Wellingborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Wellingborough County constituency
Wellingborough shown within Northamptonshire, and Northamptonshire shown within England
Created:	1918
Electorate:	76,848 (December 2010)
MP:	Peter Bone
Party:	Conservative Party
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Northamptonshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Wellingborough 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 system of election. The current MP is Peter Bone of the Conservative Party, first elected at the 2005 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency is named after the town of Wellingborough and covers most of the Borough of Wellingborough local government district. The constituency also includes the towns of Rushden and Higham Ferrers in the neighbouring local government district of East Northamptonshire.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Northamptonshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new constituency in the county, meaning consequential changes for the rest of the county.

The modified Wellingborough constituency is formed from the following electoral wards:

• Brickhill, Castle, Croyland, Finedon, Great Doddington and Wilby, Hemmingwell, Irchester, North, Queensway, Redwell East, Redwell West, South, Swanspool and Wollaston from Wellingborough district
• Higham Ferrers Lancaster, Higham Ferrers Chichele, Rushden Hayden, Rushden Spencer, Rushden Bates, Rushden Sartoris, Rushden Pemberton from East Northamptonshire district.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Walter Robert Smith	Labour
	1922	Geoffrey Shakespeare	National Liberal
	1923	William Cove	Labour
	1929	George Dallas	Labour
	1931	Archibald James	Conservative
	1945	George Lindgren	Labour
	1959	Michael Hamilton	Conservative
	1964	Harry Howarth	Labour
	1969 by-election	Sir Peter Fry	Conservative
	1997	Paul Stinchcombe	Labour
	2005	Peter Bone	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Wellingborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bone	24,918	48.2	+5.5
	Labour	Jayne Buckland	13,131	25.4	-16.0
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Barron	8,848	17.1	+5.6
	UKIP	Adrian Haynes	1,636	3.2	+0.9
	BNP	Rob Walker	1,596	3.1	+3.1
	English Democrats	Terry Spencer	530	1.0	+1.0
	Green	Jonathan Hornett	480	0.9	+0.9
	Trade Unionist & Socialist	Paul Crofts	249	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Gary Donaldson	240	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Marcus Lavin	33	0.1	+0.1
Majority			11,787	22.8
Turnout			51,661	67.2	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Wellingborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bone	22,674	42.8	+0.6
	Labour	Paul Stinchcombe	21,987	41.5	−5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Church	6,147	11.6	+2.3
	UKIP	James Wrench	1,214	2.3	+0.6
	Veritas	Nicholas Alex	749	1.4	+1.4
	Socialist Labour	Andy Dickson	234	0.4	+0.4
Majority			687	1.3
Turnout			53,005	66.5	+2.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	2.9

General Election 2001: Wellingborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Stinchcombe	23,867	46.8	+2.6
	Conservative	Peter Bone	21,512	42.2	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Gaskell	4,763	9.3	-0.1
	UKIP	Tony Ellwood	864	1.7	-0.4
Majority			2,355	4.6
Turnout			51,006	64.1	-10.7
	Labour hold		Swing	2.1

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Wellingborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Stinchcombe	24,854	44.2
	Conservative	Sir Peter Fry	24,667	43.8
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Smith	5,279	9.4
	UKIP	Tony Ellwood	1,192	2.1
	Natural Law	Annie Lorys	297	0.5
Majority			187	0.3
Turnout			56,289	74.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	9.9

General Election 1992: Wellingborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Peter Fry	32,302	53.4	+0.7
	Labour	Philip Sawford	20,486	33.9	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Trevor	7,714	12.8	-7.4
Majority			11,816	19.5	-6.0
Turnout			60,502	81.9	+3245
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Wellingborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Peter Fry	29,038	52.7	+3.8
	Labour	J. Currie	14,968	27.2	+1.2
	Liberal	L.E. Stringer	11,047	20.1	-4.6
Majority			14,070	25.5	+2.6
Turnout			73,875		+3425
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

General Election 1983: Wellingborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Peter Fry	25,715	48.9	-3.4
	Labour	J.H. Mann	13,659	26.0	-8.9
	Liberal	L.E. Stringer	12,994	24.7	+12.9
	Independent	D.M.P. Garnett	228	0.4	+0.1
Majority			12,056	22.9	+5.5
Turnout			67,598		-21424
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Wellingborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Peter Fry	37,812	52.3	+9.5
	Labour	D.A. Forwood	25,278	34.9	-5.3
	Liberal	L.E. Stringer	8,506	11.8	-6.2
	National Front	S.F. Wright	529	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	D.M.P. Garnett	228	0.3	+0.3
Majority			12,534	17.4	+9.5
Turnout			89,022		+3734
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

General Election Oct 1974: Wellingborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Peter Fry	29,078	42.8	+2.3
	Labour	J H Mann	27,320	40.2	+2.9
	Liberal	Mrs P Jessel	11,500	17.0	-3.9
Majority			1,758	2.6	-0.5
Turnout			85,288		+726
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

General Election Feb 1974: Wellingborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Peter Fry	29,099	40.5	-11.7
	Labour	J.H. Mann	26,829	37.3	-10.5
	Liberal	Mrs P Jessell	15,049	20.9	+20.9
	Independent Conservative	D.T. James	897	1.2	+1.2
Majority			2,720	3.1	-1.3
Turnout			84,562		+19570
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

General Election 1970: Wellingborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Peter Fry	27,459	52.2	-2.2
	Labour	J.H. Mann	25,107	47.8	-8.0
Majority			2,532	4.4	-12.2
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Elections in the 1960s

Wellingborough By-election of December 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Peter Fry	22,548	54.4	+6.8
	Labour	J.H. Mann	16,499	39.8	-7.8
	Independent	M.P. Coney	2,421	5.8	+5.8
Majority			6,049	14.6	+14.6
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1966: Wellingborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Howarth	24,705	52.4	+10.1
	Conservative	J.L. Leatham	22,472	47.6	+5.4
Majority			2,233	4.8	+4.7
Turnout			54,566		+1322
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire

Sources

• A history of Britain's parliamentary constituencies / edited by Jacques A. Arnold. The constituencies of the county of Northamptonshire..