North Durham is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Luke Akehurst of the Labour Party.

[n 2] A constituency formally named the Northern Division of Durham was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, when the former Durham constituency was split into the northern and southern divisions, each electing two members using the bloc vote system.

[4] Included non-resident 40 shilling freeholders in the parliamentary boroughs of Durham, Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland.

The 1997 boundaries were retained despite the official description of the constituency changing slightly in terms of the names of the local authority wards.

The constituency includes the North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish.