South Northamptonshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of South Northamptonshire in the East Midlands | |
County | Northamptonshire |
Electorate | 87,516 (2018)[1] |
Major settlements | Brackley, King's Sutton, Towcester |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Daventry |
1950–1974 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Daventry and Kettering |
Replaced by | Daventry |
1832–1918 | |
Seats | 1832–1885: Two 1885–1918: One |
Created from | Northamptonshire |
Replaced by | Daventry |
South Northamptonshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 recreation by Andrea Leadsom, a Conservative who served as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy until 13 February 2020. She was Leader of the House of Commons from 2017 to 2019, and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2016 to 2017. [n 2] The seat of South Northamptonshire is considered a Conservative safe seat, having elected a Conservative MP at every election for 110 Years. Current Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom was re-elected in 2019 with an increased majority. In May 2024, she announced that she would stand down as an MP at the up-coming general election.[2]
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