| Corby County constituency |
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| Corby shown within Northamptonshire, and Northamptonshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Phil Hope |
| Party: | Labour Co-operative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Northamptonshire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Corby is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is currently a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives.
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Boundaries
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 most of the local government district of East Northamptonshire. The seat is a highly marginal contest between the Tories and Labour. Corby itself is the most Labour-voting area; many speak with a Scottish accent after the migration of workers in the 1930s from north of the border to the town's former steelworks; the rest of the constituency, consisting of a number of smaller towns including Irthlingborough, Thrapston, Raunds and Oundle (home of the famous public school) and the rural villages, is mostly Conservative.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Northamptonshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new seat in the county, meaning consequential changes to the existing constituencies.
The electoral wards used to create the modified constituency are;
- The borough of Corby
- The 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.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | William Powell | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Phil Hope | Labour Co-operative | |
Election results
| Candidates for the General Election 2010: Corby [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Louise Bagshawe | ||||
| BNP | Roy Davies | - | |||
| UKIP | Ian Gillman | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Phil Hope | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Portia Wilson | ||||
| General Election 2005: Corby | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Phil Hope | 20,913 | 43.1 | -6.2 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Griffith | 19,396 | 40.0 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Radcliffe | 6,184 | 12.7 | +2.7 | |
| UKIP | Ian Gillman | 1,278 | 2.6 | +0.8 | |
| Socialist Labour | Steven Carey | 499 | 1.0 | -0.6 | |
| Independent | John Morris | 257 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,517 | 3.1 | |||
| Turnout | 47,727 | 65.6 | +0.6 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 4.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Corby | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Phil Hope | 23,283 | 49.3 | -6.1 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Griffith | 17,583 | 37.2 | +3.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Kevin Scudder | 4,751 | 10.1 | +2.6 | |
| UKIP | Ian Gillman | 855 | 1.8 | +0.9 | |
| Socialist Labour | Andrew Dickson | 750 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,700 | 12.1 | |||
| Turnout | 47,222 | 65.0 | -12.6 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 5.0 | |||
| General Election 1997: Corby | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Phil Hope | 29,888 | 55.4 | +11.5 | |
| Conservative | William Powell | 18,028 | 33.4 | -11.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ian Hankison | 4,045 | 7.5 | -2.7 | |
| Referendum Party | Sebastian Riley-Smith | 1,356 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Ian Gillman | 507 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | Jane Bence | 133 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,860 | 22.0 | |||
| Turnout | 53,957 | 77.9 | -5.0 | ||
| Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | -11.3 | |||
| General Election 1992: Corby | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Rhys Powell | 25,203 | 44.5 | +0.2 | |
| Labour | Harry Feather | 24,861 | 43.9 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Melvyn Roffe | 5,792 | 10.2 | -4.6 | |
| Liberal | J.I. Wood | 784 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 342 | 0.6 | -2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 56,640 | 82.9 | +3.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
| General Election 1987: Corby | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Rhys Powell | 23,323 | 44.3 | +1.7 | |
| Labour | Harry Feather | 21,518 | 40.9 | +4.8 | |
| Liberal | T.G. 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 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Conservative | William Rhys Powell | 20,827 | 42.6 | |||
| Labour | William Homewood | 17,659 | 36.1 | |||
| Liberal | T.G. Whittington | 9,905 | 20.3 | |||
| Ecology | R.J. Stanning | 505 | 1.0 | |||
| Majority | 3,168 | 6.5 | ||||
| Turnout | 48,896 | 77.5 | ||||
| Conservative win (new constituency) | ||||||
References
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire
- Corby Borough Council elections 2003
- East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 2003
- Northamptonshire County Council Elections 2005
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