Cramlington and Killingworth (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Cramlington and Killingworth
|parliament = uk
|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Cramlington and Killingworth (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}
|caption = Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
|image2 = File:North East England - Cramlington and Killingworth constituency.svg
|caption2 = Boundary of Cramlington and Killingworth in the North East England
|year = 2024
|abolished =
|type = County
|elects_howmany = One
|previous = {{ubl|Blyth Valley (major part)|North Tyneside|Tynemouth (part)|Newcastle upon Tyne North (minor part)}}
|next =
|region = England
|county = {{ubl|Northumberland|Tyne and Wear}}
|towns = {{ubl|Cramlington|Killingworth|Shiremoor}}
|mp = Emma Foody
|party = Labour and Co-operative Party
}}
Cramlington and Killingworth is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.{{Cite web |last=Holland |first=Daniel |date=28 June 2023 |title='Gutted' North East MPs set to lose seats hit out at 'ruthless' plans |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/gutted-north-east-mps-set-27217953 |access-date=29 December 2023 |website=Chronicle Live |language=en}} Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election and is currently held by Emma Foody, a Labour Co-op MP.{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North East {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-north-east/ |access-date=28 July 2023 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}
Boundaries
The constituency crosses the boundary of the ceremonial counties of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear and is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The City of Newcastle upon Tyne ward of Castle (polling districts F01, F02 and F03).
- The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside wards of: Camperdown; Killingworth; Valley; Weetslade1.
- The County of Northumberland electoral divisions of: Cramlington East; Cramlington Eastfield; Cramlington North; Cramlington South East; Cramlington Village; Cramlington West; Hartley; Holywell; Seghill with Seaton Delaval.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 4 North East region}}
The seat covers the following areas:
- The majority of the abolished constituency of Blyth Valley, including Cramlington and Seaton Delaval, but excluding the town of Blyth itself.{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details – Cramlington and Killingworth |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=cramlington%20and%20killingworth |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}
- The Borough of North Tyneside wards of Camperdown, Killingworth and Weetslade1, previously part of the abolished constituency of North Tyneside.
- The North Tyneside ward of Valley1, transferred from Tynemouth.
- Part of the Castle ward in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, transferred from Newcastle upon Tyne North.
1 Further to a local government boundary review which became effective in May 2024,{{Cite web |last=LGBCE |title=North Tyneside {{!}} LGBCE |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/north-tyneside |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=www.lgbce.org.uk |language=en}} the parts in North Tyneside Borough now comprise the following wards or part wards: Backworth & Holystone; Camperdown (most); Forest Hill (small part); Killingworth; Shiremoor; Weetslade.{{Cite web |title=Seat Details - Cramlington and Killingworth |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Cramlington+and+Killingworth |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}
Members of Parliament
Blyth Valley and North Tyneside prior to 2024
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| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour and Co-operative}}" |
| 2024 |
Elections
=Elections in the 2020s=
{{Election box begin |title=General election 2024: Cramlington and Killingworth{{Cite web |url= https://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/category/442/parliamentary-election-results |title=Parliamentary election results |publisher=North Tyneside Council |date=5 July 2024 |access-date=12 July 2024}}{{Cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001183 |title=Cramlington and Killingworth results |publisher=BBC |date=5 July 2024 |access-date=12 July 2024}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party=Labour and Co-operative
|candidate=Emma Foody
|votes=22,274
|percentage=49.1
|change = +4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Reform UK
|candidate=Gordon Fletcher
|votes=9,454
|percentage=20.8
|change = +12.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Ian Levy
|votes=8,592
|percentage=18.9
|change = -21.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate=Ian Jones
|votes=2,144
|percentage=4.7
|change = +2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Thom Campion
|votes=1,898
|percentage=4.2
|change = -1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Independent
|candidate=Scott Lee
|votes=573
|percentage=1.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Independent
|candidate=Dawn Furness
|votes=322
|percentage=0.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)
|candidate=Mathew Wilkinson
|votes=137
|percentage=0.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes=12,820
|percentage=28.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=45,394
|percentage=59.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner=Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168582.html Cramlington and Killingworth UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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