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Northampton — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Northampton was won by Labour at the 1970 general election, with a majority of 1,241 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Northampton from 1832 to 1970.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–1970

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Robert Vernon Smith (Whig); Charles Ross (Conservative) 1,275 27.8% (top seat) George Bainbridge (Whig) 84 (1.8 pts) 95.0%
1835 Robert Vernon Smith (Whig); Charles Ross (Conservative) 1,111 35.2% (top seat) Charles Hill (Whig) 160 (5.0 pts) 73.0%
1837 Robert Vernon Smith (Whig); Raikes Currie (Radical) 1,033 35.9% (top seat) Charles Ross (Conservative) 108 (3.5 pts) 73.4%
1841 Robert Vernon Smith (Whig); Raikes Currie (Radical) 970 32.6% (top seat) Henry Pollard Willoughby (Conservative) 73 (2.4 pts) 75.9%
1847 Raikes Currie (Radical); Robert Vernon Smith (Whig) 841 28.6% (top seat) Lebbeus Charles Humfrey (Conservative) 189 (6.0 pts) 84.0%
1852 Robert Vernon Smith (Whig); Raikes Currie (Radical) 825 33.8% (top seat) George Ward Hunt (Conservative) 80 (3.2 pts) 55.9%
1857 Robert Vernon Smith (Whig); Charles Gilpin (Radical) 1,011 37.1% (top seat) George Ward Hunt (Conservative) 196 (6.8 pts) 61.2%
1859 Charles Gilpin (Liberal); Robert Vernon Smith (Liberal) 1,143 36.5% (top seat) James Thomas Mackenzie (Conservative) 311 (9.9 pts) 62.4%
1865 Anthony Henley Henley (Liberal); Charles Gilpin (Liberal) 1,250 28.2% (top seat) George Frederick Holroyd (Conservative) 221 (4.9 pts) 85.8%
1868 Charles Gilpin (Liberal); Anthony Henley Henley (Liberal) 2,154 28.5% (top seat) Charles George Merewether (Conservative) 520 (5.5 pts) 71.4%
1874 Pickering Phipps (Conservative); Charles Gilpin (Liberal) 2,310 25.3% (top seat) Charles George Mereweather (Conservative) 135 (1.3 pts) 77.8%
1880 Henry Du Pré Labouchère (Liberal); Charles Bradlaugh (Liberal) 3,827 29.8% (top seat) Pickering Phipps (Conservative) 675 (4.8 pts) 85.3%
1885 Henry Du Pré Labouchère (Liberal); Charles Bradlaugh (Liberal) 4,315 37.1% (top seat) Henry Charles Richards (Conservative) 425 (3.3 pts) 89.3%
1886 Henry Du Pré Labouchère (Liberal); Charles Bradlaugh (Liberal) 4,353 28.2% (top seat) Richard Turner (Liberal Unionist) 503 (3.1 pts) 87.1%
1892 Henry Du Pré Labouchère (Liberal); Moses Philip Manfield (Liberal) 5,164 31.1% (top seat) Henry Charles Richards (Conservative) 1,513 (8.6 pts) 81.2%
1895 Henry Du Pré Labouchère (Liberal); Charles Gustavus Adolphus Drucker (Conservative) 3,820 26.9% (top seat) Edward Harford (Liberal-Labour) 117 (0.6 pts) 83.4%
1900 John Greenwood Shipman (Liberal); Henry Du Pré Labouchère (Liberal) 5,281 28.1% (top seat) Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar (Conservative) 801 (4.2 pts) 83.1%
1906 Herbert Woodfield Paul (Liberal); John Greenwood Shipman (Liberal) 4,244 20.6% (top seat) Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar (Conservative) 166 (0.8 pts) 92.0%
Jan 1910 Hastings Betrand Lees-Smith (Liberal); Charles Albert McCurdy (Liberal) 5,289 23.3% (top seat) Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar (Conservative) 720 (3.1 pts) 92.7%
Dec 1910 Charles Albert McCurdy (Liberal); Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith (Liberal) 6,025 28.6% (top seat) Frederick Charles Parker (Conservative) 1,140 (5.3 pts) 87.7%
1918 Charles Albert McCurdy (Liberal) 18,010 62.7% Walter Halls (Labour) 7,275 (25.3 pts) 62.5%
1922 Charles Albert McCurdy (National Liberal) 19,974 52.3% Margaret Grace Bondfield (Labour) 5,476 (14.3 pts) 85.5%
1923 Margaret Grace Bondfield (Labour) 15,556 40.5% John Veasy Collier (Unionist) 4,036 (10.5 pts) 84.3%
1924 Arthur Edward Aveling Holland (Unionist) 16,017 39.5% Margaret Grace Bondfield (Labour) 971 (2.4 pts) 87.0%
1929 Cecil John L'Estrange Malone (Labour) 22,356 41.7% Alexander Frederick Gordon Renton (Unionist) 2,179 (4.1 pts) 87.5%
1931 Mervyn Edward Manningham-Buller (Conservative) 34,817 76.3% Cecil John L'Estrange Malone (Labour) 24,009 (52.6 pts) 72.9%
1935 Mervyn Edward Manningham-Buller (Conservative) 25,438 51.5% Reginald Thomas Guy Dex Voeux Paget (Labour) 1,455 (2.9 pts) 79.6%
1945 Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget (Labour) 27,681 56.2% Gerard Spencer Summers (Conservative) 6,817 (13.8 pts) 75.7%
1950 Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget (Labour) 31,946 49.0% Richard Leslie Agnew (Conservative) 7,282 (11.2 pts) 87.6%
1951 Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget (Labour) 35,038 53.7% John Veasey Collier (Conservative) 4,794 (7.3 pts) 86.4%
1955 Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget (Labour) 32,119 52.7% William Gibson Haig Clark (Conservative) 3,348 (5.5 pts) 82.6%
1959 Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget (Labour) 27,823 46.3% Joan Cristabel Jill Knight (Conservative) 2,717 (4.5 pts) 82.9%
1964 Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget (Labour) 28,568 49.0% Joan Christabel Jill Knight (Conservative) 4,440 (7.6 pts) 79.7%
1966 Reginald Paget (Labour) 31,541 56.7% Oliver Wright (Conservative) 7,489 (13.5 pts) 76.4%
1970 Reginald Paget (Labour) 27,424 51.2% Cecil Parkinson (Conservative) 1,241 (2.3 pts) 72.0%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Vernon Smith Whig 1,32127.8% Yes
Charles Ross Conservative 1,27526.9% Yes
George Bainbridge Whig 1,19125.1% No
Henry FitzRoy Conservative 95820.2% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Vernon Smith Whig 1,11935.2% Yes
Charles Ross Conservative 1,11134.9% Yes
Charles Hill Whig 95129.9% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Vernon Smith Whig 1,09535.9% Yes
Raikes Currie Radical 1,03333.8% Yes
Charles Ross Conservative 92530.3% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Vernon Smith Whig 99032.6% Yes
Raikes Currie Radical 97032.0% Yes
Henry Pollard Willoughby Conservative 89729.6% No
Peter Murray McDouall Chartist 1765.8% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Raikes Currie Radical 89728.6% Yes
Robert Vernon Smith Whig 84126.8% Yes
Lebbeus Charles Humfrey Conservative 65220.8% No
Augustus Frederick Bayford Conservative 60719.3% No
John Epps Chartist 1414.5% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Vernon Smith Whig 85533.8% Yes
Raikes Currie Radical 82532.6% Yes
George Ward Hunt Conservative 74529.4% No
John Ingram Lockhart Chartist 1064.2% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Vernon Smith Whig 1,07937.1% Yes
Charles Gilpin Radical 1,01134.8% Yes
George Ward Hunt Conservative 81528.1% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Gilpin Liberal 1,15136.5% Yes
Robert Vernon Smith Liberal 1,14336.3% Yes
James Thomas Mackenzie Conservative 83226.4% No
Richard Hart Chartist 270.9% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anthony Henley Henley Liberal 1,26928.2% Yes
Charles Gilpin Liberal 1,25027.8% Yes
George Frederick Holroyd Conservative 1,02922.9% No
Sackville George Stopford Conservative 95021.1% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Gilpin Liberal 2,69128.5% Yes
Anthony Henley Henley Liberal 2,15422.8% Yes
Charles George Merewether Conservative 1,63417.3% No
William Edmonstone Lendrick Conservative 1,39614.8% No
Charles Bradlaugh Liberal 1,08611.5% No
Frederick Richard Lees Liberal 4925.2% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Pickering Phipps Conservative 2,69025.3% Yes
Charles Gilpin Liberal 2,31021.7% Yes
Charles George Mereweather Conservative 2,17520.5% No
Anthony Henley Henley Liberal 1,79616.9% No
Charles Bradlaugh Liberal 1,65315.6% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Du Pré Labouchère Liberal 4,15829.8% Yes
Charles Bradlaugh Liberal 3,82727.4% Yes
Pickering Phipps Conservative 3,15222.6% No
Charles Merewether Conservative 2,82620.2% No

1885 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Du Pré Labouchère Liberal 4,84537.1% Yes
Charles Bradlaugh Liberal 4,31533.1% Yes
Henry Charles Richards Conservative 3,89029.8% No

1886 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Du Pré Labouchère Liberal 4,57028.2% Yes
Charles Bradlaugh Liberal 4,35326.8% Yes
Richard Turner Liberal Unionist 3,85023.7% No
Thomas Orde Hastings Lees Conservative 3,45621.3% No

1892 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Du Pré Labouchère Liberal 5,43931.1% Yes
Moses Philip Manfield Liberal 5,16429.5% Yes
Henry Charles Richards Conservative 3,65120.9% No
Charles Gustavus Adolphus Drucker Conservative 3,23518.5% No

1895 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Du Pré Labouchère Liberal 4,88426.9% Yes
Charles Gustavus Adolphus Drucker Conservative 3,82021.0% Yes
Edward Harford Liberal-Labour 3,70320.4% No
Jacob Jacobs Conservative 3,39418.7% No
Frederick George Jones Social Democratic Federation 1,2166.7% No
John Mackinnon Robertson Independent Liberal 1,1316.2% No

1900 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Greenwood Shipman Liberal 5,43728.1% Yes
Henry Du Pré Labouchère Liberal 5,28127.3% Yes
Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar Conservative 4,48023.2% No
Henry Edward Randall Conservative 4,12421.3% No

1906 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert Woodfield Paul Liberal 4,47920.6% Yes
John Greenwood Shipman Liberal 4,24419.5% Yes
Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar Conservative 4,07818.8% No
Frederick Gorell Barnes Conservative 4,00018.4% No
John Williams Social Democratic Federation 2,54411.7% No
James Gribble Social Democratic Federation 2,36610.9% No

Jan 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hastings Betrand Lees-Smith Liberal 5,39823.3% Yes
Charles Albert McCurdy Liberal 5,28922.9% Yes
Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar Conservative 4,56919.8% No
Frederick Gorrell Barnes Conservative 4,46419.3% No
James Gribble Social Democratic Federation 1,7927.7% No
Harry Quelch Social Democratic Federation 1,6177.0% No

Dec 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Albert McCurdy Liberal 6,17928.6% Yes
Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith Liberal 6,02527.8% Yes
Frederick Charles Parker Conservative 4,88522.6% No
John Veasy Collier Conservative 4,55021.0% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Albert McCurdy Liberal 18,01062.7% Yes
Walter Halls Labour 10,73537.3% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Albert McCurdy National Liberal 19,97452.3% Yes
Margaret Grace Bondfield Labour 14,49837.9% No
Henry Harvey Vivian Liberal 3,7539.8% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Grace Bondfield Labour 15,55640.5% Yes
John Veasy Collier Unionist 11,52030.0% No
Charles Albert McCurdy Liberal 11,34229.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Edward Aveling Holland Unionist 16,01739.5% Yes
Margaret Grace Bondfield Labour 15,04637.2% No
James Manfield Liberal 9,43623.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cecil John L'Estrange Malone Labour 22,35641.7% Yes
Alexander Frederick Gordon Renton Unionist 20,17737.7% No
Alexandra Helen Schilizzi Liberal 11,05420.6% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mervyn Edward Manningham-Buller Conservative 34,81776.3% Yes
Cecil John L'Estrange Malone Labour 10,80823.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mervyn Edward Manningham-Buller Conservative 25,43851.5% Yes
Reginald Thomas Guy Dex Voeux Paget Labour 23,98348.5% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget Labour 27,68156.2% Yes
Gerard Spencer Summers Conservative 20,86442.3% No
James Edward Bugby Independent Labour 7491.5% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget Labour 31,94649.0% Yes
Richard Leslie Agnew Conservative 24,66437.8% No
Sydney Husbands Alloway Liberal 8,61913.2% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget Labour 35,03853.7% Yes
John Veasey Collier Conservative 30,24446.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget Labour 32,11952.7% Yes
William Gibson Haig Clark Conservative 28,77147.3% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget Labour 27,82346.3% Yes
Joan Cristabel Jill Knight Conservative 25,10641.8% No
Anthony Thomas Smith Liberal 7,17011.9% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget Labour 28,56849.0% Yes
Joan Christabel Jill Knight Conservative 24,12841.4% No
Irene Watson Liberal 5,5579.5% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Paget Labour 31,54156.7% Yes
Oliver Wright Conservative 24,05243.3% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Paget Labour 27,42451.2% Yes
Cecil Parkinson Conservative 26,18348.8% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 1.8 pts 1835: Whig margin 5.0 pts 1837: Whig margin 3.5 pts 1841: Whig margin 2.4 pts 1847: Radical margin 6.0 pts 1852: Whig margin 3.2 pts 1857: Whig margin 6.8 pts 1859: Liberal margin 9.9 pts 1865: Liberal margin 4.9 pts 1868: Liberal margin 5.5 pts 1874: Conservative margin 1.3 pts 1880: Liberal margin 4.8 pts 1885: Liberal margin 3.3 pts 1886: Liberal margin 3.1 pts 1892: Liberal margin 8.6 pts 1895: Liberal margin 0.6 pts 1900: Liberal margin 4.2 pts 1906: Liberal margin 0.8 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 3.1 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 5.3 pts 1918: Liberal margin 25.3 pts 1922: National Liberal margin 14.3 pts 1923: Labour margin 10.5 pts 1924: Unionist margin 2.4 pts 1929: Labour margin 4.1 pts 1931: Conservative margin 52.6 pts 1935: Conservative margin 2.9 pts 1945: Labour margin 13.8 pts 1950: Labour margin 11.2 pts 1951: Labour margin 7.3 pts 1955: Labour margin 5.5 pts 1959: Labour margin 4.5 pts 1964: Labour margin 7.6 pts 1966: Labour margin 13.5 pts 1970: Labour margin 2.3 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970

Trend

Northampton has been contested at 35 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Radical, Liberal, National Liberal, Labour, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Northampton in the 1970 general election?

Labour won Northampton in 1970 with 27,424 votes (51.2%), a majority of 1,241 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Northampton since 1832?

Since 1832, Northampton has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, National Liberal, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Northampton?

The closest result on record for Northampton was 1895, when Liberal beat Liberal-Labour by just 117 votes (0.6 percentage points).

Did Northampton ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Northampton elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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