Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)

Northampton
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Northamptonshire
Major settlements	Northampton
1295–1918
Seats	2
1918–1974
Type of constituency	borough constituency
Replaced by	Northampton North and Northampton South

Northampton was a parliamentary constituency (centred on the town of Northampton), which existed until 1974.

It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England until 1707, the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800 and to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was reduced to one member for the 1918 general election. The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Northampton North and Northampton South.

A former MP of note for the constituency was Spencer Perceval, the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1640

• 1295: constituency established, electing two MPs

Parliament	First member	Second member
1377	Sir Gerard de Braybooke of Castle Ashby [ citation needed ]
1377	Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton [ citation needed ]
1378	Sir John Seton
1379	Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton
1380	Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton
1382	Giles St John of Plumpton
1386	William Spriggy	William Ringwood [1]
1388 (Feb)	Thomas Pirie	John Stotesbury [1]
1388 (Sep)	John Honybourne	John Besford [1]
1390 (Jan)	John Colingtree	John Sywell [1]
1390 (Nov)
1391	William Begworth	John Stotesbury [1]
1393	William Spriggy	Stephen Wappenham [1]
1394
1395	Nicholas Horncastle	John Woodward [1]
1397 (Jan)	Richard Stormsworth	Thomas Overton [1]
1397 (Sep)
1399	John Loudham	John Spring [1]
1401
1406	Henry Empingham	Thomas Wintringham [1]
1407	John Rivell	John Temple [1]
1410	Simon Dunstall	John Lincoln [1]
1411	Richard Wems	William Rushden [1]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Roger Maltman	Alexander Deyster [1]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	Geoffrey Balde	John Hethersett [1]
1415
1416 (Mar)	John Hendley	John Buckingham [1]
1416 (Oct)
1417	William Clerk	Thomas Colley [1]
1419	Thomas Stotesbury	Ralph Passenham [1]
1420	William Maltman	William Harpole [1]
1421 (May)	John Bernhill	John Colden [1]
1421 (Dec)	John Spriggy	Stephen Kynnesman [1]
1427	Thomas Compworth
1477–1478	Robert Pemberton
1510–1515	No names known [2]
1523	John Parvyn	Thomas Doddington [2]
1529	Lawrence Manley	Nicholas Rand [2]
1536	?
1539	?
1542	?
1545	?
1547	Richard Wenman	Anthony Bryan [2]
1553 (Mar)	George Tresham	William Chauncy [2]
1553 (Oct)	Francis Morgan	Lawrence Manley [2]
1554 (Apr)	Francis Morgan	John Horpool [2]
1554 (Nov)	Henry Clerke	Ralph Freeman [2]
1555	Nicholas Rand	John Balgye [2]
1558	Thomas Colles	Edward Manley [2]
1559 (Jan)	William Carvell	Edmund (or Edward) Kinwelmersh [3]
1562–3	Lewis Montgomery	Ralph Lane [3]
1571	Christopher Yelverton	William Lane [3] |- [3]
1572 (Apr)	Christopher Yelverton	John Spencer [3]
1584 (Nov)	Sir Richard Knightley	Thomas Catesby [3]
1586 (Sep)	Sir Richard Knightley	Peter Wentworth [3]
1588 (Oct)	Peter Wentworth	Richard Knollys [3]
1593	Valentine Knightley	Peter Wentworth [3]
1597 (Oct)	Christopher Yelverton	Henry Yelverton [3]
1601	Henry Hickman	Francis Tate [3]
1604	Henry Yelverton	Edward Mercer
1614	Henry Yelverton	Francis Beale
1621–1622	Richard Spencer	Thomas Crewe
1624	Richard Spencer	Christopher Sherland
1625	Richard Spencer	Christopher Sherland
1626	Richard Spencer	Christopher Sherland
1628	Richard Spencer	Christopher Sherland
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened

MPs 1640–1918

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
April 1640		Richard Knightley	Parliamentarian		Zouch Tate	Parliamentarian
November 1640
December 1648	Knightley excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant			Tate not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653	Northampton was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654		Peter Whalley		Northampton had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656		Francis Harvey
January 1659					James Langham
May 1659	Not represented in the restored Rump
March 1660		Francis Harvey			Richard Rainsford
June 1660		Sir John Norwich, Bt.
April 1661		Francis Harvey			James Langham
November 1661		Sir Charles Compton			Richard Rainsford
1662		Sir James Langham, Bt.
March 1663		Sir William Dudley, Bt.
April 1663		Hon. Christopher Hatton
March 1664					Sir John Bernard
April 1664					Sir Henry Yelverton, Bt.
1670		Sir William Fermor			Henry O'Brien
1678					Hon. Ralph Montagu
February 1679					Sir Hugh Cholmley, Bt.
August 1679		William Langham			Hon. Ralph Montagu
1685		Richard Rainsford			Sir Justinian Isham, Bt.
1689		William Langham
1690					Sir Thomas Samwell, Bt.
1694					Sir Justinian Isham, Bt.
1695		Christopher Montagu
1698					William Thursby
1701					Thomas Andrew
1702		Sir Matthew Dudley, Bt.			Bartholomew Tate
1704					Francis Arundell
1705		George Montagu
1710					William Wykes
1715		William Wilmer
1722					Edward Montagu
1727		Hon. George Compton
1734					William Wilmer
1744					George Montagu
April 1754					Charles Montagu
December 1754		Hon. Charles Compton
1755		Richard Backwell
1759					Frederick Montagu
1761		Spencer Compton
1763		Lucy Knightley
1768		Vice-Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney			Sir George Osborn, Bt. [4]
1769					Hon. Thomas Howe
1771					Wilbraham Tollemache
1774		Sir George Robinson, 5th Bt.
1780		George Spencer	Whig [5]		George Rodney
1782		George Bingham	Tory [5]
1784		Charles Compton	Tory [5]		Fiennes Trotman	Whig [5]
1790					Hon. Edward Bouverie	Whig [5]
1796		Hon. Spencer Perceval	Tory [5]
1810					William Hanbury	Whig [5]
1812		Spencer Compton	Tory [5]
1818					Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt.	Tory [5]
1820		Sir George Robinson, 6th Bt.	Whig [5]		William Leader Maberly	Whig [5]
1830					Sir Robert Gunning, Bt.	Tory [5]
1831					Robert Vernon Smith	Whig [6] [7] [8] [9] [5]
1832		Charles Ross	Tory [7] [5]
1834			Conservative [7] [5]
1837		Raikes Currie	Radical [7] [10] [11]
1857		Charles Gilpin	Radical [12] [13] [14] [15] [7]
1859			Liberal			Liberal
1859 by-election					Anthony Henley	Liberal
February 1874					Pickering Phipps	Conservative
October 1874 by-election		Charles Merewether [16]	Conservative
1880		Henry Labouchère	Liberal		Charles Bradlaugh	Liberal
1891 by-election					Philip Manfield	Liberal
1895					Adolphus Drucker	Conservative
1900					John Greenwood Shipman	Liberal
1906		Herbert Paul	Liberal
Jan. 1910		Hastings Lees-Smith	Liberal		Charles McCurdy	Liberal
1918	Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1918–1974

Election		Member	Party
1918		Charles McCurdy	Coalition Liberal
1922			National Liberal
1923		Margaret Bondfield	Labour
1924		Sir Arthur Holland	Conservative
1928 by-election		Cecil Malone	Labour
1931		Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller	Conservative
1940 by-election		Spencer Summers	Conservative
1945		Reginald Paget	Labour
Feb 1974	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Northampton ^{[5] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y George Robinson	1,376	42.2
	Tory	Y Sir Robert Gunning, 3rd Baronet	1,315	40.4
	Whig	Raikes Currie	566	17.4
Turnout			1,919	c. 80.0
Registered electors			c. 2,400
Majority			61	1.8
	Whig hold		Swing	−0.2
Majority			749	23.0	N/A
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing	+8.8

General election 1831: Northampton ^{[5] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y George Robinson	1,686	37.5	−4.7
	Whig	Y Robert Vernon Smith	1,383	30.7	+13.3
	Tory	Sir Robert Gunning, 3rd Baronet	1,241	27.6	+7.4
	Tory	James Lyon	191	4.2	−16.0
Majority			142	3.1	N/A
Turnout			2,404
Registered electors
	Whig hold		Swing
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing

• After the election, a 13-day scrutiny was approved by the Mayor and tallies were revised to 1,570 for Robinson, 1,279 for Vernon Smith, 1,157 for Gunning, and 185 for Lyon. 188 votes were rejected.

General election 1832: Northampton ^{[5] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Robert Vernon Smith	1,321	27.8	−2.9
	Tory	Y Charles Ross	1,275	26.9	−0.7
	Whig	George Bainbridge [19]	1,191	25.1	−12.4
	Tory	Henry FitzRoy	958	20.2	+16.0
Turnout			2,406	96.4
Registered electors			2,497
Majority			46	0.9	−2.2
	Whig hold		Swing	−5.3
Majority			84	1.8	N/A
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing	−3.5

General election 1835: Northampton ^{[5] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Robert Vernon Smith	1,119	35.2	+7.4
	Conservative	Y Charles Ross	1,111	34.9	−12.2
	Whig	Charles Hill [20]	951	29.9	+4.8
Turnout			c. 1,591	c. 73.0	c. −23.4
Registered electors			2,178
Majority			8	0.3	−0.6
	Whig hold		Swing	+6.8
Majority			160	5.0	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−12.2

General election 1837: Northampton ^{[5] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Robert Vernon Smith	1,095	35.9	−29.2
	Radical	Y Raikes Currie	1,033	33.8	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Ross	925	30.3	−4.6
Turnout			1,922	92.4	c. +19.4
Registered electors			2,079
Majority			62	2.1	+1.8
	Whig hold		Swing	−13.5
Majority			108	3.5	N/A
	Radical gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Northampton ^{[18] [7] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Robert Vernon	990	32.6	−3.3
	Radical	Y Raikes Currie	970	32.0	−1.8
	Conservative	Henry Willoughby	897	29.6	−0.7
	Chartist	Peter Murray McDouall	176	5.8	New
Turnout			1,517 (est)	75.9 (est)	c. −16.5
Registered electors			1,997
Majority			20	0.6	−1.5
	Whig hold		Swing	−0.8
Majority			73	2.4	−1.1
	Radical hold		Swing	+0.8

General election 1847: Northampton ^{[18] [7] [21]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Y Raikes Currie	897	28.6	−3.4
	Whig	Y Robert Vernon	841	26.8	−5.8
	Conservative	Lebbeus Charles Humfrey	652	20.8	+6.0
	Conservative	Augustus Frederick Bayford	607	19.3	+4.5
	Chartist	John Epps	141	4.5	−1.3
Turnout			1,569 (est)	84.0 (est)	+8.1
Registered electors			1,867
Majority			56	1.8	−0.6
	Radical hold		Swing	−4.3
Majority			189	6.0	+5.4
	Whig hold		Swing	−5.5

Elections in the 1850s

Vernon Smith was appointed Secretary of State for War, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 11 February 1852: Northampton ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Robert Vernon	823	63.2	+36.4
	Conservative	Christopher Markham [22] [23]	480	36.8	+3.3
Majority			343	26.4	+20.4
Turnout			1,303	57.6	−26.4
Registered electors			2,263
	Whig hold		Swing	+16.6

General election 1852: Northampton ^{[18] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Robert Vernon	855	33.8	+7.0
	Radical	Y Raikes Currie	825	32.6	+4.0
	Conservative	George Ward Hunt	745	29.4	−10.7
	Chartist	John Ingram Lockhart	106	4.2	−0.3
Turnout			1,585 (est)	70.0 (est)	−14.0
Registered electors			2,263
Majority			30	1.2	−4.8
	Whig hold		Swing	+6.2
Majority			80	3.2	+1.4
	Radical hold		Swing	+4.7

Vernon Smith was appointed President of the Board of Control, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 5 March 1855: Northampton ^{[18] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Robert Vernon	Unopposed
	Whig hold

General election 1857: Northampton ^{[18] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Y Robert Vernon	1,079	37.1	+3.3
	Radical	Y Charles Gilpin	1,011	34.8	+2.2
	Conservative	George Ward Hunt	815	28.1	−1.3
Turnout			1,860 (est)	78.3 (est)	+8.3
Registered electors			2,375
Majority			68	2.3	+1.1
	Whig hold		Swing	+2.0
Majority			196	6.7	+3.5
	Radical hold		Swing	+1.4

General election 1859: Northampton ^{[18] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Charles Gilpin	1,151	36.5	+1.7
	Liberal	Y Robert Vernon	1,143	36.3	−0.8
	Conservative	James Thomas Mackenzie	832	26.4	−1.7
	Chartist	Richard Hart	27	0.9	New
Majority			311	9.9	+3.2
Turnout			1,979 (est)	78.3 (est)	0.0
Registered electors			2,526
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	0.0

Vernon Smith was raised to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Lyveden, and causing a by-election.

By-election, 5 July 1859: Northampton ^{[18] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Anthony Henley	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Northampton ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Anthony Henley	1,269	28.2	−8.1
	Liberal	Y Charles Gilpin	1,250	27.8	−8.7
	Conservative	George Frederick Holroyd [24]	1,029	22.9	+9.7
	Conservative	Sackville Stopford [25]	950	21.1	+7.9
Majority			221	4.9	−5.0
Turnout			2,249 (est)	85.8 (est)	+7.5
Registered electors			2,620
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.8

General election 1868: Northampton ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Charles Gilpin	2,691	28.5	+0.7
	Liberal	Y Anthony Henley	2,154	22.8	−5.4
	Conservative	Charles Merewether	1,634	17.3	−5.6
	Conservative	William Edmonstone Lendrick [26]	1,396	14.8	−6.3
	Liberal	Charles Bradlaugh	1,086	11.5	N/A
	Liberal	Frederick Richard Lees [27]	492	5.2	N/A
Majority			520	5.5	+0.6
Turnout			4,727 (est)	71.4 (est)	−14.4
Registered electors			6,621
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Northampton ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y Pickering Phipps	2,690	25.3	+10.5
	Liberal	Y Charles Gilpin	2,310	21.7	−6.8
	Conservative	Charles Merewether	2,175	20.5	+3.2
	Liberal	Anthony Henley	1,796	16.9	−5.9
	Liberal	Charles Bradlaugh	1,653	15.6	+4.1
Turnout			5,312 (est)	77.8 (est)	+6.4
Registered electors			6,829
Majority			894	8.4	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.7
Majority			135	1.2	−4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.8

Gilpin's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 7 October 1874: Northampton ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y Charles Merewether	2,171	37.6	−8.2
	Liberal	William Fowler [28]	1,836	31.8	+4.7
	Liberal	Charles Bradlaugh	1,766	30.6	+3.5
Majority			335	5.8	N/A
Turnout			5,773	84.5	+6.7
Registered electors			6,829
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	−4.5

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Northampton ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Henry Labouchère	4,158	29.8	+2.7
	Liberal	Y Charles Bradlaugh	3,827	27.4	+0.3
	Conservative	Pickering Phipps	3,152	22.6	−2.7
	Conservative	Charles Merewether [29]	2,826	20.2	−0.3
Majority			675	4.8	-3.6
Turnout			6,982 (est)	85.3 (est)	+7.5
Registered electors			8,189
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.5
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.5

Bradlaugh was unseated after voting in the Commons before taking the Oath of Allegiance, causing a by-election. ^[18]

By-election, 12 April 1881: Northampton ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Charles Bradlaugh	3,437	51.0	−6.2
	Conservative	Edward Corbett	3,305	49.0	+6.2
Majority			132	2.0	−2.8
Turnout			6,742	82.4	−2.9 (est)
Registered electors			8,185
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.2

Bradlaugh was expelled from the House of Commons due to his continuing prevention from taking the Oath, causing a by-election. ^{[30] [18]}

By-election, 4 March 1882: Northampton ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Charles Bradlaugh	3,796	50.7	−6.5
	Conservative	Edward Corbett	3,688	49.3	+6.5
Majority			108	1.4	−3.4
Turnout			7,484	89.5	+4.2 (est)
Registered electors			8,361
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.5

Bradlaugh resigned and sought election once more, after a resolution to exclude him from the precincts of the House of Commons was sought. ^[18]

By-election, 21 February 1884: Northampton ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Charles Bradlaugh	4,032	52.4	−4.8
	Conservative	Henry Charles Richards	3,664	47.6	+4.8
Majority			368	4.8	0.0
Turnout			7,696	86.6	+1.3 (est)
Registered electors			8,886
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.8

General election 1885: Northampton ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Henry Labouchère	4,845	37.1	+7.3
	Liberal	Y Charles Bradlaugh	4,315	33.1	+5.7
	Conservative	Henry Charles Richards	3,890	29.8	−13.0
Majority			425	3.3	−1.5
Turnout			8,561	89.3	+4.0 (est)
Registered electors			9,582
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.1

General election 1886: Northampton ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Henry Labouchère	4,570	28.2	−8.9
	Liberal	Y Charles Bradlaugh	4,353	26.8	−6.3
	Liberal Unionist	Richard Turner [32]	3,850	23.7	N/A
	Conservative	Thomas Orde Hastings Lees [33]	3,456	21.3	−8.5
Majority			503	3.1	−0.2
Turnout			8,343	87.1	−2.2
Registered electors			9,582
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.0

Elections in the 1890s

Bradlaugh's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 12 February 1891: Northampton ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Philip Manfield	5,436	59.4	+4.4
	Conservative	Robert Arthur Germaine [34]	3,723	40.6	−4.4
Majority			1,713	18.8	+15.7
Turnout			9,159	84.1	−3.0
Registered electors			10,895
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.4

General election 1892: Northampton ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Henry Labouchère	5,439	31.1	+2.9
	Liberal	Y Philip Manfield	5,164	29.5	+2.7
	Conservative	Henry Charles Richards	3,651	20.9	−2.8
	Conservative	Adolphus Drucker	3,235	18.5	−2.8
Majority			1,513	8.6	+5.5
Turnout			9,078 (est)	81.2	−5.9
Registered electors			11,180
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.8

General election 1895: Northampton ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Henry Labouchère	4,884	27.0	−4.1
	Conservative	Y Adolphus Drucker	3,820	21.0	+2.5
	Lib-Lab	Edward Harford	3,703	20.4	−9.1
	Conservative	Jacob Jacobs	3,394	18.7	−2.2
	Social Democratic Federation	Frederick George Jones	1,216	6.7	New
	Independent Liberal	J. M. Robertson	1,131	6.2	New
Turnout			9,554 (est)	83.5	+2.3
Registered electors			11,442
Majority			1,490	8.3	−0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.3
Majority			117	0.6	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.8

Elections in the 1900s

Labouchère

General election 1900: Northampton ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y John Shipman	5,437	28.2	+7.8
	Liberal	Y Henry Labouchère	5,281	27.3	+0.3
	Conservative	Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar	4,480	23.2	+2.2
	Conservative	H E Randall	4,124	21.3	+2.6
Turnout			19,322	83.1	−0.4
Registered electors			12,180
Majority			957	5.0	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.0

Paul

Shipman

General election 1906: Northampton ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Herbert Paul	4,479	20.7	−6.6
	Liberal	Y John Shipman	4,244	19.5	−8.7
	Conservative	Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar	4,078	18.8	−4.4
	Conservative	Frederic Gorell Barnes	4,000	18.4	−2.9
	Social Democratic Federation	Jack Williams	2,544	11.7	New
	Social Democratic Federation	James Gribble	2,366	10.9	New
Turnout			21,711	92.0	+8.9
Registered electors			11,954
Majority			166	0.7	−4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.2

Elections in the 1910s

McCurdy

Quelch

General election January 1910: Northampton ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Hastings Lees-Smith	5,398	23.3	+2.6
	Liberal	Y Charles McCurdy	5,289	22.9	+3.4
	Conservative	Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar	4,569	19.8	+1.0
	Conservative	Frederic Gorell Barnes	4,464	19.3	+0.9
	Social Democratic Federation	James Gribble	1,792	7.7	−4.0
	Social Democratic Federation	Harry Quelch	1,617	7.0	−3.9
Majority			720	3.1	+2.4
Turnout			23,129	92.7	+0.7
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

General election December 1910: Northampton ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Y Charles McCurdy	6,179	28.6	+5.7
	Liberal	Y Hastings Lees-Smith	6,025	27.8	+4.5
	Conservative	F. C. Parker	4,885	22.6	+2.8
	Conservative	J. V. Collier	4,550	21.0	+1.7
Majority			1,140	5.2	+2.1
Turnout			21,639	87.7	−5.0
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

• British Socialist Party: Ben Tillett ^[35]

McCurdy

General election 1918: Northampton ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Charles McCurdy	18,010	62.7	+16.5
	Labour	Walter Halls	10,735	37.3	New
Majority			7,275	25.4	N/A
Turnout			28,745	62.5	−30.2
Registered electors			46,007
	Liberal hold		Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

Bondfield

1920 Northampton by-election ^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Charles McCurdy	16,650	55.6	−7.1
	Labour	Margaret Bondfield	13,279	44.4	+7.1
Majority			3,371	11.2	−14.2
Turnout			29,929	67.1	+4.6
Registered electors			44,573
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.1
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General election 1922: Northampton ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Charles McCurdy	19,974	52.3	-10.4
	Labour	Margaret Bondfield	14,498	37.9	+0.6
	Liberal	Henry Vivian	3,753	9.8	−52.9
Majority			5,476	14.4	N/A
Turnout			38,225	85.5	+23.0
Registered electors			44,722
	National Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing

General election 1923: Northampton ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Bondfield	15,556	40.5	+2.6
	Unionist	John Veasy Collier	11,520	30.0	New
	Liberal	Charles McCurdy	11,342	29.5	+19.7
Majority			4,036	10.5	N/A
Turnout			38,418	84.3	−1.2
Registered electors			45,599
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

General election 1924: Northampton ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Arthur Holland	16,017	39.5	+9.5
	Labour	Margaret Bondfield	15,046	37.2	−3.3
	Liberal	James Manfield	9,436	23.3	−6.2
Majority			971	2.3	N/A
Turnout			40,499	87.0	+2.7
Registered electors			46,543
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+6.4

1928 Northampton by-election ^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecil Malone	15,173	37.5	+0.3
	Unionist	Alexander Renton	14,616	36.1	−3.4
	Liberal	Sydney Morgan	9,584	23.7	+0.4
	Ind. Unionist	E.A. Hailwood	1,093	2.7	New
Majority			557	1.4	N/A
Turnout			40,466	84.2	−2.8
Registered electors			48,048
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+1.9

General election 1929: Northampton ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecil Malone	22,356	41.7	+4.5
	Unionist	Alexander Renton	20,177	37.7	−1.8
	Liberal	Helen Schilizzi	11,054	20.6	−2.7
Majority			2,179	4.0	N/A
Turnout			53,587	87.5	+0.5
Registered electors			61,222
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Northampton ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mervyn Manningham-Buller	34,817	63.6	+25.9
	Labour	Cecil Malone	19,898	36.4	−5.3
Majority			14,919	27.2	N/A
Turnout			54,715	87.4	−0.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General election 1935: Northampton ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mervyn Manningham-Buller	25,438	51.5	−12.1
	Labour	Reginald Paget	23,983	48.5	+12.1
Majority			1,455	3.0	−24.2
Turnout			49,421	79.6	−7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative:
• Labour: Reginald Paget ^[39]
• British Union : Norah Elam

Elections in the 1940s

1940 Northampton by-election ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Spencer Summers	16,587	93.4	+41.9
	Christian Pacifist	William Stanley Seamark	1,167	6.6	New
Majority			15,420	86.8	+83.8
Turnout			17,754	30.0	−49.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1945: Northampton ^{[36] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Paget	27,681	56.36	+7.86
	Conservative	Spencer Summers	20,684	42.11	−9.39
	Independent Labour	James Edward Bugby	749	1.53	New
Majority			6,997	14.25	N/A
Turnout			49,114	75.52	−4.08
Registered electors			65,038
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.63

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Northampton ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Paget	31,946	48.98	−7.38
	Conservative	R.L. Agnew	24,664	37.81	−4.30
	Liberal	Sydney Husbands Alloway	8,619	13.21	New
Majority			7,282	11.17	−3.08
Turnout			65,229	87.55	+12.03
Registered electors			74,502
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.54

General election 1951: Northampton ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Paget	35,038	53.67	+4.69
	Conservative	John Veasey Collier	30,244	46.33	+8.52
Majority			4,794	7.34	−3.83
Turnout			65,282	86.41	−1.14
Registered electors			75,551
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.92

General election 1955: Northampton ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Paget	32,119	52.75	−0.92
	Conservative	William Clark	28,771	47.25	+0.92
Majority			3,348	5.50	−1.84
Turnout			60,890	82.60	−3.81
Registered electors			73,713
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.92

General election 1959: Northampton ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Paget	27,823	46.30	−6.45
	Conservative	Jill Knight	25,106	41.77	−5.48
	Liberal	Anthony Smith	7,170	11.93	New
Majority			2,717	4.53	−0.97
Turnout			60,099	82.87	+0.27
Registered electors			72,521
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.49

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Northampton ^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Paget	28,568	49.04	+2.74
	Conservative	Jill Knight	24,128	41.42	−0.35
	Liberal	Irene Watson	5,557	9.54	−2.39
Majority			4,440	7.62	+3.09
Turnout			58,253	79.66	−3.21
Registered electors			73,129
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.55

General election 1966: Northampton ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Paget	31,541	56.74	+7.70
	Conservative	Oliver Wright	24,052	43.26	+1.84
Majority			7,489	13.48	+5.86
Turnout			55,593	76.38	−3.28
Registered electors			72,781
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.93

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Northampton ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Paget	27,424	51.16	−5.58
	Conservative	Cecil Parkinson	26,183	48.84	+5.58
Majority			1,241	2.32	−11.16
Turnout			53,607	71.87	−4.51
Registered electors			74.590
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.58

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