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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berwick-upon-Tweed CC | 59,939 | 14,835 | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Anne-Marie Trevelyan† | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 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 | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ian Levy† | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 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 | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Guy Opperman† | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 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 | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ian Lavery‡ | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 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. |  |
Boundary changes in 2010
| Name | Pre-2010 Boundaries | Post-2010 Boundaries |
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Proposed boundary changes
The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.
Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.
On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries.[5] Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[6] was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.
The Act specified that the next review should be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[7] See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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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
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
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(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
- ^ "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2023 Review launched | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".