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Coordinates:52°16′N0°52′W / 52.26°N 0.87°W /52.26; -0.87

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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974 onwards

Northampton North
Borough constituency for theHouse 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 aconstituency^{[n 1]} represented in theHouse of Commons of theUK Parliament since2024 byLucy Rigby, a member ofLabour.^{[n 2]} The constituency is a considered abellwether, as it has reflected the national result at every general election since it was created inFebruary 1974.

History

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This constituency was created for the election ofFebruary 1974 when theold constituency of Northampton was split into Northampton North andNorthampton South.

Since creation it has been a bellwether, electing an MP from the winning (or largest governing) party in every general election.

Boundaries

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Historic

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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

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Further to the2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the2024 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 fromNorthampton South.

Constituency profile

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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 theEast 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 toPublic Health England, the constituency is "considerably worse than [the] England average" in terms of violent crime, self harm,under 18 conception andGCSE achievement.^[7]

Members of Parliament

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Northampton prior to 1974

	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

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Northampton North election results 1983-2024

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Northampton North^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucy Rigby	18,209	43.5	+1.4
	Conservative	Dan Bennett	9,195	22.0	−27.8
	Reform	Antony Antoniou	7,010	16.8	N/A
	Green	Eishar Bassan	2,558	6.1	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Leggett	2,251	5.4	−0.3
	Workers Party	Khalid Razzaq	1,531	3.7	N/A
	Independent	Paul Clark	1,059	2.5	N/A
Majority			9,014	21.5	N/A
Turnout			41,813	55.3	−12.2
Registered electors			75,575
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	+14.6

Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2019: Northampton North^[10]
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
	Conservativehold		Swing	+6.0

General election 2017: Northampton North^[11]
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
	Conservativehold		Swing	-3.1

General election 2015: Northampton North^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ellis	16,699	42.4	+8.3
	Labour	Sally Keeble	13,454	34.1	+4.8
	UKIP	Tom Rubython	6,354	16.1	+13.0
	Green	Tony Clarke	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
	Conservativehold		Swing	+1.7

General election 2010: Northampton North^[13]^[14]
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
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing	+6.9

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Northampton North^[15]
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
	Labourhold		Swing	-4.8

General election 2001: Northampton North^[16]
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
	Labourhold		Swing	-3.15

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Northampton North^[17]
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
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	+13.3

General election 1992: Northampton North^[18]^[19]
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
	Conservativehold		Swing	−5.4

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Northampton North^[20]
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
	Conservativehold		Swing	-1.1

General election 1983: Northampton North^[21]
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
	Conservativehold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: Northampton North
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
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing	+8.11

General election October 1974: Northampton North
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
	Labourhold		Swing	+0.78

General election February 1974: Northampton North
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
	Labourhold		Swing	-3.15

Notes

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^Aborough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^As with all constituencies, the constituency elects oneMember of Parliament (MP) by thefirst past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

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^"The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved3 July 2024.
^"The Parliamentary Constituencies (Daventry, Wellingborough and Northampton) Order 1973",legislation.gov.uk,The National Archives, SI 1973/604, retrieved26 February 2023
^"The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020".
^"The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part I.
^Unemployment claimants by constituencyThe Guardian
^"2011 Census Interactive - ONS".ons.gov.uk. Archived fromthe 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)
^"Northampton North results".BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved5 July 2024.
^"Northampton North Parliamentary constituency".BBC News. BBC. Retrieved21 November 2019.
^"BBC Local Live: Northamptonshire".BBC News. 30 April 2017. Retrieved14 April 2019.
^"Election Data 2015".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved17 October 2015.
^"Election Data 2010".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved17 October 2015.
^"BBC News - Election 2010 - Constituency - Northampton North".bbc.co.uk.
^"Election Data 2005".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 2001".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 1997".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 1992".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.
^"Politics Resources".Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived fromthe original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved6 December 2010.
^"Election Data 1987".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 1983".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.

Sources

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Election Demon 1997–2005.English Boroughs Leicester East to Wythenshawe and Sale East

External links

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Northampton North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) atMapIt UK
Northampton North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) atMapIt UK
Northampton North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) atMapIt UK

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Northampton

Suburbs and villages

Governance

Culture

Places of interest	78 Derngate All Saints' Church Doddridge United Reformed Church (1695) Delapré Abbey National Lift Tower The Holy Sepulchre Northampton Castle Northampton Cathedral Northampton Guildhall Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Entertainment	The Roadmender Royal & Derngate Cultural Quarter Sol Central Sixfields
Shopping	Grosvenor Centre Weston Favell Shopping Centre
Parks	Abington Park Billing Aquadrome Hunsbury Hill The Racecourse Victoria Park
Events	Northampton Balloon Festival Northampton Carnival St Crispin Street Fair

Education

Sport

Teams	Northampton ON Chenecks FC Northampton Saints Northampton Sileby Rangers FC Northampton Spencer FC Northampton Town FC Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Venues	County Cricket Ground Franklin's Gardens Sixfields Stadium