Tynemouth is a constituency[n 1] in Tyne and Wear represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Sir Alan Campbell, a member of the Labour Party.

[3] The constituency is referred to in various sources (e.g. Leigh Rayment[4] and F.W.S.Craig) by the latter name between 1832 and 1885 and then treated as abolished and replaced by Tynemouth from 1885 onwards.

The seat covers Tynemouth, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Cullercoats, Monkseaton and, since 2010, Shiremoor and Backworth.

North Shields and the communities along the Tyne itself tend to be more industrial and working-class, once dominated by coal mining and shipbuilding.

The Conservatives chose Gateshead Councillor Martin Callanan as their candidate to replace the retiring Neville Trotter.

In 1992 Neville Trotter narrowly won his final term as the Labour candidate's fourth attempt failed.

Many council seats were also unexpectedly won on the back of John Major's victory such as Whitley Bay and Monkseaton.

The 1983 election saw Neville Trotter's biggest majority after a landslide victory won by Margaret Thatcher.