North Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency)

North Northumberland
North Northumberland
	Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
	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.
1832–1885
Number of members	two
Replaced by	Berwick-upon-Tweed; Hexham; Wansbeck
Created from	Northumberland

North 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. The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 by the splitting of Northumberland constituency into North and South divisions.

The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, being divided into single member divisions.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Wards of Bamborough, Coquetdale, Glendale and Morpeth, and the Berwick Bounds.[1]

Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1832)

Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1832		Viscount Howick	Whig[2][3]	Lord Ossulston	Conservative[2]
1841		Addison Cresswell	Conservative[2]
1847		Sir George Grey, Bt	Whig[4][5][6][7]
1852		Lord Lovaine	Conservative
1859		Lord Lovaine	Conservative	Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt	Conservative
1865		Lord Henry Percy	Conservative	Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt	Conservative
1868		Earl Percy	Conservative	Matthew White Ridley[8]	Conservative
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: North Northumberland[2][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Tory	Charles Bennet	Unopposed
	Whig	Henry Grey	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,322
	Tory win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

General election 1835: North Northumberland[2][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Bennet	Unopposed
	Whig	Henry Grey	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,367
	Conservative hold
	Whig hold

Grey was appointed as Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 1 May 1835: North Northumberland[2][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Henry Grey	Unopposed
	Whig hold

General election 1837: North Northumberland[2][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Bennet	Unopposed
	Whig	Henry Grey	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,786
	Conservative hold
	Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: North Northumberland[2][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Bennet	1,216	34.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Addison Cresswell	1,163	33.4	*N/A*
	Whig	Henry Grey	1,101	31.6	N/A
Majority			62	1.8	N/A
Turnout			2,188	79.4	N/A
Registered electors			2,756
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

General election 1847: North Northumberland[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Grey	1,366	35.5	+3.9
	Conservative	Charles Bennet	1,247	32.4	−2.5
	Conservative	Algernon Percy	1,237	32.1	−1.3
Majority			119	3.1	N/A
Turnout			2,608 (est)	86.1 (est)	+6.7
Registered electors			3,030
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.2

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: North Northumberland[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Algernon Percy	1,414	34.9	+2.8
	Conservative	Charles Bennet	1,335	33.0	+0.6
	Whig	George Grey	1,300	32.1	−3.4
Majority			35	0.9	N/A
Turnout			2,675 (est)	86.0 (est)	−0.1
Registered electors			3,111
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+1.2

General election 1857: North Northumberland[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Algernon Percy	Unopposed
	Conservative	Charles Bennet	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,296
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Percy was appointed a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 11 March 1858: North Northumberland[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Algernon Percy	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Percy was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 10 March 1859: North Northumberland[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Algernon Percy	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: North Northumberland[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Algernon Percy	Unopposed
	Conservative	Matthew White Ridley	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,280
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: North Northumberland[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Percy	Unopposed
	Conservative	Matthew White Ridley	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,109
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1868: North Northumberland[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Percy	Unopposed
	Conservative	Matthew White Ridley	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,612
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: North Northumberland[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Percy	Unopposed
	Conservative	Matthew White Ridley	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,480
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Percy was appointed Treasurer of the Household, causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 Mar 1874: North Northumberland[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Percy	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: North Northumberland[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Percy	2,163	38.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Matthew White Ridley	2,001	35.3	*N/A*
	Liberal	John Clay[10]	1,509	26.6	New
Majority			492	8.7	N/A
Turnout			3,591 (est)	82.1 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			4,376
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Notes

"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. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 239. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 100. Retrieved 26 May 2019 – via Google Books.
Creighton, Mandell (1890). "Grey, George (1799-1882)" . In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. 23. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Crosby's Parliamentary Record of Elections in Great Britain and Ireland. Leeds: George Crosby. 1847. p. 122. 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.
Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) |format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 435–436. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
"North Northumberland Election". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 7 April 1880. p. 3. Retrieved 21 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)

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[1] "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. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[stooks-smith-2] Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 239. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

[mosse-3] Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 100. Retrieved 26 May 2019 – via Google Books.

[4] Creighton, Mandell (1890). "Grey, George (1799-1882)" . In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. 23. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[crosby1847-5] Crosby's Parliamentary Record of Elections in Great Britain and Ireland. Leeds: George Crosby. 1847. p. 122. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via Google Books.

[6] "The Age". Melbourne, Victoria. 13 September 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

[7] "The Excluded Whigs". Leeds Intelligencer. 22 January 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[8] Known as Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt, from 1877.

[craig1832-9] Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) |format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 435–436. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

[10] "North Northumberland Election". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 7 April 1880. p. 3. Retrieved 21 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.