List of parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland

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

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Reform UK

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate	Majority[nb 2]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Electoral wards[1]	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.

2010 boundary changes

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–present
Berwick-upon-Tweed CC Blyth Valley BC Hexham CC Wansbeck CC

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.^[2] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that Northumberland be combined 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.^{[3] [4]}

The following seats are proposed 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

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[5]

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

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Northumberland in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	82,849	48.8%	4.4%	3	1
Labour	57,567	33.9%	8.9%	1	1
Liberal Democrats	17,018	10.0%	0.7%	0	0
Brexit	6,535	3.9%	new	0	0
Greens	5,480	3.2%	1.1%	0	0
Others	178	0.2%	1.2%	0	0
Total	169,627	100.0		4

Percentage votes

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

²2019 - Brexit Party

* Included in Other

Seats

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

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1918-1945

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1950-1979

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1983-present

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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

¹ 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

¹contains areas of Tyne and Wear

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the North East (region)
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Northumberland

Notes

References