North Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency)

North Northumberland
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1832 (1832)–1885 (1885)
Number of members	two
Replaced by	Berwick-upon-Tweed and Hexham
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

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1832)

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

Elections

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Notes

1. ^ Known as Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt, from 1877.

Sources

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