North Northumberland

North Northumberland
North Northumberland
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundaries since 2024
	Boundary of North Northumberland in the North East England
County	Northumberland
Electorate	72,541 (2023)
Major settlements	Berwick-upon-Tweed, Morpeth, Alnwick
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	David Smith (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Berwick-upon-Tweed; Hexham (minor part);
1832–1885
Seats	Two
Type of constituency	County constituency
Created from	Northumberland
Replaced by	Berwick-upon-Tweed; Hexham; Wansbeck

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.

Electorate72,541 (2023)^[1]

Created2024

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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.^[2] It comprises the former constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed, together with the town of Morpeth, transferred from the former Wansbeck seat.

Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1832		Viscount Howick	Whig^[6]^[7]	Lord Ossulston	Conservative^[6]
1841		Addison Cresswell	Conservative^[6]
1847		Sir George Grey, Bt	Whig^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
1852		Lord Lovaine	Conservative
1859		Lord Lovaine	Conservative	Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt	Conservative
1865		Lord Henry Percy	Conservative	Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt	Conservative
1868		Earl Percy	Conservative	Matthew White Ridley^[12]	Conservative
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Smith	17,855	36.6	+13.5
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Trevelyan	12,788	26.2	−29.7
	Reform	Katherine Hales	7,688	15.7	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie Younes	5,169	10.6	−5.5
	Independent	Georgina Hill	3,220	6.6	N/A
	Green	Jan Rosen	1,743	3.6	+0.2
	Independent	Michael Joyce	288	0.6	N/A
	SDP	Andrew Martin	92	0.2	N/A
Majority			5,067	10.4	N/A
Turnout			48,843	65.9	−6.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Henry Grey	Unopposed
	Whig hold

Boundaries

North Northumberland
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of North Northumberland in the North East England
County	Northumberland
Electorate	72,541 (2023)^[1]
Major settlements	Berwick-upon-Tweed, Morpeth, Alnwick
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	David Smith (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Berwick-upon-Tweed Hexham (minor part)
1832–1885
Seats	Two
Type of constituency	County constituency
Created from	Northumberland
Replaced by	Berwick-upon-Tweed Hexham Wansbeck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Bennet	1,216	34.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Addison Cresswell	1,163	33.4	*N/A*
	Whig	Henry Grey	1,101	31.6	N/A
Majority			62	1.8	N/A
Turnout			2,188	79.4	N/A
Registered electors			2,756
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Grey	1,366	35.5	+3.9
	Conservative	Charles Bennet	1,247	32.4	−2.5
	Conservative	Algernon Percy	1,237	32.1	−1.3
Majority			119	3.1	N/A
Turnout			2,608 (est)	86.1 (est)	+6.7
Registered electors			3,030
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Algernon Percy	1,414	34.9	+2.8
	Conservative	Charles Bennet	1,335	33.0	+0.6
	Whig	George Grey	1,300	32.1	−3.4
Majority			35	0.9	N/A
Turnout			2,675 (est)	86.0 (est)	−0.1
Registered electors			3,111
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Percy	2,163	38.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Matthew White Ridley	2,001	35.3	*N/A*
	Liberal	John Clay^[15]	1,509	26.6	New
Majority			492	8.7	N/A
Turnout			3,591 (est)	82.1 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			4,376
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A