List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland
The county of Northumberland is divided into 4 Parliamentary constituencies – 1 Borough constituencies and 3 County constituencies.
Constituencies[]
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | Electoral wards[3][4] | Map | ||
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Berwick-upon-Tweed CC | 59,939 | 14,835 | Anne-Marie Trevelyan† | Trish Williams‡ | Alnwick District Council: Alnmouth and Lesbury, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick Clayport, Alnwick Hotspur, Amble Central, Amble East, Amble West, Embleton, Harbottle and Elsdon, Hedgeley, Longframlington, Longhoughton with Craster and Rennington, Rothbury and South Rural, Shilbottle, Warkworth, Whittingham. Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council: Bamburgh, Beadnell, Belford, Cheviot, Edward, Elizabeth, Flodden, Ford, Islandshire, Lowick, Norhamshire, North Sunderland, Prior, Seton, Shielfield, Spittal, Wooler. Castle Morpeth Borough Council: Chevington, Ellington, Hartburn, Longhorsley, Lynemouth, Ulgham. | |||
Blyth Valley BC | 64,429 | 712 | Ian Levy† | Susan Dungworth‡ | Northumberland County Council: Cowpen, Cramlington East, Cramlington Eastfield with East Hartford, Cramlington North, Cramlington Parkside, Cramlington South East, Cramlington Village, Cramlington West, Croft, Hartley, Holywell, Isabella, Kitty Brewster, Newsham and New Delaval, Plessey, Seaton Delaval, Seghill, South Beach, South Newsham, Wensleydale. | |||
Hexham CC | 61,324 | 10,549 | Guy Opperman† | Penny Grennan‡ | Castle Morpeth Borough Council: Heddon-on-the-Wall, Ponteland East, Ponteland North, Ponteland South, Ponteland West, Stamfordham, Stannington. Northumberland County Council: Acomb, Allendale, Bellingham, Broomhaugh and Riding, Chollerton with Whittington, Corbridge, East Tynedale, Hadrian, Haltwhistle, Haydon, Hexham Gilesgate, Hexham Hencotes,
Hexham Leazes, Hexham Priestpopple, Humshaugh and Wall, Ovingham, Prudhoe Castle, Prudhoe North, Prudhoe South, Prudhoe West, Redesdale, Sandhoe with Dilston, Slaley and Hexhamshire, South Tynedale, Stocksfield with Mickley, Upper North Tyne, Wanney, Warden and Newbrough, Wark, West Tynedale, Wylam. |
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Wansbeck CC | 63,339 | 814 | Ian Lavery‡ | Jack Gebhard† | Castle Morpeth Borough Council: Hebron, Hepscott and Mitford, Morpeth Central, Morpeth Kirkhill, Morpeth North, Morpeth South, Morpeth Stobhill, Pegswood. Northumberland County Council: Bedlington Central, Bedlington East, Bedlington West, Bothal, Ashington, Central, Choppington, College, Guide Post, Haydon, Hirst, Newbiggin East, Newbiggin West, Park, Seaton, Sleekburn, Stakeford. |
2010 boundary changes[]
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–present |
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Proposed boundary changes[]
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021.[5]
The Commission has proposed that Northumberland be combined 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.[6][7] The following seats are proposed in Northumberland:
- Hexham (part in Newcastle upon Tyne)
- (part in North Tyneside)
Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.
Results history[]
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[8]
2019[]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Northumberland in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 82,849 | 48.8% | 4.4% | 3 | 1 |
Labour | 57,567 | 33.9% | 8.9% | 1 | 1 |
Liberal Democrats | 17,018 | 10.0% | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 6,535 | 3.9% | new | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 5,480 | 3.2% | 1.1% | 0 | 0 |
Others | 178 | 0.2% | 1.2% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 169,627 | 100.0 | 4 |
Percentage votes[]
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 33.5 | 28.6 | 30.8 | 22.7 | 26.1 | 25.6 | 29.0 | 34.9 | 44.4 | 48.8 |
Labour | 30.0 | 34.7 | 39.9 | 48.7 | 43.2 | 39.4 | 30.2 | 33.5 | 42.8 | 33.9 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 36.3 | 36.4 | 28.2 | 25.0 | 27.9 | 33.7 | 32.0 | 12.0 | 9.3 | 10.0 |
Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.4 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 2.4 | 15.2 | 1.4 | * |
Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.9 |
Other | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 0.1 | - | 0.2 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats[]
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Labour | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps[]
1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019
Historical representation by party[]
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[]
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 1892 | 93 | 1895 | 1900 | 1906 | 07 | 08 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 16 | 18 |
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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[]
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 |
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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[]
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 |
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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[]
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 88 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Berwick-upon-Tweed | Beith | → | Trevelyan | ||||||||
Hexham | Rippon | Amos | Atkinson | Opperman | |||||||
Blyth Valley | Ryman | Campbell | Levy | ||||||||
Wansbeck | Thompson | Murphy | Lavery |
See also[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
- ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ Walker, Jonathan (8 June 2021). "Political map of the North East is set to change as plans redrawn". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ 2023 review North East Boundary Commission for England
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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