Labour taking over Northamptonshire following Sir Kier Starmer's victory

The only Labour MP in the county was Gen Kitchen prior to the general election, but it's a very different story this morning

Labour candidates from the Kettering count
Author: Tom ClabonPublished 5th Jul 2024
Last updated 8th Jul 2024

It's been a historic night for Labour in Northamptonshire and across the UK- with Sir Keir Starmer's Party winning 5 seats in the county, at this General Election.

They won the contests in Kettering, Corby, Northampton North, Northampton South and retained there seat in Wellingborough.

In the 2019 general election, the Conservative Party held all seven seats- however, Labour were able to snap up one in a by-election held earlier this year in February.

Sarah Bool and Stuart Andrew retained South Northamptonshire and Daventry respectively. Both seats once held by Conservative Ministers under Rishi Sunak's Government. Andrea Leadsom in South Northamptonshire and Chris Heaton-Harris in Daventry.

Breakdown of the results:

Corby and East Northamptonshire: Lee Barron (Labour) 6,331 Majority

Lee Barron – Labour Party

Karen Elizabeth Blott – Independent

Lee Forster – The Green Party

Chris Lofts – Liberal Democrats

Eddie McDonald – Reform UK

Tom Pursglove – The Conservative Party

Daventry: Stuart Andrew (Conservative) 3,012 Majority

Stuart Andrew – The Conservative Party

Scott Ewen Cameron – Reform UK

Jonathan William Harris – Liberal Democrats

Marianne Kimani – Labour Party

Clare Patricia Slater – The Green Party

Kettering: Rosie Wrighting (Labour) 3,820

Jehad Soliman Aburamadan – Alliance for Democracy and Freedom

Crispian George Besley – Reform UK

Emily Fedorowycz – The Green Party

Jim Hakewill – Independent

Philip Thomas Hollobone – The Conservative Party

Matthew Peter Murphy – Social Democratic Party

Sarah Ryan – Liberal Democrats

Rosie Wrighting – Labour Party

Northampton North: Lucy Rigby (Labour) 9,014 Majority

Anthony Antoniou – Reform UK

Eishar Kaur Bassan – The Green Party

Dan Bennett – The Conservative Party

Paul Leslie Clark – Independent

Christopher Gordon Leggett – Liberal Democrats

Khalid Razzaq – Workers Party

Lucy Rigby – Labour Party

Northampton South: Mike Reader (Labour) 4,071 Majority

Jill Susan Hope – Liberal Democrats

Andrew Iain Lewer – The Conservative Party

Tony Owens – Reform UK

Mike Reader – Labour Party

Katie Simpson – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Simon Sneddon – The Green Party

Penelope Lucy Tollitt – Climate Party

South Northamptonshire: Sarah Bool (Conservative) 3,687 Majority

Rufia Ashraf – Labour Party

Sarah Bool – The Conservative Party

Paul James Hogan – Reform UK

Ian Alexander McCord – Independent

Stuart Robert McCutcheon – Independent

Mick Stott – Workers Party

Stewart Tolley – Liberal Democrats

Emmie Williamson – The Green Party

Wellingborough and Rushden: Gen Kitchen (Labour) 5,486 Majority

Jeremy Spencer Brittin – Social Democratic Party

David Philip Goss – The Conservative Party

Ben Habib – Reform UK

Gen Kitchen – Labour Party

Paul Michael Mannion – The Green Party

Christopher Francis Townsend – Liberal Democrats

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