Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Electoral district of Berwick or Berwick (Parliament of Scotland constituency).

Berwick-upon-Tweed (/ˌbɛrɪk-/ ^ⓘ) was a parliamentary constituency^{[n 1]} in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2015 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Anne-Marie Trevelyan, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Berwick-upon-Tweed
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
2010–2024 boundary of Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland
Location of Northumberland within England
County	Northumberland
Population	75,718 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	55,785 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements	Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed
1885–2024
Seats	One
Replaced by	North Northumberland Hexham (minor part)
1512–1885
Seats	Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

It was a parliamentary borough in the county of Northumberland of the House of Commons of England from 1512 to 1706, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system. It was a county constituency since 1885, electing one MP under the first-past-the-post system.

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was expanded and renamed North Northumberland to reflect the inclusion of the town of Morpeth from the abolished constituency of Wansbeck.^[3]

Profile

The constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed was in the county of Northumberland. It included as its northernmost point the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and stretched south to include the towns of Alnwick and Amble — the Northumberland coast formed its long eastern boundary. Its length was roughly 50 miles (80 km) and its area is 2,310 square kilometres.

Predominantly rural in character, this constituency is the most northerly in England and is relatively sparsely populated.

History

Berwick had been intermittently represented in Scottish Parliaments but it is thought that it was first enfranchised as an English borough between 1491 and 1512.^[4]

It was unaffected by the Reform Act 1832 and continued to elect two MPs until it was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. The 1885 Act re-constituted the constituency as one of four divisions of Northumberland, each electing one MP.

Boundaries

1832–1885

The contents of the parliamentary borough, as defined by the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, were:

The Parish of Berwick, and the Respective Townships of Tweedmouth and Spittal.^[5][6]

1885–1918

The contents of the county division, as defined by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, were:

The Sessional Divisions of Bamburgh, Coquetdale East (part), Coquetdale North, Glendale, and Norhamshire and Islandshire; and the Municipal Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed.^[7]

1918–1950

• the Municipal Borough of Berwick upon Tweed
• the Urban Districts of Alnwick, Amble and Rothbury
• the Rural Districts of Alnwick, Belford, Glendale, Norham and Islandshires, and Rothbury.^[8]

Gained small areas to south from Wansbeck (Amble) and Hexham (Rothbury).

1950–1983

• the Municipal Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed;
• the Urban Districts of Alnwick and Amble;
• the Rural Districts of Alnwick, Belford, Glendale, Norham and Islandshires, and Rothbury.^[9]

No change (the Urban District of Rothbury had been absorbed into the Rural District).

1983–2024

Map of boundaries 2010-2024

• the District of Alnwick
• the Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed
• in the Borough of Castle Morpeth, the wards of Chevington, Ellington, Hartburn, Longhorsley, Lynemouth and Ulgham.^[10][11][12]

Contents changed following reorganisation of local authorities in 1974. The seat was expanded southwards, adding the (rural) wards in Castle Morpeth Borough, previously part of the abolished constituency of Morpeth.

2007 boundary review

In the fifth periodic boundary review of parliamentary representation in Northumberland, which came into effect for the 2010 general election, the contents of the existing Berwick constituency were unchanged and the Boundary Commission for England made only minor changes to take account of ward boundary changes. A proposal to rename the historic seat "Berwick-upon-Tweed and Mid Northumberland" was rejected: whilst it is geographically accurate, it was thought unwieldy.^{[13][n 3]}

In 2009, a further government reorganisation resulted in the abolition of all local government boroughs and districts in Northumberland and the establishment of the county as a unitary authority.^[14] However, this did not affect the constituency boundaries.

2023 boundary review

In the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency was abolished and replaced by re-established North Northumberland constituency.

Political history

Rural in nature, sparse of population and with agriculture as a major source of employment, Berwick-upon-Tweed never elected a Labour candidate, one of two constituencies in the north-east of England not to have done so. The closest Labour came to winning the seat was at the 1966 general election, where they finished just 4,373 votes behind incumbent Conservative MP Antony Lambton.

The area was notable for its Liberal traditions, with politicians such as Sir William Beveridge (influential in the formation of the National Health Service) and Edward Grey (Foreign Secretary at the beginning of World War I, best remembered for the "lamps are going out all over Europe...." remark) have served this constituency.

It was represented by Liberal Democrat Sir Alan Beith from 1973 (formerly Liberal) until his retirement in 2015, when it was gained by the Conservative candidate Anne-Marie Trevelyan. Beith was first elected at a by-election, required as a result of the resignation of the then incumbent MP Antony Lambton (Conservative), who had been caught up in a scandal involving call girls, marijuana and a tabloid newspaper.

In 1923, Mabel Philipson, a former music hall actress, took over the seat as a Conservative, when her husband was forced to resign. In doing so she became only the third female MP to sit in the House of Commons since female members became legal five years previously.

Members of Parliament

The seat has sent members to Parliament since its enfranchisement by Henry VIII. It initially sent two members; this was reduced to one in 1885.

MPs before 1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1510–1523	No names known[15]
1529	John Martin	John Cooper, died and replaced after 1532 by ?John Uvedale[15]
1536	?
1539	Odinel Selby	?[15]
1542	?
1545	?
1547	Odinel Selby	John Watson[15]
1553 (Mar)	?
1553 (Oct)	?
1554 (Apr)	George Browne	Odinel Selby[15]
1554 (Nov)	?
1555	Thomas Bradford	Charles Wharton[15]
1558	?
1562–3	Anthony Temple	Thomas Norton[16]
1571	Sir Valentine Browne	Henry Carey[16]
1572	Martin Garnett	Robert Newdigate[16]
1584	William Morton	Thomas Parkinson[16]
1586 (Oct)	Sir Valentine Browne	[16]
1589 (Jan)	William Morton	William Selby[16]
1593	William Morton	William Selby[16]
1597 (Oct)	William Selby	Thomas Parkinson[16]
1601	William Selby	David Waterhouse[16]
1604	Sir William Selby	Christopher Parkinson
1614	Sir John Selby	Meredith Morgan
1621	Sir John Selby	Sir Robert Jackson
1624	Sir Robert Jackson	Edward Lively
1625	Sir Robert Jackson	Sir John Selby
1626	Sir Robert Jackson	Richard Lowther
1628	Sir Edmund Sawyer	Edward Liveley
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened
1640 (Apr)	Sir Thomas Widdrington	Hugh Potter
1640 (Nov)	Sir Thomas Widdrington	Robert Scawen
1645	Sir Thomas Widdrington	Robert Scawen
1648	Sir Thomas Widdrington	Robert Scawen
1653	Berwick not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	George Fenwick	Only one representative in 1st Protectorate Parliament
1656	George Fenwick, died 1657 and replaced by John Rushworth	Only one representative in 2nd Protectorate Parliament
1659	John Rushworth	George Payler

MPs 1660–1885

Year	First member[17]		First party	Second member[17]		Second party
April 1660		Sir Thomas Widdrington			John Rushworth
June 1660		Edward Grey
1661					Sir Thomas Widdrington
1665					Daniel Collingwood
1677		Viscount Osborne
1679		Ralph Grey			John Rushworth
1685		Philip Bickerstaffe			Ralph Widdrington
1689		Francis Blake			Philip Babington
1690					Samuel Ogle
1695		Ralph Grey
1698		Sir Francis Blake
January 1701		Ralph Grey
December 1701		Sir Francis Blake
1702		Jonathan Hutchinson
1710					William Kerr
1711		Richard Hampden
1713					William Orde
1715		Grey Neville	Whig		John Barrington[18]
March 1723					Henry Grey	Whig
May 1723		William Kerr
1727		George Liddell			Joseph Sabine
1734					Viscount Polwarth
March 1740					The Viscount Barrington
November 1740		Thomas Watson	Tory[19]
1754					John Delaval	Tory[19]
1761					Col. John Craufurd
January 1765					Sir John Delaval, Bt[20]
December 1765		Wilmot Vaughan[21]
1768		Robert Paris Taylor
1774		Jacob Wilkinson	Tory[19]		John Vaughan[22]	Tory[19]
1780		Sir John Delaval, Bt	Tory[19]
1787		Sir Gilbert Elliot, Bt	Whig[19]
1790		Charles Carpenter	Tory
1795					John Callender	Tory[19]
1796		The Earl of Tyrconnel	Tory[19]
1802[23]		Thomas Hall	Tory[19]		John Fordyce	Tory[19]
1803		Francis Sitwell	Tory[19]		Alexander Allan	Tory[19]
1806		Sir John Callender, Bt	Tory[19]		Alexander Tower	Whig[19]
1807		Alexander Allan	Tory[19]		Sir Alexander Lockhart, Bt	Tory[19]
1812					Henry St Paul	Tory[19]
March 1820		Viscount Ossulston	Whig[19]		Sir David Milne	Tory[19]
July 1820					Henry St Paul	Tory[19]
December 1820					Sir Francis Blake, Bt	Whig[19][24][25]
1823		Sir John Beresford, Bt	Tory[19]
1826		Marcus Beresford	Tory[19]		John Gladstone	Tory[19]
1827					Sir Francis Blake, Bt	Whig[19][24][25]
1832		Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin	Whig[19][26]
1835					James Bradshaw	Conservative[19]
1837		Richard Hodgson	Conservative[19]		William Holmes	Conservative[19]
1841					Matthew Forster	Whig[27][19]
1847		John Campbell Renton	Conservative
1852		John Stapleton	Radical[28]
1853		Dudley Marjoribanks	Whig[28][29]		John Forster	Whig[28]
1857					John Stapleton	Radical
May 1859		Charles William Gordon	Conservative		Ralph Earle	Conservative
August 1859					Dudley Marjoribanks	Liberal
1863		William Cargill	Conservative
1865		Alexander Mitchell	Liberal
1868		Viscount Bury	Liberal		John Stapleton	Liberal
1874		Dudley Marjoribanks	Liberal		David Milne Home	Conservative
1880					Henry Strutt	Liberal
1880 by-election					David Milne Home	Conservative
1881 by-election		Hubert Jerningham	Liberal
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: membership reduced to one

MPs since 1885

Election		Member[17]	Party
	1885	Edward Grey	Liberal
	1916 by-election	Francis Blake	Liberal
	1922	Hilton Philipson	National Liberal
	1923 by-election	Mabel Philipson	Conservative
	1929	Alfred Todd	Conservative
	1935	Hugh Seely	Liberal
	1941 by-election	George Grey	Liberal
	1944 by-election	William Beveridge	Liberal
	1945	Robert Thorp	Conservative
	1951	Antony Lambton	Conservative
	1973 by-election	Sir Alan Beith	Liberal
	1988		Liberal Democrats
	2015	Anne-Marie Trevelyan	Conservative
	2024	Constituency abolished

Elections

2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1832 to 1880

Berwick election results

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Trevelyan	23,947	56.9	+4.4
	Labour	Trish Williams	9,112	21.6	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Hancock	7,656	18.2	−2.9
	Green	Thomas Stewart	1,394	3.3	+1.4
Majority			14,835	35.3	+7.4
Turnout			42,109	70.3	−1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.7

General election 2017: Berwick-upon-Tweed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Trevelyan	22,145	52.5	+11.4
	Labour	Scott Dickinson	10,364	24.6	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Pörksen	8,916	21.1	−7.8
	Green	Thomas Stewart	787	1.9	−1.8
Majority			11,781	27.9	+15.7
Turnout			42,212	71.8	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Berwick-upon-Tweed

General election 2015: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[31][32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Trevelyan	16,603	41.1	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Pörksen	11,689	28.9	−14.8
	Labour	Scott Dickinson	6,042	14.9	+1.7
	UKIP	Nigel Coghill-Marshall	4,513	11.2	+8.0
	Green	Rachael Roberts	1,488	3.7	New
	English Democrat	Neil Humphrey	88	0.2	New
Majority			4,914	12.2	N/A
Turnout			40,423	71.0	+4.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+9.6

General election 2010: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[33][34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Beith	16,806	43.7	−8.9
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Trevelyan	14,116	36.7	+7.7
	Labour	Alan Strickland	5,061	13.2	−5.2
	UKIP	Mick Weatheritt	1,243	3.2	New
	BNP	Peter Mailer	1,213	3.2	New
Majority			2,690	7.0	−16.3
Turnout			38,439	67.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-8.3

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Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Beith	19,052	52.8	+1.4
	Conservative	Mike Elliott	10,420	28.9	+0.8
	Labour	Glen Reynolds	6,618	18.3	+0.6
Majority			8,632	23.9	+0.6
Turnout			36,090	63.4	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.3

General election 2001: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Beith	18,651	51.4	+5.9
	Conservative	Glen Sanderson	10,193	28.1	+4.0
	Labour	Martin Walker	6,435	17.7	−8.5
	UKIP	John Pearson	1,029	2.8	+2.0
Majority			8,458	23.3	+4.0
Turnout			36,308	63.8	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.0

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Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Beith	19,007	45.5	+1.1
	Labour	Paul Brannen	10,965	26.2	+3.4
	Conservative	Nick Herbert	10,058	24.1	−8.7
	Referendum	Ned Lambton	1,423	3.4	New
	UKIP	Ian Dodds	352	0.8	New
Majority			8,042	19.3	+8.7
Turnout			41,805	73.5	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-2.3

General election 1992: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[37][38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Beith	19,283	44.4	−7.7
	Conservative	Anthony Henfrey	14,240	32.8	+3.3
	Labour	Gordon Adam	9,933	22.8	+5.3
Majority			5,043	11.6	−11.0
Turnout			43,456	79.1	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-5.5

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Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Beith	21,903	52.1	−0.6
	Conservative	John Middleton	12,400	29.5	−3.5
	Labour	Stephen Lambert	7,360	17.5	+3.2
	Green	Nigel Pamphilion	379	0.9	New
Majority			9,503	22.6	+2.9
Turnout			42,042	77.3	−0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

General election 1983: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Beith	21,958	52.7	−1.6
	Conservative	Julian Brazier	13,743	33.0	−5.4
	Labour	Vera Baird	5,975	14.3	+7.0
Majority			8,215	19.7	+3.7
Turnout			41,676	77.8	−6.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.9

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Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Berwick-upon-Tweed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Beith	19,351	54.34	+11.23
	Conservative	Charles Baker-Cresswell	13,663	38.36	−4.53
	Labour	G. M. Elliott	2,602	7.31	−6.69
Majority			5,688	15.98	+15.76
Turnout			35,616	83.82	−1.32
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.88

General election October 1974: Berwick-upon-Tweed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Beith	14,684	43.11	−1.40
	Conservative	Charles Baker-Cresswell	14,611	42.89	−0.36
	Labour	G. Spain	4,768	14.00	+1.76
Majority			73	0.22	−1.04
Turnout			34,063	81.37	−3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.52

General election February 1974: Berwick-upon-Tweed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Beith	15,732	44.51	+22.56
	Conservative	John Donald Morrison Hardie	15,289	43.25	−7.41
	Labour	Gordon Adam	4,326	12.24	−15.15
Majority			443	1.26	N/A
Turnout			35,347	85.14	+10.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

1973 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Beith	12,489	39.9	+18.0
	Conservative	John Donald Morrison Hardie	12,432	39.7	−11.0
	Labour	Gordon Adam	6,178	19.8	−7.6
	Independent	T. G. Symonds	126	0.4	New
	Independent	Robert Goodall	72	0.2	New
Majority			57	0.2	N/A
Turnout			31,297	75.00	+1.4
Registered electors			41,721
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.5

General election 1970: Berwick-upon-Tweed Electorate 41,731

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Lambton	15,558	50.66	+3.1
	Labour Co-op	Bob Wareing	8,413	27.39	−5.7
	Liberal	Alan Beith	6,741	21.95	+2.6
Majority			7,145	23.27	+8.7
Turnout			30,712	73.60	−2.98
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

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Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Berwick-upon-Tweed Electorate 39,155

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Lambton	14,281	47.63	−2.29
	Labour	James W. Conway	9,908	33.04	+7.16
	Liberal	Aubrey Herbert	5,796	19.33	−4.86
Majority			4,373	14.59	−9.45
Turnout			31,750	76.58	−2.96
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.43

General election 1964: Berwick-upon-Tweed Electorate 39,915

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Lambton	15,851	49.92	−13.19
	Labour	R. Christopher Jelley	8,218	25.88	−11.01
	Liberal	Nicholas B. Madison	7,681	24.19	New
Majority			7,633	24.04	−2.18
Turnout			31,750	79.54	+2.52
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.09

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Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Berwick-upon-Tweed Electorate 40,951

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Lambton	19,904	63.11	+2.76
	Labour	R. Christopher Jelley	11,637	36.89	−2.76
Majority			8,267	26.22	+5.52
Turnout			31,541	77.02	+4.24
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.76

General election 1955: Berwick-upon-Tweed Electorate 41,664

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Lambton	18,301	60.35	+7.65
	Labour	John Frater	12,024	39.65	+6.57
Majority			6,277	20.70	+1.08
Turnout			30,325	72.78	−6.06
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.54

General election 1951: Berwick-upon-Tweed Electorate : 42,438

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Lambton	17,632	52.70	+8.79
	Labour Co-op	Thomas H. Jones	11,069	33.08	+7.42
	Liberal	John Beeching Frankenburg	4,759	14.22	−16.19
Majority			6,563	19.62	+6.14
Turnout			33,460	78.84	−1.29
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1950: Berwick-upon-Tweed Electorate 42,075

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Thorp	14,804	43.91	+0.62
	Liberal	Arthur Comyns Carr	10,260	30.43	−5.96
	Labour	John Davis	8,651	25.66	+5.34
Majority			4,544	13.48	+6.58
Turnout			33,715	80.13	+12.36
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.29

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Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Berwick-upon-Tweed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Thorp	12,315	43.29	N/A
	Liberal	William Beveridge	10,353	36.39	N/A
	Labour	John Davis	5,782	20.32	New
Majority			1,962	6.90	N/A
Turnout			28,450	67.77	−8.23
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1944 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Beveridge	8,792	87.4	+36.4
	Independent	W. D. Clark	1,269	12.6	New
Majority			7,523	74.80	+72.8
Turnout			10,061	24.5	−51.5
Registered electors			41,068
	Liberal hold		Swing

1941 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Charles Grey	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold

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Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Berwick-upon-Tweed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Seely	15,779	51.0	New
	Conservative	Alfred Todd	15,145	49.0	N/A
Majority			634	2.0	N/A
Turnout			30,924	76.00	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1931: Berwick-upon-Tweed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Todd	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Berwick-upon-Tweed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Alfred Todd	12,526	42.8	−8.1
	Liberal	Penry Williams	11,372	38.8	+4.5
	Labour	Henry Kegie	5,402	18.4	+3.6
Majority			1,154	4.0	−12.6
Turnout			29,300	76.1	−1.6
	Unionist hold		Swing	-6.3

General election 1924: Berwick-upon-Tweed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Mabel Philipson	12,130	50.9	+2.9
	Liberal	Harold Burge Robson	8,165	34.3	−5.2
	Labour	J. Adams	3,521	14.8	+2.3
Majority			3,965	16.6	+8.1
Turnout			23,816	77.7	+4.3
	Unionist hold		Swing	+4.0

General election 1923: Berwick-upon-Tweed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Mabel Philipson	10,636	48.0	−7.0
	Liberal	Harold Burge Robson	8,767	39.5	+12.7
	Labour	Edna Martha Penny	2,784	12.5	−5.7
Majority			1,869	8.5	−19.7
Turnout			22,187	73.4	−1.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-9.9

1923 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Mabel Philipson	12,000	55.0	New
	Liberal	Harold Burge Robson	5,858	26.8	−11.3
	Labour	Gilbert Oliver	3,966	18.2	New
Majority			6,142	28.2	+4.4
Turnout			21,824	74.9	+8.7
	Unionist gain from National Liberal		Swing	N/A

General election 1922: Berwick-upon-Tweed (void)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Hilton Philipson	11,933	61.9	N/A
	Liberal	Walter Runciman	7,354	38.1	N/A
Majority			4,579	23.8	N/A
Turnout			19,287	66.2
	National Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing

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Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Berwick-upon-Tweed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Blake	6,721	60.5	−0.7
	Independent	William Watson-Armstrong	4,397	39.5	New
Majority			2,324	21.0	−1.4
Turnout			11,118
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1916 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election^[41] Electorate 9,454

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Blake	3,794	85.9	+24.7
	Independent	Arthur Turnbull	621	14.1	New
Majority			3,173	71.8	+49.4
Turnout			4,415	46.7	−33.1
Registered electors			9,454
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election December 1910: Berwick-upon-Tweed Electorate 9,420

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Grey	4,612	61.2	+1.1
	Conservative	Charles Henry Hoare	2,926	38.8	−1.1
Majority			1,686	22.4	+2.2
Turnout			7,538	79.8	−8.5
Registered electors			9,445
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

General election January 1910: Berwick-upon-Tweed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Grey	5,010	60.1	−4.0
	Conservative	Thomas Inskip	3,327	39.9	+4.0
Majority			1,683	20.2	−8.0
Turnout			8,337	88.3	+2.8
Registered electors			9,445
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.0

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Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Grey	5,102	64.1	N/A
	Conservative	Thomas Inskip	2,862	35.9	New
Majority			2,240	28.2	N/A
Turnout			7,964	85.5	N/A
Registered electors			9,316
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1900: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Grey	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold

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Elections in the 1890s

Sir Edward Grey

General election 1895: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Grey	4,378	54.9	+2.0
	Conservative	Henry Percy	3,593	45.1	−2.0
Majority			785	9.8	+4.0
Turnout			7,971	85.9	+3.2
Registered electors			9,277
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

General election 1892: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Grey	4,002	52.9	−1.9
	Conservative	Watson Askew-Robertson[43]	3,560	47.1	+1.9
Majority			442	5.8	−3.8
Turnout			7,562	82.7	+4.9
Registered electors			9,141
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.9

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Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Grey	4,131	54.8	−2.9
	Liberal Unionist	Frederick Lambton	3,407	45.2	+2.9
Majority			724	9.6	−5.8
Turnout			7,538	77.8	−10.3
Registered electors			9,691
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.9

General election 1885: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Grey	4,929	57.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Henry Percy	3,613	42.3	−1.4
Majority			1,316	15.4	+12.7
Turnout			8,542	88.1	+8.1 (est)
Registered electors			9,691
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

^[44]

By-election, 26 Oct 1881: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Jerningham	1,046	66.4	+10.1
	Conservative	Henry John Trotter	529	33.6	−10.1
Majority			517	32.8	+30.1
Turnout			1,575	79.2	−0.8 (est)
Registered electors			1,989
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.1

• Caused by Marjoribanks elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Tweedmouth.

By-election, 21 Jul 1880: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Milne Home	584	50.1	+6.4
	Liberal	John McLaren	582	49.9	−6.4
Majority			2	0.2	N/A
Turnout			1,166	80.8	+0.8 (est)
Registered electors			1,443
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.4

• Caused by Strutt's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Belper.

General election 1880: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Dudley Marjoribanks	687	29.7	−2.8
	Liberal	Y Henry Strutt	614	26.6	+4.6
	Conservative	William Macdonald Macdonald[46]	552	23.9	N/A
	Conservative	David Milne Home	457	19.8	−8.3
Majority			62	2.7	−1.7
Turnout			1,155 (est)	80.0 (est)	−12.6
Registered electors			1,443
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.7
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.4

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Elections from 1832 to 1880

General election 1874: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Dudley Marjoribanks	617	32.5	N/A
	Conservative	Y David Milne Home	533	28.1	−14.1
	Liberal	John Stapleton	418	22.0	−5.6
	Liberal	William Keppel	330	17.4	−12.9
Turnout			1,216 (est)	92.6 (est)	+14.5
Registered electors			1,313
Majority			84	4.4	−0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			115	6.1	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	−2.1

General election 1868: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y William Keppel	669	30.3	+0.4
	Liberal	Y John Stapleton	609	27.6	−0.1
	Conservative	George Wallace Carpenter[47][48]	508	23.0	+0.8
	Conservative	Richard Hodgson[49]	424	19.2	−1.0
Majority			101	4.6	−0.9
Turnout			1,105 (est)	78.1 (est)	−12.6
Registered electors			1,415
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5

General election 1865: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Dudley Marjoribanks	396	29.9	+4.5
	Liberal	Y Alexander Mitchell	367	27.7	+7.9
	Conservative	William Cargill	295	22.2	−5.9
	Conservative	Joseph Hubback[50]	268	20.2	−6.5
Majority			72	5.5	N/A
Turnout			663 (est)	90.7 (est)	+8.4
Registered electors			731
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.1

By-election, 29 Jun 1863: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y William Cargill	328	51.4	−3.4
	Liberal	Alexander Mitchell	310	48.6	+3.4
Majority			18	2.8	−5.3
Turnout			638	79.8	−2.5
Registered electors			799
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.4

• Caused by Gordon's death.

By-election, 20 August 1859: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Dudley Marjoribanks	305	50.1	+4.9
	Conservative	Richard Hodgson[29]	304	49.9	−4.9
Majority			1	0.2	N/A
Turnout			609	77.1	−5.2
Registered electors			790
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.9

• Caused by Earle's resignation.

General election 1859: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y Charles William Gordon	366	28.1	+16.2
	Conservative	Y Ralph Earle	348	26.7	+14.8
	Liberal	Dudley Marjoribanks	330	25.4	+1.4
	Liberal	John Stapleton	257	19.8	−10.2
Majority			109	8.3	N/A
Turnout			651 (est)	82.3 (est)	+12.2
Registered electors			790
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.6

General election 1857: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Y John Stapleton	339	30.0	+2.3
	Whig	Y Dudley Marjoribanks	271	24.0	−15.1
	Conservative	Charles William Gordon	269	23.8	−14.4
	Whig	Matthew Forster	250	22.1	−10.1
Turnout			565 (est)	70.1 (est)	−7.2
Registered electors			805
Majority			68	7.9	+1.0
	Radical hold		Swing	+4.8
Majority			2	0.2	−16.5
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

By-election, 14 May 1853: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Dudley Marjoribanks	473	39.1	+5.0
	Whig	Y John Forster	385	31.8	+4.1
	Conservative	John Campbell Renton	196	16.2	−4.6
	Conservative	Richard Hodgson	157	13.0	−4.4
Majority			189	15.6	+8.7
Turnout			606 (est)	71.0 (est)	−6.3
Registered electors			853
	Whig hold		Swing	+4.8
	Whig gain from Radical		Swing	+4.3

• Caused by the 1852 election being declared void on petition, due to bribery.^[51]

General election 1852: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Matthew Forster	412	34.1	−10.0
	Radical	Y John Stapleton	335	27.7	N/A
	Conservative	John Campbell Renton	251	20.8	−21.4
	Conservative	Richard Hodgson	210	17.4	+3.6
Turnout			604 (est)	77.3 (est)	+15.5
Registered electors			805
Majority			202	16.7	−13.6
	Whig hold		Swing	−0.6
Majority			84	6.9	N/A
	Radical gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

General election 1847: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Matthew Forster	484	44.1	+7.3
	Conservative	Y John Campbell Renton	463	42.2	+10.2
	Conservative	William Henry Miller	151	13.8	−17.5
Majority			333	30.3	+24.8
Turnout			549 (est)	61.8 (est)	−28.5
Registered electors			888
	Whig hold		Swing	+7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

General election 1841: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Matthew Forster	394	36.8	+5.2
	Conservative	Y Richard Hodgson	343	32.0	−2.4
	Conservative	Thomas Weeding	335	31.3	−2.8
Majority			59	5.5	N/A
Turnout			645	90.3	+1.8
Registered electors			714
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.5

General election 1837: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y Richard Hodgson	357	34.4	+15.7
	Conservative	Y William Holmes	354	34.1	+15.4
	Whig	Rufane Shaw Donkin	328	31.6	−31.0
Majority			26	2.5	N/A
Turnout			625	88.5	−2.6
Registered electors			706
	Conservative hold		Swing	+15.6
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+15.5

By-election, 27 April 1835: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Rufane Shaw Donkin	Unopposed
	Whig hold

• Caused by Donkin's appointment as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance

General election 1835: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y James Bradshaw	410	37.4	+5.2
	Whig	Y Rufane Shaw Donkin	350	31.9	−2.7
	Whig	Francis Blake	337	30.7	−2.6
Majority			73	6.7	N/A
Turnout			627	91.1	−1.5
Registered electors			688
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+5.3
	Whig hold		Swing	−2.7

General election 1832: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[45][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Rufane Shaw Donkin	371	34.6	+9.9
	Whig	Y Francis Blake	357	33.3	+8.5
	Tory	Marcus Beresford	345	32.2	−18.2
Majority			12	1.1	+0.6
Turnout			653	92.6
Registered electors			705
	Whig hold		Swing	+9.4
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	+8.8

Elections before 1832

General election 1831: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Francis Blake	299	49.7	+14.9
	Tory	Y Marcus Beresford	296	49.2	+1.9
	Tory	Samuel Swinton	7	1.2	−16.7
Majority			3	0.5	−16.4
Turnout			366
	Whig hold		Swing	+14.9
	Tory hold		Swing	−2.8

General election 1830: Berwick-upon-Tweed^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Y Marcus Beresford	387	47.3
	Whig	Y Francis Blake	285	34.8
	Tory	Frederick Gye	147	17.9
Turnout			427
Majority			102	12.5
	Tory hold		Swing
Majority			138	16.9	N/A
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing

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See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Northumberland

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the first past the post system of election is used with elections at least every five years.
3. MPs references to each other at least in writing, are entered by a full constituency name in Hansard