North Tyneside councillors have condemned a planned constituencies shake-up which would see the region lose two MPs.
The boundary review aims to make sure that every constituency has roughly the same number of voters, so that every vote in a general election is just as important.
If it goes ahead it means the borough's voters could see some major changes before the next election.
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It means some North Tyneside residents would be represented by a Newcastle MP.
The Newcastle North constituency would take in five wards in North Tyneside - Benton, Camperdown, Killingworth, Longbenton and Weetslade - together with four within the Newcastle City Council area - Castle, Fawdon and West Gosforth, Gosforth and Parklands - making an electorate of 74,087.
Also proposed is the creation of a Whitley Bay and Cramlington constituency that crosses the Northumberland boundary into North Tyneside.
The constituency would combine five of the borough's wards - Monkseaton North, Monkseaton South, St Mary’s, Valley and Whitley Bay - with nine wards from the Northumberland County Council area. These would be Cramlington East, Cramlington Eastfield, Cramlington North, Cramlington South East, Cramlington Village, Cramlington West, Hartley, Holywell and Seghill with Seaton Delaval. The total electorate would be 74,510.
These changes mean the current North Tyneside seat would disappear.
At Monday's meeting of the cabinet, authority councillors slammed the plans saying that they would cause confusion and didn't respect the borough's communities.
Coun Sandra Graham, who represents Whitley Bay, said: "I don't think they're thinking about the communities we serve."
This was backed by Coun Martin Rankin, who represents Collingwood.
He warned that constituencies crossing authority lines would cause confusion among residents.
He said: "The proposals tear apart communities with a shared sense of purpose and it is a recipe for chaos, with councillors dealing with councillors dealing with different local authorities and areas. We should be rejecting this."
This was echoed by Benton councillor Peter Earley, who said: "I think this is a recipe for confusion.
"People in my ward will be voting for councillors elected to North Tyneside Council but will be voting for an MP in Newcastle."
Elected Mayor Norma Redfearn added: "I just couldn't believe it when I read it. People are the most important thing.
"When we talk about place people have their lives embedded in certain places. There might have to be changes, but give some thought to it."
