Corby (UK Parliament constituency)

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Corby
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Corby in Northamptonshire
Outline map
Location of Northamptonshire within England
CountyNorthamptonshire
Electorate81,941 (2018)[1]
Major settlementsCorby, Irthlingborough, Raunds, Thrapston and Oundle
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentTom Pursglove (Conservative)
Created fromKettering and Wellingborough

Corby is a constituency[n 1] in Northamptonshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Tom Pursglove of the Conservative Party.[n 2]

History[]

The seat was created due to population increases in the county for the 1983 general election. Since creation it has been a marginal seat alternating between Labour and the Conservative representatives with marginal majorities relative to national averages on all but two occasions, the 1997 Labour landslide and the 2012 by-election. The first Member of Parliament elected for the constituency in 1983 was William Powell, who represented the Conservatives for three sessions of Parliament until 1997. Labour then held the seat until 2010. On 6 August 2012, MP for the seat since 2010 Louise Mensch (formerly Louise Bagshawe) announced she was resigning, triggering a by-election held on 15 November 2012. Labour's Andy Sawford won, becoming the first Labour MP for the seat since Phil Hope was defeated in 2010, and only the second in the seat's history. This was Labour's first by-election win from a Conservative since the 1997 Wirral South by-election. At the 2015 general election Tom Pursglove standing for the Conservatives won with a small majority. He won again with a similar margin in 2017 and in 2019 Tom Pursglove took the seat for the third time, but with a majority of over 10,000, turning Corby into a non-marginal seat by Conservative Party standards.

Boundaries[]

Map of current boundaries

1983–2010: The District of Corby, and the District of East Northamptonshire wards of Barnwell, Brigstock, Drayton, Forest, Irthlingborough, King's Cliffe, Lower Nene, Margaret Beaufort, Oundle, Raunds, Ringstead, Stanwick, Thrapston, Willibrook, and Woodford.

2010–present: The Borough of Corby, and the District of East Northamptonshire wards of Barnwell, Dryden, Fineshade, Irthlingborough, King's Forest, Lower Nene, Lyveden, Oundle, Prebendal, Raunds Saxon, Raunds Windmill, Ringstead, Stanwick, Thrapston, and Woodford.

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Kettering and Wellingborough. It is named after the town of Corby in Northamptonshire, and also covers much of the local government district of East Northamptonshire, but excluding Rushden and Higham Ferrers which are in the Wellingborough constituency. . The seat is a highly marginal contest between the Tories and Labour, with Labour's vote strongest in the town of Corby itself, against the solidly Conservative rural areas of East Northamptonshire.[2]

The constituency is sometimes informally called "Corby and East Northamptonshire",[3] but the Parliamentary Constituencies Order[4] and Whitaker's Almanack both make it clear that its official name is "Corby".

Members of Parliament[]

Election Member[5] Party
1983 William Powell Conservative
1997 Phil Hope Labour
2010 Louise Bagshawe Conservative
2012 by-election Andy Sawford Labour
2015 Tom Pursglove Conservative

Elections[]

Elections in the 2010s[]

General election 2019: Corby[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Pursglove 33,410 55.2 +6.0
Labour Beth Miller 23,142 38.3 -6.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Stanbra 3,923 6.5 +3.9
Majority 10,268 17.0 +12.4
Turnout 60,475 70.2 -2.6
Conservative hold Swing +6.25
General election 2017: Corby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Pursglove 29,534 49.2 +6.4
Labour Beth Miller 26,844 44.7 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Stanbra 1,545 2.6 0.0
UKIP Sam Watts 1,495 2.5 −11.2
Green Steven Scrutton 579 1.0 −1.4
Majority 2,690 4.5 +0.2
Turnout 59,637 72.8 +2.4
Conservative hold Swing +0.1
See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Corby
General election 2015: Corby[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Pursglove 24,023 42.8 +0.6
Labour Andy Sawford 21,611 38.5 -0.1
UKIP Margot Parker 7,708 13.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Harris 1,458 2.6 -11.9
Green Jonathan Hornett 1,374 2.4 N/A
Majority 2,412 4.3 +0.7
Turnout 56,174 70.4 +1.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +0.4
2012 Corby by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andy Sawford 17,267 48.4 +9.8
Conservative Christine Emmett 9,476 26.6 −15.6
UKIP Margot Parker 5,108 14.3 New
Liberal Democrats Jill Hope 1,770 4.96 −9.5
BNP Gordon Riddell 614 1.7 −3.0
English Democrat David Wickham 432 1.2 New
Green Jonathan Hornett 378 1.1 New
Independent Ian Gillman 212 0.6 New
Cannabis Law Reform Peter Reynolds 137 0.4 New
Elvis Loves Pets David Bishop 99 0.3 New
Independent Mr Mozzarella 73 0.2 New
Young People's Party Rohen Kapur 39 0.1 New
Democracy 2015 Adam Lotun 35 0.1 New
United People's Party Christopher Scotton 25 0.1 New
Majority 7,791 21.8 N/A
Turnout 35,665 44.8 -24.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +12.57
General election 2010: Corby[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Louise Bagshawe 22,886 42.2 +2.3
Labour Phil Hope 20,935 38.6 −4.5
Liberal Democrats Portia Wilson 7,834 14.5 +1.7
BNP Roy Davies 2,525 4.7 New
Majority 1,951 3.6 N/A
Turnout 54,180 69.2 +3.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3.4

Elections in the 2000s[]

General election 2005: Corby[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phil Hope 20,913 43.1 −6.2
Conservative Andrew Griffith 19,396 40.0 +2.8
Liberal Democrats David Radcliffe 6,184 12.7 +2.6
UKIP Ian Gillman 1,278 2.6 +0.8
Socialist Labour Steven Carey 499 1.0 −0.6
Independent John Morris 257 0.5 New
Majority 1,517 3.1 -9.0
Turnout 48,527 65.6 +0.6
Labour hold Swing -4.5
General election 2001: Corby[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phil Hope 23,283 49.3 −6.1
Conservative Andrew Griffith 17,583 37.2 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Scudder 4,751 10.1 +2.6
UKIP Ian Gillman 855 1.8 +0.9
Socialist Labour Andrew Dickson 750 1.6 New
Majority 5,700 12.1 -9.9
Turnout 47,222 65.0 −12.9
Labour hold Swing -5.0

Elections in the 1990s[]

General election 1997: Corby[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phil Hope 29,888 55.4 +11.5
Conservative William Powell 18,028 33.4 −11.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Hankison 4,045 7.5 −2.7
Referendum Sebastian Riley-Smith 1,356 2.5 New
UKIP Ian Gillman 507 0.9 New
Natural Law Jane Bence 133 0.2 New
Majority 11,860 22.0 N/A
Turnout 53,957 77.9 −5.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +11.3
General election 1992: Corby[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Powell 25,203 44.5 +0.2
Labour Harry Feather 24,861 43.9 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Melvyn Roffe 5,792 10.2 −4.6
Liberal Judith I. Wood 784 1.4 New
Majority 342 0.6 −2.8
Turnout 56,640 82.9 +3.3
Conservative hold Swing −1.4

Elections in the 1980s[]

General election 1987: Corby[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Powell 23,323 44.3 +1.7
Labour Harry Feather 21,518 40.9 +4.8
Liberal Terrence Whittington 7,805 14.8 −5.5
Majority 1,805 3.4 −3.1
Turnout 52,646 79.6 +2.1
Conservative hold Swing −1.5
General election 1983: Corby[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Powell 20,827 42.6
Labour William Homewood 17,659 36.1
Liberal Terrence Whittington 9,905 20.3
Ecology Rosy J. Stanning 505 1.0
Majority 3,168 6.5
Turnout 48,896 77.5
Conservative win (new seat)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References[]

  1. ^ "England Parliamentary electorates 2010-2018". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. ^ "UKPollingReport Election Guide 2010 » Corby". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
  3. ^ Coupe, Kerry (14 November 2019). "General Election 2019: Corby and East Northamptonshire candidates announced". Stamford Mercury. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  4. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk.
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results UKPE 2019". Corby.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ^ of Persons Nominated[permanent dead link], Corby Borough Council
  10. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  15. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Coordinates: 52°29′N 0°32′W / 52.48°N 0.53°W / 52.48; -0.53

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