South Shields
ConstituencyThe north east of the North East. About 90,420 people in 35 square kilometres.
MP for South Shields
Emma LewellLabourMP since
They won by 6,653 votes on a 53.9% turnout.
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Majority 2024 by constituency
UK Parliament election results · July 2024
The winner in South Shields had a majority of 18.1% of valid votes at the general election on 4 July 2024.
2024 general election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Lewell-BuckElected | Labour | 15,122 | 41.1% |
| Stephen Holt | Reform UK | 8,469 | 23.0% |
| David Francis | Green Party | 5,433 | 14.8% |
| Craig Robinson | Conservative | 4,128 | 11.2% |
| Ahmed Khan | Independent | 2,270 | 6.2% |
| Jonathan Aibi | Liberal Democrat | 1,402 | 3.8% |
- Electorate
- 68,366
- Turnout
- 53.9%
- Majority
- 6,653 (18.1%)
- Valid votes
- 36,824
- Rejected ballots
- 88
Polling day . Shares are of valid votes; turnout is valid votes as a share of the electorate. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: House of Commons Library, UK Parliament election results. The result from the House of Commons Library
How South Shields compares
Each dot is a constituency. The black line marks the middle one.
Every constituency ranked: population and aged 15 to 64.
What is the population of South Shields?
South Shields had 88,754 usual residents at the census.
South Shields is the 18th least populated of 650 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of South Tyneside
Most of South Shields lies in South Tyneside. These figures are published for the whole of South Tyneside, not for constituencies, so they describe the council and not South Shields itself. See South Tyneside
South Shields in brief
The winner in South Shields had a majority of 18.1% of valid votes at the general election on 4 July 2024.
Turnout in South Shields at the general election on 4 July 2024 was 53.9%.
South Shields had 88,754 usual residents at the census.
61.8% of residents in South Shields were aged 15 to 64 at the census.