Corby (UK Parliament constituency)

Corby
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Corby in Northamptonshire.
Location of Northamptonshire within England.
County	Northamptonshire
Electorate	79,468 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Corby, Oundle, Raunds, Thrapston and Irthlingborough
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Tom Pursglove (Conservative)
Created from	Kettering and Wellingborough
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Corby is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Tom Pursglove of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

History

The seat was created due to population increases in the county for the 1983 general election. Since creation it has been a marginal seat alternating between Labour and the Conservative representatives with marginal majorities relative to national averages on all but two occasions, the 1997 Labour landslide and the 2012 by-election. On 6 August 2012, MP for the seat since 2010 Louise Mensch announced she was resigning, triggering a by-election held on 15 November 2012. Labour's Andy Sawford won, becoming the first Labour MP for the seat since Phil Hope was defeated in 2010, and only the second in the seat's history. This was Labour's first by-election win from a Conservative since the Wirral South by-election, 1997, won by Ben Chapman. At the 2015 general election, the Conservatives recovered the seat.

Boundaries

1983-2010: The District of Corby, and the District of East Northamptonshire wards of Barnwell, Brigstock, Drayton, Forest, Irthlingborough, King's Cliffe, Lower Nene, Margaret Beaufort, Oundle, Raunds, Ringstead, Stanwick, Thrapston, Willibrook, and Woodford.

2010-present: The Borough of Corby (the wards of Central, Danesholme, East, Hazelwood, Hillside, Kingswood, Lloyds, Lodge Park, Rural East, Rural North, Rural West, Shire Lodge, and West), and the District of East Northamptonshire wards of Barnwell, Dryden, Fineshade, Irthlingborough, King’s Forest, Lower Nene, Lyveden, Oundle, Prebendal, Raunds Saxon, Raunds Windmill, Ringstead, Stanwick, Thrapston, and Woodford.

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Kettering and Wellingborough. It is named after the town of Corby in Northamptonshire, and also covers most of the local government district of East Northamptonshire. The seat is a highly marginal contest between the Tories and Labour, with Labour's vote strongest in the town of Corby itself, against the solidly Conservative rural areas of East Northamptonshire.^[2]

The constituency is often called "Corby and East Northamptonshire", but the Parliamentary Constituencies Order^[3] and Whitaker's Almanack both make it clear that its official name is "Corby".

Members of Parliament

	Member^[4]	Party!
1983	William Powell	Conservative
1997	Phil Hope	Labour
2010	Louise Mensch^[5]	Conservative
2012 by-election	Andy Sawford	Labour
2015	Tom Pursglove	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Corby^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Pursglove	24,023	42.8	+0.6
	Labour Co-op	Andy Sawford	21,611	38.5	-0.2
	UKIP	Margot Parker	7,708	13.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Harris	1,458	2.6	-11.8
	Green	Jonathan Hornett	1,374	2.4	N/A
Majority			2,412	4.3	-17.5
Turnout			56,174	70.4	+25.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+0.4

Corby by-election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andy Sawford	17,267	48.4	+9.8
	Conservative	Christine Emmett	9,476	26.6	−15.6
	UKIP	Margot Parker	5,108	14.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Jill Hope	1,770	4.96	−9.5
	BNP	Gordon Riddell	614	1.7	−3.0
	English Democrats	David Wickham	432	1.2	N/A
	Green	Jonathan Hornett	378	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Ian Gillman	212	0.6	N/A
	Cannabis Law Reform	Peter Reynolds	137	0.4	N/A
	Elvis Loves Pets	David Bishop	99	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Mr Mozzarella	73	0.2	N/A
	Young People's Party	Rohen Kapur	39	0.1	N/A
	Democracy 2015	Adam Lotun	35	0.1	N/A
	United People's Party	Christopher Scotton	25	0.1	N/A
Turnout			35,665	44.8	−24.4
Majority			7,791	21.8
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.57

General Election 2010: Corby^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Bagshawe	22,886	42.2	+2.3
	Labour	Phil Hope	20,935	38.6	−4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Portia Wilson	7,834	14.5	+1.7
	BNP	Roy Davies	2,525	4.7	N/A
Majority			1,951	3.6
Turnout			54,180	69.2	+3.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Corby^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Phil Hope	20,913	43.1	−6.2
	Conservative	Andrew Griffith	19,396	40.0	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Radcliffe	6,184	12.7	+2.7
	UKIP	Ian Gillman	1,278	2.6	+0.8
	Socialist Labour	Steven Carey	499	1.0	−0.6
	Independent	John Morris	257	0.5
Majority			1,517	3.1
Turnout			47,727	65.6	+0.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-4.5

General Election 2001: Corby^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Phil Hope	23,283	49.3	−6.1
	Conservative	Andrew Griffith	17,583	37.2	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Scudder	4,751	10.1	+2.6
	UKIP	Ian Gillman	855	1.8	+0.9
	Socialist Labour	Andrew Dickson	750	1.6	N/A
Majority			5,700	12.1
Turnout			47,222	65.0	−12.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-5.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Corby^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Phil Hope	29,888	55.4	+11.5
	Conservative	William Rhys Powell	18,028	33.4	−11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Hankison	4,045	7.5	−2.7
	Referendum	Sebastian Riley-Smith	1,356	2.5	N/A
	UKIP	Ian Gillman	507	0.9	N/A
	Natural Law	Jane Bence	133	0.2	N/A
Majority			11,860	22.0
Turnout			53,957	77.9	−5.0
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.3

General Election 1992: Corby^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Rhys Powell	25,203	44.5	+0.2
	Labour	Harry Alexander Feather	24,861	43.9	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Melvyn Roffe	5,792	10.2	−4.6
	Liberal	Ms. Judith I. Wood	784	1.4	N/A
Majority			342	0.6	−2.8
Turnout			56,640	82.9	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Corby^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Rhys Powell	23,323	44.3	+1.7
	Labour	Harry Alexander Feather	21,518	40.9	+4.8
	Liberal	Terrence Glyn Whittington	7,805	14.8	−5.5
Majority			1,805	3.4	−3.1
Turnout			52,646	79.6	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.5

General Election 1983: Corby^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Rhys Powell	20,827	42.6	N/A
	Labour	William Homewood	17,659	36.1	N/A
	Liberal	Terrence Glyn Whittington	9,905	20.3	N/A
	Ecology	Miss Rosy J. Stanning	505	1.0	N/A
Majority			3,168	6.5	N/A
Turnout			48,896	77.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ 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.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "UKPollingReport Election Guide 2010 » Corby". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
↑ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1681/schedule/made order
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
↑ Known at the time of her election as Louise Bagshawe
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ of Persons Nominated, Corby Borough Council
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Constituencies in the East Midlands (46)

Conservative (32)	Amber Valley Boston and Skegness Bosworth Broxtowe Charnwood Corby Daventry Derby North Derbyshire Dales Erewash Gainsborough Grantham and Stamford Harborough High Peak Kettering Lincoln Loughborough Louth and Horncastle Mid Derbyshire Newark Northampton North Northampton South North West Leicestershire Rushcliffe Rutland and Melton Sherwood Sleaford and North Hykeham South Derbyshire South Holland and The Deepings South Leicestershire South Northamptonshire Wellingborough

Labour (14)	Ashfield Bassetlaw Bolsover Chesterfield Derby South Gedling Leicester East Leicester South Leicester West Mansfield North East Derbyshire Nottingham East Nottingham North Nottingham South

East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (1) UKIP (2)

Coordinates: 52°29′N 0°32′W / 52.48°N 0.53°W / 52.48; -0.53

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