List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire

The county of Northamptonshire is divided into 7 Parliamentary constituencies - 2 Borough constituencies and 5 County constituencies.

Constituencies

      † Conservative       ‡ Labour       ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Corby CC 79,775 2,412   Tom Pursglove   Andy Sawford
Daventry CC 72,873 21,059   Chris Heaton-Harris   Abigail Campbell
Kettering CC 70,155 12,590   Philip Hollobone   Rhea Keehn
Northampton North BC 59,144 3,245   Michael Ellis   Sally Keeble
Northampton South BC 61,287 3,793   David Mackintosh   Kevin McKeever
South Northamptonshire CC 85,781 26,416   Andrea Leadsom   Lucy Mills
Wellingborough CC 74,317 16,397   Peter Bone   Jonathan Munday

Boundary changes

NamePrevious boundaries
  1. Corby CC
  2. Daventry CC
  3. Kettering CC
  4. Northampton North BC
  5. South Northampton CC
  6. Wellingborough CC

The Boundary Commission for England has recommended that the county should in future be divided into 7 constituencies. These changes were implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Proposed nameCurrent boundaries
  1. Corby CC
  2. Daventry CC
  3. Kettering CC
  4. Northampton North BC
  5. Northampton South BC
  6. South Northamptonshire CC
  7. Wellingborough CC

Results

2005 2010 2015

Notes

  1. ↑ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ↑ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

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