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The county of Northumberland is divided into 4 parliamentary constituencies, all of which are county constituencies.

Constituencies

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Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Reform UK

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Electoral wards[1] Map
Blyth and Ashington CC 76,263 9,173   Ian Lavery‡   Mark Peart¤ Northumberland County Council: Ashington Central, Bedlington Central, Bedlington East, Bedlington West, Bothal, Choppington, College, Cowpen, Croft, Haydon, Hirst, Isabella, Kitty Brewster, Newbiggin Central and East, Newsham, Plessey, Seaton with Newbiggin West, Sleekburn, South Blyth, Stakeford, Wensleydale.
Cramlington and Killingworth CC 76,228 12,820   Emma Foody‡   Gordon Fletcher¤ Newcastle City Council: Castle (polling districts F01, F02 and F03). North Tyneside Council: Camperdown, Killingworth, Valley, Weetslade. Northumberland County Council: Cramlington East, Cramlington Eastfield, Cramlington North, Cramlington South East, Cramlington Village, Cramlington West, Hartley, Holywell, Seghill with Seaton Delaval.
Hexham CC 76,431 3,713 Joe Morris‡   Guy Opperman† Newcastle City Council: Callerton and Throckley. Northumberland County Council: Bellingham, Bywell, Corbridge, Haltwhistle, Haydon and Hadrian, Hexham Central with Acomb, Hexham East, Hexham West, Humshaugh, Longhorsley, Ponteland East and Stannington, Ponteland North, Ponteland South with Heddon, Ponteland West, Prudhoe North, Prudhoe South, South Tyneside, Stocksfield and Broomhaugh.
North Northumberland CC 74,132 5,067   David Smith‡   Anne-Marie Trevelyan† Northumberland County Council: Alnwick, Amble, Amble West with Warkworth, Bamburgh, Berwick East, Berwick North, Berwick West with Ord, Druridge Bay, Longhoughton, Lynemouth, Morpeth Kirkhill, Morpeth North, Morpeth Stobhill, Norham and Islandshires, Pegswood, Rothbury, Shilbottle, Wooler.

Boundary changes

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2024

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name Boundaries 2010-2024 Current name Boundaries 2024–present
  1. Berwick-upon-Tweed CC
  2. Blyth Valley BC
  3. Hexham CC
  4. Wansbeck CC
2010-2024 constituencies in Northumberland
2010-2024 constituencies in Northumberland
  1. Blyth and Ashington BC
  2. Cramlington and Killingworth CC
  3. Hexham CC
  4. North Northumberland CC
Current constituencies in Northumberland
Current constituencies in Northumberland

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Northumberland with the Tyne and Wear boroughs of Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside as a sub-region of the North East Region, with the creation of two cross-county boundary constituencies, resulting in the abolition of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth Valley and Wansbeck.[2] [3]

The following seats resulted from the boundary review in Northumberland:

2010

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Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Northumberland's constituencies for the 2010 election, making a very small change between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Hexham to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards.

Name Boundaries 1997-2010 Boundaries 2010–2024
  1. Berwick-upon-Tweed CC
  2. Blyth Valley BC
  3. Hexham CC
  4. Wansbeck CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland (1997-2010)
Parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland (1997-2010)
Parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland (2010-2024)
Parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland (2010-2024)

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]

2024

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Northumberland in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 84,147 45.1% Increase11.2% 4 Increase3
Conservative 47,776 25.6% Decrease23.2% 0 Decrease3
Reform UK 27,999 15.0% Increase11.1% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 10,876 5.8% Decrease4.2% 0 0
Greens 8,314 4.5% Increase1.3% 0 0
Others 7,354 3.9% Increase3.7% 0 0
Total 186,466 100.0 4

Percentage votes

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 30.0 34.7 39.9 48.7 43.2 39.4 30.2 33.5 42.8 33.9 45.1
Conservative 33.5 28.6 30.8 22.7 26.1 25.6 29.0 34.9 44.4 48.8 25.6
Reform UK2 - - - - - - - - - 3.9 15.0
Liberal Democrat1 36.3 36.4 28.2 25.0 27.9 33.7 32.0 12.0 9.3 10.0 5.8
Green Party - * * * * * 0.4 4.3 2.1 3.2 4.5
UKIP - - - * * * 2.4 15.2 1.4 * -
Other 0.2 0.4 1.0 3.7 2.8 1.3 5.9 0.1 - 0.2

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

22019 - Brexit Party

* Included in Other

Seats

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 4
Conservative 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 0
Liberal Democrat1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Total 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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1885-1910

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  • 1885
    1885
  • 1886
    1886
  • 1892
    1892
  • 1895
    1895
  • 1900
    1900
  • 1906
    1906
  • Jan 1910
    Jan 1910
  • Dec 1910
    Dec 1910

1918-1945

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  • 1918
    1918
  • 1922
    1922
  • 1923
    1923
  • 1924
    1924
  • 1929
    1929
  • 1931
    1931
  • 1935
    1935
  • 1945
    1945

1950-1979

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  • 1950
    1950
  • 1951
    1951
  • 1955
    1955
  • 1959
    1959
  • 1964
    1964
  • 1966
    1966
  • 1970
    1970
  • Feb 1974
    Feb 1974
  • Oct 1974
    Oct 1974
  • 1979
    1979

1983-present

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  • 1983
    1983
  • 1987
    1987
  • 1992
    1992
  • 1997
    1997
  • 2001
    2001
  • 2005
    2005
  • 2010
    2010
  • 2015
    2015
  • 2017
    2017
  • 2019
    2019
  • 2024
    2024

Historical representation by party

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A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

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  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour   Liberal Unionist

Constituency 1885 1886 1892 93 1895 1900 1906 07 08 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 16 18
Berwick-upon-Tweed E. Grey Blake
Hexham MacInnes Clayton MacInnes Beaumont Holt
Morpeth Burt
Newcastle upon Tyne (two MPs) Morley Cruddas Plummer Hudson
Cowen J. Craig Hamond Renwick Cairns Renwick Shortt
Tynemouth Donkin Harris H. Craig
Tyneside A. Grey Beaumont Pease Smith Robertson
Wansbeck Fenwick Mason

1918 to 1950

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  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Coalition National Democratic & Labour   Conservative   Independent Conservative   Labour   Liberal   National Liberal (1931-68)   Speaker

Constituency 1918 19 1922 23 1923 1924 26 29 1929 31 1931 1935 40 40 41 43 44 1945
Berwick-upon-Tweed Blake Philipson1 Todd Seely Grey Beveridge Thorp
Hexham Brown Finney Brown →
Newcastle upon Tyne North Grattan-Doyle Headlam →
Tynemouth Percy Russell Colman
Newcastle upon Tyne Central Renwick Trevelyan Denville Wilkes
Newcastle upon Tyne East Barnes Bell Henderson Aske Connolly Aske → Blenkinsop
Newcastle upon Tyne West Shortt Adams Ramage Palin Leech Nunn Popplewell
Wallsend Simm Hastings Bondfield Ward McKay
Wansbeck Mason → Warne Shield Cruddas Scott Robens
Morpeth Cairns Smillie Edwards Nicholson Taylor

1 original 1922 victor Hilton Philipson (National Liberal) declared void due to electoral fraud. Mabel Philipson won the subsequent by-election for the Conservatives.

1950 to 1983

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  Conservative   Independent Labour   Labour   Liberal   National Liberal (1931-68)   Social Democratic   Speaker

Constituency 1950 1951 54 1955 57 1959 60 1964 1966 1970 73 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 76 1979 81
Berwick-upon-Tweed Thorp Lambton Beith
Hexham Brown Speir Rippon
Newcastle upon Tyne North Headlam Lloyd George Elliott
Tynemouth Ward Trotter
Newcastle upon Tyne East Blenkinsop Montgomery Rhodes Thomas →
Blyth Robens Milne → Ryman
Morpeth Taylor Owen Grant
Newcastle upon Tyne Central Wilkes Short Cowans
Newcastle upon Tyne West Popplewell Brown
Wallsend McKay Garrett

1983 to present

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  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 88 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Berwick-upon-Tweed / North Northumberland (2024) Beith → Trevelyan Smith
Blyth Valley / Cramlington and Killingworth1 (2024) Ryman Campbell Levy Foody
Hexham1 Rippon Amos Atkinson Opperman Morris
Wansbeck / Blyth and Ashington (2024) Thompson Murphy Lavery

1contains areas of Tyne and Wear since 2024

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

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  1. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Political boundaries across the North East could change - here's what it could mean for you". The Northern Echo. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  3. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 643-662. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  4. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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