North East · England · 76,228Boundary · 2023

Cramlington & Killingworth

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Apr 2026

A new constituency created in the 2023 boundary review. Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Covers Cramlington, Killingworth and Wideopen. Population 100,374. Recorded crime is 61% below the national average.

Cramlington and Killingworth's MP has made her name through a single piece of dogged local campaigning: securing the upgrade of Moor Farm roundabout, a notorious bottleneck described locally as a "choker to growth." Foody raised the issue over 50 times in Parliament, secured multiple debates, and met the Chancellor and senior ministers to push for its inclusion in the Road Investment Strategy. When the Transport Secretary confirmed the scheme in March 2026, he explicitly credited her "tireless advocacy" -- as did North East Mayor Kim McGuinness. It is the most high-profile win attributed directly to a new MP's constituency work in the region.

At 85% participation she is broadly in line with Commons averages, and at 99.8% party alignment she is effectively a reliable government vote. Her one rebel vote came on the Assisted Dying Bill, where she backed a stricter advertising ban than the bill's sponsor proposed -- consistent with her stance profile showing above-average concern for assisted dying safeguards. Her speeches cluster heavily around economy and jobs, local government, health and social care, and fiscal policy, suggesting a focus on bread-and-butter North East priorities. She holds no select committee seat.

426
Commons votes
This parliament
£27k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
76.2k
Electorate
2024 GE

Recorded crime is 61% below the national average.

Current Member of Parliament

Emma Foody

Emma Foody

Labour and Co-operative Party

Emma Foody is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Cramlington and Killingworth, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Notable Votes

Vote on whether to strengthen the advertising ban in the Assisted Dying Bill by requiring that any advertising restrictions also cover situations where advertisers know their adverts could influence vulnerable people's choices — going further than the basic ban proposed by the bill's sponsor Kim Leadbeater.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A new constituency created in the 2023 boundary review. Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Covers Cramlington, Killingworth and Wideopen. Population 100,374. Recorded crime is 61% below the national average.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Foody’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.426 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Foody has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
84
Economy
80
Employment
51
Crime & Policing
42
Education
35
Welfare and Benefits
30
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 1413 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.10 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Backworth HolystoneJames Webster926Labour P
Backworth HolystoneLouise Amanda Bell1,167Labour P
Backworth HolystoneNigel John Huscroft964Labour P
Cramlington EastScott Lee420Independ
Cramlington EastfieldAlan Smith513Conserva
Cramlington NorthWayne Daley1,305Conserva
Cramlington South EastPaul D Ezhilchelvan1,030Conserva
Cramlington VillageMark David Swinburn981Conserva
Cramlington WestBarry Flux941Conserva
HartleyDavid Ferguson869Conserva
HolywellLes Bowman984Labour P
Seghill With Seaton DelavalEve Louise Chicken702Conserva
Population (2021 Census)
100,374
Electorate 76,228 · 2024 register
Median income
£26,900
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
11.8%
England average 20.0%
Schools
40
26 primary · 6 secondary
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