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Parliamentary Constituencies In Northamptonshire
The county of Northamptonshire is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies – 2 borough constituencies and 5 county constituencies. Constituencies 2024 boundary changes ''See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.'' For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England maintained seven constituencies in Northamptonshire, as detailed below, with boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries following the reorganisation of local government authorities within the county and to bring the electorates within the statutory range. Corby was renamed Corby and East Northamptonshire, and Wellingborough renamed Wellingborough and Rushden. These changes came into effect from the 2024 general election. Containing electoral wards from North Northamptonshire * Corby and East Northamptonshire * Daventry (part) * Ket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Northamptonshire UK Locator Map 2010
Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to the south and Warwickshire to the west. Northampton is the largest settlement and the county town. The county has an area of and a population of 747,622. The latter is concentrated in the centre of the county, which contains the county's largest towns: Northampton (249,093), Corby (75,571), Kettering (63,150), and Wellingborough (56,564). The northeast and southwest are rural. The county contains two local government Non-metropolitan district, districts, North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire, which are both Unitary authority, unitary authority areas. The Historic counties of England, historic county included the Soke of Peterborough. The county is characterised by low, undulating hills, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Daventry2023Constituency
Daventry ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England, close to the border with Warwickshire. At the 2021 Census, Daventry had a population of 28,123, making it the sixth-largest town in Northamptonshire. Geography The town is located north-north-west of London via the M1 motorway, west of Northampton, south-west of Rugby and north-north-east of Banbury. Other nearby places include Southam, Coventry and the villages of Ashby St Ledgers, Badby, Barby, Braunston, Byfield, Charwelton, Dodford, Dunchurch, Everdon, Fawsley, Hellidon, Kilsby, Long Buckby, Newnham, Norton, Staverton, Welton, Weedon and Woodford Halse. The town is twinned with Westerburg, Germany. The town lies at around above sea level. To the north and west, the land is generally lower than the town. Daventry sits on the watershed of the River Leam which flows to Leamington Spa, Warwick and the west of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sarah Bool
Sarah Anne-marie Bool (born ) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire since 2024. Background Bool grew up in Rutland and attended English Martyrs Primary School in Oakham and Stamford High School. Her father, Ken Bool, was a member of Rutland County Council. She read Modern History at Oriel College, Oxford and completed a law conversion course in London before working as a solicitor. She has Type 1 diabetes. Political career In the 2019 general election she stood as the Conservative candidate for Vauxhall Vauxhall ( , ) is an area of South London, within the London Borough of Lambeth. Named after a medieval manor called Fox Hall, it became well known for the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. From the Victorian period until the mid-20th century, Va ..., coming third behind Labour and the Liberal Democrats. In 2024 general election she succeeded Andrea Leadsom as MP for South Northamptonshire. El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
South Northamptonshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sarah Bool. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years. Constituency profile This is a rural seat around Towcester and Brackley. There is a significant motorsport sector including the north half of Silverstone Circuit. Incomes and house prices are above average for the UK. History Before 2010, the constituency existed from 1832 to 1918, and from 1950 to 1974, however on different boundaries during each period. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) 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. ;Prominent members Three names feature prominently among the area's Commons members, the 3rd and 5th Earl Spencer (during their tenures as MP having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Andrew Lewer
Andrew Iain Lewer (born 18 July 1971 in Burnley, Lancashire) is a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Northampton South from 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 to 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024, and as Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands (European Parliament constituency), East Midlands from 2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, 2014 to 2017. He lost his seat in the 2024 General Election to Mike Reader of the Labour_Party_(UK), Labour Party. He was the Chairman of 7 All Party Parliamentary Groups, including Motor Neurone Disease, Venezuela, Independent Education, Devolution, Publishing, SME Housebuilders, and the Private Rented Sector. He was also a member of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee, as well as the Education Select Committee. Early life and career Lewer was born 18 July 1971 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mike Reader
Michael Reader is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Northampton South since 2024. Early life and career Reader studied civil engineering, graduating from Loughborough University in 2007 and then gaining an MSc at Coventry University in 2009. He worked at construction consultancy Pick Everard for 10 years. While there, he helped found Perfect Circle, a joint venture with Gleeds and Aecom which created 500 jobs in the East Midlands. He later told '' Construction News'' that his political ambitions were sparked while working for Pick Everard during the 2010–2015 Conservative-led coalition government: "I could see first-hand what public sector cuts meant on the ground, in terms of fixing schools with leaky roofs, repurposing hospitals and road and infrastructure maintenance". In 2017, he then joined the Mace construction business, where he worked for over six years. At Mace during the COVID-19 pandemic, he worked on a NHS Nightingale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Northampton South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Northampton South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Mike Reader, representing the Labour Party. History This constituency was created for the election of February 1974 when the old constituency of Northampton was split into Northampton South and Northampton North. Since creation it is generally a marginal and in elections since 1979 but one, in 2005, has been a bellwether, electing an MP from the winning (or largest governing) party. The one-time Deputy Speaker of the House, Michael Morris, a Conservative, held this seat from its creation in 1974 until 1997, when Tony Clarke defeated Morris in a surprise result (one of many in the Labour landslide of that year) to gain the seat for Labour with a majority of just 744. The '' Almanac of British Politics'' described Labour's gain of the seat as "one of the most unexpected results of the 1997 election", despite the fact that Labour had come close to winning the seat in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lucy Rigby
Lucy Clementine Moores Rigby is a British Labour Party politician and solicitor who has been Member of Parliament for Northampton North since 2024. She has served as Solicitor General for England and Wales since 2 December 2024. Early life and education Rigby's father served in the Royal Engineers and she was born in RAF Hospital Wegberg in Germany. Her mother worked for the NHS. Rigby studied politics at Durham University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. She then undertook a Graduate Diploma in Law (a law conversion course) at Nottingham Law School and the Legal Practice Course at the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice. Legal career Rigby spent time with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague. She joined Slaughter and May as a trainee in 2007, and was admitted as a solicitor in May 2009. She spent secondments in Brussels and Sydney. She remained at Slaughter and May as an associate from 2009 to 2011, specialising i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Northampton North (UK Parliament Constituency)
Northampton North is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Lucy Rigby, a member of Labour Party (UK), Labour. The constituency is a considered a bellwether, as it has reflected the national result at every general election since it was created in February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974. History This constituency was created for the election of February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 when the Northampton (UK Parliament constituency), old constituency of Northampton was split into Northampton North and Northampton South (UK Parliament constituency), Northampton South. Since creation it has been a bellwether, electing an MP from the winning (or largest governing) party in every general election. Boundaries Historic 1974–1983: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kettering2023Constituency
Kettering is a market and industrial town in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England, west of Cambridge, southwest of Peterborough, southeast of Leicester and north-east of Northampton. It is west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) of Ketter's people (or kinsfolk)".R.L. Greenall: A History of Kettering, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 2003, . p.7. At the 2021 census, Kettering had a population of 63,150. It is part of the East Midlands, along with the rest of Northamptonshire. There is a growing commuter population as it is on the Midland Main Line railway, with East Midlands Railway services direct to London St Pancras International. Early history Kettering means "the place (or territory) of Ketter's people (or kinsfolk)". Spelt variously Cytringan, Kyteringas and Keteiringan in the 10th century, although the origin of the name appears to have baffled place-name scholars in the 1930s, words and place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
