- South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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For the constituency in the south of Northampton, see Northampton South (UK Parliament constituency).
South Northamptonshire County constituency for the House of Commons 
Boundary of South Northamptonshire in Northamptonshire for the 2010 general election.
Location of Northamptonshire within England.County Northamptonshire Electorate 82,956 (December 2010)[1] Current constituency Created 2010 Member of Parliament Andrea Leadsom (Conservative) Number of members One Created from Daventry 1950–1974 Number of members One Replaced by Daventry Created from Daventry 1832–1918 Number of members 1832–1885: Two
1885–1918: OneReplaced 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.
- East Hunsbury, Nene Valley and West Hunsbury from Northampton borough
- From the district of South Northamptonshire - Astwell, Blakesley and Cote, Blisworth and Roade, Brackley East, Brackley South, Brackley West, Brafield and Yardley, Cosgrove and Grafton, Danvers and Wardoun, Deanshanger, Grange Park, Hackleton, Kings Sutton, Kingthorn, Little Brook, Middleton Cheney, Old Stratford, Salcey, Silverstone, Steane, Tove, Towcester Brook, Towcester Mill, Washington, Whittlewood
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
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
- ^ Statement of Persons Nominated, South Northamptonshire Council
- ^ BBC News website for South Northamptonshire - NB the BBC name is incorrect and confuses with Northampton South
Constituencies in the East Midlands (46) Conservative (31) Amber Valley · Boston and Skegness · Bosworth · Broxtowe · Charnwood · Corby · Daventry · 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 (15) East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) · Labour (1) · UKIP (1) · Liberal Democrats (1)Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1832
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1950
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1974
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 2010
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