UK Explained

Northampton North

Represented in Parliament by Lucy Rigby (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Lucy Rigby, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Northampton North compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 542 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £678£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 538 areas and lower than 110.

UK 3.9%This area 5.1%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Northampton North£6785.1%
Salford£6715.1%
Doncaster Central£6685.2%
Portsmouth South£6935.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Northampton North

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people128,27159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over14%19%5 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher28%34%6 points lower
Households that own their home53%62%9 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association20%17%2 points higher
Households renting privately27%20%7 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Lucy Rigby

Labour

MAJORITY
9,014

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
55%

of people who could vote did

Lucy Rigby won with 44% of the votes, and Dan Bennett (Conservative) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Labour44% · 18,209
Conservative22% · 9,195
Reform UK17% · 7,010
Green Party6% · 2,558
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,251
Workers Party of Britain4% · 1,531
Everyone else3% · 1,059
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lucy RigbyLabour18,20943.5%
Dan BennettConservative9,19522.0%
Antony AntoniouReform UK7,01016.8%
Eishar BassanGreen Party2,5586.1%
Christopher LeggettLiberal Democrat2,2515.4%
Khalid RazzaqWorkers Party of Britain1,5313.7%
Paul ClarkIndependent1,0592.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£678 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
5.1%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026