The county of Northamptonshire is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies - 2 borough constituencies and 5 county constituencies.
The county of Northamptonshire is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies - 2 borough constituencies and 5 county constituencies.
Conservative † Labour ‡
| Constituency [nb 1] | Electorate [1] | Majority [2] [nb 2] | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corby and East Northamptonshire CC | 78,770 | 6,331 | Lee Barron ‡ | Tom Pursglove † |  | ||
| Daventry CC | 76,539 | 3,012 | Stuart Andrew † | Marianne Kimani ‡ |  | ||
| Kettering CC | 79,360 | 3,900 | Rosie Wrighting ‡ | Philip Hollobone † |  | ||
| Northampton North BC | 75,713 | 9,014 | Lucy Rigby ‡ | Dan Bennett † |  | ||
| Northampton South BC | 71,512 | 4,071 | Mike Readers ‡ | Andrew Lewer † |  | ||
| South Northamptonshire CC | 76,555 | 3,687 | Sarah Bool † | Rufia Ashraf ‡ |  | ||
| Wellingborough and Rushden CC | 77,542 | 5,486 | Gen Kitchen ‡ | David Goss † |  | ||
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
| Former name | Boundaries 2010-2024 | Current name | Boundaries 2024–present |
|---|---|---|---|
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For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England maintained seven constituencies in Northamptonshire, as detailed below, with boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries following the reorganisation of local government authorities within the county and to bring the electorates within the statutory range. Corby was renamed Corby and East Northamptonshire, and Wellingborough renamed Wellingborough and Rushden. [3] [4] These changes came into effect from the 2024 general election.
Containing electoral wards from North Northamptonshire
Containing electoral wards from West Northamptonshire
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [5]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Northamptonshire in the 2024 general election were as follows: [2]
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 122,226 | 36.3% |  7.2% | 5 | 5 |
| Conservative | 100,203 | 29.8% |  29.2% | 2 | 5 |
| Reform | 61,502 | 18.3% | New | 0 |  |
| Greens | 23,170 | 6.9% | 4.0% | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 22,306 | 6.6% | 1.8% | 0 | |
| Others | 6,894 | 2.0% | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Total | 336,331 | 100.0 | 7 |
| Election year | 1974 (Feb) | 1974 (Oct) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 38.6 | 41.3 | 36.3 | 25.5 | 27.1 | 33.5 | 45.0 | 43.8 | 37.5 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 35.9 | 29.1 | 36.3 |
| Conservative | 39.1 | 40.6 | 50.2 | 49.0 | 51.7 | 51.8 | 40.4 | 41.2 | 43.1 | 47.4 | 50.6 | 55.7 | 59.0 | 29.8 |
| Reform | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18.3 |
| Green Party | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.8 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 6.9 |
| Liberal Democrat 1 | 22.0 | 18.1 | 12.8 | 25.2 | 20.8 | 14.3 | 11.1 | 12.6 | 15.2 | 19.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 8.4 | 6.6 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | 2.8 | 16.0 | 2.5 | * | - |
| Other | 0.3 | - | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
11974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
| Election year | 1974 (Feb) | 1974 (Oct) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Conservative | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
The borders of Northamptonshire changed from 1974, with the Soke of Peterborough area becoming part of neighbouring Cambridgeshire.
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
Conservative Independent Liberal Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist National Party
| Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 89 | 91 | 1892 | 1895 | 1900 | 1906 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton | Labouchère | Paul | Lees-Smith | |||||||||
| Bradlaugh | Manfield | Drucker | Shipman | McCurdy | ||||||||
| Northamptonshire East | Channing | Money | → | |||||||||
| Northamptonshire Mid | Spencer | Pender | Spencer | Manfield | ||||||||
| Northamptonshire North | Cecil | Monckton | Stopford-Sackville | Nicholls | Brassey | |||||||
| Northamptonshire South | Knightley | Guthrie | Douglas-Pennant | FitzRoy | Grove | FitzRoy | → | → | ||||
| Peterborough | Wentworth-FitzWilliam | → | Morton | Purvis | Greenwood | |||||||
Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Conservative Co-operative Labour Speaker
| Constituency | 1918 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 28 | 1929 | 1931 | 1935 | 40 | 43 | 1945 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daventry | FitzRoy | → | R, Manningham-Buller | ||||||||
| Kettering | Waterson | Parker | Perry | M. Manningham-Buller | Perry | Eastwood | Profumo | Mitchison | |||
| Northampton | McCurdy | Bondfield | Holland | Malone | M. Manningham-Buller | Summers | Paget | ||||
| Peterborough | Brassey | Horrabin | Cecil | Hely-Hutchinson | Tiffany | ||||||
| Wellingborough | Smith | Shakespeare | Cove | Dallas | James | Lindgren | |||||
| Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 62 | 1964 | 1966 | 69 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kettering | Mitchison | de Freitas | Homewood | |||||||||
| Northampton / Northampton North (1974) | Paget | Colquhoun | Marlow | |||||||||
| Wellingborough | Lindgren | Hamilton | Howarth | Fry | ||||||||
| Peterborough | Nicholls | Transferred to Huntingdon and Peterborough | ||||||||||
| Northamptonshire South / Daventry (1974) | Manningham-Buller | Jones | Prentice | |||||||||
| Northampton South | Morris | |||||||||||
| Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 12 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 24 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corby / Corby & East Northants (2024) | Powell | Hope | Mensch | Sawford | Pursglove | Barron | |||||||
| Daventry | Prentice | Boswell | Heaton-Harris | Andrew | |||||||||
| Kettering | Freeman | Sawford | Hollobone | Wrighting | |||||||||
| Northampton North | Marlow | Keeble | Ellis | Rigby | |||||||||
| Northampton South | Morris | Clarke | Binley | Mackintosh | Lewer | Reader | |||||||
| Wellingborough / W & Rushden (2024) | Fry | Stinchcombe | Bone | Kitchen | |||||||||
| South Northamptonshire | Leadsom | Bool | |||||||||||
Northamptonshire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire to the south and Warwickshire to the west. Northampton is the largest settlement and the county town.
Corby and East Northamptonshire is a constituency in the English county of Northamptonshire. It is represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since July 2024 by Lee Barron, of the Labour Party.
Daventry is a constituency in Northamptonshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Stuart Andrew of the Conservative Party.
Kettering is a constituency in Northamptonshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Rosie Wrighting of the Labour Party.
Northampton South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Mike Reader, representing the Labour Party.
Northampton North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Lucy Rigby, a member of Labour. The constituency is a considered a bellwether, as it has reflected the national result at every general election since it was created in February 1974.
Wellingborough and Rushden is a constituency in Northamptonshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The seat is currently held by Labour MP Gen Kitchen, after the recall of MP Peter Bone in December 2023 which resulted in a by-election in February 2024.
South Northamptonshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sarah Bool. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
North Northamptonshire is one of two local government districts in Northamptonshire, England. Its council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. It was created in 2021. The council is based in Corby, the district's largest town. Other notable towns are Kettering, Wellingborough, Rushden, Raunds, Desborough, Rothwell, Irthlingborough, Thrapston and Oundle.