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Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)

Northampton was a parliamentary constituency (centred on the town of Northampton), which existed until 1974.

Northampton
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyNorthamptonshire
Major settlementsNorthampton
1295–1918
Seats2
1918–1974
Type of constituencyborough constituency
Replaced byNorthampton North and Northampton South

It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England until 1707, the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800 and to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was reduced to one member for the 1918 general election. The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Northampton North and Northampton South.

A former MP of note for the constituency was Spencer Perceval, the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated.

Members of Parliament edit

MPs 1295–1640 edit

  • 1295: constituency established, electing two MPs
ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1377Sir Gerard de Braybooke of Castle Ashby[citation needed]
1377Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton[citation needed]
1378Sir John Seton
1379Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton
1380Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton
1382Giles St John of Plumpton
1386William SpriggyWilliam Ringwood[1]
1388 (Feb)Thomas PirieJohn Stotesbury[1]
1388 (Sep)John HonybourneJohn Besford[1]
1390 (Jan)John ColingtreeJohn Sywell[1]
1390 (Nov)
1391William BegworthJohn Stotesbury[1]
1393William SpriggyStephen Wappenham[1]
1394
1395Nicholas HorncastleJohn Woodward[1]
1397 (Jan)Richard StormsworthThomas Overton[1]
1397 (Sep)
1399John LoudhamJohn Spring[1]
1401
1406Henry EmpinghamThomas Wintringham[1]
1407John RivellJohn Temple[1]
1410Simon DunstallJohn Lincoln[1]
1411Richard WemsWilliam Rushden[1]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)Roger MaltmanAlexander Deyster[1]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)Geoffrey BaldeJohn Hethersett[1]
1415
1416 (Mar)John HendleyJohn Buckingham[1]
1416 (Oct)
1417William ClerkThomas Colley[1]
1419Thomas StotesburyRalph Passenham[1]
1420William MaltmanWilliam Harpole[1]
1421 (May)John BernhillJohn Colden[1]
1421 (Dec)John SpriggyStephen Kynnesman[1]
1427Thomas Compworth
1477–1478Robert Pemberton
1510–1515 No names known [2]
1523John ParvynThomas Doddington[2]
1529Lawrence ManleyNicholas Rand[2]
1536?
1539?
1542?
1545?
1547Richard WenmanAnthony Bryan[2]
1553 (Mar)George TreshamWilliam Chauncy[2]
1553 (Oct)Francis MorganLawrence Manley[2]
1554 (Apr)Francis MorganJohn Horpool[2]
1554 (Nov)Henry ClerkeRalph Freeman[2]
1555Nicholas RandJohn Balgye[2]
1558Thomas CollesEdward Manley[2]
1559 (Jan)William CarvellEdmund (or Edward) Kinwelmersh[3]
1562–3Lewis MontgomeryRalph Lane[3]
1571Christopher YelvertonWilliam Lane[3]|- [3]
1572 (Apr)Christopher YelvertonJohn Spencer[3]
1584 (Nov)Sir Richard KnightleyThomas Catesby[3]
1586 (Sep)Sir Richard KnightleyPeter Wentworth[3]
1588 (Oct)Peter WentworthRichard Knollys[3]
1593Valentine KnightleyPeter Wentworth[3]
1597 (Oct)Christopher YelvertonHenry Yelverton[3]
1601Henry HickmanFrancis Tate[3]
1604Henry YelvertonEdward Mercer
1614Henry YelvertonFrancis Beale
1621–1622Richard SpencerThomas Crewe
1624Richard SpencerChristopher Sherland
1625Richard SpencerChristopher Sherland
1626Richard SpencerChristopher Sherland
1628Richard SpencerChristopher Sherland
1629–1640No Parliaments convened

MPs 1640–1918 edit

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
April 1640Richard KnightleyParliamentarianZouch TateParliamentarian
November 1640
December 1648Knightley excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacantTate not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653Northampton was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654Peter WhalleyNorthampton had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656Francis Harvey
January 1659James Langham
May 1659Not represented in the restored Rump
March 1660Francis HarveyRichard Rainsford
June 1660Sir John Norwich, Bt.
April 1661Francis HarveyJames Langham
November 1661Sir Charles ComptonRichard Rainsford
1662Sir James Langham, Bt.
March 1663Sir William Dudley, Bt.
April 1663Hon. Christopher Hatton
March 1664Sir John Bernard
April 1664Sir Henry Yelverton, Bt.
1670Sir William FermorHenry O'Brien
1678Hon. Ralph Montagu
February 1679Sir Hugh Cholmley, Bt.
August 1679William LanghamHon. Ralph Montagu
1685Richard RainsfordSir Justinian Isham, Bt.
1689William Langham
1690Sir Thomas Samwell, Bt.
1694Sir Justinian Isham, Bt.
1695Christopher Montagu
1698William Thursby
1701Thomas Andrew
1702Sir Matthew Dudley, Bt.Bartholomew Tate
1704Francis Arundell
1705George Montagu
1710William Wykes
1715William Wilmer
1722Edward Montagu
1727Hon. George Compton
1734William Wilmer
1744George Montagu
April 1754Charles Montagu
December 1754Hon. Charles Compton
1755Richard Backwell
1759Frederick Montagu
1761Spencer Compton
1763Lucy Knightley
1768Vice-Admiral Sir George Brydges RodneySir George Osborn, Bt.[4]
1769Hon. Thomas Howe
1771Wilbraham Tollemache
1774Sir George Robinson, 5th Bt.
1780George SpencerWhig[5]George Rodney
1782George BinghamTory[5]
1784Charles ComptonTory[5]Fiennes TrotmanWhig[5]
1790Hon. Edward BouverieWhig[5]
1796Hon. Spencer PercevalTory[5]
1810William HanburyWhig[5]
1812Spencer ComptonTory[5]
1818Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt.Tory[5]
1820Sir George Robinson, 6th Bt.Whig[5]William Leader MaberlyWhig[5]
1830Sir Robert Gunning, Bt.Tory[5]
1831Robert Vernon SmithWhig[6][7][8][9][5]
1832Charles RossTory[7][5]
1834Conservative[7][5]
1837Raikes CurrieRadical[7][10][11]
1857Charles GilpinRadical[12][13][14][15][7]
1859LiberalLiberal
1859 by-electionAnthony HenleyLiberal
February 1874Pickering PhippsConservative
October 1874 by-electionCharles Merewether[16]Conservative
1880Henry LabouchèreLiberalCharles BradlaughLiberal
1891 by-electionPhilip ManfieldLiberal
1895Adolphus DruckerConservative
1900John Greenwood ShipmanLiberal
1906Herbert PaulLiberal
Jan. 1910Hastings Lees-SmithLiberalCharles McCurdyLiberal
1918Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1918–1974 edit

ElectionMemberParty
1918Charles McCurdyCoalition Liberal
1922National Liberal
1923Margaret BondfieldLabour
1924Sir Arthur HollandConservative
1928 by-electionCecil MaloneLabour
1931Sir Mervyn Manningham-BullerConservative
1940 by-electionSpencer SummersConservative
1945Reginald PagetLabour
Feb 1974constituency abolished

Election results edit

Elections in the 1830s edit

General election 1830: Northampton[5][17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Y George Robinson 1,376 42.2
Tory Y Sir Robert Gunning, 3rd Baronet 1,315 40.4
WhigRaikes Currie56617.4
Turnout1,919c. 80.0
Registered electorsc. 2,400
Majority611.8
Whig holdSwing−0.2
Majority74923.0N/A
Tory gain from WhigSwing+8.8
General election 1831: Northampton[5][17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Y George Robinson 1,686 37.5 −4.7
Whig Y Robert Vernon Smith 1,383 30.7 +13.3
TorySir Robert Gunning, 3rd Baronet1,24127.6+7.4
ToryJames Lyon1914.2−16.0
Majority1423.1N/A
Turnout2,404
Registered electors
Whig holdSwing
Whig gain from TorySwing
  • After the election, a 13-day scrutiny was approved by the Mayor and tallies were revised to 1,570 for Robinson, 1,279 for Vernon Smith, 1,157 for Gunning, and 185 for Lyon. 188 votes were rejected.
General election 1832: Northampton[5][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Y Robert Vernon Smith 1,321 27.8 −2.9
Tory Y Charles Ross 1,275 26.9 −0.7
WhigGeorge Bainbridge[19]1,19125.1−12.4
ToryHenry FitzRoy95820.2+16.0
Turnout2,40696.4
Registered electors2,497
Majority460.9−2.2
Whig holdSwing−5.3
Majority841.8N/A
Tory gain from WhigSwing−3.5
General election 1835: Northampton[5][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Y Robert Vernon Smith 1,119 35.2 +7.4
Conservative Y Charles Ross 1,111 34.9 −12.2
WhigCharles Hill[20]95129.9+4.8
Turnoutc. 1,591c. 73.0c. −23.4
Registered electors2,178
Majority80.3−0.6
Whig holdSwing+6.8
Majority1605.0+3.2
Conservative holdSwing−12.2
General election 1837: Northampton[5][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Y Robert Vernon Smith 1,095 35.9 −29.2
Radical Y Raikes Currie 1,033 33.8 N/A
ConservativeCharles Ross92530.3−4.6
Turnout1,92292.4c. +19.4
Registered electors2,079
Majority622.1+1.8
Whig holdSwing−13.5
Majority1083.5N/A
Radical gain from ConservativeSwing

Elections in the 1840s edit

General election 1841: Northampton[18][7][5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Y Robert Vernon 990 32.6 −3.3
Radical Y Raikes Currie 970 32.0 −1.8
ConservativeHenry Willoughby89729.6−0.7
ChartistPeter Murray McDouall1765.8New
Turnout1,517 (est)75.9 (est)c. −16.5
Registered electors1,997
Majority200.6−1.5
Whig holdSwing−0.8
Majority732.4−1.1
Radical holdSwing+0.8
General election 1847: Northampton[18][7][21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Y Raikes Currie 897 28.6 −3.4
Whig Y Robert Vernon 841 26.8 −5.8
ConservativeLebbeus Charles Humfrey65220.8+6.0
ConservativeAugustus Frederick Bayford60719.3+4.5
ChartistJohn Epps1414.5−1.3
Turnout1,569 (est)84.0 (est)+8.1
Registered electors1,867
Majority561.8−0.6
Radical holdSwing−4.3
Majority1896.0+5.4
Whig holdSwing−5.5

Elections in the 1850s edit

Vernon Smith was appointed Secretary of State for War, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 11 February 1852: Northampton[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Y Robert Vernon 823 63.2 +36.4
ConservativeChristopher Markham[22][23]48036.8+3.3
Majority34326.4+20.4
Turnout1,30357.6−26.4
Registered electors2,263
Whig holdSwing+16.6
General election 1852: Northampton[18][7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Y Robert Vernon 855 33.8 +7.0
Radical Y Raikes Currie 825 32.6 +4.0
ConservativeGeorge Ward Hunt74529.4−10.7
ChartistJohn Ingram Lockhart1064.2−0.3
Turnout1,585 (est)70.0 (est)−14.0
Registered electors2,263
Majority301.2−4.8
Whig holdSwing+6.2
Majority803.2+1.4
Radical holdSwing+4.7

Vernon Smith was appointed President of the Board of Control, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 5 March 1855: Northampton[18][7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Y Robert VernonUnopposed
Whig hold
General election 1857: Northampton[18][7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Y Robert Vernon 1,079 37.1 +3.3
Radical Y Charles Gilpin 1,011 34.8 +2.2
ConservativeGeorge Ward Hunt81528.1−1.3
Turnout1,860 (est)78.3 (est)+8.3
Registered electors2,375
Majority682.3+1.1
Whig holdSwing+2.0
Majority1966.7+3.5
Radical holdSwing+1.4
General election 1859: Northampton[18][7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Charles Gilpin 1,151 36.5 +1.7
Liberal Y Robert Vernon 1,143 36.3 −0.8
ConservativeJames Thomas Mackenzie83226.4−1.7
ChartistRichard Hart270.9New
Majority3119.9+3.2
Turnout1,979 (est)78.3 (est)0.0
Registered electors2,526
Liberal holdSwing+1.3
Liberal holdSwing0.0

Vernon Smith was raised to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Lyveden, and causing a by-election.

By-election, 5 July 1859: Northampton[18][7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Anthony HenleyUnopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s edit

General election 1865: Northampton[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Anthony Henley 1,269 28.2 −8.1
Liberal Y Charles Gilpin 1,250 27.8 −8.7
ConservativeGeorge Frederick Holroyd[24]1,02922.9+9.7
ConservativeSackville Stopford[25]95021.1+7.9
Majority2214.9−5.0
Turnout2,249 (est)85.8 (est)+7.5
Registered electors2,620
Liberal holdSwing−8.5
Liberal holdSwing−8.8
General election 1868: Northampton[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Charles Gilpin 2,691 28.5 +0.7
Liberal Y Anthony Henley 2,154 22.8 −5.4
ConservativeCharles Merewether1,63417.3−5.6
ConservativeWilliam Edmonstone Lendrick[26]1,39614.8−6.3
LiberalCharles Bradlaugh1,08611.5N/A
LiberalFrederick Richard Lees[27]4925.2N/A
Majority5205.5+0.6
Turnout4,727 (est)71.4 (est)−14.4
Registered electors6,621
Liberal holdSwing+3.3
Liberal holdSwing+0.2

Elections in the 1870s edit

General election 1874: Northampton[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Y Pickering Phipps 2,690 25.3 +10.5
Liberal Y Charles Gilpin 2,310 21.7 −6.8
ConservativeCharles Merewether2,17520.5+3.2
LiberalAnthony Henley1,79616.9−5.9
LiberalCharles Bradlaugh1,65315.6+4.1
Turnout5,312 (est)77.8 (est)+6.4
Registered electors6,829
Majority8948.4N/A
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing+6.7
Majority1351.2−4.3
Liberal holdSwing−6.8

Gilpin's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 7 October 1874: Northampton[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Y Charles Merewether 2,171 37.6 −8.2
LiberalWilliam Fowler[28]1,83631.8+4.7
LiberalCharles Bradlaugh1,76630.6+3.5
Majority3355.8N/A
Turnout5,77384.5+6.7
Registered electors6,829
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing−4.5

Elections in the 1880s edit

General election 1880: Northampton[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Henry Labouchère 4,158 29.8 +2.7
Liberal Y Charles Bradlaugh 3,827 27.4 +0.3
ConservativePickering Phipps3,15222.6−2.7
ConservativeCharles Merewether[29]2,82620.2−0.3
Majority6754.8-3.6
Turnout6,982 (est)85.3 (est)+7.5
Registered electors8,189
Liberal holdSwing+1.5
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing+1.5

Bradlaugh was unseated after voting in the Commons before taking the Oath of Allegiance, causing a by-election.[18]

By-election, 12 April 1881: Northampton[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Charles Bradlaugh 3,437 51.0 −6.2
ConservativeEdward Corbett3,30549.0+6.2
Majority1322.0−2.8
Turnout6,74282.4−2.9 (est)
Registered electors8,185
Liberal holdSwing−6.2

Bradlaugh was expelled from the House of Commons due to his continuing prevention from taking the Oath, causing a by-election.[30][18]

By-election, 4 March 1882: Northampton[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Charles Bradlaugh 3,796 50.7 −6.5
ConservativeEdward Corbett3,68849.3+6.5
Majority1081.4−3.4
Turnout7,48489.5+4.2 (est)
Registered electors8,361
Liberal holdSwing−6.5

Bradlaugh resigned and sought election once more, after a resolution to exclude him from the precincts of the House of Commons was sought.[18]

By-election, 21 February 1884: Northampton[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Charles Bradlaugh 4,032 52.4 −4.8
ConservativeHenry Charles Richards3,66447.6+4.8
Majority3684.80.0
Turnout7,69686.6+1.3 (est)
Registered electors8,886
Liberal holdSwing−4.8
General election 1885: Northampton[31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Henry Labouchère 4,845 37.1 +7.3
Liberal Y Charles Bradlaugh 4,315 33.1 +5.7
ConservativeHenry Charles Richards3,89029.8−13.0
Majority4253.3−1.5
Turnout8,56189.3+4.0 (est)
Registered electors9,582
Liberal holdSwing+6.9
Liberal holdSwing+6.1
General election 1886: Northampton[31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Henry Labouchère 4,570 28.2 −8.9
Liberal Y Charles Bradlaugh 4,353 26.8 −6.3
Liberal UnionistRichard Turner[32]3,85023.7N/A
ConservativeThomas Orde Hastings Lees[33]3,45621.3−8.5
Majority5033.1−0.2
Turnout8,34387.1−2.2
Registered electors9,582
Liberal holdSwing−2.3
Liberal holdSwing−1.0

Elections in the 1890s edit

Bradlaugh's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 12 February 1891: Northampton[31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Philip Manfield 5,436 59.4 +4.4
ConservativeRobert Arthur Germaine[34]3,72340.6−4.4
Majority1,71318.8+15.7
Turnout9,15984.1−3.0
Registered electors10,895
Liberal holdSwing+4.4
General election 1892: Northampton[31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Henry Labouchère 5,439 31.1 +2.9
Liberal Y Philip Manfield 5,164 29.5 +2.7
ConservativeHenry Charles Richards3,65120.9−2.8
ConservativeAdolphus Drucker3,23518.5−2.8
Majority1,5138.6+5.5
Turnout9,078 (est)81.2−5.9
Registered electors11,180
Liberal holdSwing+2.9
Liberal holdSwing+2.8
General election 1895: Northampton[31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Henry Labouchère 4,884 27.0 −4.1
Conservative Y Adolphus Drucker 3,820 21.0 +2.5
Lib-LabEdward Harford3,70320.4−9.1
ConservativeJacob Jacobs3,39418.7−2.2
Social Democratic FederationFrederick George Jones1,2166.7New
Independent LiberalJ. M. Robertson1,1316.2New
Turnout9,554 (est)83.5+2.3
Registered electors11,442
Majority1,4908.3−0.3
Liberal holdSwing−3.3
Majority1170.6N/A
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing+5.8

Elections in the 1900s edit

Labouchère
General election 1900: Northampton[31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y John Shipman 5,437 28.2 +7.8
Liberal Y Henry Labouchère 5,281 27.3 +0.3
ConservativeRichard Rouse Boughton Orlebar4,48023.2+2.2
ConservativeH E Randall4,12421.3+2.6
Turnout19,32283.1−0.4
Registered electors12,180
Majority9575.0N/A
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing+2.8
Liberal holdSwing−1.0
Paul
Shipman
General election 1906: Northampton[31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Y Herbert Paul 4,479 20.7 −6.6
Liberal YJohn Shipman 4,244 19.5 −8.7
ConservativeRichard Rouse Boughton Orlebar4,07818.8−4.4
ConservativeFrederic Gorell Barnes4,00018.4−2.9
Social Democratic FederationJack Williams2,54411.7New
Social Democratic FederationJames Gribble2,36610.9New
Turnout21,71192.0+8.9
Registered electors11,954
Majority1660.7−4.3
Liberal holdSwing−1.1
Liberal holdSwing−2.2

Elections in the 1910s edit

McCurdy
Quelch
General election January 1910: Northampton[31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal YHastings Lees-Smith 5,398 23.3 +2.6
Liberal YCharles McCurdy 5,289 22.9 +3.4
ConservativeRichard Rouse Boughton Orlebar4,56919.8+1.0
ConservativeFrederic Gorell Barnes4,46419.3+0.9
Social Democratic FederationJames Gribble1,7927.7−4.0
Social Democratic FederationHarry Quelch1,6177.0−3.9
Majority7203.1+2.4
Turnout23,12992.7+0.7
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General election December 1910: Northampton[31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal YCharles McCurdy 6,179 28.6 +5.7
Liberal YHastings Lees-Smith 6,025 27.8 +4.5
ConservativeF. C. Parker4,88522.6+2.8
ConservativeJ. V. Collier4,55021.0+1.7
Majority1,1405.2+2.1
Turnout21,63987.7−5.0
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

McCurdy
General election 1918: Northampton[36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CLiberalCharles McCurdy18,01062.7+16.5
LabourWalter Halls10,73537.3New
Majority7,27525.4N/A
Turnout28,74562.5−30.2
Registered electors46,007
Liberal holdSwing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s edit

Bondfield
1920 Northampton by-election[37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CLiberalCharles McCurdy16,65055.6−7.1
LabourMargaret Bondfield13,27944.4+7.1
Majority3,37111.2−14.2
Turnout29,92967.1+4.6
Registered electors44,573
Liberal holdSwing−7.1
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election 1922: Northampton[36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National LiberalCharles McCurdy 19,974 52.3 -10.4
LabourMargaret Bondfield14,49837.9+0.6
LiberalHenry Vivian3,7539.8−52.9
Majority5,47614.4N/A
Turnout38,22585.5+23.0
Registered electors44,722
National Liberal gain from LiberalSwing
General election 1923: Northampton [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourMargaret Bondfield 15,556 40.5 +2.6
UnionistJohn Veasy Collier11,52030.0New
LiberalCharles McCurdy11,34229.5+19.7
Majority4,03610.5N/A
Turnout38,41884.3−1.2
Registered electors45,599
Labour gain from National LiberalSwing
General election 1924: Northampton[36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UnionistArthur Holland 16,017 39.5 +9.5
LabourMargaret Bondfield15,04637.2−3.3
LiberalJames Manfield9,43623.3−6.2
Majority9712.3N/A
Turnout40,49987.0+2.7
Registered electors46,543
Unionist gain from LabourSwing+6.4
1928 Northampton by-election[38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourCecil Malone 15,173 37.5 +0.3
UnionistAlexander Renton14,61636.1−3.4
LiberalSydney Morgan9,58423.7+0.4
Ind. UnionistE.A. Hailwood1,0932.7New
Majority5571.4N/A
Turnout40,46684.2−2.8
Registered electors48,048
Labour gain from UnionistSwing+1.9
General election 1929: Northampton[36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourCecil Malone 22,356 41.7 +4.5
UnionistAlexander Renton20,17737.7−1.8
LiberalHelen Schilizzi11,05420.6−2.7
Majority2,1794.0N/A
Turnout53,58787.5+0.5
Registered electors61,222
Labour gain from ConservativeSwing+3.2

Elections in the 1930s edit

General election 1931: Northampton[36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMervyn Manningham-Buller 34,817 63.6 +25.9
LabourCecil Malone19,89836.4−5.3
Majority14,91927.2N/A
Turnout54,71587.4−0.1
Conservative gain from LabourSwing
General election 1935: Northampton[36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMervyn Manningham-Buller 25,438 51.5 −12.1
LabourReginald Paget23,98348.5+12.1
Majority1,4553.0−24.2
Turnout49,42179.6−7.8
Conservative holdSwing

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s edit

1940 Northampton by-election[36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSpencer Summers 16,587 93.4 +41.9
Christian PacifistWilliam Stanley Seamark1,1676.6New
Majority15,42086.8+83.8
Turnout17,75430.0−49.6
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1945: Northampton[36][40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourReginald Paget 27,681 56.36 +7.86
ConservativeSpencer Summers20,68442.11−9.39
Independent LabourJames Edward Bugby7491.53New
Majority6,99714.25N/A
Turnout49,11475.52−4.08
Registered electors65,038
Labour gain from ConservativeSwing+8.63

Elections in the 1950s edit

General election 1950: Northampton[41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourReginald Paget 31,946 48.98 −7.38
ConservativeR.L. Agnew24,66437.81−4.30
LiberalSydney Husbands Alloway8,61913.21New
Majority7,28211.17−3.08
Turnout65,22987.55+12.03
Registered electors74,502
Labour holdSwing−1.54
General election 1951: Northampton[42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourReginald Paget 35,038 53.67 +4.69
ConservativeJohn Veasey Collier30,24446.33+8.52
Majority4,7947.34−3.83
Turnout65,28286.41−1.14
Registered electors75,551
Labour holdSwing−1.92
General election 1955: Northampton[43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourReginald Paget 32,119 52.75 −0.92
ConservativeWilliam Clark28,77147.25+0.92
Majority3,3485.50−1.84
Turnout60,89082.60−3.81
Registered electors73,713
Labour holdSwing−0.92
General election 1959: Northampton[44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourReginald Paget 27,823 46.30 −6.45
ConservativeJill Knight25,10641.77−5.48
LiberalAnthony Smith7,17011.93New
Majority2,7174.53−0.97
Turnout60,09982.87+0.27
Registered electors72,521
Labour holdSwing−0.49

Elections in the 1960s edit

General election 1964: Northampton[45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourReginald Paget 28,568 49.04 +2.74
ConservativeJill Knight24,12841.42−0.35
LiberalIrene Watson5,5579.54−2.39
Majority4,4407.62+3.09
Turnout58,25379.66−3.21
Registered electors73,129
Labour holdSwing+1.55
General election 1966: Northampton[46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourReginald Paget 31,541 56.74 +7.70
ConservativeOliver Wright24,05243.26+1.84
Majority7,48913.48+5.86
Turnout55,59376.38−3.28
Registered electors72,781
Labour holdSwing+2.93

Elections in the 1970s edit

General election 1970: Northampton[47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourReginald Paget 27,424 51.16 −5.58
ConservativeCecil Parkinson26,18348.84+5.58
Majority1,2412.32−11.16
Turnout53,60771.87−4.51
Registered electors74.590
Labour holdSwing−5.58

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