Northampton North
East Midlands · Borough constituency · West Northamptonshire
About the Northampton North constituency
Northampton North is a borough constituency in the East Midlands. The sitting MP is Lucy Rigby (Labour), MP since July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 43.5% to 22.0% for the Conservatives, a majority of 9,014 votes on a 55.3% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 34.1% and Reform UK on 25.3%, a margin of 8.8 points.
Who lives in Northampton North? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Northampton North vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Northampton North
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Northampton North within West Northamptonshire
Northampton North sits entirely within West Northamptonshire Council. West Northamptonshire was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results with vote counts available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| West Northamptonshire | 100% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent result with vote counts available. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abington and Phippsville | Labour 47.7%vs Conservative 19.8% | 2025 Labour 42.0%vs Reform 23.1%2025 ward: Abington & Phippsville, covering 86% of this ward | - | 26.5% |
| Boothville and Parklands | Conservative 34.1%vs Labour 33.8% | 2025 Reform 33.8%vs Labour 28.3%2025 ward: Headlands, covering 43% of this ward | - | 31.6% |
| Castle | Labour 51.7%vs Reform 18.5% | 2025 Labour 41.9%vs Reform 23.1%2025 ward: Castle, covering 100% of this ward | - | 18.5% |
| Dallington Spencer | Labour 45.3%vs Conservative 18.1% | 2025 Labour 37.7%vs Reform 36.9%2025 ward: Dallington Spencer, covering 100% of this ward | - | 23.6% |
| Headlands | Labour 47.3%vs Conservative 23.6% | 2025 Reform 33.8%vs Labour 28.3%2025 ward: Headlands, covering 100% of this ward | - | 31.6% |
| Kingsthorpe North | Labour 34.8%vs Conservative 29.7% | 2025 Reform 38.7%vs Conservative 18.7%2025 ward: Kingsthorpe North, covering 100% of this ward | - | 36.9% |
| Kingsthorpe South | Labour 41.4%vs Conservative 21.8% | 2025 Reform 36.1%vs Labour 32.9%2025 ward: Kingsthorpe South, covering 75% of this ward | - | 24.1% |
| St. George | Labour 44.8%vs Conservative 18.7% | 2025 Reform 32.2%vs Labour 31.6%2025 ward: Kingsley & Semilong, covering 100% of this ward | - | 21.4% |
| Talavera | Labour 40.3%vs Conservative 19.2% | 2025 Reform 41.9%vs Labour 34.7%2025 ward: Talavera, covering 78% of this ward | - | 45.5% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Northampton North at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Northampton North at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Con gain from Lab | Michael Ellis | 29.3% | 34.1% | 27.9% | 1,936 | 65.1% |
| 2015 | Con hold | Michael Ellis | 34.1% | 42.4% | 3.6% | 3,245 | 66.6%+1.5 |
| 2017 | Con hold | Michael Ellis | 45.2% | 47.2% | 2.5% | 807 | 68.6%+2.0 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | Michael Ellis 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 42.1% | 49.8% | 5.7% | 3,932 | 67.5%-1.1 |
| 2024 | Lab gain from Con | Lucy Rigby | 43.5% | 22.0% | 5.4% | 9,014 | 55.3%-12.2 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Northampton North
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Northampton North. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Owner-occupied52.0 / 53.4vs 61.9
- ↓Graduate27.7 / 27.4vs 33.7
- ↑Private rent27.1 / 25.1vs 20.2
- ↓Owner-occupied52.0 / 50.8vs 61.9
- ↑Leave60.3 / 60.3vs 53.2
- ↑Under 3536.0 / 38.6vs 30.2
- ↓Owner-occupied52.0 / 50.9vs 61.9
- ↑Leave60.3 / 64.8vs 53.2
- ↑Under 3536.0 / 36.2vs 30.2
- ↓Graduate27.7 / 27.5vs 33.7
- ↓Owner-occupied52.0 / 55.8vs 61.9
- ↓Age 65+17.5 / 16.6vs 22.7
- ↓Graduate27.7 / 26.9vs 33.7
- ↑Leave60.3 / 58.8vs 53.2
- ↑Employed61.9 / 61.4vs 57.3
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic model at the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls, built from the British Election Study Internet Panel (Fieldhouse et al.), Census 2021 (ONS) and Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS). The trajectory was recalculated with the current model, introduced in autumn 2026.
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