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North Northumberland

Current MP, latest election result, geographic context and official constituency information.

At a glance

Current MP
David Smith
Party
Labour
Latest election
4 July 2024
Electorate
74,190
Turnout
65.8%
Majority
5,067

Where is North Northumberland?

The map shows this constituency alongside neighbouring parliamentary constituencies for geographic context.

North Northumberland Hexham Blyth and Ashington Cramlington and Killingworth Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West Newcastle upon Tyne North Blaydon and Consett Gateshead Central and Whickham Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Tynemouth Jarrow and Gateshead East Washington and Gateshead South North Durham South Shields Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Sunderland Central City of Durham Houghton and Sunderland South Bishop Auckland Easington Lothian East Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor Darlington Carlisle Hartlepool Penrith and Solway Stockton West Stockton North Middlesbrough and Thornaby East Redcar Midlothian Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Westmorland and Lonsdale Edinburgh South Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland North East Fife Edinburgh North and Leith Glenrothes and Mid Fife Edinburgh South West Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy Edinburgh West Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Livingston Bathgate and Linlithgow Dunfermline and Dollar Whitehaven and Workington Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke Falkirk Airdrie and Shotts Alloa and Grangemouth Hamilton and Clyde Valley Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch Coatbridge and Bellshill East Kilbride and Strathaven Perth and Kinross-shire Rutherglen Glasgow East Glasgow North East Glasgow South Stirling and Strathallan Kilmarnock and Loudoun Mid Dunbartonshire Glasgow North Glasgow South West Dumfries and Galloway East Renfrewshire Glasgow West Paisley and Renfrewshire North Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Central Ayrshire West Dunbartonshire Paisley and Renfrewshire South Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West North Ayrshire and Arran Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber England
North Northumberland

Boundary data: ONS Open Geography Portal.

Local context

About this constituency

North Northumberland is a constituency in the North East region of England. The seat has been held by David Smith (Labour) since July 2024.

Current MP

David Smith MP

Labour

Represents North Northumberland in the House of Commons.

Latest election

2024 General Election

Held on 4 July 2024

Winning party
Labour
Majority
5,067
Turnout
65.8%
Full candidate result (8 candidates)
CandidatePartyVotesShareChange
David SmithElectedLabour17,85536.6%13.4%
Anne-Marie TrevelyanConservative12,78826.2%-29.7%
Katherine HalesReform UK7,68815.7%14.3%
Natalie YounesLiberal Democrat5,16910.6%-5.5%
Georgina HillIndependent3,2206.6%
Jan RosenGreen Party1,7433.6%0.2%
Michael JoyceIndependent2880.6%
Andrew MartinSocial Democratic Party920.2%

Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.

People and place

A population and household snapshot for North Northumberland, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.

Estimated population93,814
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationNorth East

Age profile

0 to 1715.8% · 14,840 people
18 to 245.2% · 4,894 people
25 to 348.9% · 8,377 people
35 to 4915.5% · 14,513 people
50 to 6423.6% · 22,150 people
65 and over31.0% · 29,040 people

Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗

Home ownership and renting

Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.

42,628 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners65.3% · 27,848 households
Private renters17.4% · 7,411 households
Social renters16.7% · 7,115 households
Other tenure0.6% · 254 households

“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.

Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗

Household composition

A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.

42,626 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households33.1% · 14,117 households
Families with dependent children20.7% · 8,838 households
Other single-family households44.3% · 18,875 households
Other household types1.9% · 796 households

Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗

Disability and day-to-day activities

The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

91,864 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot8.8% · 8,047 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little12.2% · 11,236 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act79.0% · 72,581 people

Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.

Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗

This constituency in Parliament

A high-confidence subset of current-session parliamentary records from this constituency's current MP where the full constituency name is stated explicitly in the written question, debate title or recorded section.

This is not a complete record of every local issue raised in Parliament. Project Open Gov does not currently infer a constituency connection from the MP relationship alone, speech text, nearby place names or other local entities.

Written question16 July 2026

Written question 19651

Raised by David Smith MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of levels of Local Housing Allowance on the ability of Universal Credit claimants to secure housing in North Northumberland.

Written question7 July 2026

Energy: Meters

Raised by David Smith MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on upgrading smart meters in North Northumberland constituency.

Petitions

Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.

Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.

Open petitionCloses 1 October 2026

Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Signatures in this constituency386
Signatures nationally196,369

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 14 September 2026

Open petitionCloses 6 September 2026

Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office

Signatures in this constituency373
Signatures nationally206,593

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026

Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership

Signatures in this constituency309
Signatures nationally244,689

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026

Open petitionCloses 21 October 2026

Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases

Signatures in this constituency261
Signatures nationally105,312

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 19 October 2026

Open petitionCloses 24 September 2026

Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance

Signatures in this constituency241
Signatures nationally129,565

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

View 73 more petitions
Open petitionCloses 17 October 2026

Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills

Signatures in this constituency231
Signatures nationally110,856

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

Open petitionCloses 20 November 2026

Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks

Signatures in this constituency217
Signatures nationally118,715

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

Open petitionCloses 10 October 2026

Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth

Signatures in this constituency164
Signatures nationally112,993

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 7 September 2026

Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗

Funding and local projects

National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.

The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.

Grants recorded75
Total awarded£9,563,080

Most recent awards

National Lottery grantAwarded 29 June 2026

Move and Connect

Youth Bridge Ne CIC

£15,000

Sport England · Sport

About this award

This project will deliver 60 sessions across 9 months of exercise and outdoor games for young people aged 11-18 in Northumberland. Funding is for coaches, facility hire, staff costs, equipment, promotion and travel.

National Lottery grantAwarded 25 June 2026

Campfire Council

The Maltings (Berwick) Trust

£6,493

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

The Maltings (Berwick) Trust - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 22 June 2026

Chatton Village Hall Environment Improvements

Chatton Village Hall Trust

£20,000

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Chatton Village Hall Trust - Environment - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 11 June 2026

Virtual Rangers

Upper Coquetdale Red Squirrel Group

£17,905

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Upper Coquetdale Red Squirrel Group - Environment - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 11 June 2026

Hadston House Isolation and loneliness prevention

Hadston House Youth & Community Projects Limited

£18,525

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Hadston House Youth & Community Projects Limited - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England

70 more awards are available.

Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗

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