List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire

The county of Northamptonshire is divided into 7 Parliamentary constituencies - 2 Borough constituencies and 5 County constituencies.

Constituencies

      † Conservative       ‡ Labour       ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Corby CC* 79,468 7,791   Andy Sawford   Christine Emmett
Daventry CC 67,256 19,188   Chris Heaton-Harris   Christopher McGlynn
Kettering CC 62,813 9,094   Philip Hollobone   Phil Sawford
Northampton North BC 64,212 1,936   Michael Ellis   Sally Keeble
Northampton South BC 62,133 6,004   Brian Binley   Clyde Loakes
South Northamptonshire CC 68,773 20,478   Andrea Leadsom   Scott Collins
Wellingborough CC 71,392 11,787   Peter Bone   Jayne Buckland

Boundary changes

NamePrevious boundaries
  1. Corby CC
  2. Daventry CC
  3. Kettering CC
  4. Northampton North BC
  5. Northampton South BC
  6. Wellingborough CC

The Boundary Commission for England has recommended that the county should in future be divided into 7 constituencies. These changes were implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Proposed nameCurrent boundaries
  1. Corby CC
  2. Daventry CC
  3. Kettering CC
  4. Northampton North BC
  5. Northampton South BC
  6. South Northamptonshire CC
  7. Wellingborough CC

Results

2005 2010

Notes

  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