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]
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Louise Mensch (Conservative)
Created from	Kettering and Wellingborough
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Corby is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system, and is currently a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives.

Boundaries

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. Corby itself is the most Labour-voting area; many speak with a Scottish accent after the migration of workers in the 1930s from north of the border to the town's former steelworks; the rest of the constituency, consisting of a number of smaller towns including Irthlingborough, Thrapston, Raunds, Oundle and the rural villages, is mostly Conservative.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Northamptonshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new seat in the county, meaning consequential changes to the existing constituencies.

The electoral wards used to create the modified constituency are;

• The borough of Corby
• The 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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1983	William Powell	Conservative
	1997	Phil Hope	Labour Co-operative
	2010	Louise Mensch[3]	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Corby[4][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Mensch (then 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
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
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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Phil Hope	29,888	55.4	+11.5
	Conservative	William Powell	18,028	33.4	-11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Hankison	4,045	7.5	-2.7
	Referendum Party	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[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Rhys Powell	25,203	44.5	+0.2
	Labour	Harry Feather	24,861	43.9	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Melvyn Roffe	5,792	10.2	-4.6
	Liberal	J.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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Rhys Powell	23,323	44.3	+1.7
	Labour	Harry Feather	21,518	40.9	+4.8
	Liberal	T.G. 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Rhys Powell	20,827	42.6
	Labour	William Homewood	17,659	36.1
	Liberal	T.G. Whittington	9,905	20.3
	Ecology	R.J. Stanning	505	1.0
Majority			3,168	6.5
Turnout			48,896	77.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire
• Corby Borough Council elections 2003
• East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 2003
• Northamptonshire County Council Elections 2005

Notes and references

1. ^ "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. 
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
3. ^ Known at the time of her election as Louise Bagshawe.
4. ^ Statement of Persons Nominated, Corby Borough Council
5. ^ Corby UKPolling
6. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010. 

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