Constituency profile

Northampton North

East Midlands · Borough constituency · West Northamptonshire borough

Lucy Rigby MP
Sitting MP

Lucy Rigby

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East Midlands
Borough constituency, West Northamptonshire council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
60.3% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +8.4pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +4.9pp
vs Reform UK 26.5%
MidlandsStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Northampton North constituency

Northampton North is a borough constituency in the East Midlands. The sitting MP is Lucy Rigby (Labour), first elected in 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 31.4% and Reform UK on 26.5%, a margin of 4.9 points.

Who lives in Northampton North? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
60.3%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
27.7%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
22.0%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
52.0%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
46.4%
UK average ~36%
Median age
36.4
UK median ~40
Age 65+
17.5%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
36.0%
UK average ~28%

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

Lab gain from Con · majority 9,014 votes (21.5pp) · turnout 55.3%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

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 ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

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 available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
West Northamptonshire
74 LSOAs
100%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Abington and PhippsvilleLabour 47.7%vs Conservative 19.8%2021 Labour 56.1%vs Conservative 30.0%--
Boothville and ParklandsConservative 34.1%vs Labour 33.8%2021 Conservative 63.2%vs Labour 28.8%--
CastleLabour 51.7%vs Reform 18.5%2021 Labour 62.6%vs Conservative 22.3%--
Dallington SpencerLabour 45.3%vs Conservative 18.1%2021 Labour 68.5%vs Conservative 27.5%--
HeadlandsLabour 47.3%vs Conservative 23.6%2021 Labour 38.8%vs Conservative 34.6%--
Kingsthorpe NorthLabour 34.8%vs Conservative 29.7%2021 Conservative 44.7%vs Green 22.5%--
Kingsthorpe SouthLabour 41.4%vs Conservative 21.8%2021 Conservative 34.0%vs Labour 33.2%--
St. GeorgeLabour 44.8%vs Conservative 18.7%2021 Labour 54.6%vs Conservative 28.8%--
TalaveraLabour 40.3%vs Conservative 19.2%2021 Labour 38.3%vs Lib Dem 34.5%--

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 Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con gain from LabMichael Ellis29.3%34.1%27.9%3.1% UKIP1.1%4.5%1,93665.1%
2015Con holdMichael Ellis34.1%42.4%3.6%16.1% UKIP3.8%-3,24566.6%+1.5
2017Con holdMichael Ellis45.2%47.2%2.5%3.5% UKIP1.6%-80768.6%+2.0
2019notionalConservative winnerMichael Ellis 2019 MP, pre-review boundary42.1%49.8%5.7%-2.5%-3,93267.5%-1.1
2024Lab gain from ConLucy Rigby43.5%22.0%5.4%16.8% Ref6.1%6.2%9,01455.3%-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.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 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 swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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