Cramlington and Killingworth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cramlington and Killingworth
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Cramlington and Killingworth (UK Parliament constituency)
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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)
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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]

Contents

Boundaries

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]

Members of Parliament

Blyth Valley and North Tyneside prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Emma Foody Labour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Cramlington and Killingworth [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Emma Foody 22,274 49.1 +4.7
Reform UK Gordon Fletcher9,45420.8+12.8
Conservative Ian Levy 8,59218.9−21.0
Green Ian Jones2,1444.7+2.2
Liberal Democrats Thom Campion1,8984.2−1.0
Independent Scott Lee5731.3N/A
Independent Dawn Furness3220.7N/A
SDP Mathew Wilkinson1370.3N/A
Majority12,82028.3
Turnout 45,39459.6
Labour hold Swing

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References

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