Northampton North (UK Parliament constituency)
Northampton North | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Northampton North in the East Midlands | |
County | Northamptonshire |
Electorate | 75,713 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Northampton (part) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 (1974) |
Member of Parliament | Lucy Rigby (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Northampton |
Northampton North is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Lucy Rigby, a member of Labour.[n 2] The constituency is a considered a bellwether, as it has reflected the national result at every general election since it was created in February 1974.
History
This constituency was created for the election of February 1974 when the old constituency of Northampton was split into Northampton North and Northampton South.
Since creation it has been a bellwether, electing an MP from the winning (or largest governing) party in every general election.
Boundaries
Historic
1974–1983: The County Borough of Northampton wards of Abington, Dallington, Kingsthorpe, Park, St David, and St George.[2]
1983–2010: The Borough of Northampton wards of Abington, Boughton Green, Dallington and Kings Heath, Headlands, Kingsthorpe, Lings, Lumbertubs, Park, St Alban, St George, Thorplands, and Welford.
2010–2024: The Borough of Northampton wards of Abington, Boughton Green, Eastfield, Headlands, Kingsley, Kingsthorpe, Lumbertubs, Parklands, St David, and Thorplands.
NB: with effect from 1 April 2021, the Borough of Northampton was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of West Northamptonshire.[3]
Current
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 April 2021):
- The District of West Northamptonshire wards of: Abington and Phippsville; Boothville and Parklands; Castle; Dallington Spencer; Headlands; Kingsthorpe North; Kingsthorpe South; St. George; Talavera.[4]
The constituency was expanded considerably with the addition of Northampton town centre from Northampton South.
Constituency profile
The constituency has income, social housing and unemployment statistics[5] close to the national average. There is a varied and dynamic service and engineering-centred economy typical of the East Midlands, with significant foodstuffs, clothing and consumables manufacturing and processing operations.[6] Health inequality is high, with the life expectancy gap between the least deprived and most deprived men in Northampton reaching over a decade.[7] According to Public Health England, the constituency is "considerably worse than [the] England average" in terms of violent crime, self harm, under 18 conception and GCSE achievement.[7]
Members of Parliament
Northampton prior to 1974
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Feb 1974 | Maureen Colquhoun | Labour | |
1979 | Tony Marlow | Conservative | |
1997 | Sally Keeble | Labour | |
2010 | Michael Ellis | Conservative | |
2024 | Lucy Rigby | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lucy Rigby[10] | 18,209 | 43.5 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Dan Bennett[11] | 9,195 | 22.0 | −27.8 | |
Reform UK | Antony Antoniou[12] | 7,010 | 16.8 | +16.8 | |
Green | Eishar Bassan[13] | 2,558 | 6.1 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Leggett[14] | 2,251 | 5.4 | −0.3 | |
Workers Party | Khalid Razzaq[15] | 1,531 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Independent | Paul Clark[16] | 1,059 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 9,014 | 21.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,813 | 55.3 | −12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 75,575 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.6 |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Ellis | 21,031 | 53.2 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Sally Keeble | 15,524 | 39.3 | −5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Sawyer | 2,031 | 5.1 | +2.6 | |
Green | Katherine Pate | 953 | 2.4 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 5,507 | 13.9 | +11.9 | ||
Turnout | 39,539 | 66.7 | −2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Ellis | 19,065 | 47.2 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Sally Keeble | 18,258 | 45.2 | +11.1 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Bullock | 1,404 | 3.5 | −12.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Smid | 1,015 | 2.5 | −1.1 | |
Green | Steve Miller | 636 | 1.6 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 807 | 2.0 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 40,411 | 68.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Ellis | 16,699 | 42.4 | +8.3 | |
Labour | Sally Keeble | 13,454 | 34.1 | +4.8 | |
UKIP | Tom Rubython[20] | 6,354 | 16.1 | +13.0 | |
Green | Tony Clarke[21] | 1,503 | 3.8 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Angela Paterson | 1,401 | 3.6 | −24.3 | |
Majority | 3,245 | 8.2 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,711 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Ellis | 13,735 | 34.1 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Sally Keeble | 11,799 | 29.3 | −10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Simpson | 11,250 | 27.9 | +1.0 | |
BNP | Ray Beasley | 1,316 | 3.3 | New | |
UKIP | Jim MacArthur | 1,238 | 3.1 | +0.6 | |
Green | Tony Lochmuller | 443 | 1.1 | New | |
Independent | Eamonn Fitzpatrick | 334 | 0.8 | New | |
Christian | Timothy Webb | 98 | 0.2 | New | |
Independent | Malcolm Mildren | 58 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,936 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,271 | 62.7 | +5.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.9 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sally Keeble | 16,905 | 40.2 | −9.2 | |
Conservative | Damian Collins | 12,945 | 30.8 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Simpson | 10,317 | 24.5 | +6.8 | |
UKIP | John Howsam | 1,050 | 2.5 | +1.1 | |
SOS! Northampton | Paul Witherington | 495 | 1.2 | New | |
CPA | Andrew Otchie | 336 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 3,960 | 9.4 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,048 | 57.9 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sally Keeble | 20,507 | 49.4 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | John Whelan | 12,614 | 30.4 | −3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Church | 7,363 | 17.7 | +5.0 | |
UKIP | Dusan Torbica | 596 | 1.4 | +0.5 | |
Socialist Alliance | Gordon White | 414 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 7,893 | 19.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,494 | 56.0 | −14.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.15 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sally Keeble | 27,247 | 52.7 | +14.1 | |
Conservative | Tony Marlow | 17,247 | 33.4 | −12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | L. Dunbar | 6,579 | 12.7 | −2.5 | |
UKIP | D. Torbica | 474 | 0.9 | New | |
Natural Law | B. Spivack | 161 | 0.3 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 10,000 | 19.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,708 | 70.1 | −8.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Marlow | 24,865 | 45.8 | −2.0 | |
Labour | JM Thomas | 20,957 | 38.6 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Church | 8,236 | 15.2 | −5.9 | |
Natural Law | B Spivack | 232 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 3,908 | 7.2 | −10.7 | ||
Turnout | 54,290 | 78.5 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Marlow | 24,816 | 47.8 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Owen Granfield | 15,560 | 29.9 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | Tony Rounthwaite | 10,960 | 21.1 | −5.0 | |
Green | Michael Green | 471 | 0.9 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | S. Colling | 156 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 9,256 | 17.9 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 51,963 | 74.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Marlow | 23,129 | 47.0 | ||
Labour | David Offenbach | 13,269 | 26.9 | ||
Liberal | Anthony Rounthwaite | 12,829 | 26.1 | ||
Majority | 9,860 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 49,227 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Marlow | 18,597 | 48.22 | ||
Labour | Maureen Colquhoun | 13,934 | 36.13 | ||
Liberal | Anthony Rounthwaite | 5,659 | 14.67 | ||
National Front | R G W Rickord | 373 | 0.97 | New | |
Majority | 4,663 | 12.09 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,563 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.11 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Colquhoun | 16,314 | 43.80 | +3.08 | |
Conservative | Richard Tracey | 14,776 | 39.67 | +1.53 | |
Liberal | R B Baker | 6,160 | 16.54 | −4.60 | |
Majority | 1,538 | 4.13 | −4.60 | ||
Turnout | 37,250 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.78 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Colquhoun | 16,321 | 40.72 | ||
Conservative | C M Jackson | 15,288 | 38.14 | ||
Liberal | R B Baker | 8,475 | 21.14 | ||
Majority | 1,033 | 2.58 | |||
Turnout | 39,994 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.15 |
See also
Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Daventry, Wellingborough and Northampton) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/604, retrieved 26 February 2023
- ^ "The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020".
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part I.
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
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- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
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- ^ "Reform UK: Northampton North". www.reformparty.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Your local candidates". Northants Green Party. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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- ^ "General election 2024". Workers Party of Britain. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
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- ^ "- Green Party Members' Website". greenparty.org.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC News - Election 2010 - Constituency - Northampton North". bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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Sources
- Election Demon 1997–2005. English Boroughs Leicester East to Wythenshawe and Sale East
External links
- Northampton North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Northampton North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Northampton North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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