Northampton North | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Northamptonshire |
Electorate | 58,324 (2018) [1] |
Major settlements | Northampton (part) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Michael Ellis (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Northampton |
Northampton North is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Michael Ellis, a Conservative. [n 2] 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.
This constituency was created for the election of February 1974 when the old constituency of Northampton was split into Northampton North and Northampton South.
Since creation it has been a bellwether, electing an MP from the winning (or largest governing) party in every general election.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Northampton wards of Abington, Dallington, Kingsthorpe, Park, St David, and St George. [2]
1983–2010: The Borough of Northampton wards of Abington, Boughton Green, Dallington and Kings Heath, Headlands, Kingsthorpe, Lings, Lumbertubs, Park, St Alban, St George, Thorplands, and Welford.
2010–present: The Borough of Northampton wards of Abington, Boughton Green, Eastfield, Headlands, Kingsley, Kingsthorpe, Lumbertubs, Parklands, St David, and Thorplands.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be composed of the following wards in the District of West Northamptonshire (as they existed on 1 April 2021):
Abington and Phippsville; Boothville and Parklands; Castle; Dallington Spencer; Headlands; Kingsthorpe North; Kingsthorpe South; St. George; Talavera. [3]
The constituency will be expanded considerably with the addition of Northampton town centre from Northampton South.
The constituency has income, social housing and unemployment statistics [4] close to the national average. There is a varied and dynamic service and engineering-centred economy typical of the East Midlands, with significant foodstuffs, clothing and consumables manufacturing and processing operations. [5] Health inequality is high, with the life expectancy gap between the least deprived and most deprived men in Northampton reaching over a decade. [6] According to Public Health England, the constituency is "considerably worse than [the] England average" in terms of violent crime, self harm, under 18 conception and GCSE achievement. [6]
Election | Member [7] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Maureen Colquhoun | Labour | |
1979 | Tony Marlow | Conservative | |
1997 | Sally Keeble | Labour | |
2010 | Michael Ellis | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lucy Rigby [8] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Sawyer [9] | ||||
Reform UK | Antony Antoniou [10] | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Ellis | 21,031 | 53.2 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Sally Keeble | 15,524 | 39.3 | -5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Sawyer | 2,031 | 5.1 | +2.6 | |
Green | Katherine Pate | 953 | 2.4 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 5,507 | 13.9 | +11.9 | ||
Turnout | 39,539 | 66.7 | -2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Ellis | 19,065 | 47.2 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Sally Keeble | 18,258 | 45.2 | +11.1 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Bullock | 1,404 | 3.5 | -12.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Smid | 1,015 | 2.5 | -1.1 | |
Green | Steve Miller | 636 | 1.6 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 807 | 2.0 | -6.2 | ||
Turnout | 40,411 | 68.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Ellis | 16,699 | 42.4 | +8.3 | |
Labour | Sally Keeble | 13,454 | 34.1 | +4.8 | |
UKIP | Tom Rubython [14] | 6,354 | 16.1 | +13.0 | |
Green | Tony Clarke [15] | 1,503 | 3.8 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Angela Paterson | 1,401 | 3.6 | -24.3 | |
Majority | 3,245 | 8.2 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,711 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Ellis | 13,735 | 34.1 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Sally Keeble | 11,799 | 29.3 | −10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Simpson | 11,250 | 27.9 | +1.0 | |
BNP | Ray Beasley | 1,316 | 3.3 | New | |
UKIP | Jim MacArthur | 1,238 | 3.1 | +0.6 | |
Green | Tony Lochmuller | 443 | 1.1 | New | |
Independent | Eamonn Fitzpatrick | 334 | 0.8 | New | |
Christian | Timothy Webb | 98 | 0.2 | New | |
Independent | Malcolm Mildren | 58 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,936 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,271 | 62.7 | +5.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sally Keeble | 16,905 | 40.2 | -9.2 | |
Conservative | Damian Collins | 12,945 | 30.8 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Simpson | 10,317 | 24.5 | +6.8 | |
UKIP | John Howsam | 1,050 | 2.5 | +1.1 | |
SOS! Northampton | Paul Witherington | 495 | 1.2 | New | |
CPA | Andrew Otchie | 336 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 3,960 | 9.4 | -9.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,048 | 57.9 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sally Keeble | 20,507 | 49.4 | -3.3 | |
Conservative | John Whelan | 12,614 | 30.4 | -3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Church | 7,363 | 17.7 | +5.0 | |
UKIP | Dusan Torbica | 596 | 1.4 | +0.5 | |
Socialist Alliance | Gordon White | 414 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 7,893 | 19.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,494 | 56.0 | -14.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.15 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sally Keeble | 27,247 | 52.7 | +14.1 | |
Conservative | Tony Marlow | 17,247 | 33.4 | -12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | L. Dunbar | 6,579 | 12.7 | -2.5 | |
UKIP | D. Torbica | 474 | 0.9 | New | |
Natural Law | B. Spivack | 161 | 0.3 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 10,000 | 19.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,708 | 70.1 | -8.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Marlow | 24,865 | 45.8 | -2.0 | |
Labour | JM Thomas | 20,957 | 38.6 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Church | 8,236 | 15.2 | -5.9 | |
Natural Law | B Spivack | 232 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 3,908 | 7.2 | −10.7 | ||
Turnout | 54,290 | 78.5 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Marlow | 24,816 | 47.8 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Owen Granfield | 15,560 | 29.9 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | Tony Rounthwaite | 10,960 | 21.1 | -5.0 | |
Green | Michael Green | 471 | 0.9 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | S. Colling | 156 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 9,256 | 17.9 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 51,963 | 74.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Marlow | 23,129 | 47.0 | ||
Labour | David Offenbach | 13,269 | 26.9 | ||
Liberal | Anthony Rounthwaite | 12,829 | 26.1 | ||
Majority | 9,860 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 49,227 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Marlow | 18,597 | 48.22 | ||
Labour | Maureen Colquhoun | 13,934 | 36.13 | ||
Liberal | Anthony Rounthwaite | 5,659 | 14.67 | ||
National Front | R G W Rickord | 373 | 0.97 | New | |
Majority | 4,663 | 12.09 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,563 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.11 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Colquhoun | 16,314 | 43.80 | +3.08 | |
Conservative | Richard Tracey | 14,776 | 39.67 | +1.53 | |
Liberal | R B Baker | 6,160 | 16.54 | -4.60 | |
Majority | 1,538 | 4.13 | -4.60 | ||
Turnout | 37,250 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.78 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 39,994 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.15 | |||
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