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 | Majority[nb 2] | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Electoral wards[1][2] | Map | ||
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| Berwick-upon-Tweed CC | 56,969 | 11,781 | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Anne-Marie Trevelyan† | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Scott Dickinson‡ | 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 | 61,247 | 7,915 | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Ronnie Campbell‡ | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Ian Levy† | 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 | 59,708 | 9,236 | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Guy Opperman† | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Stephen Powers‡ | 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 | 60,705 | 10,435 | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Ian Lavery‡ | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Chris Galley† | 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, Central, Choppington, College, Guide Post, Haydon, Hirst, Newbiggin East, Newbiggin West, Park, Seaton, Sleekburn, Stakeford. |  |
Boundary changes in 2010
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Changes proposed in 2016
As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for England published in 2016 proposed parliamentary constituencies covering the entire North East of England. The proposal reduced the number of seats in Northumberland from four to three: Berwick and Ashington, Blyth Valley and Hexham and Morpeth. In October 2017, the proposed seats were amended to Berwick and Morpeth, Blyth Valley and Hexham and Cramlington.[3]
Results
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Historical representation by party
1885 to 1918
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
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
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
1983 to present
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats
| Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 88 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 |
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| Berwick-upon-Tweed | colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Beith | colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"|--> | colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Trevelyan | |||||||
| Hexham | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Rippon | colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Amos | colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Atkinson | colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Opperman | ||||||
| Blyth Valley | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Ryman | colspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Campbell | ||||||||
| Wansbeck | colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Thompson | colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Murphy | colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Lavery |
Notes
References
- ^ "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
- ^ http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/bdy2018_neast_summary.html