Hexham is a constituency[n 1] in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Joe Morris of the Labour Party.

It includes substantial agricultural holdings, forestry, wood processing, food, minerals, and manufactured hardware industries.

Based on the latest published old age dependency ratios, a slightly larger than average level of the population is retired.

[7] In 1997, the Labour Party was very close to winning the seat, but the Conservatives retained it with a significantly reduced narrow majority of 222 votes.

1918–1950: The Rural Districts of Bellingham, Haltwhistle, Hexham, and the part of the Rural District of Castle Ward which consists of the civil parishes of Bitchfield, Black Heddon, Capheaton, Cheeseburn Grange, East Matfen, Fenwick, Harlow Hill, Hawkwell, Heugh, Ingoe, Kearsley, Kirkheaton, Nesbitt, Ouston, Ryal, Wallridge and West Matfen, and the Urban Districts of Hexham and Prudhoe.

[17] Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown, who was Speaker of the House of Commons during the latter years of the World War II, represented the seat for two separate tenures (from 1918–23, and again from 1924–51).

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected: Craig, F. W. S. (1983).