Hexham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hexham County constituency
Hexham shown within Northumberland, and Northumberland shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	Peter Atkinson
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Northumberland
EP constituency:	North East England

Hexham is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is currently the only constituency in North East England held by the Conservatives.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 1990s 3.2 Elections in the 2000s 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is named after the town of Hexham in Northumberland. It includes the Tynedale district and part of Castle Morpeth. A mostly rural seat which houses much of Newcastle's commuting middle-class, Hexham has been the only Conservative seat in the North East since 1997.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Northumberland, the Boundary Commission for England has made only minor changes to the existing boundaries of the Hexham constituency. The electoral wards used in its formation are:

• The entire district of Tynedale
• The Castle Morpeth wards of Heddon-on-the-Wall, Ponteland East, Ponteland North, Ponteland South, Ponteland West, Stamfordham and Stannington

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
1885		Constituency created
	1885	Miles MacInnes	Liberal
	1892	Nathaniel George Clayton	Conservative
	1895	Wentworth Beaumont, later Viscount Allendale	Liberal
	1907	Richard Durning Holt	Liberal
	1918	Douglas Clifton Brown	Coalition Conservative
	1923	Victor Harold Finney	Liberal
	1924	Douglas Clifton Brown	Conservative
	1943		Speaker
	1951	Rupert Speir	Conservative
	1966	Geoffrey Rippon	Conservative
	1987	Alan Amos	Conservative
	1992	Peter Atkinson	Conservative

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Atkinson	17,701	38.8
	Labour	Ian McMinn	17,479	38.2
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Carr	7,959	17.4
	Referendum Party	Robert Waddell	1,362	3.0
	UK Independence	David Lott	1,170	2.6
Majority			222	0.5
Turnout			45,671	77.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Hexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Atkinson	18,917	44.6	+5.8
	Labour	Paul Brannen	16,388	38.6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Latham	6,380	15.0	-2.4
	UK Independence	Alan Patterson	728	1.7	-0.8
Majority			2,529	6.0
Turnout			42,413	70.9	-6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2005: Hexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Atkinson	17,605	42.4	-2.2
	Labour	Kevin Graham	12,585	30.3	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Duffield	10,673	25.7	+10.7
	English Democrats	Ian Riddell	521	1.3	+1.3
	Imperial	Thomas Davison	129	0.3	+0.3
Majority			5,020	12.1
Turnout			41,513	68.8	-2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland

Constituencies in North East England
Labour	Bishop Auckland | Blaydon | Blyth Valley | City of Durham | Darlington | Easington | Gateshead East and Washington West | Hartlepool | Houghton and Washington East | Jarrow | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Newcastle upon Tyne North | North Durham | North Tyneside | North West Durham | Redcar | Sedgefield | South Shields | Stockton North | Stockton South | Sunderland North | Sunderland South | Tyne Bridge | Tynemouth | Wansbeck
Liberal Democrat	Berwick-upon-Tweed
Conservative	Hexham
North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)