South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South Northamptonshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of South Northamptonshire in Northamptonshire for the 2010 general election.
Outline map
Location of Northamptonshire within England.
County Northamptonshire
Electorate 82,956 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 2010 (2010)
Member of Parliament Andrea Leadsom (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Daventry
1950 (1950)1974 (1974)
Number of members One
Replaced by Daventry
Created from Daventry
1832 (1832)1918 (1918)
Number of members 1832–1885: Two
1885–1918: One
Replaced by Daventry
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East Midlands

South Northamptonshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Andrea Leadsom of the Conservative Party.

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History

Prior to 2010, the constituency existed from 1832–1918, and from 1950-1974. It elected two Members of Parliament (MP) 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. It was abolished in 1918 to form the new constituency of Daventry, recreated in 1950 after the abolition of Daventry and in 1974 was re-altered to Daventry again.

South Northamptonshire was recreated by the Boundary Commission for England for the 2010 general election. Most of its electoral wards were taken from the former Daventry seat.

Boundary review

The electoral wards used in the creation of this new seat are as follows. Alternative names were considered for this seat, but despite the clumsy juxtaposition of compass point names, the Commission chose to keep the title which it shares with the local district of the same name.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

Election 1st Member [2] 1st Party 2nd Member[2] 2nd Party
1832 Viscount Althorp William Ralph Cartwright
1835 Sir Charles Knightley, Bt
1846 by-election Richard Vyse
1852 Rainald Knightley
1857 Viscount Althorp Liberal
1858 by-election Henry Cartwright
1868 Fairfax Cartwright
1881 by-election Pickering Phipps
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1918

Election Member [2] Party
1885 Sir Rainald Knightley, Bt
1892 David Charles Guthrie
1895 Hon. Edward Douglas-Pennant Conservative
1900 Hon. Edward FitzRoy Conservative
1906 Archibald Grove Liberal
Jan. 1910 Hon. Edward FitzRoy Conservative
1917 National Party
1918 Conservative
1918 Constituency abolished, but revived in 1950

MPs 1950–1974

Election Member [2] Party
1950 Reginald Manningham-Buller Conservative
1962 Arthur Jones Conservative
Feb 1974 Constituency abolished

MPs since 2010

Election Member [2] Party
2010 Andrea Leadsom Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: South Northamptonshire[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrea Leadsom 33,081 55.2 +3.7
Liberal Democrat Scott Collins 12,603 21.0 +3.9
Labour Matthew May 10,380 17.3 -11.4
UKIP Barry Mahoney 2,406 4.0 +1.4
English Democrats Tony Tappy 735 1.2 N/A
Green Marcus Rock 685 1.1 N/A
Majority 20,478 34.2
Turnout 59,890 73.0
Conservative hold Swing +7.6

See also

Notes and references

Coordinates: 52°06′N 1°03′W / 52.10°N 1.05°W / 52.10; -1.05


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