South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)

South Shields
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of South Shields in the North East England
County	Tyne and Wear
Electorate	68,366 (2024)
Current constituency
Created	1832
Member of Parliament	Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab)
Seats	One
Created from	County 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.