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Berwick-Upon-Tweed — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Berwick-Upon-Tweed was won by Conservative at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 14,835 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Berwick-Upon-Tweed from 1832 to 2019.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Rufane Shaw Donkin (Whig); Francis Blake (Whig) 357 34.6% (top seat) Marcus Beresford (Conservative) 12 (1.1 pts) 76.1%
1835 James Bradshaw (Conservative); Rufane Shaw Donkin (Whig) 350 37.4% (top seat) Francis Blake (Whig) 13 (1.2 pts) 79.7%
1837 Richard Hodgson (Conservative); William Holmes (Conservative) 354 34.4% (top seat) Rufane Shaw Donkin (Whig) 26 (2.5 pts) 73.6%
1841 Matthew Forster (Whig); Richard Hodgson (Conservative) 343 36.8% (top seat) Thomas Weeding (Conservative) 8 (0.8 pts) 75.1%
1847 Matthew Forster (Whig); John Campbell-Renton (Conservative) 463 44.1% (top seat) William Henry Miller (Conservative) 312 (28.4 pts) 61.8%
1852 Matthew Forster (Whig); John Stapleton (Radical) 335 39.1% (top seat) John Campbell-Renton (Conservative) 84 (6.4 pts) 81.2%
1857 John Stapleton (Radical); Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks (Whig) 271 30.0% (top seat) Charles William Gordon (Conservative) 2 (0.2 pts) 70.1%
1859 Charles William Gordon (Conservative); Ralph Anstruther Earle (Conservative) 348 28.1% (top seat) Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks (Liberal) 18 (1.4 pts) 82.3%
1865 Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks (Liberal); Alexander Mitchell (Liberal) 367 29.9% (top seat) William Walter Cargill (Conservative) 72 (5.4 pts) 90.7%
1868 William Coutts Keppel (Liberal); John Stapleton (Liberal) 609 30.3% (top seat) George Wallace Carpenter (Conservative) 101 (4.6 pts) 78.1%
1874 Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks (Liberal); David Milne Home (Conservative) 533 32.5% (top seat) John Stapleton (Liberal) 115 (6.1 pts) 72.3%
1880 Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks (Liberal); Henry Strutt (Liberal) 614 29.7% (top seat) William Macdonald Macdonald (Conservative) 62 (2.7 pts) 80.0%
1885 Edward Grey (Liberal) 4,929 57.7% Henry George Percy (Conservative) 1,316 (15.4 pts) 88.1%
1886 Edward Grey (Liberal) 4,131 54.8% Frederick William Lambton (Liberal Unionist) 724 (9.6 pts) 77.8%
1892 Edward Grey (Liberal) 4,002 52.9% Watson Askew-Robertson (Conservative) 442 (5.9 pts) 82.7%
1895 Edward Grey (Liberal) 4,378 54.9% Henry Algernon George Percy (Conservative) 785 (9.8 pts) 85.9%
1900 Edward Grey (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Edward Grey (Liberal) 5,102 64.1% Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip (Conservative) 2,240 (28.1 pts) 85.5%
Jan 1910 Edward Grey (Liberal) 5,010 60.1% Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip (Conservative) 1,683 (20.2 pts) 88.3%
Dec 1910 Edward Grey (Liberal) 4,612 61.2% Charles Henry Hoare (Conservative) 1,686 (22.4 pts) 79.8%
1918 Francis Douglas Blake (Liberal) 6,721 60.5% William John Montagu Watson-Armstrong (Independent Northumbrian) 2,324 (20.9 pts) 39.5%
1922 Hilton Philipson (National Liberal) 11,933 61.9% Walter Runciman (Liberal) 4,579 (23.7 pts) 66.2%
1923 Mabel Philipson (Unionist) 10,636 47.9% Harold Burge Robson (Liberal) 1,869 (8.4 pts) 73.4%
1924 Mabel Philipson (Unionist) 12,130 50.9% Harold Burge Robson (Liberal) 3,965 (16.7 pts) 77.7%
1929 Alfred John Kennett Todd (Unionist) 12,526 42.8% Penry Williams (Liberal) 1,154 (3.9 pts) 76.1%
1931 Alfred John Kennett Todd (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1935 Hugh Michael Seely (Liberal) 15,779 51.0% Alfred John Kennett Todd (Conservative) 634 (2.1 pts) 76.0%
1945 Robert Allen Fenwick Thorp (Conservative) 12,315 43.3% William Henry Beveridge (Liberal) 1,962 (6.9 pts) 67.5%
1950 Robert Allen Fenwick Thorp (Conservative) 14,804 43.9% Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr (Liberal) 4,544 (13.5 pts) 80.1%
1951 Antony Claud Frederick Lambton (Conservative) 17,632 52.7% Thomas Jones (Labour) 6,563 (19.6 pts) 78.8%
1955 Antony Claud Frederick Lambton (Conservative) 18,301 60.3% John Frater (Labour) 6,277 (20.7 pts) 72.8%
1959 Antony Claud Frederick Lambton (Conservative) 19,904 63.1% R Christopher Jelley (Labour) 8,267 (26.2 pts) 77.0%
1964 Anthony Claud Frederick Lambton (Conservative) 15,851 49.9% R Christopher Jelley (Labour) 7,633 (24.0 pts) 79.5%
1966 Antony Lambton (Conservative) 14,281 47.6% James Conway (Labour) 4,373 (14.6 pts) 76.6%
1970 Antony Lambton (Conservative) 15,558 50.7% Robert Wareing (Labour) 7,145 (23.3 pts) 73.7%
Feb 1974 Alan Beith (Liberal) 15,732 44.5% John Hardie (Conservative) 443 (1.2 pts) 85.1%
Oct 1974 Alan Beith (Liberal) 14,684 43.1% Charles Baker-Cresswell (Conservative) 73 (0.2 pts) 81.4%
1979 Alan Beith (Liberal) 19,351 54.3% Charles Baker-Cresswell (Conservative) 5,688 (16.0 pts) 83.8%
1983 Alan Beith (Liberal) 21,958 52.7% Julian Brazier (Conservative) 8,215 (19.7 pts) 77.8%
1987 Alan Beith (Liberal) 21,903 52.1% John Middleton (Conservative) 9,503 (22.6 pts) 77.3%
1992 Alan Beith (Liberal Democrat) 19,283 44.4% Dr Anthony Henfrey (Conservative) 5,043 (11.6 pts) 79.1%
1997 Alan Beith (Liberal Democrat) 19,007 45.5% Paul Brannen (Labour) 8,042 (19.2 pts) 74.1%
2001 Alan Beith (Liberal Democrat) 18,651 51.4% Glen Sanderson (Conservative) 8,458 (23.3 pts) 63.8%
2005 Alan Beith (Liberal Democrat) 19,052 52.8% Mike Elliott (Conservative) 8,632 (23.9 pts) 63.4%
2010 Alan Beith (Liberal Democrat) 16,806 43.7% Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) 2,690 (7.0 pts) 68.1%
2015 Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) 16,603 41.1% Julie Pörksen (Liberal Democrat) 4,914 (12.2 pts) 71.1%
2017 Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) 22,145 52.5% Scott Dickinson (Labour) 11,781 (27.9 pts) 71.9%
2019 Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) 23,947 56.9% Trish Williams (Labour) 14,835 (35.2 pts) 70.6%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rufane Shaw Donkin Whig 37134.6% Yes
Francis Blake Whig 35733.3% Yes
Marcus Beresford Conservative 34532.2% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Bradshaw Conservative 41037.4% Yes
Rufane Shaw Donkin Whig 35031.9% Yes
Francis Blake Whig 33730.7% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Hodgson Conservative 35734.4% Yes
William Holmes Conservative 35434.1% Yes
Rufane Shaw Donkin Whig 32831.6% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Matthew Forster Whig 39436.8% Yes
Richard Hodgson Conservative 34332.0% Yes
Thomas Weeding Conservative 33531.2% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Matthew Forster Whig 48444.1% Yes
John Campbell-Renton Conservative 46342.2% Yes
William Henry Miller Conservative 15113.8% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Matthew Forster Whig 51239.1% Yes
John Stapleton Radical 33525.6% Yes
John Campbell-Renton Conservative 25119.2% No
Richard Hodgson Conservative 21016.1% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Stapleton Radical 33930.0% Yes
Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks Whig 27124.0% Yes
Charles William Gordon Conservative 26923.8% No
Matthew Forster Whig 25022.1% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Gordon Conservative 36628.1% Yes
Ralph Anstruther Earle Conservative 34826.7% Yes
Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks Liberal 33025.4% No
John Stapleton Liberal 25719.8% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks Liberal 39629.9% Yes
Alexander Mitchell Liberal 36727.7% Yes
William Walter Cargill Conservative 29522.2% No
Joseph Hubback Conservative 26820.2% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Coutts Keppel Liberal 66930.3% Yes
John Stapleton Liberal 60927.6% Yes
George Wallace Carpenter Conservative 50823.0% No
Richard Hodgson Conservative 42419.2% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks Liberal 61732.5% Yes
David Milne Home Conservative 53328.1% Yes
John Stapleton Liberal 41822.0% No
William Coutts Keppel Liberal 33017.4% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks Liberal 68729.7% Yes
Henry Strutt Liberal 61426.6% Yes
William Macdonald Macdonald Conservative 55223.9% No
David Milne Home Conservative 45719.8% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Grey Liberal 4,92957.7% Yes
Henry George Percy Conservative 3,61342.3% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Grey Liberal 4,13154.8% Yes
Frederick William Lambton Liberal Unionist 3,40745.2% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Grey Liberal 4,00252.9% Yes
Watson Askew-Robertson Conservative 3,56047.1% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Grey Liberal 4,37854.9% Yes
Henry Algernon George Percy Conservative 3,59345.1% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Grey Liberal Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Grey Liberal 5,10264.1% Yes
Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip Conservative 2,86235.9% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Grey Liberal 5,01060.1% Yes
Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip Conservative 3,32739.9% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Grey Liberal 4,61261.2% Yes
Charles Henry Hoare Conservative 2,92638.8% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Douglas Blake Liberal 6,72160.5% Yes
William John Montagu Watson-Armstrong Independent Northumbrian 4,39739.5% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hilton Philipson National Liberal 11,93361.9% Yes
Walter Runciman Liberal 7,35438.1% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mabel Philipson Unionist 10,63647.9% Yes
Harold Burge Robson Liberal 8,76739.5% No
Edna Martha Penny Labour 2,78412.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mabel Philipson Unionist 12,13050.9% Yes
Harold Burge Robson Liberal 8,16534.3% No
James Adams Labour 3,52114.8% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred John Kennett Todd Unionist 12,52642.8% Yes
Penry Williams Liberal 11,37238.8% No
Henry Kegie Labour 5,40218.4% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred John Kennett Todd Conservative Unopposed Yes

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Michael Seely Liberal 15,77951.0% Yes
Alfred John Kennett Todd Conservative 15,14549.0% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Allen Fenwick Thorp Conservative 12,31543.3% Yes
William Henry Beveridge Liberal 10,35336.4% No
John Davis Labour 5,78220.3% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Allen Fenwick Thorp Conservative 14,80443.9% Yes
Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr Liberal 10,26030.4% No
John Davis Labour 8,65125.7% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Antony Claud Frederick Lambton Conservative 17,63252.7% Yes
Thomas Jones Labour 11,06933.1% No
John Beeching Frankenburg Liberal 4,75914.2% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Antony Claud Frederick Lambton Conservative 18,30160.3% Yes
John Frater Labour 12,02439.7% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Antony Claud Frederick Lambton Conservative 19,90463.1% Yes
R Christopher Jelley Labour 11,63736.9% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anthony Claud Frederick Lambton Conservative 15,85149.9% Yes
R Christopher Jelley Labour 8,21825.9% No
Nicholas B Madison Liberal 7,68124.2% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Antony Lambton Conservative 14,28147.6% Yes
James Conway Labour 9,90833.0% No
Aubrey Herbert Liberal 5,79619.3% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Antony Lambton Conservative 15,55850.7% Yes
Robert Wareing Labour 8,41327.4% No
Alan Beith Liberal 6,74121.9% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Beith Liberal 15,73244.5% Yes
John Hardie Conservative 15,28943.3% No
Gordon Adam Labour 4,32612.2% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Beith Liberal 14,68443.1% Yes
Charles Baker-Cresswell Conservative 14,61142.9% No
Gerald Thomas Preston Spain Labour 4,76814.0% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Beith Liberal 19,35154.3% Yes
Charles Baker-Cresswell Conservative 13,66338.4% No
Michael Elliott Labour 2,6027.3% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Beith Liberal 21,95852.7% Yes
Julian Brazier Conservative 13,74333.0% No
Vera Baird Labour 5,97514.3% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Beith Liberal 21,90352.1% Yes
John Middleton Conservative 12,40029.5% No
Stephen Lambert Labour 7,36017.5% No
Nigel Pamphilion Green 3790.9% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Beith Liberal Democrat 19,28344.4% Yes
Dr Anthony Henfrey Conservative 14,24032.8% No
Gordon Adam Labour 9,93322.9% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Beith Liberal Democrat 19,00745.5% Yes
Paul Brannen Labour 10,96526.2% No
Nick Herbert Conservative 10,05824.1% No
Ned Lambton Referendum Party 1,4233.4% No
Ian Dodds UKIP 3520.8% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Beith Liberal Democrat 18,65151.4% Yes
Glen Sanderson Conservative 10,19328.1% No
Martin Walker Labour 6,43517.7% No
John Pearson UKIP 1,0292.8% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Beith Liberal Democrat 19,05252.8% Yes
Mike Elliott Conservative 10,42028.9% No
Glen Reynolds Labour 6,61818.3% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Beith Liberal Democrat 16,80643.7% Yes
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Conservative 14,11636.7% No
Alan Strickland Labour 5,06113.2% No
Michael Weatheritt UKIP 1,2433.2% No
Peter Mailer BNP 1,2133.2% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Conservative 16,60341.1% Yes
Julie Pörksen Liberal Democrat 11,68928.9% No
Scott Dickinson Labour 6,04214.9% No
Nigel Coghill-Marshall UKIP 4,51311.2% No
Rachael Roberts Green 1,4883.7% No
Neil Humphrey English Democrats 880.2% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Conservative 22,14552.5% Yes
Scott Dickinson Labour 10,36424.6% No
Julie Porksen Liberal Democrat 8,91621.1% No
Thomas Stewart Green 7871.9% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Conservative 23,94756.9% Yes
Trish Williams Labour 9,11221.6% No
Tom Hancock Liberal Democrat 7,65618.2% No
Thomas Stewart Green 1,3943.3% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 1.1 pts 1835: Conservative margin 1.2 pts 1837: Conservative margin 2.5 pts 1841: Whig margin 0.8 pts 1847: Whig margin 28.4 pts 1852: Whig margin 6.4 pts 1857: Radical margin 0.2 pts 1859: Conservative margin 1.4 pts 1865: Liberal margin 5.4 pts 1868: Liberal margin 4.6 pts 1874: Liberal margin 6.1 pts 1880: Liberal margin 2.7 pts 1885: Liberal margin 15.4 pts 1886: Liberal margin 9.6 pts 1892: Liberal margin 5.9 pts 1895: Liberal margin 9.8 pts 1906: Liberal margin 28.1 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 20.2 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 22.4 pts 1918: Liberal margin 20.9 pts 1922: National Liberal margin 23.7 pts 1923: Unionist margin 8.4 pts 1924: Unionist margin 16.7 pts 1929: Unionist margin 3.9 pts 1935: Liberal margin 2.1 pts 1945: Conservative margin 6.9 pts 1950: Conservative margin 13.5 pts 1951: Conservative margin 19.6 pts 1955: Conservative margin 20.7 pts 1959: Conservative margin 26.2 pts 1964: Conservative margin 24.0 pts 1966: Conservative margin 14.6 pts 1970: Conservative margin 23.3 pts Feb 1974: Liberal margin 1.2 pts Oct 1974: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1979: Liberal margin 16.0 pts 1983: Liberal margin 19.7 pts 1987: Liberal margin 22.6 pts 1992: Liberal Democrat margin 11.6 pts 1997: Liberal Democrat margin 19.2 pts 2001: Liberal Democrat margin 23.3 pts 2005: Liberal Democrat margin 23.9 pts 2010: Liberal Democrat margin 7.0 pts 2015: Conservative margin 12.2 pts 2017: Conservative margin 27.9 pts 2019: Conservative margin 35.2 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Berwick-Upon-Tweed has been contested at 48 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Radical, Liberal, National Liberal, Unionist, Liberal Democrat.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Berwick-Upon-Tweed in the 2019 general election?

Conservative won Berwick-Upon-Tweed in 2019 with 23,947 votes (56.9%), a majority of 14,835 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Berwick-Upon-Tweed since 1832?

Since 1832, Berwick-Upon-Tweed has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal Democrat, National Liberal, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?

The closest result on record for Berwick-Upon-Tweed was 1857, when Radical beat Conservative by just 2 votes (0.2 percentage points).

Did Berwick-Upon-Tweed ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Berwick-Upon-Tweed elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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