Cramlington and Killingworth | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Cramlington and Killingworth in the North East England | |
County | |
Electorate | 73,295 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Emma Foody (Labour Co-op) |
Seats | One |
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Cramlington and Killingworth is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election and is currently held by Emma Foody, a Labour and Co-operative MP. [3]
The constituency crosses the boundary of the ceremonial counties of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear and is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The seat covers the following areas:
1 Further to a local government boundary review which became effective in May 2024, [6] the parts in North Tyneside Borough now comprise the following wards or part wards: Backworth & Holystone; Camperdown (most); Forest Hill (small part); Killingworth; Shiremoor; Weetslade. [7]
Blyth Valley and North Tyneside prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Emma Foody | Labour Co-op |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Emma Foody | 22,274 | 49.1 | +4.7 | |
Reform UK | Gordon Fletcher | 9,454 | 20.8 | +12.8 | |
Conservative | Ian Levy | 8,592 | 18.9 | −21.0 | |
Green | Ian Jones | 2,144 | 4.7 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thom Campion | 1,898 | 4.2 | −1.0 | |
Independent | Scott Lee | 573 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Dawn Furness | 322 | 0.7 | N/A | |
SDP | Mathew Wilkinson | 137 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,820 | 28.3 | |||
Turnout | 45,394 | 59.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
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