Who is the MP for North Northumberland?

David Smith (Labour) is the MP for North Northumberland. They were first elected in July 2024.

Who won North Northumberland at the 2024 general election?

The 2024 general election in North Northumberland was won by Labour with 36.6% of the vote, ahead of Conservative on 26.2%.

Who is projected to win the next election in North Northumberland?

PollCheck's current projection has Conservative on 28.4% and Reform UK on 26.7% if a general election were held today. The projection updates as new polling is added.

What council is North Northumberland in?

North Northumberland sits within Northumberland council. Westminster constituencies and local councils are separate units, but Northumberland covers most or all of the North Northumberland area.

What is the demographic profile of North Northumberland?

North Northumberland is in North East. The seat is Leave-voting (Leave vote estimated at 55.8% in 2016). Around 32.7% of residents have a degree, a median age of 52, and 65.3% of homes are owner-occupied (Census 2021).

When was the last general election in North Northumberland?

The most recent general election was held on 4 July 2024. In North Northumberland, Labour won with 36.6% of the vote. The next general election must be held by August 2029.

Which parties have won North Northumberland in recent elections?

Recent general election winners in North Northumberland: 2010 Liberal Democrats, 2015 Conservative, 2017 Conservative, 2019 Conservative, 2024 Labour.

Constituency profile

North Northumberland

North East · County constituency · Northumberland borough

Sitting MP

David Smith

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type

North East

County constituency, Northumberland council

Last 5 GE winners

LDCCCL

Conservative 3/5, Liberal Democrats 1/5, Labour 1/5

EU referendum 2016

55.8% Leave

UK average 51.9%; +3.9pp above mean

Current outlook

Conservative +1.7pp

Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)

NorthernLeave-leaning

Who lives in North Northumberland? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016

55.8%

UK average ~52%

Degree or above

32.7%

UK average ~34%

No qualifications

17.5%

UK average ~18%

Owner-occupied

65.3%

UK average ~63%

Renting (social + private)

34.1%

UK average ~36%

Median age

52.2

UK median ~40

Age 65+

33.4%

UK average ~19%

Age 18-34

20.2%

UK average ~28%

How did North Northumberland vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 5,067 votes (10.4pp) · turnout 65.8%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of North Northumberland

Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.

Council layer (not Westminster)

North Northumberland within Northumberland

The Westminster constituency of North Northumberland sits entirely within Northumberland Council. Local council elections are a separate ballot from Westminster general elections - the figures below are from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026.

Council overlap

Council	Share of seat
Northumberland 55 LSOAs	100%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward. Where May 2026 elections happened, those are shown; otherwise the most recent year on the ward’s pre-2026 boundary (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024). The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.

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Ward	GE2024 winner	Latest council winner	Shift since GE2024	Turnout

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for North Northumberland at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won North Northumberland at past general elections?

2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.

Year	Result	MP	Lab	Con	LD	Right (Ref/UKIP)	Green	Other	Majority	Turnout
2010predecessor	LD hold	Alan Beith Berwick-upon-Tweed MP	13.2%	36.7%	43.7%	3.2% UKIP	-	3.2%	2,690	67.9%
2015predecessor	Con gain from LD	Anne-Marie Trevelyan Berwick-upon-Tweed MP	14.9%	41.1%	28.9%	11.2% UKIP	3.7%	0.2%	4,914	71.0%
2017predecessor	Con hold	Anne-Marie Trevelyan Berwick-upon-Tweed MP	24.6%	52.5%	21.1%	-	1.9%	-	11,781	71.8%
2019notional	Conservative winner	Anne-Marie Trevelyan Berwick-upon-Tweed MP, pre-review boundary	23.1%	55.9%	16.1%	-	3.4%	1.5%	17,306	72.7%
2024	Lab gain from Con	David Smith	36.6%	26.2%	10.6%	15.7% Ref	3.6%	7.4%	5,067	65.8%

North Northumberland was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Berwick-upon-Tweed (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like North Northumberland

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to North Northumberland. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Sources

2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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