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The county of Northumberland is divided into 4 parliamentary constituencies, all of which are county constituencies.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Reform UK

Constituency	Electorate	Majority	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Electoral wards	Map
Blyth and Ashington CC	76,263	9,173		Ian Lavery‡		Mark Peart¤	Northumberland County Council: Ashington Central, Bedlington Central, Bedlington East, Bedlington West, Bothal, Choppington, College, Cowpen, Croft, Haydon, Hirst, Isabella, Kitty Brewster, Newbiggin Central and East, Newsham, Plessey, Seaton with Newbiggin West, Sleekburn, South Blyth, Stakeford, Wensleydale.
Cramlington and Killingworth CC	76,228	12,820		Emma Foody‡		Gordon Fletcher¤	Newcastle City Council: Castle (polling districts F01, F02 and F03). North Tyneside Council: Camperdown, Killingworth, Valley, Weetslade. Northumberland County Council: Cramlington East, Cramlington Eastfield, Cramlington North, Cramlington South East, Cramlington Village, Cramlington West, Hartley, Holywell, Seghill with Seaton Delaval.
Hexham CC	76,431	3,713		Joe Morris‡		Guy Opperman†	Newcastle City Council: Callerton and Throckley. Northumberland County Council: Bellingham, Bywell, Corbridge, Haltwhistle, Haydon and Hadrian, Hexham Central with Acomb, Hexham East, Hexham West, Humshaugh, Longhorsley, Ponteland East and Stannington, Ponteland North, Ponteland South with Heddon, Ponteland West, Prudhoe North, Prudhoe South, South Tyneside, Stocksfield and Broomhaugh.
North Northumberland CC	74,132	5,067		David Smith‡		Anne-Marie Trevelyan†	Northumberland County Council: 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, Wooler.

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name	Boundaries 2010–2024	Current name	Boundaries 2024–present
Berwick-upon-Tweed CC Blyth Valley BC Hexham CC Wansbeck CC		Blyth and Ashington BC Cramlington and Killingworth CC Hexham CC North Northumberland CC

For the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Northumberland with the Tyne and Wear boroughs of Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside as a sub-region of the North East Region, with the creation of two cross-county boundary constituencies, resulting in the abolition of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth Valley and Wansbeck.

The following seats resulted from the boundary review in Northumberland:

• Blyth and Ashington
• Cramlington and Killingworth (parts also in Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside)
• Hexham (part in Newcastle upon Tyne)
• North Northumberland

2010

Under the Fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Northumberland's constituencies for the 2010 election, making a very small change between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Hexham to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards.

Name	Boundaries 1997–2010	Boundaries 2010–2024
Berwick-upon-Tweed CC Blyth Valley BC Hexham CC Wansbeck CC

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Northumberland in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Labour	84,147	45.1%	11.2%	4	3
Conservative	47,776	25.6%	23.2%	0	3
Reform UK	27,999	15.0%	11.1%	0	0
Liberal Democrats	10,876	5.8%	4.2%	0	0
Greens	8,314	4.5%	1.3%	0	0
Others	7,354	3.9%	3.7%	0	0
Total	186,466	100.0		4

Percentage votes

1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

2019 – Brexit Party

* Included in Other

Seats

1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885–1910

• 1885
• 1886
• 1892
• 1895
• 1900
• 1906
• Jan 1910
• Dec 1910

1918–1945

• 1918
• 1922
• 1923
• 1924
• 1929
• 1931
• 1935
• 1945

1950–1979

• 1950
• 1951
• 1955
• 1959
• 1964
• 1966
• 1970
• Feb 1974
• Oct 1974
• 1979

1983–present

• 1983
• 1987
• 1992
• 1997
• 2001
• 2005
• 2010
• 2015
• 2017
• 2019
• 2024

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

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

contains areas of Tyne and Wear since 2024

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in North East England
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Northumberland

Notes

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

1. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Retrieved 12 July 2024.
2. "Political boundaries across the North East could change – here's what it could mean for you". The Northern Echo. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
3. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 643–662. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
4. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

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• Politics of Northumberland
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