South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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)
Current constituency
Created	2010 (2010)
Member of Parliament	Andrea Leadsom (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Daventry
1950 (1950)–1974 (1974)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Daventry
Created from	Daventry
1832 (1832)–1918 (1918)
Number of members	1832–1885: Two 1885–1918: One
Replaced 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.

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		1st Party	2nd Member		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	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	Party
	1950	Reginald Manningham-Buller	Conservative
	1962	Arthur Jones	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Constituency abolished

MPs since 2010

Election		Member	Party
	2010	Andrea Leadsom	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: South Northamptonshire
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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire