North Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885 & 2024 onwards}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK constituency
|name = North Northumberland
|parliament = uk
|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/North Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}
|caption = Boundaries since 2024
|image2 = File:North East England - North Northumberland constituency.svg
|caption2 = Boundary of North Northumberland in the North East England
|year = 2024
|abolished =
|type = County
|elects_howmany = One
|previous = {{ubl|Berwick-upon-Tweed|Hexham (minor part)}}
|next =
|year2 = 1832
|abolished2 = 1885
|type2 = County
|elects_howmany2 = Two
|previous2 = Northumberland
|next2 = Berwick-upon-Tweed
Hexham
Wansbeck
|title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North East
|publisher=Boundary Commission for England
|access-date=3 July 2024
|df=dmy
}}
|region = England
|county = Northumberland
|towns = Berwick-upon-Tweed, Morpeth
|mp = David Smith
|party = Labour
|}}
North Northumberland is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is represented by David Smith of the Labour Party since 2024. 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 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 was re-established for the 2024 general election.{{Cite web |title=North East {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/north-east/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Boundary Commission for England}} It comprises the former constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed, together with the town of Morpeth, transferred from the former Wansbeck seat.
Boundaries
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| Description = North Northumberland constituency as it was 1832 to 1885. The constituency is the striped area with a longer coastline to the north.
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1832–1885: The Wards of Bamborough, Coquetdale, Glendale and Morpeth, and the Berwick Bounds.{{Cite web |date=1832 |title=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. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uq0uAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA300 |access-date=2017-07-27 |publisher=His Majesty's statute and law printers |location=London |page=309}}{{Cite web |title=HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1832, Northumberland |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1832_v4/Northumberland}}
1885: the constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.
2024: the constituency was re-established by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.
2024–present: 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.{{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}}
Members of Parliament
= MPs 1832–1885 =
Constituency created (1832)
class="wikitable" | ||||
Election | colspan="2"|1st Member | 1st Party | colspan="2"|2nd Member | 2nd Party |
---|---|---|---|---|
1832
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |last=Stooks Smith |first=Henry. |editor=Craig, F. W. S. |editor-link=F. W. S. Craig |title=The Parliaments of England |orig-year=1844–1850 |edition=2nd |year=1973 |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn=0-900178-13-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/239 239] |url=https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/239 }}{{cite book|last1=Mosse|first1=Richard Bartholomew|title=The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc|date=1838|page=100|access-date=26 May 2019 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xiJkAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA100 |via = Google Books }} |rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="4"| Lord Ossulston |rowspan="4"| Conservative | ||||
1841
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||||
1847
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig{{cite DNB|wstitle=Grey, George (1799-1882)|last=Creighton|first=Mandell|volume=23|authorlink=Mandell Creighton}}{{cite book|title=Crosby's Parliamentary Record of Elections in Great Britain and Ireland|date=1847|publisher=George Crosby|location=Leeds|page=122|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YaEXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122|access-date=28 May 2018 |via=Google Books}}{{cite news|title=The Age|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/119628391/|access-date=28 May 2018|date=13 September 1882|location=Melbourne, Victoria|page=4}}{{cite news|title=The Excluded Whigs|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000193/18530122/010/0003|access-date=28 May 2018|work=Leeds Intelligencer|date=22 January 1853|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} | ||||
1852
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Lord Lovaine |rowspan="2"| Conservative | ||||
1859
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt |rowspan="2"| Conservative | ||||
1865
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||||
1868
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Matthew White RidleyKnown as Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt, from 1877. | ||||
1885
|colspan="6"| Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished |
= MPs since 2024 =
Berwick-upon-Tweed prior to 2024
class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 2024 | Labour |
Elections
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{Election box begin |title=General election 2024: North Northumberland{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001397 | title=North Northumberland - General election results 2024 | work=BBC News }}|}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party=Labour Party (UK)
|candidate=David Smith
|votes=17,855
|percentage=36.6
|change = +13.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Anne-Marie Trevelyan
|votes=12,788
|percentage=26.2
|change = -29.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Reform UK
|candidate=Katherine Hales
|votes=7,688
|percentage=15.7
|change = +14.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Natalie Younes
|votes=5,169
|percentage=10.6
|change = -5.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Independent
|candidate=Georgina Hill
|votes=3,220
|percentage=6.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate=Jan Rosen
|votes=1,743
|percentage=3.6
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Independent
|candidate=Michael Joyce
|votes=288
|percentage=0.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)
|candidate=Andrew Martin
|votes=92
|percentage=0.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes=5,067
|percentage=10.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=48,843
|percentage=65.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =+21.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
Election results 1832–1885
=Elections in the 1830s=
{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1832: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = Charles Bennet
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Henry Grey
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 2,322
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1835: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Bennet
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Henry Grey
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 2,367
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Grey was appointed as Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.
{{Election box begin no change| title=By-election, 1 May 1835: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Henry Grey
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1837: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Bennet
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Henry Grey
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 2,786
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1840s=
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1841: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Bennet
|votes = 1,216
|percentage = 34.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Addison Cresswell
|votes = 1,163
|percentage = 33.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Henry Grey
|votes = 1,101
|percentage = 31.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 62
|percentage = 1.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,188
|percentage = 79.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 2,756
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1847: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = George Grey
|votes = 1,366
|percentage = 35.5
|change = +3.9
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Bennet
|votes = 1,247
|percentage = 32.4
|change = −2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Algernon Percy
|votes = 1,237
|percentage = 32.1
|change = −1.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 119
|percentage = 3.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,608 (est)
|percentage = 86.1 (est)
|change = +6.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,030
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +3.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −2.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1850s=
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1852: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Algernon Percy
|votes = 1,414
|percentage = 34.9
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Bennet
|votes = 1,335
|percentage = 33.0
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = George Grey
|votes = 1,300
|percentage = 32.1
|change = −3.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 35
|percentage = 0.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,675 (est)
|percentage = 86.0 (est)
|change = −0.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,111
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.3
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = +1.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1857: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Algernon Percy
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Bennet
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,296
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Percy was appointed a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 11 March 1858: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Algernon Percy
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Percy was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 10 March 1859: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Algernon Percy
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1859: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Algernon Percy
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Matthew White Ridley
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,280
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1860s=
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1865: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Percy
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Matthew White Ridley
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,109
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1868: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Percy
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Matthew White Ridley
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,612
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1870s=
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1874: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Percy
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Matthew White Ridley
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,480
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Percy was appointed Treasurer of the Household, causing a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 17 Mar 1874: North Northumberland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Percy
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1880s=
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1880: North Northumberland{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book|pages=435–436}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Percy
|votes = 2,163
|percentage = 38.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Matthew White Ridley
|votes = 2,001
|percentage = 35.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Clay{{cite news|title=North Northumberland Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000289/18800407/006/0003|access-date=21 December 2017|work=Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette|date=7 April 1880|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 1,509
|percentage = 26.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 492
|percentage = 8.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,591 (est)
|percentage = 82.1 (est)
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,376
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
Notes
{{Reflist}}
Sources
- {{Rayment-hc|n|3|date=March 2012}}
External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168608.html North Northumberland UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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