South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)

South Shields
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of South Shields in the North East England
CountyTyne and Wear
Electorate68,366 (2024)
Current constituency
Created1832
Member of ParliamentEmma Lewell-Buck (Lab)
SeatsOne
Created fromCounty Durham

South Shields is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It has been represented by Emma Lewell-Buck of the Labour Party since 2013.

The seat was created by the Reform Act 1832 as a single-member parliamentary borough.[1]

The current constituency covers the area of South Shields in the South Tyneside district of Tyne and Wear.

  1. ^ "Representation of the People Act 1832". vLex. S-IV. Retrieved 13 September 2022.