The
county
of
Northamptonshire
is divided into 7
parliamentary constituencies
- 2
borough constituencies
and 5
county constituencies
.
Constituencies
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Conservative
†
Labour
‡
Constituency
[nb 1]
|
Electorate
[1]
|
Majority
[2]
[nb 2]
|
Member of Parliament
[2]
|
Nearest opposition
[2]
|
Map
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Corby CC
|
86,153
|
10,268
|
|
Tom Pursglove
†
|
|
Beth Miller ‡
|
|
Daventry CC
|
77,423
|
26,080
|
|
Chris Heaton-Harris
†
|
|
Paul Joyce ‡
|
|
Kettering CC
|
73,164
|
16,765
|
|
Philip Hollobone
†
|
|
Clare Pavitt ‡
|
|
Northampton North BC
|
58,768
|
5,507
|
|
Michael Ellis
†
|
|
Sally Keeble
‡
|
|
Northampton South BC
|
62,163
|
4,697
|
|
Andrew Lewer
†
|
|
Gareth Eales ‡
|
|
South Northamptonshire CC
|
90,842
|
27,761
|
|
Andrea Leadsom
†
|
|
Gen Kitchen
‡
|
|
Wellingborough CC
|
80,765
|
6,436 (
2024
)
|
|
Gen Kitchen ‡
|
|
Helen Harrison †
|
|
2010 boundary changes
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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
.
Proposed boundary changes
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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
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Primary data source:
House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019
[6]
2019
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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Northamptonshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party
|
Votes
|
%
|
Change from 2017
|
Seats
|
Change from 2017
|
Conservative
|
216,229
|
59.0%
|
3.3%
|
7
|
0
|
Labour
|
106,611
|
29.1%
|
6.8%
|
0
|
0
|
Liberal Democrats
|
30,813
|
8.4%
|
4.3%
|
0
|
0
|
Greens
|
10,514
|
2.9%
|
1.2%
|
0
|
0
|
Others
|
2,276
|
0.6%
|
2.0%
|
0
|
0
|
Total
|
366,443
|
100.0
|
|
7
|
|
Percentage votes
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Election year
|
1974
(Feb)
|
1974
(Oct)
|
1979
|
1983
|
1987
|
1992
|
1997
|
2001
|
2005
|
2010
|
2015
|
2017
|
2019
|
Conservative
|
39.1
|
40.6
|
50.2
|
49.0
|
51.7
|
51.8
|
40.4
|
41.2
|
43.1
|
47.4
|
50.6
|
55.7
|
59.0
|
Labour
|
38.6
|
41.3
|
36.3
|
25.5
|
27.1
|
33.5
|
45.0
|
43.8
|
37.5
|
25.7
|
25.7
|
35.9
|
29.1
|
Liberal Democrat
1
|
22.0
|
18.1
|
12.8
|
25.2
|
20.8
|
14.3
|
11.1
|
12.6
|
15.2
|
19.1
|
4.1
|
4.1
|
8.4
|
Green Party
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
0.8
|
3.5
|
1.7
|
2.9
|
UKIP
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
2.8
|
16.0
|
2.5
|
*
|
Other
|
0.3
|
-
|
0.7
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
3.4
|
2.5
|
4.2
|
4.3
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
0.6
|
1
1974 & 1979 -
Liberal Party
; 1983 & 1987 -
SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats
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Election year
|
1974
(Feb)
|
1974
(Oct)
|
1979
|
1983
|
1987
|
1992
|
1997
|
2001
|
2005
|
2010
|
2015
|
2017
|
2019
|
Conservative
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
Labour
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Total
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
Maps
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1885-1910
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1885
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1886
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1892
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1895
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1900
-
1906
-
Jan 1910
-
Dec 1910
1918-1945
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1918
-
1922
-
1923
-
1924
-
1929
-
1931
-
1935
-
1945
1950-1979
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1950
-
1951
-
1955
-
1959
-
1964
-
1966
-
1970
1983-present
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-
Feb 1974
-
Oct 1974
-
1979
-
1983
-
1987
-
1992
-
1997
-
2001
-
2005
-
2010
-
2015
-
2017
-
2019
Historical representation by party
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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
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Conservative
Independent Liberal
Labour
Liberal
Liberal-Labour
Liberal Unionist
National Party
1918 to 1950
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Coalition Liberal
(1918-22) /
National Liberal
(1922-23)
Conservative
Co-operative
Labour
Speaker
1950-1983
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Conservative
Labour
1983-present
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Conservative
Labour
See also
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Notes
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- ^
BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- ^
The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
References
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