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List of parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire

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The location of Northamptonshire relative to England.

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 Nearest opposition Map
Corby and East Northamptonshire CC 78,770 6,331   Lee Barron   Tom Pursglove
Daventry CC 76,539 3,012   Stuart Andrew   Marianne Kimani ‡
Kettering CC 79,360 3,900   Rosie Wrighting   Philip Hollobone
Northampton North BC 75,713 9,014   Lucy Rigby   Dan Bennett †
Northampton South BC 71,512 4,071   Mike Readers   Andrew Lewer
South Northamptonshire CC 76,555 3,687   Sarah Bool   Rufia Ashraf ‡
Wellingborough and Rushden CC 77,542 5,486   Gen Kitchen   David Goss †

2024 boundary changes

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name Boundaries 2010-2024 Current name Boundaries 2024–present
  1. Corby CC
  2. Daventry CC
  3. Kettering CC
  4. Northampton North BC
  5. Northampton South BC
  6. South Northamptonshire CC
  7. Wellingborough CC
2010-2024 constituencies in Northamptonshire
2010-2024 constituencies in Northamptonshire
  1. Corby and East Northamptonshire CC
  2. Daventry CC
  3. Kettering CC
  4. Northampton North BC
  5. Northampton South BC
  6. South Northamptonshire CC
  7. Wellingborough and Rushden CC
Current constituencies in Northamptonshire
Current constituencies in Northamptonshire

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England maintained seven 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. Corby was renamed Corby and East Northamptonshire, and Wellingborough renamed Wellingborough and Rushden.[3][4] These changes came into effect from the 2024 general election.

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[5]

2024

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Northamptonshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:[2]

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 122,226 36.3% Increase7.2% 5 Increase5
Conservative 100,203 29.8% Decrease29.2% 2 Decrease5
Reform 61,502 18.3% New 0 Steady
Greens 23,170 6.9% Increase4.0% 0 Steady
Liberal Democrats 22,306 6.6% Decrease1.8% 0 Steady
Others 6,894 2.0% Increase1.4 0 Steady
Total 336,331 100.0 7

Percentage votes

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Election year 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
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 36.3
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 29.8
Reform - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18.3
Green Party - - - - * * * * * 0.8 3.5 1.7 2.9 6.9
Liberal Democrat1 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 6.6
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 2.0

11974 & 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 2024
Labour 2 2 1 0 0 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 5
Conservative 3 3 4 6 6 6 1 1 4 7 7 7 7 2
Total 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7

Maps

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1885-1910

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1918-1945

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1950-1979

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1974-present

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The borders of Northamptonshire changed from 1974, with the Soke of Peterborough area becoming part of neighbouring Cambridgeshire.

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

Constituency 1885 1886 89 91 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 17 18
Northampton Labouchère Paul Lees-Smith
Bradlaugh Manfield Drucker Shipman McCurdy
Northamptonshire East Channing Money
Northamptonshire Mid Spencer Pender Spencer Manfield
Northamptonshire North Cecil Monckton Stopford-Sackville Nicholls Brassey
Northamptonshire South Knightley Guthrie Douglas-Pennant FitzRoy Grove FitzRoy
Peterborough Wentworth-FitzWilliam Morton Purvis Greenwood

1918 to 1950

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

Constituency 1918 1922 1923 1924 28 1929 1931 1935 40 43 1945
Daventry FitzRoy R, Manningham-Buller
Kettering Waterson Parker Perry M. Manningham-Buller Perry Eastwood Profumo Mitchison
Northampton McCurdy Bondfield Holland Malone M. Manningham-Buller Summers Paget
Peterborough Brassey Horrabin Cecil Hely-Hutchinson Tiffany
Wellingborough Smith Shakespeare Cove Dallas James Lindgren

1950-1983

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  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1950 1951 1955 1959 62 1964 1966 69 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979
Kettering Mitchison de Freitas Homewood
Northampton / Northampton North (1974) Paget Colquhoun Marlow
Wellingborough Lindgren Hamilton Howarth Fry
Peterborough Nicholls Transferred to Huntingdon and Peterborough
Northamptonshire South / Daventry (1974) Manningham-Buller Jones Prentice
Northampton South Morris

1983-present

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  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 12 2015 2017 2019 24 2024
Corby / Corby & East Northants (2024) Powell Hope Mensch Sawford Pursglove Barron
Daventry Prentice Boswell Heaton-Harris Andrew
Kettering Freeman Sawford Hollobone Wrighting
Northampton North Marlow Keeble Ellis Rigby
Northampton South Morris Clarke Binley Mackintosh Lewer Reader
Wellingborough / W & Rushden (2024) Fry Stinchcombe Bone Kitchen
South Northamptonshire Leadsom Bool

See also

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Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England - Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition - East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ "These are all of the proposed changes for Northamptonshire's parliamentary constituencies under electoral map shake-up". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 157-182. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".