Hexham (UK Parliament constituency)

Hexham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hexham in Northumberland
Location of Northumberland within England
County	Northumberland
Electorate	60,499 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements	Hexham, Corbridge, Stocksfield, Ponteland, Prudhoe, Wylam, Haydon Bridge, Haltwhistle
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of Parliament	Guy Opperman (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	North Northumberland and South Northumberland

Hexham is a constituency ^{[n 1]} in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Guy Opperman, a Conservative. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

The seat was created as one of four single member divisions of the county of Northumberland under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. ^[2]

Constituency profile

The second-largest constituency by land area in England (covering 250,992 hectares), ^[3] Hexham reaches to the Pennines and is traversed by Hadrian's Wall, which runs almost due east–west through England. It includes substantial agricultural holdings, forestry, wood processing, food, minerals, and manufactured hardware industries. In the midst of the northwest of the constituency is Kielder Water; running between this area and the middle of the seat is the southern portion of Kielder Forest, and in the west, the attractions of the precipitous Haltwhistle Burn, Viaduct and Castle. SSE of Hexham is the Derwent Reservoir. ^[4] As well as those rural areas, the constituency also includes part of Newcastle's middle-class suburbs.

Hexham has been held by the Conservative Party, and generally with safe majorities, since 1924. It was the only Conservative seat in the North East between the New Labour years in government from 1997-2010, and the only one in Northumberland from 1973 until the Conservatives gained Berwick-upon-Tweed from the Liberal Democrats in 2015. It was also the northernmost seat won by the Conservatives in 1997, in what would be their worst landslide defeat at any general election of the twentieth century; with all Conservative MPs in Scotland and Wales unseated that year. ^[5] Despite this middle-class segment of the population, there are also some more working-class areas: Prudhoe frequently elects Labour councillors and has demographics similar to neighbouring parts of Blaydon, a safe Labour seat. There is also some deprivation in rural areas, particularly around Haltwhistle.

Based on the latest published old age dependency ratios, a slightly larger than average level of the population is retired. ^[6] In 1997, the Labour Party was very close to winning the seat, but the Conservatives retained it with a significantly reduced narrow majority of 222 votes. Hexham is considered a safe seat for the Conservative Party, having been under their control for almost a century. ^[7]

An estimate by the House of Commons Library puts the Leave vote by the constituency in the 2016 referendum at 45%. ^[8]

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Bellingham, Coquetdale West, Haltwhistle, and Tynedale. ^[2]

The contents of the county division were defined by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

1918–1950: The Rural Districts of Bellingham, Haltwhistle, Hexham, and the part of the Rural District of Castle Ward which consists of the civil parishes of Bitchfield, Black Heddon, Capheaton, Cheeseburn Grange, East Matfen, Fenwick, Harlow Hill, Hawkwell, Heugh, Ingoe, Kearsley, Kirkheaton, Nesbitt, Ouston, Ryal, Wallridge and West Matfen, and the Urban Districts of Hexham and Prudhoe. ^{[9] [10]}

Rothbury was transferred to Berwick-upon-Tweed.

1950–1974: The Urban Districts of Hexham and Prudhoe, and the Rural Districts of Bellingham, Castle Ward, Haltwhistle, Hexham. ^{[11] [12]}

The remainder of Castle Ward was transferred from the abolished constituency of Wansbeck.

1974–1983: The urban districts of Hexham and Prudhoe, and the rural districts of Bellingham, Castle Ward, Haltwhistle, and Hexham. ^[13]

The boundary with Blyth was slightly amended to take account of changes to local government boundaries.

1983–2010: The District of Tynedale, and the following wards of the Borough of Castle Morpeth: Heddon-on-the-Wall, Ponteland East, Ponteland North, Ponteland South, Ponteland West, Stamfordham, Stannington, and Whalton. ^{[14] [15]}

Contents changed following reorganisation of local authorities in 1974. The area of the former rural district of Castle Ward which was now part of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear was now included in Newcastle upon Tyne North.

2010–present: The District of Tynedale, and the following wards of the Borough of Castle Morpeth: Heddon-on-the-Wall, Ponteland East, Ponteland North, Ponteland South, Ponteland West, Stamfordham, and Stannington. ^[16]

2007 boundary review

In the fifth periodic boundary review of parliamentary representation in Northumberland, which came into effect for the 2010 general election, the contents of the existing Hexham constituency were unchanged except for losing the southern part of the Hartburn ward to Berwick-upon-Tweed, and the Boundary Commission for England made only minor changes in Northumberland to take account of ward boundary changes.

In 2009, a further government reorganisation resulted in the abolition of all local government boroughs and districts in Northumberland and the establishment of the county as a unitary authority. ^[17] However, this has not affected the current constituency boundaries.

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 constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The City of Newcastle upon Tyne ward of Callerton & Throckley.

• The County of Northumberland electoral divisions of: 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 Tynedale; Stocksfield and Broomhaugh. ^[18]

The constituency will be expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range, by adding the Newcastle ward of Callerton & Throckley. The boundaries within Northumberland will be adjusted slightly to take account of the reorganisation of local authority electoral divisions.

Members of Parliament

Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown, who was Speaker of the House of Commons during the latter years of the World War II, represented the seat for two separate tenures (from 1918-23, and again from 1924-51).

Year		Member [19]	Party
	1885	Miles MacInnes	Liberal
	1892	Nathaniel Clayton	Conservative
	1893	Miles MacInnes	Liberal
	1895	Wentworth Beaumont
	1907	Richard Durning Holt
	1918	Douglas Clifton Brown	Unionist
	1923	Victor Finney	Liberal
	1924	Douglas Clifton Brown	Unionist
	1943		Speaker
	1951	Rupert Speir	Conservative
	1966	Geoffrey Rippon
	1987	Alan Amos
	1992	Peter Atkinson
	2010	Guy Opperman

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	William Clouston [20]
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Cott [21]
	Labour	Joe Morris [22]
	Conservative	Guy Opperman [23]

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Hexham ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Opperman	25,152	54.5	0.4
	Labour	Penny Grennan	14,603	31.6	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Howse	4,672	10.1	3.0
	Green	Nick Morphet	1,723	3.7	1.0
Majority			10,549	22.9	2.9
Turnout			46,150	75.3	0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.5

General election 2017: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Opperman	24,996	54.1	1.4
	Labour Co-op	Stephen Powers	15,760	34.1	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Hall	3,285	7.1	0.3
	Green	Wesley Foot	1,253	2.7	2.9
	UKIP	Francis Miles	930	2.0	7.9
Majority			9,236	20.0	7.8
Turnout			46,224	75.1	3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.9

General election 2015: Hexham ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Opperman	22,834	52.7	9.5
	Labour	Liam Carr	10,803	24.9	5.9
	UKIP	David Nicholson	4,302	9.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Reid [26]	2,961	6.8	23.1
	Green	Lee Williscroft-Ferris	2,445	5.6	New
Majority			12,031	27.8	9.5
Turnout			43,345	71.5	0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

General election 2010: Hexham ^{[27] [28]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Opperman	18,795	43.2	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duffield	13,007	29.9	4.2
	Labour	Antoine Tinnion	8,253	19.0	11.4
	Independent	Steven Ford	1,974	4.5	New
	BNP	Quentin Hawkins	1,205	2.8	New
	Independent	Colin Moss	249	0.6	New
Majority			5,788	13.3	1.2
Turnout			43,483	70.8	2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Hexham ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Atkinson	17,605	42.4	−2.2
	Labour	Kevin Graham	12,585	30.3	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duffield	10,673	25.7	+10.7
	English Democrat	Ian Riddell	521	1.3	New
	Imperial	Thomas Davison	129	0.3	New
Majority			5,020	12.1	+6.1
Turnout			41,513	68.8	−2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

General election 2001: Hexham ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Atkinson	18,917	44.6	+5.8
	Labour	Paul Brannen	16,388	38.6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Latham	6,380	15.0	−2.4
	UKIP	Alan Patterson	728	1.7	−0.9
Majority			2,529	6.0	+5.4
Turnout			42,413	70.9	−6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Hexham ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Atkinson	17,701	38.8	-13.6
	Labour	Ian McMinn	17,479	38.2	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Carr	7,959	17.4	-4.3
	Referendum	Robert Waddell	1,362	3.0	New
	UKIP	David Lott	1,170	2.6	New
Majority			222	0.6	-27.6
Turnout			45,671	77.5	-4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.8

General election 1992: Hexham ^{[32] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Atkinson	24,967	52.4	+2.8
	Labour	Ian Swithenbank	11,529	24.2	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Wallace	10,344	21.7	−10.0
	Green	John Hartshorne	781	1.6	+0.9
Majority			13,438	28.2	+10.3
Turnout			47,621	82.4	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Hexham ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Amos	22,370	49.6	-1.9
	Liberal	Euan Robson	14,304	31.7	+0.2
	Labour	Mike Wood	8,103	18.0	+1.0
	Green	Sheila Wood	336	0.7	New
Majority			8,066	17.9	-2.1
Turnout			45,113	80.0	+6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: Hexham ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	21,374	51.5	+3.5
	Liberal	Euan Robson	13,066	31.5	+11.4
	Labour	Stephen Byers	7,056	17.0	-14.9
Majority			8,308	20.0	+3.9
Turnout			41,496	73.4	-6.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	25,483	47.98
	Labour	Stuart Bell	16,935	31.88
	Liberal	John Shipley	10,697	20.14
Majority			8,548	16.10
Turnout			53,115	79.50
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	21,352	43.53
	Labour	Eric Wade	16,711	34.07
	Liberal	Roy Cairncross	10,991	22.41
Majority			4,641	9.46
Turnout			49,054	75.37
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	24,059	45.46
	Labour	Eric Wade	16,129	30.48
	Liberal	Roy Cairncross	12,730	24.06
Majority			7,930	14.98
Turnout			52,918	82.62
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	24,516	51.96
	Labour	John E Miller	16,645	35.28
	Liberal	David Cogan	6,021	12.76
Majority			7,871	16.68
Turnout			47,182	75.31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	20,889	48.10
	Labour Co-op	James B. Lamb	16,105	37.08
	Liberal	Douglas A. Robson	6,434	14.82
Majority			4,784	11.02
Turnout			43,428	78.05
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1964: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert Speir	22,468	50.70
	Labour	John Alderson	14,127	31.88
	Liberal	Douglas A. Robson	7,722	17.42	New
Majority			8,341	18.82
Turnout			44,317	81.88
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert Speir	25,500	62.99
	Labour	Wilfrid Roberts	14,980	37.01
Majority			10,520	25.98
Turnout			40,480	81.11
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert Speir	23,462	64.00
	Labour	Edward Garrett	13,198	36.00
Majority			10,264	28.00
Turnout			36,660	77.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Hexham ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert Speir	23,267	59.61	New
	Labour Co-op	Thomas L. MacDonald	15,768	40.39
Majority			7,499	19.22	N/A
Turnout			39,035	82.42
	Conservative gain from Speaker		Swing

General election 1950: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker	Douglas Clifton Brown	24,703	85.06
	Independent Liberal	Alexander Hancock	4,154	14.40	New
Majority			20,549	71.66
Turnout			28,857	61.88
	Speaker hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker	Douglas Clifton Brown	16,431	58.23
	Labour	Ernest Kavanagh	11,786	41.77
Majority			4,645	16.46
Turnout			28,217	73.80
	Speaker hold		Swing

• 1943: Douglas Clifton-Brown becomes Speaker of the House of Commons.

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Clifton Brown	17,241	62.55
	Labour	Ernest Kinghorn	10,324	37.45
Majority			6,917	25.10
Turnout			27,565	75.92
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Clifton Brown	20,578	73.14
	Labour	E. O. Dunnico	7,557	26.86
Majority			13,021	46.28
Turnout			28,135	79.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Douglas Clifton Brown	11,069	39.1	−8.9
	Liberal	Francis Acland	9,103	32.2	+2.9
	Labour	Ernest Owen Dunnico	8,135	28.7	+6.0
Majority			1,966	6.9	−11.8
Turnout			28,307	80.2	−2.0
Registered electors			35,304
	Unionist hold		Swing	−5.9

General election 1924: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Douglas Clifton Brown	10,741	48.0	+4.0
	Liberal	Victor Finney	6,551	29.3	−26.7
	Labour	Charles Flynn	5,089	22.7	New
Majority			4,190	18.7	N/A
Turnout			22,381	82.2	+6.6
Registered electors			27,237
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+15.4

General election 1923: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Finney	11,293	56.0	+25.0
	Unionist	Douglas Clifton Brown	8,887	44.0	−0.8
Majority			2,406	12.0	N/A
Turnout			20,180	75.6	−3.7
Registered electors			26,732
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+12.9

General election 1922: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Douglas Clifton Brown	9,369	44.8	−4.1
	Liberal	Victor Finney	6,486	31.0	+6.1
	Labour	George Shield	5,050	24.2	−2.0
Majority			2,883	13.8	−8.9
Turnout			20,905	79.3	+16.9
Registered electors			26,372
	Unionist hold		Swing	−5.1

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Hexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Douglas Clifton Brown	7,763	48.9	+3.1
	Labour	William Weir	4,168	26.2	New
	Liberal	Wentworth Beaumont	3,948	24.9	−29.3
Majority			3,595	22.7	N/A
Turnout			15,879	62.4	−21.0
Registered electors			25,341
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+16.2
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General Election 1914–15:

Percy

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected:

• Liberal: Richard Durning Holt
• Unionist: Alan Percy ^[37]

Holt

General election December 1910: Hexham ^{[38] [39]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Durning Holt	5,124	54.2	−1.2
	Conservative	Alfred Henry Chaytor	4,334	45.8	+1.2
Majority			790	8.4	−2.4
Turnout			9,458	83.4	−3.9
Registered electors			11,335
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.2

General election January 1910: Hexham ^{[38] [39]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Durning Holt	5,478	55.4	−6.0
	Conservative	Charles Loftus Bates	4,417	44.6	+6.0
Majority			1,061	10.8	−12.0
Turnout			9,895	87.3	+4.2
Registered electors			11,335
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.0

Elections in the 1900s

1907 Hexham by-election ^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Durning Holt	5,401	56.0	−5.4
	Conservative	Charles Loftus Bates	4,244	44.0	+5.4
Majority			1,157	12.0	−10.8
Turnout			9,645	86.8	+3.7
Registered electors			11,116
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.4

General election 1906: Hexham ^{[38] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wentworth Beaumont	5,632	61.4	+10.3
	Conservative	Nathaniel George Clayton	3,547	38.6	−10.3
Majority			2,085	22.8	+20.6
Turnout			9,179	83.1	+3.5
Registered electors			11,049
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.3

Morpeth

General election 1900: Hexham ^{[38] [40] [41]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wentworth Beaumont	4,197	51.1	−1.5
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Howard	4,011	48.9	+1.5
Majority			186	2.2	−3.0
Turnout			8,208	79.6	−2.2
Registered electors			10,310
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.5

Elections in the 1890s

Beaumont

General election 1895: Hexham ^{[38] [40] [41]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wentworth Beaumont	4,438	52.6	+3.1
	Conservative	Charles Edward Hunter	4,003	47.4	−3.1
Majority			435	5.2	N/A
Turnout			8,441	81.8	+0.4
Registered electors			10,316
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.1

1893 Hexham by-election ^{[38] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miles MacInnes	4,804	52.4	+2.9
	Conservative	Richard Clayton	4,358	47.6	−2.9
Majority			446	4.8	N/A
Turnout			9,162	87.3	+5.9
Registered electors			10,494
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.9

• Caused after the 1892 result was declared void on petition.

General election 1892: Hexham ^{[38] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Nathaniel George Clayton	4,092	50.5	+7.0
	Liberal	Miles MacInnes	4,010	49.5	-7.0
Majority			82	1.0	N/A
Turnout			8,102	81.4	+9.1
Registered electors			9,954
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.0

• Clayton was unseated on petition

Elections in the 1880s

Melgund

General election 1886: Hexham ^{[38] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miles MacInnes	4,177	56.5	-2.1
	Conservative	Viscount Melgund	3,220	43.5	+2.1
Majority			957	13.0	-4.2
Turnout			7,397	72.3	−14.2
Registered electors			10,237
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.1

Ridley

General election 1885: Hexham ^{[38] [40] [42]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miles MacInnes	5,193	58.6
	Conservative	Matthew Ridley	3,663	41.4
Majority			1,530	17.2
Turnout			8,856	86.5
Registered electors			10,237
	Liberal win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Northumberland

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

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General

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Preceded by Daventry	Constituency represented by the speaker 1943–1951	Succeeded by Cirencester and Tewkesbury

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