List of parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire

The county of Northamptonshire is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies - 2 borough constituencies and 5 county constituencies.

Constituencies edit

  Conservative  Labour

Constituency[nb 1]Electorate[1]Majority[2][nb 2]Member of Parliament[2]Nearest opposition[2]Map
Corby CC86,15310,268 Tom Pursglove Beth Miller ‡
Daventry CC77,42326,080 Chris Heaton-Harris Paul Joyce ‡
Kettering CC73,16416,765 Philip Hollobone Clare Pavitt ‡
Northampton North BC58,7685,507 Michael Ellis Sally Keeble
Northampton South BC62,1634,697 Andrew Lewer Gareth Eales ‡
South Northamptonshire CC90,84227,761 Andrea Leadsom Gen Kitchen
Wellingborough CC80,7656,436 (2024) Gen Kitchen ‡ Helen Harrison †

2010 boundary changes edit

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase the number of seats which covered Northamptonshire from 6 to 7, with the creation of South Northamptonshire, resulting in major changes to Daventry and Northampton South.

Former nameBoundaries 1997-2010Current nameBoundaries 2010–present
  1. Corby CC
  2. Daventry CC
  3. Kettering CC
  4. Northampton North BC
  5. South Northampton CC
  6. Wellingborough CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire
  1. Corby CC
  2. Daventry CC
  3. Kettering CC
  4. Northampton North BC
  5. Northampton South BC
  6. South Northamptonshire CC
  7. Wellingborough CC
Proposed Revised constituencies in Northamptonshire

Proposed boundary changes edit

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed retaining the current number of constituencies in Northamptonshire, as detailed below, with boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries following the reorganisation of local government authorities within the county and to bring the electorates within the statutory range. It is proposed that Corby is renamed Corby and East Northamptonshire, and Wellingborough renamed Wellingborough and Rushden.[4][5]

Containing electoral wards from North Northamptonshire

Containing electoral wards from West Northamptonshire

Results history edit

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]

2019 edit

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Northamptonshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative216,22959.0% 3.3%70
Labour106,61129.1% 6.8%00
Liberal Democrats30,8138.4% 4.3%00
Greens10,5142.9% 1.2%00
Others2,2760.6% 2.0%00
Total366,443100.07

Percentage votes edit

Election year1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

19791983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative39.140.650.249.051.751.840.441.243.147.450.655.759.0
Labour38.641.336.325.527.133.545.043.837.525.725.735.929.1
Liberal Democrat122.018.112.825.220.814.311.112.615.219.14.14.18.4
Green Party----*****0.83.51.72.9
UKIP------***2.816.02.5*
Other0.3-0.70.20.40.43.42.54.24.30.10.10.6

11974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats edit

Election year1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

19791983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative3346661147777
Labour2210005520000
Total5556666667777

Maps edit

1885-1910 edit

1918-1945 edit

1950-1979 edit

1983-present edit

Historical representation by party edit

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918 edit

  Conservative  Independent Liberal  Labour  Liberal  Liberal-Labour  Liberal Unionist  National Party

Constituency1885188689911892189519001906Jan 1910Dec 19101718
NorthamptonLabouchèrePaulLees-Smith
BradlaughManfieldDruckerShipmanMcCurdy
Northamptonshire EastChanningMoney
Northamptonshire MidSpencerPenderSpencerManfield
Northamptonshire NorthCecilMoncktonStopford-SackvilleNichollsBrassey
Northamptonshire SouthKnightleyGuthrieDouglas-PennantFitzRoyGroveFitzRoy
PeterboroughWentworth-FitzWilliamMortonPurvisGreenwood

1918 to 1950 edit

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)  Conservative  Co-operative  Labour  Speaker

Constituency19181922192319242819291931193540431945
DaventryFitzRoyR, Manningham-Buller
KetteringWatersonParkerPerryM. Manningham-BullerPerryEastwoodProfumoMitchison
NorthamptonMcCurdyBondfieldHollandMaloneM. Manningham-BullerSummersPaget
PeterboroughBrasseyHorrabinCecilHely-HutchinsonTiffany
WellingboroughSmithShakespeareCoveDallasJamesLindgren

1950-1983 edit

  Conservative  Labour

Constituency19501951195519596219641966691970Feb 1974Oct 19741979
KetteringMitchisonde FreitasHomewood
Northampton / Northampton North (1974)PagetColquhounMarlow
WellingboroughLindgrenHamiltonHowarthFry
PeterboroughNichollsTransferred to Huntingdon and Peterborough
Northamptonshire South / Daventry (1974)Manningham-BullerJonesPrentice
Northampton SouthMorris

1983-present edit

  Conservative  Labour

Constituency19831987199219972001200520101220152017201924
CorbyPowellHopeMenschSawfordPursglove
Northampton NorthMarlowKeebleEllis
KetteringFreemanSawfordHollobone
Northampton SouthMorrisClarkeBinleyMackintoshLewer
WellingboroughFryStinchcombeBoneKitchen
DaventryPrenticeBoswellHeaton-Harris
South NorthamptonshireLeadsom

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References edit

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ^ "These are all of the proposed changes for Northamptonshire's parliamentary constituencies under electoral map shake-up". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 157-182. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  6. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".