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Hexham
Also known as: Hexham (etholaeth seneddol), Hexham (Toghcheantar na Ríochta Aontaithe)
Hexham in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Hexham is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Hexham is a constituency in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Joe Morris of the Labour Party. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years. The seat was created as one of four single member divisions of the county of Northumberland under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.
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Background
History
Hexham was considered a safe seat for the Conservative Party, having been under their control for almost a century, with generally safe majorities, from 1924 until it was gained by Labour in 2024. It was the only Conservative seat in the North East between the New Labour years in government from 1997–2010, and the only one in Northumberland from 1973 until the Conservatives gained Berwick-upon-Tweed from the Liberal Democrats in 2015. It was also the northernmost seat won by the Conservatives in 1997, in what would be their worst landslide defeat at any general election of the twentieth century; with all Conservative MPs in Scotland and Wales unseated that year. In 1997, the Labour Party…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9710, -2.1010
- Address
- Market Place, Hexham, NE46 1XF
- Established
- 1885
- Official site
- boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1072703 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hexham (constituency) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hexham?
- Hexham is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9710°, -2.1010°.
- When was Hexham built?
- Hexham dates to 1885.