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North Northumberland
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of North Northumberland in North East England for the 2024 general election
United_Kingdom_general_election_1837.svg
North Northumberland constituency as it was 1832 to 1885. The constituency is the striped area with a longer coastline to the north.
Electorate72,541 (2021)
Major settlementsBerwick-upon-Tweed, Morpeth
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentNone
Created fromBerwick-upon-Tweed
1832–1885
Seatstwo
Type of constituencyCounty constituency
Created fromNorthumberland
Replaced byBerwick-upon-Tweed
Hexham
Wansbeck

North Northumberland will be a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will be represented by one MP. Between 1832 and 1885 (then formally the Northern Division of Northumberland) , it was represented by two Members of Parliament, elected by the bloc vote system.

The area was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 by the splitting of Northumberland constituency into Northern and Southern divisions.

It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when Northumberland was divided into four single member divisions: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Hexham, Tyneside and Wansbeck.

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the 2024 general election.[1] It will comprise the former constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed, together with the town of Morpeth, transferred from the former Wansbeck seat.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Wards of Bamborough, Coquetdale, Glendale and Morpeth, and the Berwick Bounds.[2][3]

From 2024: The County of Northumberland electoral divisions (as they existed on 1 December 2020) of 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 and Wooler.[4]

Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1832)

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 Viscount Howick Whig[5][6] Lord Ossulston Conservative[5]
1841 Addison Cresswell Conservative[5]
1847 Sir George Grey, Bt Whig[7][8][9][10]
1852 Lord Lovaine Conservative
1859 Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt Conservative
1865 Lord Henry Percy Conservative
1868 Earl Percy Conservative Matthew White Ridley[11] Conservative
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: North Northumberland[5][12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Charles Bennet Unopposed
Whig Henry Grey Unopposed
Registered electors 2,322
Tory win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: North Northumberland[5][12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Charles Bennet Unopposed
Whig Henry Grey Unopposed
Registered electors 2,367
Conservative hold
Whig hold

Grey was appointed as Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 1 May 1835: North Northumberland[5][12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Henry Grey Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1837: North Northumberland[5][12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Charles Bennet Unopposed
Whig Henry Grey Unopposed
Registered electors 2,786
Conservative hold
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: North Northumberland[5][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Bennet 1,216 34.9 N/A
Conservative Addison Cresswell 1,163 33.4 N/A
Whig Henry Grey 1,101 31.6 N/A
Majority 62 1.8 N/A
Turnout 2,188 79.4 N/A
Registered electors 2,756
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A
General election 1847: North Northumberland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Grey 1,366 35.5 +3.9
Conservative Charles Bennet 1,247 32.4 −2.5
Conservative Algernon Percy 1,237 32.1 −1.3
Majority 119 3.1 N/A
Turnout 2,608 (est) 86.1 (est) +6.7
Registered electors 3,030
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +3.9
Conservative hold Swing −2.2

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: North Northumberland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Algernon Percy 1,414 34.9 +2.8
Conservative Charles Bennet 1,335 33.0 +0.6
Whig George Grey 1,300 32.1 −3.4
Majority 35 0.9 N/A
Turnout 2,675 (est) 86.0 (est) −0.1
Registered electors 3,111
Conservative hold Swing +2.3
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +1.2
General election 1857: North Northumberland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Algernon Percy Unopposed
Conservative Charles Bennet Unopposed
Registered electors 3,296
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Percy was appointed a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 11 March 1858: North Northumberland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Algernon Percy Unopposed
Conservative hold

Percy was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 10 March 1859: North Northumberland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Algernon Percy Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1859: North Northumberland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Algernon Percy Unopposed
Conservative Matthew White Ridley Unopposed
Registered electors 3,280
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: North Northumberland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Percy Unopposed
Conservative Matthew White Ridley Unopposed
Registered electors 3,109
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1868: North Northumberland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Percy Unopposed
Conservative Matthew White Ridley Unopposed
Registered electors 3,612
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: North Northumberland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Percy Unopposed
Conservative Matthew White Ridley Unopposed
Registered electors 3,480
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Percy was appointed Treasurer of the Household, causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 Mar 1874: North Northumberland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Percy Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: North Northumberland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Percy 2,163 38.1 N/A
Conservative Matthew White Ridley 2,001 35.3 N/A
Liberal John Clay[13] 1,509 26.6 New
Majority 492 8.7 N/A
Turnout 3,591 (est) 82.1 (est) N/A
Registered electors 4,376
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: North Northumberland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Katherine Hales[14]
Independent Georgina Hill[15]
Independent Michael Joyce[16]
SDP Andrew Martin[17]
Green Jan Rosen[18]
Labour David Smith[19]
Conservative Anne-Marie Trevelyan[20]
Liberal Democrats Natalie Younes[21]
Majority
Turnout

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "North East | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. ^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. p. 309. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ^ "HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1832, Northumberland".
  4. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 4 North East region.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 239. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  6. ^ Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 100. Retrieved 26 May 2019 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Creighton, Mandell (1890). "Grey, George (1799-1882)" . In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 23. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  8. ^ Crosby's Parliamentary Record of Elections in Great Britain and Ireland. Leeds: George Crosby. 1847. p. 122. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "The Age". Melbourne, Victoria. 13 September 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  10. ^ "The Excluded Whigs". Leeds Intelligencer. 22 January 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ Known as Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt, from 1877.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 435–436. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  13. ^ "North Northumberland Election". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 7 April 1880. p. 3. Retrieved 21 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "North Northumberland Constituency - Katherine Hales Reform UK". Reform UK. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated North Northumberland" (PDF). Northumberland County Council. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated North Northumberland" (PDF). Northumberland County Council. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  17. ^ "General Election Candidates". Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  18. ^ "General Election: Green Party to contest every seat in Northumberland". Northumberland Gazette. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  19. ^ David Smith for North Northumberland 🌹 [@dsnorthnorth] (20 May 2024). "I'm honoured to have been selected as @UKLabour's candidate for the new constituency of #NorthNorthumberland at the coming General Election…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated North Northumberland" (PDF). Northumberland County Council. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

Sources

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