Gateshead Central and Whickham general election candidates for 2024

Graeme Whitfield

4 July 2024 at 8:02 am·1-min read

The Sage Gateshead Music Centre with the Baltic — -Credit: (Image: Mirrorpix)

The newly-created seat of Gateshead and Whickham is made up mostly of the former Gateshead constituency, with the Whickham area added from the former Blaydon area.

Long-standing Gateshead MP Ian Mearns announced his retirement earlier this year, with Mark Ferguson, a former editor of the LabourList website and union activist who grew up in the town, selected as Labour candidate. Long-standing Liberal Democrat councillor Ron Beadle will contest the seat, while Martin Oliver will stand for the Conservatives.

Labour held a healthy majority in the previous Gateshead constituency but the town’s Labour-controlled council has come under fire after having to close leisure centres due to budgetary problems.

Here are the Gateshead Central and Whickham candidates for the General Election in 2024:

Ron Beadle - Liberal Democrat

Rachel Cabral - Green

Mark Ferguson - Labour

Norman Hall - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Damian Heslop - Reform

Martin Oliver - Conservative

Graham Steele - Save Us Now

Below is a gadget that will update as Gateshead Central and Whickham's general election results for 2024 are announced:

Bournemouth Echo UK
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The Independent
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South Wales Argus
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Dorset Echo
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HuffPost
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The Independent
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CNN
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The Telegraph
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Evening Standard
General Election results LIVE: Rachel Reeves say Labour in 'touching distance of forming next government'
Sir Keir Starmer is set to be the next Prime Minister, according to the exit poll
The Telegraph
Britain is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. No one dares admit it
Rishi Sunak left the D-Day celebrations early, got caught in the rain and came under fire for some Treasury forecasts of tax rises. The Labour Party droned on about “change” while endlessly repeating some imaginary numbers about “investing” in the NHS and creating “green jobs”. Meanwhile, the Lib Dems sailed through the past six weeks with fun days out at CenterParcs.
Evening Standard
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The ridiculous claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 US presidential election was the first big lie to infect its politics. Now Joe Biden has presented Democrats with a big lie of his own. There are plenty of Americans who would rather vote for a dead Biden than a live Trump, but not enough to win.
The Telegraph
Biden ‘seriously considering’ leaving election race
Joe Biden has for the first time said that he is considering ending his presidential campaign, according to reports.
HuffPost
‘Pile Of Crap’: Trump Rails Against Biden, Harris In Unhinged Rant Caught On Video
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HuffPost UK
BBC Defends Mishal Husain After Complaints Over Prime Ministerial Debate
The presenter was accused of not treating “both candidates equally when managing the debate” by some viewers.
The Independent
Theresa May given peerage and Therese Coffey gets damehood in surprise dissolution honours list
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The Telegraph
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