Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885
North Northumberland
Form 1832-1868 and this area was left intact until 1885. Extract from 1837 result: the striped area which has the much longer coast than the striped South division.
Seats two Created from Northumberland Replaced by Berwick-upon-Tweed Hexham Wansbeck
North Northumberland (formally the "Northern Division of Northumberland") was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs), 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 .
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , the seat will be re-established for the next general election .[1] Berwick-upon-Tweed , together with the town of Morpeth , transferred from the (to be abolished) Wansbeck seat.
Boundaries 1832–1885 : The Wards of Bamborough, Coquetdale, Glendale and Morpeth, and the Berwick Bounds.[2] [3]
Proposed Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election , due by January 2025, the re-established constituency will be composed of the following electoral divisions of the County of Northumberland (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
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.[4]
The seat will comprise virtually the whole of the (to be abolished) constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed , plus the Pegswood and the three Morpeth divisions from the (to be abolished) constituency of Wansbeck .
Members of Parliament Constituency created (1832 )Elections Elections in the 1830s Grey was appointed as Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s Elections in the 1850s Percy was appointed a Civil Lord of the Admiralty , requiring a by-election.
Percy was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade , requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s Elections in the 1870s Percy was appointed Treasurer of the Household , causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 2020s See also Notes
^ "North East | Boundary Commission for England" . Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 20 June 2023 .^ "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" . London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. p. 309. Retrieved 27 July 2017 .^ "HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1832, Northumberland" .^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023" . Schedule 1 Part 4 North East region.^ a b c d e f g h Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England 239 . ISBN 0-900178-13-2 ^ Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc . Retrieved 26 May 2019 – via Google Books . ^ Creighton, Mandell (1890). "Grey, George (1799-1882)" Stephen, Leslie ; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography ^ Crosby's Parliamentary Record of Elections in Great Britain and Ireland . Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via Google Books .^ "The Age" . Melbourne, Victoria. 13 September 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 28 May 2018 .^ "The Excluded Whigs" Leeds Intelligencer . 22 January 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ Known as Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt, from 1877.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 435–436. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 ^ "North Northumberland Election" Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette . Retrieved 21 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates" . Mark Pack . Retrieved 23 January 2024 .
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