Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)


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Northampton was a parliamentary constituency (centred on the town of Northampton), which existed until 1974.

Northampton
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyNorthamptonshire
Major settlementsNorthampton
1295–1918
Seats2
1918–1974
Type of constituencyborough constituency
Replaced byNorthampton North and Northampton South

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

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  • 1295: constituency established, electing two MPs
Parliament First member Second member
1377 Sir Gerard de Braybooke of Castle Ashby[citation needed]
1377 Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton[citation needed]
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[1]
1388 (Feb) Thomas Pirie John Stotesbury[1]
1388 (Sep) John Honybourne John Besford[1]
1390 (Jan) John Colingtree John Sywell[1]
1390 (Nov)
1391 William Begworth John Stotesbury[1]
1393 William Spriggy Stephen Wappenham[1]
1394
1395 Nicholas Horncastle John Woodward[1]
1397 (Jan) Richard Stormsworth Thomas Overton[1]
1397 (Sep)
1399 John Loudham John Spring[1]
1401
1406 Henry Empingham Thomas Wintringham[1]
1407 John Rivell John Temple[1]
1410 Simon Dunstall John Lincoln[1]
1411 Richard Wems William Rushden[1]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) Roger Maltman Alexander Deyster[1]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov) Geoffrey Balde John Hethersett[1]
1415
1416 (Mar) John Hendley John Buckingham[1]
1416 (Oct)
1417 William Clerk Thomas Colley[1]
1419 Thomas Stotesbury Ralph Passenham[1]
1420 William Maltman William Harpole[1]
1421 (May) John Bernhill John Colden[1]
1421 (Dec) John Spriggy Stephen Kynnesman[1]
1427 Thomas Compworth
1477–1478 Robert Pemberton
1510–1515 No names known [2]
1523 John Parvyn Thomas Doddington[2]
1529 Lawrence Manley Nicholas Rand[2]
1536 ?
1539 ?
1542 ?
1545 ?
1547 Richard Wenman Anthony Bryan[2]
1553 (Mar) George Tresham William Chauncy[2]
1553 (Oct) Francis Morgan Lawrence Manley[2]
1554 (Apr) Francis Morgan John Horpool[2]
1554 (Nov) Henry Clerke Ralph Freeman[2]
1555 Nicholas Rand John Balgye[2]
1558 Thomas Colles Edward Manley[2]
1559 (Jan) William Carvell Edmund (or Edward) Kinwelmersh[3]
1562–3 Lewis Montgomery Ralph Lane[3]
1571 Christopher Yelverton William Lane[3]|- [3]
1572 (Apr) Christopher Yelverton John Spencer[3]
1584 (Nov) Sir Richard Knightley Thomas Catesby[3]
1586 (Sep) Sir Richard Knightley Peter Wentworth[3]
1588 (Oct) Peter Wentworth Richard Knollys[3]
1593 Valentine Knightley Peter Wentworth[3]
1597 (Oct) Christopher Yelverton Henry Yelverton[3]
1601 Henry Hickman Francis Tate[3]
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
Election First member First party Second member Second party
April 1640 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.[4]
1769 Hon. Thomas Howe
1771 Wilbraham Tollemache
1774 Sir George Robinson, 5th Bt.
1780 George Spencer Whig[5] George Rodney
1782 George Bingham Tory[5]
1784 Charles Compton Tory[5] Fiennes Trotman Whig[5]
1790 Hon. Edward Bouverie Whig[5]
1796 Hon. Spencer Perceval Tory[5]
1810 William Hanbury Whig[5]
1812 Spencer Compton Tory[5]
1818 Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt. Tory[5]
1820 Sir George Robinson, 6th Bt. Whig[5] William Leader Maberly Whig[5]
1830 Sir Robert Gunning, Bt. Tory[5]
1831 Robert Vernon Smith Whig[6][7][8][9][5]
1832 Charles Ross Tory[7][5]
1834 Conservative[7][5]
1837 Raikes Currie Radical[7][10][11]
1857 Charles Gilpin Radical[12][13][14][15][7]
1859 Liberal Liberal
1859 by-election Anthony Henley Liberal
February 1874 Pickering Phipps Conservative
October 1874 by-election Charles Merewether[16] Conservative
1880 Henry Labouchère Liberal Charles Bradlaugh Liberal
1891 by-election Philip Manfield Liberal
1895 Adolphus Drucker Conservative
1900 John Greenwood Shipman Liberal
1906 Herbert Paul Liberal
Jan. 1910 Hastings Lees-Smith Liberal Charles McCurdy Liberal
1918 Representation reduced to one member
Election Member Party
1918 Charles McCurdy Coalition Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 Margaret Bondfield Labour
1924 Sir Arthur Holland Conservative
1928 by-election Cecil Malone Labour
1931 Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller Conservative
1940 by-election Spencer Summers Conservative
1945 Reginald Paget Labour
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Elections in the 1830s

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  • 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.

Elections in the 1840s

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Elections in the 1850s

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

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

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

Elections in the 1860s

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Elections in the 1870s

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Gilpin's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

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Bradlaugh was unseated after voting in the Commons before taking the Oath of Allegiance, causing a by-election.[18]

Bradlaugh was expelled from the House of Commons due to his continuing prevention from taking the Oath, causing a by-election.[30][18]

Bradlaugh resigned and sought election once more, after a resolution to exclude him from the precincts of the House of Commons was sought.[18]

Elections in the 1890s

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Bradlaugh's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1900s

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Labouchère
 
Paul
 
Shipman

Elections in the 1910s

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McCurdy
 
Quelch

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.

 
McCurdy

Elections in the 1920s

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Bondfield

Elections in the 1930s

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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;

Elections in the 1940s

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Elections in the 1950s

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Elections in the 1960s

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Elections in the 1970s

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