Berwick-upon-Tweed (constituency)

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The constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland

Berwick-upon-Tweed is a constituency for the British House of Commons . He sends a representative to parliament.

Limits

The constituency is entirely in Northumberland . The northernmost point is the eponymous city of Berwick-upon-Tweed . It extends south to the towns of Alnwick and Amble . In the east it is bounded by the coast.

MPs

Since its establishment by King Henry VIII in 1512, the constituency has sent delegates to parliament. At first there were two MPs, this was reduced to one MP in 1885.

choice MP Political party
1885 Edward Gray Liberal
1916 (by-election) Francis Blake Conservative
1923 (by-election) Mabel Philipson Conservative
1929 Alfred Todd Conservative
1935 Hugh Seely Liberal
1941 (by-election) George Gray Liberal
1944 (by-election) William Beveridge Liberal
1945 Robert Thorp Conservative
1951 Antony Lambton Conservative
1973 (by-election) Alan Beith Liberal
2015 Anne-Marie Trevelyan Conservative

Election results

2017 General Election: Berwick-upon-Tweed
Political party candidate be right % ±
Conservative Anne-Marie Trevelyan 22,145 52.5 +11.4
Labor Scott Dickinson 10,364 24.6 −7.8
Liberal Democrats Julie Poerksen 8,916 21.1 −7.8
Green Thomas Stewart 787 1.9 −1.8
voter turnout 42,212 71.8 +15.7
General election 2015 : Berwick-upon-Tweed
Political party candidate be right % ±
Conservative Anne-Marie Trevelyan 16.603 41.1 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Julie Poerksen 11,689 28.9 −14.8
Labor Scott Dickinson 6,042 14.9 +1.8
UKIP Nigel Coghill-Marshall 4,513 11.2 +7.9
Green Rachael Roberts 1,488 3.7
English Democrats Neil Humphrey 88 0.2
voter turnout 40,423 69.6 +2.6
General election 2010 : Berwick-upon-Tweed
Political party candidate be right % ±
Liberal Democrats Alan Beith 16.806 43.7 -8.9
Conservative Anne-Marie Trevelyan 14,116 36.7 +7.7
Labor Alan Strickland 5,061 13.2 −5.2
UKIP Mick Weatheritt 1,243 3.2
BNP Peter Mailer 1,213 3.2
voter turnout 38,439 67.0 +3.7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ General Election 2017 - Results. BBC, accessed August 16, 2017 .
  2. ↑ UK General Election results May 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
  3. ^ Election 2010 - Constituency - Berwick-upon-Tweed. BBC, accessed August 16, 2017 .