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| North Northumberland | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of North Northumberland in North East England for the 2024 general election | |
North Northumberland constituency as it was 1832 to 1885. The constituency is the striped area with a longer coastline to the north. | |
| Electorate | 72,541 (2021) |
| Major settlements | Berwick-upon-Tweed, Morpeth |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | None |
| Created from | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Seats | two |
| Type of constituency | County constituency |
| Created from | Northumberland |
| Replaced by | Berwick-upon-Tweed Hexham Wansbeck |
North Northumberland will be a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will be represented by one MP. 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 of 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 will be re-established for the 2024 general election.[1] It will comprise the former constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed, together with the town of Morpeth, transferred from the former Wansbeck seat.
Boundaries
1832–1885: The Wards of Bamborough, Coquetdale, Glendale and Morpeth, and the Berwick Bounds.[2][3]
From 2024: 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.[4]
Members of Parliament
Constituency created (1832)
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Viscount Howick | Whig[5][6] | Lord Ossulston | Conservative[5] | ||
| 1841 | Addison Cresswell | Conservative[5] | ||||
| 1847 | Sir George Grey, Bt | Whig[7][8][9][10] | ||||
| 1852 | Lord Lovaine | Conservative | ||||
| 1859 | Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt | Conservative | ||||
| 1865 | Lord Henry Percy | Conservative | ||||
| 1868 | Earl Percy | Conservative | Matthew White Ridley[11] | Conservative | ||
| 1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished | |||||
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Charles Bennet | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | Henry Grey | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,322 | ||||
| Tory win (new seat) | |||||
| Whig win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Bennet | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | Henry Grey | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,367 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
Grey was appointed as Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Henry Grey | Unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Bennet | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | Henry Grey | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,786 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
Elections in the 1840s
| 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 | |||