1832–1918 Under the
Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, the contents of the borough were defined as the Respective Townships of South Shields and Westoe.
See map on Vision of Britain website. 1918–1950 The County Borough of South Shields.
Expanded to be coterminous with County Borough. 1950–1951 As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
Expanded southwards, including the communities of Harton, transferred from Houghton-le-Spring. 1951–1983 As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
Minor changes to take account of ward boundaries of the newly formed metropolitan borough, including the transfer of Biddick Hall to Jarrow. 1997–2010 The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of All Saints, Beacon and Bents, Biddick Hall, Cleadon Park, Harton, Horsley Hill, Rekendyke, Tyne Dock and Simonside, Westoe, West Park, and Whiteleas.
Biddick Hall gained back from Jarrow. 2010–2024 The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of Beacon and Bents, Biddick and All Saints, Cleadon Park, Harton, Horsley Hill, Simonside and Rekendyke, Westoe, West Park, Whitburn and Marsden, and Whiteleas.
Boundary changes for the 2010 general election transferred the community of Whitburn into the South Shields constituency from the neighbouring Jarrow seat. 2024–present The Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside wards of Beacon and Bents; Biddick and All Saints; Cleadon Park; Cleadon and East Boldon; Harton; Horsley Hill; Simonside and Rekendyke; West Park; Westoe; Whitburn and Marsden; and Whiteleas. Further to the
2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the
2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency was expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range, by adding the South Tyneside ward of Cleadon and East Boldon, transferred from the abolished
Jarrow constituency. ==Members of Parliament==