Gateshead Central and Whickham is a constituency in Tyne and Wear represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Mark Ferguson of the Labour Party. The constituency was created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, and was first contested at the 2024 general election.

The seat was formed from the majority of the abolished Gateshead constituency, with the addition of the three wards which incorporate the community of Whickham from the abolished constituency of Blaydon.

The constituency is composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• Bridges; Chowdene; Deckham; Dunston and Teams; Dunston Hill and Whickham East; High Fell; Lobley Hill and Bensham; Low Fell; Saltwell; Whickham North; Whickham South and Sunniside

Gateshead prior to 2024

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Mark Ferguson	Labour Party

Changes in vote share based on notional 2019 result

General election 2024: Gateshead Central and Whickham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Ferguson	18,245	45.4	−1.7
	Reform UK	Damian Heslop	8,601	21.4	+17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Beadle	4,987	12.4	+0.2
	Conservative	Nick Oliver	4,628	11.5	−21.5
	Green	Rachel Cabral	3,217	8.0	+4.2
	TUSC	Norman Hall	369	0.9	N/A
	Save Us Now	Graham Steele	170	0.4	N/A
Majority			9,644	24.0	+9.9
Turnout			40,217	57.6	−1.6
Registered electors			69,827
	Labour hold		Swing

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear
• List of parliamentary constituencies in North East England (region)

• Gateshead Central and Whickham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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