UK Explained

Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

Represented in Parliament by Mary Glindon (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Mary Glindon, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 537 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £679£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 473 areas and lower than 175.

UK 3.9%This area 4.3%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend£6794.3%
Scunthorpe£6844.3%
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton£6774.2%
Swansea West£6814.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people114,90659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1616%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over16%19%3 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher30%34%4 points lower
Households that own their home47%62%16 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association32%17%15 points higher
Households renting privately21%20%about the same

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Mary Glindon

Labour

MAJORITY
12,817

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
56%

of people who could vote did

Mary Glindon won with 50% of the votes, and Janice Richardson (Reform UK) came second with 20%.

Votes for each party

Labour50% · 21,200
Reform UK20% · 8,383
Green Party12% · 5,257
Conservative8% · 3,522
Liberal Democrat7% · 2,965
Workers Party of Britain1% · 430
Everyone else1% · 564
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mary GlindonLabour21,20050.1%
Janice RichardsonReform UK8,38319.8%
Matt WilliamsGreen Party5,25712.4%
Rosie HanlonConservative3,5228.3%
Mark RidyardLiberal Democrat2,9657.0%
Muhammad GhoriWorkers Party of Britain4301.0%
Liz PantonParty of Women2830.7%
Emma-Jane PhillipsCommunist Party of Britain1860.4%
Robert MalynSocial Democratic Party950.2%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£679 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026