Northampton North | |
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Borough constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Northampton North in Northamptonshire. |
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Location of Northamptonshire within England. |
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County | Northamptonshire |
Electorate | 62,095 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Michael Ellis (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Northampton |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament 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. It is a bellwether constituency, electing an MP from the winning party in every general election since it was created. The current MP is Michael Ellis of the Conservative Party, first elected at the 2010 general election.
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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:
The other seat in Northampton is Northampton South.
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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1974 | Maureen Colquhoun | Labour | |
1979 | Tony Marlow | Conservative | |
1997 | Sally Keeble | Labour | |
2010 | Michael Ellis | Conservative |
General Election 2010: Northampton North[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Michael Ellis | 13,735 | 34.1 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Sally Keeble | 11,799 | 29.3 | −9.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Simpson | 11,250 | 27.9 | +1.0 | |
BNP | Ray Beasley | 1,316 | 3.3 | N/A | |
UKIP | Jim MacArthur | 1,238 | 3.1 | +0.6 | |
Green | Tony Lochmuller | 443 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Eamonn "Fitzy" Fitzpatrick | 334 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Christian | Timothy Webb | 98 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Malcolm Mildren | 58 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,936 | 4.8 | +13.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,271 | 62.7 | +5.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.9 |
General Election 2005: Northampton North | |||||
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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 | |
UKIP | 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 | |||||
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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 | |
UKIP | 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 |
General Election 1997: Northampton North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Sally Keeble | 27,247 | 52.7 | +14.1 | |
Conservative | Antony Marlow | 17,247 | 33.4 | -12.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | L. Dunbar | 6,579 | 12.7 | -2.5 | |
UKIP | Dusan Torbica | 474 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Natural Law | B. Spivack | 161 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,000 | 19.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,708 | 70.1 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
General Election 1992: Northampton North[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Antony Marlow | 24,865 | 45.8 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Mrs JM Thomas | 20,957 | 38.6 | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | RW Church | 8,236 | 15.2 | −5.5 | |
Natural Law | B Spivack | 232 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 3,908 | 7.2 | −10.7 | ||
Turnout | 54,290 | 78.5 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.4 |
General Election 1979: Northampton North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Antony Marlow | 18,597 | 48.22 | +8.55 | |
Labour | Maureen Colquhoun | 13,934 | 36.13 | -7.67 | |
Liberal | A Rounthwaite | 5,659 | 14.67 | -1.87 | |
National Front | R G W Rickord | 373 | 0.97 | ||
Majority | 4,663 | 12.09 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
General Election Oct 1974: Northampton North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Maureen Colquhoun | 16,314 | 43.80 | +3.80 | |
Conservative | R Tracey | 14,776 | 39.67 | +1.53 | |
Liberal | R B Baker | 6,160 | 16.54 | -4.60 | |
Majority | 1,538 | 4.13 | -4.60 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election Feb 1974: Northampton North | |||||
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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 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.15 |
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