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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 the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was reduced to one member for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Northampton North and Northampton South.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

1295-1640

1295: constituency established, electing two MPs
1572: Christopher Yelverton
1604-1614: Henry Yelverton
1604-1611: Edward Mercer
1621-1622: Richard Spencer
1621-1622: Thomas Crewe

1640-1918

Year		irst member	irst party		econd member	econd party
April 1640		Richard Knightley	Parliamentarian		?
November 1640		Richard Knightley	Parliamentarian		Zouch Tate	Parliamentarian
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		Francis Harvey			James Langham
May 1659	Not represented in the restored Rump
March 1660		Francis Harvey			Richard Rainsford
June 1660		Sir John Norwich, Bt.			Richard Rainsford
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			The Lord Ibracken
1678					Ralph Montagu
February 1679					Sir Hugh Cholmley, Bt.
August 1679		William Langham			Ralph Montagu
1685		Richard Rainsford			Sir Justinian Isham, Bt.
1689		William Langham			Sir Justinian Isham, Bt.
1690					Sir Thomas Samwell, Bt.
1694					Sir Justinian Isham, Bt.
1695		Christopher Montagu			Sir Justinian Isham, Bt.
1698					William Thursby
1701					Thomas Andrew
1702		Sir Matthew Dudley, Bt.			Bartholomew Tate
1704		Sir Matthew Dudley, Bt.			Francis Arundell
1705		George Montagu			Francis Arundell
1710		George Montagu			William Wykes
1715		William Wilmer			William Wykes
1722		William Wilmer			Edward Montagu
1727		Hon. George Compton			Edward Montagu
1734					William Wilmer
1744					George Montagu
April 1754					Charles Montagu
December 1754		Hon. Charles Compton
1755		Richard Backwell
1759		Richard Backwell			Frederick Montagu
1761		Spencer Compton
1763		Lucy Knightly
1768		Vice-Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney			Sir George Osborn, Bt.
1769					Hon. Thomas Howe
1771					Wilbraham Tollemache
1774		Sir George Robinson, 5th Bt.			Wilbraham Tollemache
1780		Viscount Althorp			George Rodney
1782		The Lord Lucan			George Rodney
1784		Lord Compton			Fiennes Trotman
1790		Lord Compton			Hon. Edward Bouverie
1796		Hon. Spencer Perceval			Hon. Edward Bouverie
1810		Hon. Spencer Perceval			William Hanbury Bateman
1812		Earl Compton			William Hanbury Bateman
1818		Earl Compton			Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt.
1820		Sir George Robinson, 6th Bt.			William Leader Maberly
1830					Sir Robert Gunning, Bt.
1831					Robert Vernon Smith	Whig
1832		Charles Ross	Conservative
1837		Raikes Currie	Whig
1857		Charles Gilpin	Whig
1859			Liberal		The Lord Henley	Liberal
February 1874			Liberal		Pickering Phipps	Conservative
October 1874		Charles George Merewether	Conservative		Pickering Phipps	Conservative
1880		Henry du Pré Labouchere	Liberal		Charles Bradlaugh	Liberal
1891					(Sir) Moses Philip Manfield	Liberal
1895					Charles Gustavus Adoplhus Drucker	Conservative
1900					John Greenwood Shipman	Liberal
1906		Herbert Woodfield Paul	Liberal		John Greenwood Shipman	Liberal
1910		Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	Liberal		Charles McCurdy	Liberal
1918	Representation reduced to one member

Notes

1918-1974

Year		ember	arty
1918		Charles McCurdy	Coalition Liberal
1922		Charles McCurdy	National Liberal
1923		Margaret Bondfield	Labour
1924		Sir Arthur Holland	Conservative
1928		Cecil L'Estrange Malone	Labour
1931		Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller	Conservative
1940		Gerard Spencer Summers	Conservative
1945		Reginald Thomas Paget, later Baron Paget of Northampton	Labour
1974	Constituency abolished

Election results

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