Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)

Northampton
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Northamptonshire
Major settlements Northampton
1295–1918
Number of members Two
19181974
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 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
ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1377Sir Gerard de Braybooke of Castle Ashby
1377Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton
1378Sir John Seton
1379Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton
1380Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton
1382Giles St John of Plumpton
1386William SpriggyWilliam Ringwood [1]
1388 (Feb)Thomas PirieJohn Stotesbury [1]
1388 (Sep)John HonybourneJohn Besford [1]
1390 (Jan)John ColingtreeJohn Sywell [1]
1390 (Nov)
1391William BegworthJohn Stotesbury [1]
1393William SpriggyStephen Wappenham [1]
1394
1395Nicholas HorncastleJohn Woodward [1]
1397 (Jan)Richard StormsworthThomas Overton [1]
1397 (Sep)
1399John LoudhamJohn Spring [1]
1401
1406Henry EmpinghamThomas Wintringham [1]
1407John RivellJohn Temple[1]
1410Simon DunstallJohn Lincoln [1]
1411Richard WemsWilliam Rushden [1]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)Roger MaltmanAlexander Deyster [1]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)Geoffrey BaldeJohn Hethersett [1]
1415
1416 (Mar)John HendleyJohn Buckingham [1]
1416 (Oct)
1417William ClerkThomas Colley [1]
1419Thomas StotesburyRalph Passenham [1]
1420William MaltmanWilliam Harpole [1]
1421 (May)John BernhillJohn Colden[1]
1421 (Dec)John SpriggyStephen Kynnesman [1]
1427Thomas Compworth
1477–1478Robert Pemberton
1510-1515 No names known [2]
1523John ParvynThomas Doddington [2]
1529Lawrence ManleyNicholas Rand [2]
1536?
1539?
1542?
1545?
1547Richard WenmanAnthony Bryan [2]
1553 (Mar)George TreshamWilliam Chauncy [2]
1553 (Oct)Francis MorganLawrence Manley [2]
1554 (Apr)Francis MorganJohn Horpool [2]
1554 (Nov)Henry ClerkeRalph Freeman [2]
1555Nicholas RandJohn Balgye [2]
1558Thomas CollesEdward Manley [2]
1559 (Jan)William CarvellEdmund (or Edward) Kinwelmersh[3]
1562/3Lewis MontgomeryRalph Lane [3]
1571Christopher YelvertonWilliam Lane [3]|- [3]
1572 (Apr)Christopher YelvertonJohn Spencer [3]
1584 (Nov)Sir Richard KnightleyThomas Catesby [3]
1586 (Sep)Sir Richard KnightleyPeter Wentworth [3]
1588 (Oct)Peter WentworthRichard Knollys [3]
1593Valentine KnightleyPeter Wentworth [3]
1597 (Oct)Christopher YelvertonHenry Yelverton [3]
1601Henry HickmanFrancis Tate [3]
1604Henry YelvertonEdward Mercer
1614Henry YelvertonFrancis Beale
1621-1622Richard SpencerThomas Crewe
1624Richard SpencerChristopher Sherland
1625Richard SpencerChristopher Sherland
1626Richard SpencerChristopher Sherland
1628Richard SpencerChristopher Sherland
1629–1640No Parliaments convened

MPs 1640–1918

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
April 1640 Richard KnightleyParliamentarian Zouch TateParliamentarian
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 George Rodney
1782 George Bingham
1784 Charles Compton Fiennes Trotman
1790 Hon. Edward Bouverie
1796 Hon. Spencer Perceval
1810 William Bateman
1812 Spencer Compton
1818 Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt.
1820 Sir George Robinson, 6th Bt. William Leader Maberly
1830 Sir Robert Gunning, Bt.
1831 Robert Vernon Smith Whig[5][6][7][8]
1832 Charles Ross Conservative[6]
1837 Raikes Currie Radical[6][9][10]
1857 Charles Gilpin Radical[11][12][13][14][6]
1859 Liberal Liberal
1859 by-election Anthony Henley Liberal
February 1874 Pickering Phipps Conservative
October 1874 by-election Charles Merewether [15] 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

ElectionMemberParty
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 1850s

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

By-election, 11 February 1852 Northampton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Green tickY Robert Vernon Smith 823 63.2
Conservative Christopher Markham[17][18] 480 36.8
Majority 343 26.3
Turnout 1,303 57.6
Registered electors 2,263
Whig hold Swing
General Election 1852 Northampton[16][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Green tickY Robert Vernon Smith 855 33.8
Radical Green tickY Raikes Currie 825 32.6
Conservative George Ward Hunt 745 29.4
Chartist John Ingram Lockhart 106 4.2
Turnout 1,585 (est) 70.0 (est)
Registered electors 2,263
Majority 30 1.2
Whig hold Swing
Majority 80 3.2
Radical hold Swing

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

General Election 1857 Northampton[16][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Green tickY Robert Vernon Smith 1,079 37.1 +3.3
Radical Green tickY 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[16][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY Charles Gilpin 1,151 36.5 +1.7
Liberal Green tickY Robert Vernon Smith 1,143 36.3 0.8
Conservative James Thomas Mackenzie 832 26.4 1.7
Chartist Richard Hart 27 0.9 N/A
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[16][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY Anthony Henley Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865 Northampton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY Anthony Henley 1,269 28.2 8.1
Liberal Green tickY Charles Gilpin 1,250 27.8 8.7
Conservative George Frederick Holroyd[19] 1,029 22.9 +9.7
Conservative Sackville Stopford[20] 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[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY Charles Gilpin 2,691 28.5 +0.7
Liberal Green tickY Anthony Henley 2,154 22.8 5.4
Conservative Charles Merewether 1,634 17.3 5.6
Conservative William Edmonstone Lendrick[21] 1,396 14.8 6.3
Liberal Charles Bradlaugh 1,086 11.5 N/A
Liberal Frederick Richard Lees[22] 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[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Green tickY Pickering Phipps 2,690 25.3 +10.5
Liberal Green tickY 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 380 3.6 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.7
Majority 135 1.3 4.2
Liberal hold Swing 6.8

Gilpin's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 7 Oct 1874 Northampton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Green tickY Charles Merewether 2,171 37.6 8.2
Liberal William Fowler[23] 1,836 31.8 +4.7
Liberal Charles Bradlaugh 1,766 30.6 +3.5
Majority 335 5.8 +2.2
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[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY Henry Labouchère 4,158 29.8 +2.7
Liberal Green tickY Charles Bradlaugh 3,827 27.4 +0.3
Conservative Pickering Phipps 3,152 22.6 2.7
Conservative Charles Merewether[24] 2,826 20.2 0.3
Majority 675 4.8 +3.5
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.[16]

By-election, 12 Apr 1881 Northampton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY 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.[25][16]

By-election, 4 Mar 1882 Northampton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY 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.[16]

By-election, 21 Feb 1884 Northampton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY 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[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY Henry Labouchère 4,845 37.1 +7.3
Liberal Green tickY 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[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY Henry Labouchère 4,570 28.2 8.9
Liberal Green tickY Charles Bradlaugh 4,353 26.8 6.3
Liberal Unionist Richard Turner[27] 3,850 23.7 N/A
Conservative Thomas Orde Hastings Lees[28] 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 Feb 1891 Northampton[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY Philip Manfield 5,436 59.4 +4.4
Conservative Robert Arthur Germaine[29] 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[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY Henry Labouchère 5,439 31.1 +2.9
Liberal Green tickY 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[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY Henry Labouchère 4,884 27.0 4.1
Conservative Green tickY 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 N/A
Independent Liberal J. M. Robertson 1,131 6.2 N/A
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[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY John Shipman 5,437 28.2 +7.8
Liberal Green tickY 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 83.1 0.4
Registered electors 12,180
Majority 166 0.7 7.6
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.8
Liberal hold Swing 1.0
Paul
Shipman
General Election 1906 Northampton[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickY Herbert Paul 4,479 20.7 6.6
Liberal Green tickYJohn Shipman 4,244 19.5 8.7
Conservative Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar 4,078 18.8 4.4
Conservative Frederick Gorell Barnes 4,000 18.4 2.9
Social Democratic Federation Jack Williams 2,544 11.7 N/A
Social Democratic Federation James Gribble 2,366 10.9 N/A
Turnout 92.0 +8.9
Registered electors 11,954
Majority 166 0.7 3.4
Liberal hold Swing 1.1
Liberal hold Swing 2.2

Elections in the 1910s

McCurdy
Quelch
General Election January 1910 Northampton[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickYHastings Lees-Smith 5,398 23.3 +2.6
Liberal Green tickYCharles McCurdy 5,289 22.9 +3.4
Conservative Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar 4,569 19.8 +1.0
Conservative Frederick 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 92.7 +0.7
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General Election December 1910 Northampton[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Green tickYCharles McCurdy 6,179 28.6 +5.7
Liberal Green tickYHastings 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 87.7 5.0
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
McCurdy
General Election 1918: Northampton[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
C Liberal Charles McCurdy 18,010 62.7 +16.5
Labour Walter Halls 10,735 37.3 N/A
Majority 7,275 25.4 N/A
Turnout 28,745 62.5 30.2
Registered electors 46,007
Liberal hold Swing N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

Bondfield
Northampton by-election, 1920 [31]
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
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General Election 1922: Northampton[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Liberal Charles McCurdy 19,974 52.3 N/A
Labour Margaret Bondfield 14,498 37.9 +0.6
Liberal Henry Harvey 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 N/A
General Election 1923: Northampton [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Margaret Bondfield 15,556 40.5 +2.6
Unionist John Veasy Collier 11,520 30.0 N/A
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 N/A
General Election 1924: Northampton[30]
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
Northampton by-election, 1928[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Cecil Malone 15,173 37.5 +0.3
Unionist Alexander Frederick Gordon Renton 14,616 36.1 3.4
Liberal Sydney Morgan 9,584 23.7 +0.4
Independent Unionist Augustine Hailwood 1,093 2.7 N/A
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[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Cecil Malone 22,356 41.7 +4.5
Unionist Alexander Frederick Gordon 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 hold Swing +3.2

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Northampton[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mervyn Manningham-Buller 34,817 63.6
Labour Cecil Malone 10,808 36.4
Majority 14,919 27.2
Turnout 87.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1935: Northampton[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mervyn Manningham-Buller 25,438 51.5
Labour Reginald Paget 23,983 48.5
Majority 1,455 3.0
Turnout 79.6
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;

Elections in the 1940s

Northampton by-election, 1940[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Spencer Summers 16,587 93.4
Christian Pacifist William Stanley Seamark 1,167 6.6
Majority
Turnout 30.0
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1945: Northampton[30][34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Reginald Paget 27,681 56.36 +7.86
Conservative Spencer Summers 20,864 42.11 -9.39
Independent Labour James Edward Bugby 749 1.53 N/A
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[35][36]
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 N/A
Majority 7,282 11.16 -3.09
Turnout 65,229 87.55 +12.03
Registered electors 74,502
Labour hold Swing -1.54
General Election 1951: Northampton[37][38]
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 -3.82
Turnout 65,282 86.41 -1.14
Registered electors 75,551
Labour hold Swing -1.92
General Election 1955: Northampton[39][40]
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[41][42]
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 N/A
Majority 2,717 4.52 -0.98
Turnout 60,099 82.87 +0.27
Registered electors 72,521
Labour hold Swing -0.49

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Northampton[43][44]
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 +3.10
Turnout 58,253 79.66 -3.21
Registered electors 73,129
Labour hold Swing +1.55
General Election 1966: Northampton[45][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 13.47 +5.85
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][48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Reginald Paget 27,424 51.16 -5.58
Conservative Cecil Parkinson 26,183 48.84 +5.58
Majority 1,241 2.31 -11.16
Turnout 53,607 71.87 -4.51
Registered electors 74.590
Labour hold Swing -5.58

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Vacant
since 1806
Title last held by
Cambridge University
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
1809–1812
Vacant
until 1827
Title next held by
Seaford

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