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 |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Historic
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ "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
- ^ "2011 Census Interactive - ONS". ons.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
- ^ a b "E07000154". fingertips.phe.org.uk.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
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- ^ @Tomorrow'sMPs [@tomorrowsmps] (1 June 2024). "🔵 NORTHAMPTON NORTH (324th safest): Dan Bennett picked as Conservative candidate" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Northampton North". BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Northampton North Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ "BBC Local Live: Northamptonshire". BBC News. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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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.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
Sources
[edit]- Election Demon 1997–2005. English Boroughs Leicester East to Wythenshawe and Sale East
External links
[edit]- 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