Wellingborough (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Wellingborough County constituency |
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| Wellingborough shown within Northamptonshire, and Northamptonshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918 |
| MP: | Peter Bone |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Northamptonshire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Wellingborough is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament ment (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is named after the town of Wellingborough and covers most of the Borough of Wellingborough local government district. The constituency also includes the smaller towns of Rushden and Higham Ferrers in the neighbouring local government district of East Northamptonshire.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Northamptonshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new constituency in the county, meaning consequential changes for the rest of the county.
The modified Wellingborough constituency is formed from the following electoral wards:
- Brickhill, Castle, Croyland, Finedon, Great Doddington and Wilby, Hemmingwell, Irchester, North, Queensway, Redwell East, Redwell West, South, Swanspool and Wollaston from Wellingborough district
- Higham Ferrers, Rushden East, Rushden North, Rushden South, Rushden West from East Northamptonshire.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Walter Robert Smith | Labour | |
| 1922 | Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare | National Liberal | |
| 1923 | William George Cove | Labour | |
| 1929 | George Dallas | Labour | |
| 1931 | Archibald William Henry James | Conservative | |
| 1945 | George Samuel Lindgren | Labour | |
| 1959 | Michael Aubrey Hamilton | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Harry Howarth | Labour | |
| 1969 | Sir Peter Derek Fry | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Paul David Stinchcombe | Labour | |
| 2005 | Peter William Bone | Conservative | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Wellingborough | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Bone | 22,674 | 42.8 | +0.6 | |
| Labour | Paul Stinchcombe | 21,987 | 41.5 | −5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Church | 6,147 | 11.6 | +2.3 | |
| UK Independence | James Wrench | 1,214 | 2.3 | +0.6 | |
| Veritas | Nicholas Alex | 749 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Andy Dickson | 234 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 687 | 1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 53,005 | 66.5 | +2.4 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: Wellingborough | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Paul Stinchcombe | 23,867 | 46.8 | +2.6 | |
| Conservative | Peter Bone | 21,512 | 42.2 | -1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Gaskell | 4,763 | 9.3 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Tony Ellwood | 864 | 1.7 | -0.4 | |
| Majority | 2,355 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 51,006 | 64.1 | -10.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in the East Midlands | |
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| Labour |
Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Bolsover | Broxtowe | Corby | Derby North | Derby South | Erewash | Gedling | High Peak | Leicester East | Leicester South | Leicester West | Lincoln | Loughborough | Mansfield | Northampton North | North East Derbyshire | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham East | Nottingham North | Nottingham South | Sherwood | South Derbyshire |
| Conservative |
Blaby | Boston and Skegness | Bosworth | Charnwood | Daventry | Gainsborough | Grantham and Stamford | Harborough | Kettering | Louth and Horncastle | Newark | Northampton South | Rushcliffe | Rutland and Melton | Sleaford and North Hykeham | South Holland and The Deepings | Wellingborough | West Derbyshire |
| Liberal Democrat | |
| East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
