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North Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Northumberland
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
18321885
Seatstwo
Created fromNorthumberland
Replaced byBerwick-upon-Tweed and Hexham

North Northumberland was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 by the splitting of Northumberland constituency into North and South divisions.

The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, being divided into single member divisions.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1832)
Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | Viscount Howick Whig rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Lord Ossulston Conservative
1841 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Addison Cresswell Conservative
1847 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir George Grey, Bt Liberal
1852 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Lord Lovaine Conservative
1859 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt Conservative
1865 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Lord Henry Percy Conservative
1868 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Earl Percy Conservative style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Matthew White Ridley[1] Conservative
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Elections

Notes

  1. ^ Known as Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt, from 1877.

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