Northampton North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Northampton North
Borough constituency

Northampton North shown within Northamptonshire, and Northamptonshire shown within England
Created: 1974
MP: Sally Keeble
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Northamptonshire
EP constituency: East Midlands

Northampton North is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was created before the election of February 1974 when the old constituency of Northampton was split into Northampton North and Northampton South.

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[edit] Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Northamptonshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new seat for county which has meant consequential changes to the existing seats.

The modified Northampton North is formed from the following electoral wards:

  • Abington, Boughton Green, Eastfield, Headlands, Kingsley, Kingsthorpe, Lumbertubs, Parklands, St David and Thorplands

The other seat in Northampton is Northampton South.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Northampton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sally Keeble 16,905 40.2 -9.2
Conservative Damian Collins 12,945 30.8 +0.4
Liberal Democrat Andrew Simpson 10,317 24.5 +6.8
UK Independence John Howsam 1,050 2.5 +1.1
SOS! Northampton Paul Witherington 495 1.2 +1.2
Christian Peoples Andrew Otchie 336 0.8 +0.8
Majority 3,960 9.4 -9.6
Turnout 42,048 57.9 +1.9
Labour hold Swing -4.4
General Election 2001: Northampton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sally Keeble 20,507 49.4 -3.3
Conservative John Whelan 12,614 30.4 -3.0
Liberal Democrat Richard Church 7,363 17.7 +5.0
UK Independence Dusan Torbica 596 1.4 +0.5
Socialist Alliance Gordon White 414 1.0 N/A
Majority 7,893 19.0 -0.3
Turnout 41,494 56.0 -14.1
Labour hold Swing -3.15

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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Constituencies in the East Midlands
Labour
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) · UKIP (2) · Labour (1) · Liberal Democrats (1)


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