Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main 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 England until 1707, the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800 and 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

Parliament	First member	Second member
1377	Sir Gerard de Braybooke of Castle Ashby
1377	Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton
1378	Sir John Seton
1379	Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton
1380	Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton
1382	Giles St John of Plumpton
1386	William Spriggy	William Ringwood
1388 (Feb)	Thomas Pirie	John Stotesbury
1388 (Sep)	John Honybourne	John Besford
1390 (Jan)	John Colingtree	John Sywell
1390 (Nov)
1391	William Begworth	John Stotesbury
1393	William Spriggy	Stephen Wappenham
1394
1395	Nicholas Horncastle	John Woodward
1397 (Jan)	Richard Stormsworth	Thomas Overton
1397 (Sep)
1399	John Loudham	John Spring
1401
1406	Henry Empingham	Thomas Wintringham
1407	John Rivell	John Temple
1410	Simon Dunstall	John Lincoln
1411	Richard Wems	William Rushden
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Roger Maltman	Alexander Deyster
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	Geoffrey Balde	John Hethersett
1415
1416 (Mar)	John Hendley	John Buckingham
1416 (Oct)
1417	William Clerk	Thomas Colley
1419	Thomas Stotesbury	Ralph Passenham
1420	William Maltman	William Harpole
1421 (May)	John Bernhill	John Colden
1421 (Dec)	John Spriggy	Stephen Kynnesman
1427	Thomas Compworth
1477–1478	Robert Pemberton
1510–1515	No names known
1523	John Parvyn	Thomas Doddington
1529	Lawrence Manley	Nicholas Rand
1536	?
1539	?
1542	?
1545	?
1547	Richard Wenman	Anthony Bryan
1553 (Mar)	George Tresham	William Chauncy
1553 (Oct)	Francis Morgan	Lawrence Manley
1554 (Apr)	Francis Morgan	John Horpool
1554 (Nov)	Henry Clerke	Ralph Freeman
1555	Nicholas Rand	John Balgye
1558	Thomas Colles	Edward Manley
1559 (Jan)	William Carvell	Edmund (or Edward) Kinwelmersh
1562–3	Lewis Montgomery	Ralph Lane
1571	Christopher Yelverton	William Lane|-
1572 (Apr)	Christopher Yelverton	John Spencer
1584 (Nov)	Sir Richard Knightley	Thomas Catesby
1586 (Sep)	Sir Richard Knightley	Peter Wentworth
1588 (Oct)	Peter Wentworth	Richard Knollys
1593	Valentine Knightley	Peter Wentworth
1597 (Oct)	Christopher Yelverton	Henry Yelverton
1601	Henry Hickman	Francis Tate
1604	Henry Yelverton	Edward Mercer
1614	Henry Yelverton	Francis Beale
1621–1622	Richard Spencer	Thomas Crewe
1624	Richard Spencer	Christopher Sherland
1625	Richard Spencer	Christopher Sherland
1626	Richard Spencer	Christopher Sherland
1628	Richard Spencer	Christopher Sherland
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened

MPs 1640–1918

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
April 1640	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Richard Knightley	Parliamentarian		Zouch Tate	Parliamentarian
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.
1769					Hon. Thomas Howe
1771					Wilbraham Tollemache
1774		Sir George Robinson, 5th Bt.
1780	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	George Spencer	Whig		George Rodney
1782	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	George Bingham	Tory
1784	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Charles Compton	Tory	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Fiennes Trotman	Whig
1790	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Hon. Edward Bouverie	Whig
1796	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Hon. Spencer Perceval	Tory
1810	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			William Hanbury	Whig
1812	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Spencer Compton	Tory
1818	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt.	Tory
1820	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sir George Robinson, 6th Bt.	Whig	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	William Leader Maberly	Whig
1830	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Sir Robert Gunning, Bt.	Tory
1831	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Robert Vernon Smith	Whig
1832	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Charles Ross	Tory
1834	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |		Conservative
1837	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Raikes Currie	Radical
1857	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Charles Gilpin	Radical
1859	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |		Liberal		rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Liberal
1859 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Anthony Henley	Liberal
February 1874	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Pickering Phipps	Conservative
October 1874 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Charles Merewether	Conservative
1880	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Henry Labouchère	Liberal	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Charles Bradlaugh	Liberal
1891 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Philip Manfield	Liberal
1895	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Adolphus Drucker	Conservative
1900	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			John Greenwood Shipman	Liberal
1906	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Herbert Paul	Liberal
Jan. 1910	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Hastings Lees-Smith	Liberal	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Charles McCurdy	Liberal
1918	Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1918–1974

Election		Member	Party
1918	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Charles McCurdy	Coalition Liberal
1922	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |		National Liberal
1923	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Margaret Bondfield	Labour
1924	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sir Arthur Holland	Conservative
1928 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Cecil Malone	Labour
1931	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller	Conservative
1940 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Spencer Summers	Conservative
1945	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Reginald Paget	Labour
Feb 1974	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Raikes Currie	566	17.4
Turnout			1,919	Template:Circa
Majority			61	1.8
	hold		Swing	−0.2
Majority			749	23.0
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" |	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+8.8

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General election 1831: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sir Robert Gunning, 3rd Baronet	1,241	27.6
		James Lyon	191	4.2
Majority			142	3.1
Turnout			2,404
	hold		Swing
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" |	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

• After the election, a 13-day scrutiny was approved by the Mayor and tallies were revised to 1,570 for Robinson, 1,279 for Vernon Smith, 1,157 for Gunning, and 185 for Lyon. 188 votes were rejected.

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General election 1832: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Bainbridge	1,191	25.1
		Henry FitzRoy	958	20.2
Turnout			2,406	96.4
Majority			46	0.9
	hold		Swing	−5.3
Majority			84	1.8
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" |	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	−3.5

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General election 1835: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Hill	951	29.9
Turnout			Template:Circa	Template:Circa
Majority			8	0.3
	hold		Swing	+6.8
Majority			160	5.0
	hold		Swing	−12.2

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General election 1837: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Ross	925	30.3
Turnout			1,922	92.4
Majority			62	2.1
	hold		Swing	−13.5
Majority			108	3.5
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" |	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry Willoughby	897	29.6
		Peter Murray McDouall	176	5.8
Turnout			1,517 (est)	75.9 (est)
Majority			20	0.6
	hold		Swing	−0.8
Majority			73	2.4
	hold		Swing	+0.8

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General election 1847: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lebbeus Charles Humfrey	652	20.8
		Augustus Frederick Bayford	607	19.3
		John Epps	141	4.5
Turnout			1,569 (est)	84.0 (est)
Majority			56	1.8
	hold		Swing	−4.3
Majority			189	6.0
	hold		Swing	−5.5

Elections in the 1850s

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

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By-election, 11 February 1852: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Christopher Markham	480	36.8
Majority			343	26.4
Turnout			1,303	57.6
	hold		Swing	+16.6

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General election 1852: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Ward Hunt	745	29.4
		John Ingram Lockhart	106	4.2
Turnout			1,585 (est)	70.0 (est)
Majority			30	1.2
	hold		Swing	+6.2
Majority			80	3.2
	hold		Swing	+4.7

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

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By-election, 5 March 1855: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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General election 1857: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Ward Hunt	815	28.1
Turnout			1,860 (est)	78.3 (est)
Majority			68	2.3
	hold		Swing	+2.0
Majority			196	6.7
	hold		Swing	+1.4

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General election 1859: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Thomas Mackenzie	832	26.4
		Richard Hart	27	0.9
Majority			311	9.9
Turnout			1,979 (est)	78.3 (est)
	hold		Swing	+1.3
	hold		Swing	0.0

Vernon Smith was raised to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Lyveden, and causing a by-election.

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By-election, 5 July 1859: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Frederick Holroyd	1,029	22.9
		Sackville Stopford	950	21.1
Majority			221	4.9
Turnout			2,249 (est)	85.8 (est)
	hold		Swing	−8.5
	hold		Swing	−8.8

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General election 1868: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Merewether	1,634	17.3
		William Edmonstone Lendrick	1,396	14.8
		Charles Bradlaugh	1,086	11.5
		Frederick Richard Lees	492	5.2
Majority			520	5.5
Turnout			4,727 (est)	71.4 (est)
	hold		Swing	+3.3
	hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Merewether	2,175	20.5
		Anthony Henley	1,796	16.9
		Charles Bradlaugh	1,653	15.6
Turnout			5,312 (est)	77.8 (est)
Majority			894	8.4
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" |	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+6.7
Majority			135	1.2
	hold		Swing	−6.8

Gilpin's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 7 October 1874: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Fowler	1,836	31.8
		Charles Bradlaugh	1,766	30.6
Majority			335	5.8
Turnout			5,773	84.5
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" |	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	−4.5

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Pickering Phipps	3,152	22.6
		Charles Merewether	2,826	20.2
Majority			675	4.8
Turnout			6,982 (est)	85.3 (est)
	hold		Swing	+1.5
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" |	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+1.5

Bradlaugh was unseated after voting in the Commons before taking the Oath of Allegiance, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 12 April 1881: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Corbett	3,305	49.0
Majority			132	2.0
Turnout			6,742	82.4
	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.

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By-election, 4 March 1882: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Corbett	3,688	49.3
Majority			108	1.4
Turnout			7,484	89.5
	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.

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By-election, 21 February 1884: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry Charles Richards	3,664	47.6
Majority			368	4.8
Turnout			7,696	86.6
	hold		Swing	−4.8

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General election 1885: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry Charles Richards	3,890	29.8
Majority			425	3.3
Turnout			8,561	89.3
	hold		Swing	+6.9
	hold		Swing	+6.1

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General election 1886: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Turner	3,850	23.7
		Thomas Orde Hastings Lees	3,456	21.3
Majority			503	3.1
Turnout			8,343	87.1
	hold		Swing	−2.3
	hold		Swing	−1.0

Elections in the 1890s

Bradlaugh's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 12 February 1891: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Arthur Germaine	3,723	40.6
Majority			1,713	18.8
Turnout			9,159	84.1
	hold		Swing	+4.4

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General election 1892: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry Charles Richards	3,651	20.9
		Adolphus Drucker	3,235	18.5
Majority			1,513	8.6
Turnout			9,078 (est)	81.2
	hold		Swing	+2.9
	hold		Swing	+2.8

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General election 1895: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Harford	3,703	20.4
		Jacob Jacobs	3,394	18.7
		Frederick George Jones	1,216	6.7
		J. M. Robertson	1,131	6.2
Turnout			9,554 (est)	83.5
Majority			1,490	8.3
	hold		Swing	−3.3
Majority			117	0.6
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" |	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+5.8

Elections in the 1900s

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Labouchère

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General election 1900: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar	4,480	23.2
		H E Randall	4,124	21.3
Turnout			19,322	83.1
Majority			957	5.0
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" |	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+2.8
	hold		Swing	−1.0

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Paul

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Shipman

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General election 1906: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar	4,078	18.8
		Frederic Gorell Barnes	4,000	18.4
		Jack Williams	2,544	11.7
		James Gribble	2,366	10.9
Turnout			21,711	92.0
Majority			166	0.7
	hold		Swing	−1.1
	hold		Swing	−2.2

Elections in the 1910s

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McCurdy

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Quelch

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General election January 1910: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar	4,569	19.8
		Frederic Gorell Barnes	4,464	19.3
		James Gribble	1,792	7.7
		Harry Quelch	1,617	7.0
Majority			720	3.1
Turnout			23,129	92.7
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General election December 1910: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		F. C. Parker	4,885	22.6
		J. V. Collier	4,550	21.0
Majority			1,140	5.2
Turnout			21,639	87.7
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A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

• British Socialist Party: Ben Tillett

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McCurdy

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Elections in the 1920s

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Bondfield

General election 1918: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Walter Halls	10,735	37.3
Majority			7,275	25.4
Turnout			28,745	62.5
	hold		Swing

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1920 Northampton by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Margaret Bondfield	13,279	44.4
Majority			3,371	11.2
Turnout			29,929	67.1
	hold		Swing	−7.1

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General election 1922: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Margaret Bondfield	14,498	37.9
		Henry Vivian	3,753	9.8
Majority			5,476	14.4
Turnout			38,225	85.5
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General election 1923: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Veasy Collier	11,520	30.0
		Charles McCurdy	11,342	29.5
Majority			4,036	10.5
Turnout			38,418	84.3
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General election 1924: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Margaret Bondfield	15,046	37.2
		James Manfield	9,436	23.3
Majority			971	2.3
Turnout			40,499	87.0
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" |	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+6.4

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1928 Northampton by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alexander Renton	14,616	36.1
		Sydney Morgan	9,584	23.7
		E.A. Hailwood	1,093	2.7
Majority			557	1.4
Turnout			40,466	84.2
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General election 1929: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alexander Renton	20,177	37.7
		Helen Schilizzi	11,054	20.6
Majority			2,179	4.0
Turnout			53,587	87.5
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Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Cecil Malone	19,898	36.4
Majority			14,919	27.2
Turnout			54,715	87.4
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General election 1935: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Reginald Paget	23,983	48.5
Majority			1,455	3.0
Turnout			49,421	79.6
	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;

• Conservative:
• Labour: Reginald Paget
• British Union: Norah Elam

Elections in the 1940s

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1940 Northampton by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Christian Pacifist	William Stanley Seamark	1,167	6.6
Majority			15,420	86.8
Turnout			17,754	30.0
	hold		Swing

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General election 1945: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Spencer Summers	20,684	42.11
		James Edward Bugby	749	1.53
Majority			6,997	14.25
Turnout			49,114	75.52
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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		R.L. Agnew	24,664	37.81
		Sydney Husbands Alloway	8,619	13.21
Majority			7,282	11.17
Turnout			65,229	87.55
	hold		Swing	−1.54

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General election 1951: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Veasey Collier	30,244	46.33
Majority			4,794	7.34
Turnout			65,282	86.41
	hold		Swing	−1.92

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General election 1955: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Clark	28,771	47.25
Majority			3,348	5.50
Turnout			60,890	82.60
	hold		Swing	−0.92

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General election 1959: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jill Knight	25,106	41.77
		Anthony Smith	7,170	11.93
Majority			2,717	4.53
Turnout			60,099	82.87
	hold		Swing	−0.49

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jill Knight	24,128	41.42
		Irene Watson	5,557	9.54
Majority			4,440	7.62
Turnout			58,253	79.66
	hold		Swing	+1.55

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General election 1966: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Oliver Wright	24,052	43.26
Majority			7,489	13.48
Turnout			55,593	76.38
	hold		Swing	+2.93

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Northampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Cecil Parkinson	26,183	48.84
Majority			1,241	2.32
Turnout			53,607	71.87
	hold		Swing	−5.58

Sources

• Robert Beatson, "A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament" (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
• D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
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