South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Northamptonshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
East Midlands - South Northamptonshire constituency.svg
Boundary of South Northamptonshire in the East Midlands
County Northamptonshire
Electorate 76,555 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Brackley, King's Sutton, Towcester
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Sarah Bool (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Daventry
1950–1974
SeatsOne
Created from Daventry and Kettering
Replaced by Daventry
1832–1918
Seats1832–1885: Two
1885–1918: One
Created from Northamptonshire
Replaced by Daventry

South Northamptonshire is a constituency [n 1] 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.

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Constituency profile

This is a rural seat around Towcester and Brackley. There is a significant motorsport sector including the north half of Silverstone Circuit. [2] Incomes and house prices are above average for the UK. [3]

History

Before 2010, the constituency existed from 1832 to 1918, and from 1950 to 1974, however on different boundaries during each period. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election from 1832, until the representation was reduced in 1885 to one member elected by the first past the post system.

Prominent members

Three names feature prominently among the area's Commons members, the 3rd and 5th Earl Spencer (during their tenures as MP having a courtesy title only, Viscount Althorp – Althorp is a major country house in the seat, well known as the childhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales); Edward Fitzroy (son of Lord Southampton), Speaker of the House of Commons from 1928 until his death in 1943; and lastly, Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne who on accomplishment of a peerage sat for the final two years of his life as the historic equivalent of the President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom with additional functions, the Lord Chancellor.

In the 19th century history of the seat the Cartwright family (with three members) lived in the stately home Aynhoe Park near Banbury.

History of boundaries

The seat was abolished in 1918 to form the new constituency of Daventry, then recreated in 1950 caused by a relatively short-lived abolition of Daventry. In 1974 the constituency was almost wholly swallowed up by a reborn Daventry, which on wide boundaries saw substantial population growth.

This called for recreation in 2010 whereby most of the electoral wards were taken from the former version of the Daventry seat.

Present bordering constituencies

The constituency is bordered by Daventry and Northampton South to the north, Wellingborough to the north east, Milton Keynes North and Milton Keynes South to the south east, Buckingham to the south, Banbury to the south west and Kenilworth and Southam to the west.

Boundaries

Historic

1832–1885: The Hundreds of Kings Sutton, Chipping Warden, Greens Norton, Cleley, Towcester, Fawsley, Wymersley, Spelhoe, Nobottle Grove, and Guilsborough. [4]

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Brackley and Towcester, and part of the Sessional Division of Daventry. (The part of the Sessional Division of Daventry included in South Northamptonshire excluded the parishes of Ashby St. Ledgers, Barby, Claycoton Crick, Elkington, Kilsby, Lilboume, Long Buckley, Stanford, Watford, West Haddon, Winwick, and Yelvertoft, which were assigned to Mid Northamptonshire). [5]

1950–1974: The Boroughs of Daventry and Brackley, and the Rural Districts of Brackley, Daventry, Northampton, and Towcester.

2010–2021: The District of South Northamptonshire wards of Astwell, Blakesley, Blisworth, Brackley East, Brackley South, Brackley West, Chase, Cogenhoe, Collingtree, Cosgrove, Courteenhall, Deanshanger, Grafton, Kings Sutton, Kingthorn, Little Brook, Middleton Cheney, Salcey, Silverstone, Steane, Tove, Towcester Brook, Towcester Mill, Wardoun, Washington, Whittlewood, and Yardley, and the Borough of Northampton wards of East Hunsbury, Nene Valley, and West Hunsbury.

2021–2024: With effect from 1 April 2021, the Borough of Northampton and the District of South Northamptonshire were abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. [6] From that date, the constituency comprised the District of West Northamptonshire wards of Brackley, Bugbrooke (part), Deanshanger, Duston West and St. Crispin (part), East Hunsbury and Shelfleys, Hackleton and Grange Park, Middleton Cheney, Nene Valley, Silverstone, Sixfields (part), and Towcester and Roade.

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 April 2021):

The parts in the former Borough of Northampton were transferred to Northampton South. The constituency gained the part of the Irchester ward from Wellingborough and the remainder of the Bugbrooke ward from Daventry. A small part of Silverstone ward was transferred to Daventry.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

Northamptonshire prior to 1832

ElectionFirst member [8] [9] First partySecond member [8] Second party
1832 Viscount Althorp Whig [10] William Ralph Cartwright Tory [10]
1834 Conservative [10]
1835 Sir Charles Knightley, Bt Conservative [11] [10]
1846 by-election Cpt. Richard Howard-Vyse [n 2] Conservative
1852 Rainald Knightley Conservative
1857 Viscount Althorp Whig [12] [13]
1858 by-election Col. Henry Cartwright Conservative
1868 Fairfax Cartwright Conservative
1881 by-election Pickering Phipps Conservative
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1918

YearMember [8] Party
1885 Sir Rainald Knightley Conservative
1892 David Guthrie [n 3] Liberal
1895 Hon. Edward Douglas-Pennant Conservative
1900 Hon. Edward FitzRoy Conservative
1906 Archibald Grove Liberal
1910 Hon. Edward FitzRoy Conservative
1917 National Party
1918 Unionist
1918 Constituency abolished, but revived in 1950

MPs 1950–1974

Daventry and Kettering prior to 1950

ElectionMember [8] PartyNotes
1950 Reginald Manningham-Buller Conservative Resigned 1962 on being raised to the peerage
1962 by-election Arthur Jones Conservative
February 1974 Constituency abolished, but revived in 2010

MPs since 2010

Daventry prior to 2010

ElectionMember [8] Party
2010 Andrea Leadsom Conservative
2024 Sarah Bool Conservative

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: South Northamptonshire [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Bool 19,191 35.7 −27.5
Labour Rufia Ashraf15,50428.9+8.1
Reform UK Paul Hogan8,96216.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Stewart Tolley4,9899.3−1.8
Green Emmie Williamson3,0405.7+1.9
Independent Ian McCord1,5562.9N/A
Workers Party Mick Stott2460.5N/A
Independent Stuart Robert2090.4N/A
Majority3,6876.8−35.6
Turnout 53,69768.6−4.3
Registered electors 78,233
Conservative hold Swing -17.8

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: South Northamptonshire [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrea Leadsom 41,755 62.4 −0.1
Labour Gen Kitchen 13,99420.9−6.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Lofts7,89111.8+6.2
Green Denise Donaldson2,6343.9+1.8
Independent Josh Phillips4630.7+0.2
Independent Stuart McCutcheon1710.3New
Majority27,76141.5+6.3
Turnout 66,90873.7−2.2
Conservative hold Swing +3.15
General election 2017: South Northamptonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrea Leadsom [18] 40,599 62.5 +2.4
Labour Sophie Johnson [19] 17,75927.3+10.6
Liberal Democrats Chris Lofts [20] 3,6235.6−0.3
UKIP Nigel Wickens1,3632.1−11.4
Green Denise Donaldson1,3572.1−1.6
Independent Josh Philips2970.5New
Majority22,84035.2−8.2
Turnout 64,99875.9+4.8
Conservative hold Swing -4.15
General election 2015: South Northamptonshire [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrea Leadsom 36,607 60.1 +4.9
Labour Lucy Mills10,19116.7−0.6
UKIP Roger Clark8,20413.5+9.5
Liberal Democrats Tom Snowdon3,6135.9−15.1
Green Damon Boughen2,2473.7+2.6
Majority26,41643.4+9.2
Turnout 60,86271.1−1.9
Conservative hold Swing +2.75
General election 2010: South Northamptonshire [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrea Leadsom 33,081 55.2 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Scott Collins12,60321.0+3.9
Labour Matthew May10,38017.3−11.4
UKIP Barry Mahoney2,4064.0+1.4
English Democrat Tony Tappy7351.2New
Green Marcus Rock6851.1New
Majority20,47834.2
Turnout 59,89073.0
Conservative hold Swing +3.8

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: South Northamptonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Jones 29,070 51.16
Labour Gordon Roberts21,13137.18
Liberal Peter Smout6,62611.66New
Majority7,93913.98
Turnout 56,82777.87
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: South Northamptonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Jones 25,023 52.84
Labour Graham Ridge22,33247.16
Majority2,6915.68
Turnout 47,35582.18
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: South Northamptonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Jones 24,823 54.27
Labour Ivor Wilde20,91645.73
Majority3,9078.54
Turnout 45,73983.04
Conservative hold Swing
1962 South Northamptonshire by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Jones 14,921 41.15 −15.83
Labour Ivor Wilde14,00438.62−4.40
Liberal N. Picarda7,00219.31New
Independent P. Buchan3320.9New
Majority9172.53−11.43
Turnout 36,259
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: South Northamptonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Manningham-Buller 24,226 56.98
Labour Arthur Richardson18,29243.02
Majority5,93413.96
Turnout 42,51882.72
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: South Northamptonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Manningham-Buller 21,497 55.35
Labour Ronald Lewis 17,33944.65
Majority4,15810.70
Turnout 38,83681.56
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: South Northamptonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Manningham-Buller 21,282 53.59
Labour Dennis Webb18,43446.41
Majority2,8487.18
Turnout 39,71685.90
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: South Northamptonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Manningham-Buller 18,612 47.62
Labour Dennis Webb16,85243.12
Liberal Llewellyn Evans3,6209.26
Majority1,7604.50
Turnout 39,08487.10
Conservative win (new seat)

Election results 1868–1918

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Northamptonshire South (2 seats) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rainald Knightley 2,522 34.4 −0.3
Conservative Fairfax Cartwright 2,505 34.2 +1.3
Liberal Frederick John FitzRoy2,30531.4−0.9
Majority2002.8+2.2
Turnout 4,819 (est)76.0 (est)−3.4
Registered electors 6,338
Conservative hold Swing +0.1
Conservative hold Swing +0.9

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Northamptonshire South (2 seats) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fairfax Cartwright Unopposed
Conservative Rainald Knightley Unopposed
Registered electors 6,029
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Northamptonshire South (2 seats) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fairfax Cartwright Unopposed
Conservative Rainald Knightley Unopposed
Registered electors 6,093
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Cartwright's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 15 Feb 1881: Northamptonshire South (1 seat) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pickering Phipps Unopposed
Registered electors 6,093
Conservative hold
General election 1885: Northamptonshire South [25] [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rainald Knightley 4,074 50.4 N/A
Liberal Maurice Fitzgerald 4,01249.6New
Majority620.8N/A
Turnout 8,08683.9N/A
Registered electors 9,636
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1886: Northamptonshire South [26] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rainald Knightley 4,003 52.1 +1.7
Liberal James Carmichael 3,68747.9−1.7
Majority3164.2+3.4
Turnout 7,69079.8−4.1
Registered electors 9,636
Conservative hold Swing +1.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Northamptonshire South [26] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Guthrie 3,930 50.3 +2.4
Conservative Thomas Leslie-Melville-Cartwright3,88249.7−2.4
Majority480.6N/A
Turnout 7,81284.4+4.6
Registered electors 9,251
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.4
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Douglas-Pennant
General election 1895: Northamptonshire South [26] [28] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Douglas-Pennant 4,553 57.8 +8.1
Liberal David Guthrie 3,32442.2−8.1
Majority1,22915.6N/A
Turnout 7,87786.2+1.8
Registered electors 9,134
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.1

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Northamptonshire South [26] [28] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward FitzRoy 4,174 56.9 −0.9
Liberal Archibald Grove 3,16643.1+0.9
Majority1,00813.8−1.8
Turnout 7,34081.8−4.4
Registered electors 8,976
Conservative hold Swing −0.9
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Grove
General election 1906: Northamptonshire South [26] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Archibald Grove 4,136 52.0 +8.9
Conservative Charles Douglas-Pennant3,81448.0−8.9
Majority3224.0N/A
Turnout 7,95088.1+6.3
Registered electors 9,023
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +8.9

Elections in the 1910s

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Kellaway
General election January 1910: Northamptonshire South [29] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward FitzRoy 4,565 53.6 +5.6
Liberal Frederick Kellaway 3,95546.4−5.6
Majority6107.2N/A
Turnout 8,52091.7+3.6
Registered electors 9,290
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.6
General election December 1910: Northamptonshire South [29] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward FitzRoy 4,340 53.1 −0.5
Liberal Arthur Augustus Thomas3,82746.9+0.5
Majority5136.2−1.0
Turnout 8,16787.9−3.8
Registered electors 9,290
Conservative hold Swing −0.5

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Election results 1832–1868

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Northamptonshire South (2 seats) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory William Ralph Cartwright Unopposed
Whig John Spencer Unopposed
Registered electors 4,425
Tory win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: Northamptonshire South (2 seats) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative William Ralph Cartwright Unopposed
Conservative Charles Knightley Unopposed
Registered electors 4,463
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1837: Northamptonshire South (2 seats) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative William Ralph Cartwright Unopposed
Conservative Charles Knightley Unopposed
Registered electors 4,626
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Northamptonshire South (2 seats) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Ralph Cartwright 2,436 42.8 N/A
Conservative Charles Knightley 2,324 40.9 N/A
Whig Henry FitzRoy 92516.3New
Majority1,39924.6N/A
Turnout 3,305 (est)72.0 (est)N/A
Registered electors 4,589
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Cartwright resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 24 February 1846: Northamptonshire South [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Howard-Vyse Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1847: Northamptonshire South (2 seats) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Knightley 2,272 39.2 −1.7
Conservative Richard Howard-Vyse 2,064 35.6 −7.2
Whig Anthony Henley [31] 1,46025.2+8.9
Majority60410.4−14.2
Turnout 3,628 (est)76.7 (est)+4.7
Registered electors 4,729
Conservative hold Swing −3.1
Conservative hold Swing −5.8

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Northamptonshire South (2 seats) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Howard-Vyse 1,833 47.9 +12.3
Conservative Rainald Knightley 1,833 47.9 +8.7
Whig John Houghton [32] 1644.3−20.9
Majority1,66943.6+33.2
Turnout 1,997 (est)43.7 (est)−33.0
Registered electors 4,568
Conservative hold Swing +11.4
Conservative hold Swing +9.6
General election 1857: Northamptonshire South (2 seats) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Spencer 2,107 37.4 +33.1
Conservative Rainald Knightley 1,932 34.3 −13.6
Conservative Richard Howard-Vyse 1,59328.3−19.6
Majority5149.1N/A
Turnout 3,870 (est)82.8 (est)+39.1
Registered electors 4,675
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +33.1
Conservative hold Swing −15.1

Spencer succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th Earl Spencer and causing a by-election.

By-election, 20 February 1858: Northamptonshire South [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Cartwright 1,983 51.1 −11.5
Whig Anthony Henley [33] 1,89948.9+11.5
Majority842.2N/A
Turnout 3,88283.0+0.2
Registered electors 4,675
Conservative gain from Whig Swing −11.5
General election 1859: Northamptonshire South (2 seats) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rainald Knightley Unopposed
Conservative Henry Cartwright Unopposed
Registered electors 4,955
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Northamptonshire South (2 seats) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rainald Knightley 2,206 34.7 N/A
Conservative Henry Cartwright 2,092 32.9 N/A
Liberal Frederick FitzRoy 2,05432.3New
Majority380.6N/A
Turnout 4,203 (est)79.4 (est)N/A
Registered electors 5,293
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ Later a member for Windsor: 4 November 1863 – 11 July 1865
  3. ↑ This source [14]

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Slapton is a small village in Northamptonshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) from Towcester and the same from Silverstone. It is close to the A43 road which links the M40 motorway junction 10 with the M1 junction 15A at Northampton. Central London is about 60 miles south of M40 junction 10. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of Whilton. The village is the home of The Slapton Wall Paintings, an extraordinary and rare set of surviving 14th and 15th century wall paintings in the parish church.

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