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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
North East
72,738 electors
Active Seat

Hexham

Current MP
Joe Morris
Joe Morris

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
72.7%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Labour Joe Morris Gain from Conservative
Majority 3,713
Turnout 67.8% ↓7.5pp
Total Votes 51,828
Winner Swing ↓8.2pp
✓ Joe Morris
Labour
23,988 46.3%
↑14.5pp
Guy Opperman
Conservative
20,275 39.1%
↓15.2pp
Nick Morphet
Green Party
2,467 4.8%
↑1.1pp
Nick Cott
Liberal Democrats
2,376 4.6%
↓4.8pp
Chris Whaley
—
1,511 2.9%
—
William Clouston
Social Democratic Party
1,211 2.3%
—
Conservative Guy Opperman Hold
Majority 10,549
Turnout 75.3% ↓0.4pp
Total Votes 46,150
Winner Swing ↑0.4pp
✓ Guy Opperman
Conservative
25,152 54.5%
↑0.4pp
Penny Grennan
Labour
14,603 31.6%
↓2.5pp
Stephen Howse
Liberal Democrats
4,672 10.1%
↑3.0pp
Nick Morphet
Green Party
1,723 3.7%
↑1.0pp
Conservative Guy Opperman Hold
Majority 9,236
Turnout 75.7% ↑3.1pp
Total Votes 46,224
Winner Swing ↑1.4pp
✓ Guy Opperman
Conservative
24,996 54.1%
↑1.4pp
Stephen Powers
Labour
15,760 34.1%
↑9.2pp
Fiona Hall
Liberal Democrats
3,285 7.1%
↑0.3pp
Wesley Foot
Green Party
1,253 2.7%
↓2.9pp
Stuart Miles
—
930 2.0%
↓7.9pp
Conservative Guy Opperman Hold
Majority 12,031
Turnout 72.6% ↑0.5pp
Total Votes 43,345
Winner Swing ↑9.5pp
✓ Guy Opperman
Conservative
22,834 52.7%
↑9.5pp
Liam Carr
Labour
10,803 24.9%
↑5.9pp
David Nicholson
—
4,302 9.9%
—
Jeff Reid
Liberal Democrats
2,961 6.8%
↓23.1pp
Lee Williscroft-Ferris
Green Party
2,445 5.6%
—
Conservative Guy Opperman Hold
Majority 5,788
Turnout 72.0%
Total Votes 43,483
✓ Guy Opperman
Conservative
18,795 43.2%
↑0.8pp
Andrew Duffield
Liberal Democrats
13,007 29.9%
↑4.2pp
Antoine Tinnion
Labour
8,253 19.0%
↓11.4pp
Steven Ford
—
1,974 4.5%
—
Quentin Hawkins
—
1,205 2.8%
—
Colin Moss
—
249 0.6%
—

Turnout Trend

72.0%
'10
72.6%
'15
75.7%
'17
75.3%
'19
67.8%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
28.2% ▲6.3pp
50 to 64
22.9%
0 to 17
17.5%
35 to 49
16.8%
25 to 34
8.9%
18 to 24
5.7%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
96.7%
Asian or Asian British
1.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.9%
Other
0.4%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.2%
📊 Age
65 and over
28.2%
45 to 64
22.9%
Under 18
17.5%
30 to 44
16.8%
18 to 29
14.6%
⛪ Religion
Christian
55.6%
No religion
36.8%
Not answered
5.4%
Muslim
0.6%
Other religion
0.5%
Hindu
0.4%
Sikh
0.4%
Buddhist
0.3%
Jewish
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
98.0%
Asian or Asian British
1.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.6%
Other ethnic group
0.1%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.1%
📊 Age
45 to 64
32.0%
65 and over
22.0%
Under 18
19.1%
30 to 44
16.3%
18 to 29
10.6%
⛪ Religion
Christian
70.2%
No religion
21.6%
Religion not stated
6.6%
Muslim
0.4%
Other religion
0.3%
Buddhist
0.3%
Sikh
0.2%
Hindu
0.2%
Jewish
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Guy Opperman Conservative 2010-05-06 2024-05-30
Mr Peter Atkinson Conservative 1992-04-09 2010-05-06
Mr Alan Amos Conservative 1987-06-11 1992-04-09
Geoffrey Rippon Conservative 1966-03-31 1987-06-11