Constituency view

Jarrow and Gateshead East

North East, England

Lab hold

Current MP

Current representation

Kate Osborne

Labour

Female

Majority8,964

Turnout52.3%

Electorate70,272

Valid votes36,728

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour18,856 - 51.3%

Reform9,892 - 26.9%

Conservative3,354 - 9.1%

Green2,384 - 6.5%

Lib Dem1,740 - 4.7%

Other502 - 1.4%

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Benefits bill · 2025/26

£300,291,899

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£3,114 total benefits bill per resident · 38% above average

Jarrow and Gateshead East: £3,114
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 71 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£300,291,899	139/575
Change over 2 years	+16.6%
Median local wage (2025)	£31,031	+9.1%

Universal Credit£160,536,558
£1,665 per resident · 14,130 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 5,330 · 1 in 11 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£77,893,030
£808 per resident · 10,764 claimants (+13.9% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 3,922 · 36% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 5,030
Housing Benefit£20,930,987
£217 per resident · 3,555 claimants
Disability Living Allowance£18,982,096
£197 per resident · 3,188 claimants
Carer's Allowance£11,628,497
£121 per resident · 2,681 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£10,320,733
£107 per resident · 1,612 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 95.8%White British 94.0%Asian 1.6%Black, African or Caribbean 0.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.0%Other 0.9%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 97.6%White British 96.6%Asian 1.2%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.7%Other 0.3%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 98.6%White British 97.9%Asian 0.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.5%Other 0.1%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 99.1%White British N/AAsian 0.6%Black, African or Caribbean 0.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.2%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

Jarrow and Gateshead East (2021)

UK 95.6%Other EU 1.7%Other countries 2.7%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Jarrow and Gateshead East (2011)

UK 97.4%Other EU 0.8%Other countries 1.8%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Jarrow and Gateshead East (2001)

UK 98.4%Other EU 0.4%Other countries 1.2%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Jarrow and Gateshead East (1991)

UK 98.5%Other EU 0.6%Other countries 0.9%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

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Jarrow and Gateshead East

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Jarrow and Gateshead East	National	Difference	Rank
% White	95.8%	83.0%	+12.8pp	192/650
% White British	94.0%	74.4%	+19.6pp	71/632
% Asian	1.6%	8.6%	-7.0pp	479/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.7%	3.7%	-3.0pp	410/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.0%	2.7%	-1.7pp	547/650
% Other ethnic group	0.9%	2.0%	-1.1pp	334/650
% UK-born	95.6%	84.0%	+11.6pp	60/650
% Non-UK-born	4.4%	16.0%	-11.6pp	591/650
% Other EU-born	1.7%	6.0%	-4.2pp	612/650
% Other countries-born	2.7%	10.1%	-7.4pp	522/650
% Christian	54.0%	46.7%	+7.3pp	85/575
% Muslim	1.4%	6.3%	-4.9pp	319/575
% Hindu	0.1%	1.6%	-1.5pp	523/575
% Sikh	0.2%	0.9%	-0.7pp	283/575
% Jewish	0.0%	0.5%	-0.4pp	509/575
% Buddhist	0.2%	0.4%	-0.3pp	563/575
% Other religion	0.3%	0.6%	-0.3pp	541/575
% No religion	39.4%	37.0%	+2.4pp	263/575
% Religion not stated	4.3%	6.0%	-1.7pp	571/575
% Has any religion	56.2%	57.0%	-0.8pp	248/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Jarrow and Gateshead East

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.