 11.9vs 20.2
- ↓Under 3525.5 / 24.9vs 30.2
- ↓Graduate29.1 / 28.6vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent15.2 / 16.6vs 20.2
- ↓Under 3525.5 / 24.9vs 30.2
- ↓Private rent15.2 / 13.5vs 20.2
- ↑Owner-occupied66.9 / 69.0vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent15.2 / 14.4vs 20.2
- ↑Owner-occupied66.9 / 68.9vs 61.9
- ↓Graduate29.1 / 29.7vs 33.7
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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