Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

The county constituency of Northamptonshire, in the East Midlands

East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of the regions of England, consisting of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire...

of England was a constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

of the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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of the Parliament of England

Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...

, then of the Parliament of Great Britain

Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland...

from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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from 1801 to 1832 and was represented in Parliament by two MPs, traditionally known as Knights of the Shire

Knights of the Shire

From the creation of the Parliament of England in mediaeval times until 1826 each county of England and Wales sent two Knights of the Shire as members of Parliament to represent the interests of the county, when the number of knights from Yorkshire was increased to four...

.

After 1832 the county was split into two new constituencies, North Northamptonshire

North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.- Boundaries :...

and South Northamptonshire

South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Northamptonshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current Member of Parliament is Andrea Leadsom of the Conservative Party.-History:...

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the historic county

Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...

of Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

. Although the county contained a number of parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

s, each of which elected one or two MPs in its own right for parts of the period when Northamptonshire was a constituency, these areas were not excluded from the county constituency. Owning freehold property of the required value, within such boroughs, could confer a vote at the county election. (After 1832, only non-resident owners of forty shilling freeholds

Forty Shilling Freeholders

Forty shilling freeholders were a group of landowners who had the Parliamentary franchise to vote in county constituencies in various parts of the British Isles. In England it was the only such qualification from 1430 until 1832...

situated in borough seats could qualify for a county vote on the basis of that property.)

1290-1640

Constituency created (1290)

Parliament	First member	Second member
1319	Sir William Trussell
1324	Henry de Trailly
1337	John de Seyton
1386	Roger de la Chamber	John Tyndale
1388 (Feb)	Sir Giles Mallory	John Wydeville
1388 (Sep)	John Harrowden	John Mulsho
1390 (Jan)	Roger de la Chamber	John Mulsho
1390 (Nov)	John Wydeville	John Mulsho
1391	Roger de la Chamber	Sir Nicholas Lilling
1393	Sir Giles Mallory	John Tyndale
1394	Sir Henry Green Henry Green (politician) Sir Henry Green was a courtier and councillor of Richard II.He was born in Greene's Norton, Northamptonshire to Sir Henry Green, a lawyer and Chief Justice...	Sir Giles Mallory
1395	Roger de la Chamber	Robert Chiselden
1397 (Jan)	Sir Henry Green Henry Green (politician) Sir Henry Green was a courtier and councillor of Richard II.He was born in Greene's Norton, Northamptonshire to Sir Henry Green, a lawyer and Chief Justice...	John Cope
1397 (Sep)	Hugh Northborough	John Mulsho
1399	John Cope	Robert Chiselden
1401	Sir Giles Mallory	John Warwick
1402	Sir Giles Mallory	John Cope
1404 (Jan)	Sir John Trussell	Ralph Parles
1404 (Oct)	Ralph Green	John Cope
1406	Ralph Parles / John Cope	John Warwick
1407	John Tyndale	Thomas Wake
1410	Sir John St. John	Ralph Green
1411	Sir John St. John	William Huddlestone
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Nicholas Merbury	Thomas Wake
1414 (Apr)	Thomas Wydeville	Nicholas Merbury
1414 (Nov)	Sir John Trussell	John Mortimer
1415
1416 (Mar)	Sir John St. John	William Huddlestone
1416 (Oct)
1417	Thomas Mulsho	Thomas Wake
1419	Thomas Strange	John Boseno
1420	Sir John Beaufo	Richard Knightley
1421 (May)	Sir John St. John	Thomas Strange
1421 (Dec)	Sir John Knyvet	Simon Kynnesman
1423	Richard Knightley
1439	Richard Knightley
1442	William Tresham William Tresham Sir William Tresham JP was an English lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons. Born in Northamptonshire, the son of Thomas Tresham of Sywell, he went on to become a major landowner in the region...
1447	William Tresham William Tresham Sir William Tresham JP was an English lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons. Born in Northamptonshire, the son of Thomas Tresham of Sywell, he went on to become a major landowner in the region...
1449	William Catesby William Catesby William Catesby, esq. was one of Richard III of England's principal councillors. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons during Richard's reign....
Oct 1449	Sir Thomas Tresham Thomas Tresham (speaker) Sir Thomas Tresham was a British politician, soldier and administrator. He was the son of Sir William Tresham and his wife Isabel de Vaux, and much of Thomas's early advancement was due to his father's influence...	Thomas Thorpe Thomas Thorpe (Speaker of the House of Commons) Sir Thomas Thorpe was Speaker of the House of Commons in England from 8 March 1453 until 16 February 1454.He worked as a clerk in the royal Exchequer, reaching a position of Baron of the Exchequer. His parliamentary career began in Oct 1449 when he was elected junior knight of the shire of...
Nov 1450	Thomas Mulsho
1453	Sir Thomas Tresham Thomas Tresham (speaker) Sir Thomas Tresham was a British politician, soldier and administrator. He was the son of Sir William Tresham and his wife Isabel de Vaux, and much of Thomas's early advancement was due to his father's influence...
1459	Sir Thomas Tresham Thomas Tresham (speaker) Sir Thomas Tresham was a British politician, soldier and administrator. He was the son of Sir William Tresham and his wife Isabel de Vaux, and much of Thomas's early advancement was due to his father's influence...
1484	William Catesby William Catesby William Catesby, esq. was one of Richard III of England's principal councillors. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons during Richard's reign....
1486	Sir Thomas Lovell Thomas Lovell Sir Thomas Lovell was an English soldier and administrator, Speaker of the House of Commons and Secretary to the Treasury.-Early life:...
1491	Richard Empson Richard Empson Sir Richard Empson , minister of Henry VII, King of England, was a son of Peter Empson, an influential inhabitant of Towcester....
1510–1512	No names known
1515	?Sir Nicholas Vaux	?
1523
1529	Sir William Parr William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1st Earl of Essex and 1st Baron Parr, KG was the son of Sir Thomas Parr and his wife, Maud Green, daughter of Sir Thomas Green, of Broughton and Greens Norton...	Richard Knightley
1536
1539	Sir William Parr William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1st Earl of Essex and 1st Baron Parr, KG was the son of Sir Thomas Parr and his wife, Maud Green, daughter of Sir Thomas Green, of Broughton and Greens Norton...	Sir Thomas Tresham Thomas Tresham I Sir Thomas Tresham was a leading Catholic politician during the middle of the Tudor dynasty in England.The eldest son of John Tresham of Rushton, Northamptonshire, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Harrington, of Hornby, Lancashire, he married Mary Parr, youngest daughter and co-heir of William...
1542	Sir Thomas Tresham Thomas Tresham I Sir Thomas Tresham was a leading Catholic politician during the middle of the Tudor dynasty in England.The eldest son of John Tresham of Rushton, Northamptonshire, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Harrington, of Hornby, Lancashire, he married Mary Parr, youngest daughter and co-heir of William...	Sir William Newnham
1545
1547	Henry Williams	Sir John Cope
1553 (Mar)	Sir Nicholas Throckmorton	Robert Lane
1553 (Oct)	Sir John Fermor	William Chauncy
1554 (Apr)	Sir Thomas Tresham Thomas Tresham I Sir Thomas Tresham was a leading Catholic politician during the middle of the Tudor dynasty in England.The eldest son of John Tresham of Rushton, Northamptonshire, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Harrington, of Hornby, Lancashire, he married Mary Parr, youngest daughter and co-heir of William...	Sir John Spencer
1554 (Nov)	Sir Thomas Tresham Thomas Tresham I Sir Thomas Tresham was a leading Catholic politician during the middle of the Tudor dynasty in England.The eldest son of John Tresham of Rushton, Northamptonshire, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Harrington, of Hornby, Lancashire, he married Mary Parr, youngest daughter and co-heir of William...	William Chauncy
1555	Sir John Fermor	William Chauncy

As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given for those up to 1640. Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.

Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	First Member	Second Member
1558	20 January 1558	17 November 1558	Sir Walter Mildmay Walter Mildmay Sir Walter Mildmay was an English statesman who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of England under Queen Elizabeth I, and was founder of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.-Early life:...	Sir John Spencer
1559	23 January 1559	8 May 1559		Edward Montagu
1562	1562			Ralph Sheldon
1563	11 January 1563	2 January 1567		Sir William Cecil William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , KG was an English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572...
1571	2 April 1571	29 May 1571		Sir Robert Lane
1572	8 May 1572	19 April 1583		(Sir) Christopher Hatton Christopher Hatton Sir Christopher Hatton was an English politician, Lord Chancellor of England and a favourite of Elizabeth I of England.-Early days:...
1584	23 November 1584	14 September 1585
1586	15 October 1586	23 March 1587
1588	4 February 1589	29 March 1589		Sir Richard Knightley Richard Knightley Sir Richard Knightley , of Fawsley in Northamptonshire, was an English Member of Parliament and leading patron of the Puritans during the reign of Elizabeth I....
1593	18 February 1593	10 April 1593	Christopher Yelverton Christopher Yelverton Sir Christopher Yelverton was an English judge and speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:He was the third son of William Yelverton of Rougham, Norfolk...	Sir Thomas Cecil Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, KG , known as Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an English politician and soldier.-Life:...
1597	24 October 1597	9 February 1598		Sir Richard Knightley Richard Knightley Sir Richard Knightley , of Fawsley in Northamptonshire, was an English Member of Parliament and leading patron of the Puritans during the reign of Elizabeth I....
1601	27 October 1601	19 December 1601	Sir John Stanhope John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope of Harrington was an English courtier, politician and peer.-Life:He was the third son of Sir Michael Stanhope, born in Yorkshire, but brought up in Nottinghamshire after his father's attainder for treason in 1552...	Sir William Lane
1604	19 March 1604	9 February 1611	Sir Valentine Knightley	Sir Edward Montagu Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton was an English politician. He was one of the key founders of what is known today as Guy Fawkes Night through his sponsorship, in Parliament, of the Observance of 5th November Act 1605. His support for King Charles I led to his arrest in August 1642...
1614	5 April 1614	7 June 1614	unknown
1620	16 January 1621	8 February 1622	Sir William Spencer William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton was an English peer.Spencer was the son of Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton and his wife, Margaret Willoughby, and was baptised on 4 January 1591 at Brington, Northamptonshire...
(1621)	16 January 1621	8 February 1622		Richard Knightley Richard Knightley (died 1639) Richard Knightley was an English Member of Parliament .The grandson of Sir Richard Knightley, he was MP for Northamptonshire in the parliaments of 1621, 1624, 1625 and 1628, and also served as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1626...
1624	12 February 1624	27 March 1625
1625	17 May 1625	12 August 1625
1626	6 February 1626	15 June 1626		Sir John Pickering'
1628	17 March 1628	10 March 1629	Francis Nicolls	Richard Knightley Richard Knightley (died 1639) Richard Knightley was an English Member of Parliament .The grandson of Sir Richard Knightley, he was MP for Northamptonshire in the parliaments of 1621, 1624, 1625 and 1628, and also served as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1626...
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened

1640-1832

Election		First member	First party	Second member	Second party
Northamptonshire was represented by 2 elected Knights of the Shire
	1640, April Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....	John Crew John Crew, 1st Baron Crew John Crew, 1st Baron Crew of Stene was an English Puritan politician, who sided with the Parliamentary cause during the Civil War but was raised to a peerage by Charles II after the Restoration.-Career:...		Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt
	1640, November Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...	Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt	Parliamentarian Roundhead "Roundhead" was the nickname given to the supporters of the Parliament during the English Civil War. Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I and his supporters, the Cavaliers , who claimed absolute power and the divine right of kings...	Sir John Dryden, Bt Sir John Dryden, 2nd Baronet Sir John Dryden, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1640 and 1654....	Parliamentarian Roundhead "Roundhead" was the nickname given to the supporters of the Parliament during the English Civil War. Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I and his supporters, the Cavaliers , who claimed absolute power and the divine right of kings...
Northamptonshire was represented by 2 nominated MPs in Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...
	1653	Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt		Thomas Brooke
Northamptonshire's representation was increased to 6 elected MPs in the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... Parliaments of the Protectorate
	1654 First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....	(1) Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt		(2) John Crew John Crew, 1st Baron Crew John Crew, 1st Baron Crew of Stene was an English Puritan politician, who sided with the Parliamentary cause during the Civil War but was raised to a peerage by Charles II after the Restoration.-Career:...
		(3) Sir John Norwich, Bt Sir John Norwich, 1st Baronet Sir John Norwich, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at times between 1654 and 1660.Norwich was created baronet of Brampton in the county of Northampton on 24 July 1641...		(4) John Claypole, senior John Claypole, senior John Claypole was an English politician who sat in the House of Commonsin 1654. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.Claypole was the son of Adam Claypole of Latham, Lincolnshire and his wife Dorothy Wingfield, daughter of Robert Wingfield, of Upton, Rutland, and his wife...
		(5) Sir John Dryden, Bt Sir John Dryden, 2nd Baronet Sir John Dryden, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1640 and 1654....		(6) Thomas Brooke
	1656 Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...	(1) Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt		(2) John Claypole John Claypole John Claypole , was an officer in the Parliamentary army in 1645 during the English Civil War. He was created Lord Cleypole by Oliver Cromwell, but this title naturally came to an end with the Restoration of 1660....
		(3) William Boteler William Boteler William Boteler was a Colonel of Horse in the New Model Army during the English Civil War. By the end of the war, Boteler had been appointed Major-General for Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland during the Rule of the Major-Generals....		(4) James Langham Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1662.Langham was the son of Sir John Langham, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Bunce....
		(5) Thomas Crew Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1679 when he inherited the peerage Baron Crew....		(6) Alexander Blake
Northamptonshire's representation was decreased to 2 MPs in the Third Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons... Parliament of the Protectorate and thereafter
	1659, January Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...	Richard Knightley		Philip Holman Philip Holman Philip Holman was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.Holman was a scrivener of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Grocers. He acquired property at Warkworth, Northamptonshire from the Chetwood family and rebuilt part of the manor house...
	1659, May Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt		vacant
	1660, April 22	John Crew John Crew, 1st Baron Crew John Crew, 1st Baron Crew of Stene was an English Puritan politician, who sided with the Parliamentary cause during the Civil War but was raised to a peerage by Charles II after the Restoration.-Career:...		Sir Henry Yelverton, Bt Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660 and from 1664 to 1670....
	1661, March 21	Sir Justinian Isham, 2nd Bt Sir Justinian Isham, 2nd Baronet Sir Justinian Isham, second baronet was an English scholar and royalist politician. In the 1660s he was a Member of Parliament and also an early member of the Royal Society.-Life:...		George Clerke
	1675, April 29	Lord Burghley John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter , known as Lord Burghley until 1678, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. He was also known as the Travelling Earl.-Life:...
	1678, February 28	Miles Fleetwood
	1679, February 6	Sir Roger Norwich, Bt		John Parkhurst John Parkhurst John Parkhurst was an English Marian exile and from 1560 the Bishop of Norwich.-Early life:Born about 1512, he was son of George Parkhurst of Guildford, Surrey. He initially attended the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, before at an early age moving to Magdalen College School at Oxford...
	1679, August 21	Miles Fleetwood
	1685, May 12	Sir Roger Norwich, Bt		Edward Montagu Edward Montagu (1649-1690) Edward Montagu was an English politician, the son of Hon. George Montagu. He was the MP for Northamptonshire and Seaford .-References:...	Tory
	1689, January 14	Edward Harby	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
	1689, June 13	Sir Thomas Samwell, Bt Sir Thomas Samwell, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Samwell, 1st Baronet was a Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire from 1689 to 1690 and Northampton from 1690 to 1694....
	1690, February 20 English general election, 1690 -Summary of the Constituencies:See British general election, 1796 for details. The constituencies used in England and Wales were the same throughout the period...	Sir St Andrew St John, Bt	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	John Parkhurst John Parkhurst John Parkhurst was an English Marian exile and from 1560 the Bishop of Norwich.-Early life:Born about 1512, he was son of George Parkhurst of Guildford, Surrey. He initially attended the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, before at an early age moving to Magdalen College School at Oxford...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
	1695, November 14 English general election, 1695 -Summary of the Constituencies:See British general election, 1796 for details. The constituencies used in England and Wales were the same throughout the period...	Sir St Andrew St John, Bt		Thomas Cartwright	Tory
	1698, July 21 English general election, 1698 -Summary of the Constituencies:See British general election, 1796 for details. The constituencies used in England and Wales were the same throughout the period...	Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Bt	Tory	John Parkhurst John Parkhurst John Parkhurst was an English Marian exile and from 1560 the Bishop of Norwich.-Early life:Born about 1512, he was son of George Parkhurst of Guildford, Surrey. He initially attended the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, before at an early age moving to Magdalen College School at Oxford...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
	1701, December 4 English general election, 1701 (December) The elections held in the November and December of 1701 produced substantial gains for the Whigs, who enthusiasticaly supported the War of the Spanish Succession. The Tories had been critcised in the press for their ambivalence towards the war, and public opinion had turned against them; they...	Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Bt	Tory	Thomas Cartwright	Tory
	1730, May 21	Sir Justinian Isham, 5th Bt
	1737, March 31	Sir Edmund Isham, Bt
	1748, April 14			Valentine Knightley
	1754, December 26			William Cartwright
	1768, March 31 British general election, 1768 The British general election, 1768 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...			Sir William Dolben, Bt Sir William Dolben, 3rd Baronet Sir William Dolben, 3rd Baronet was a British MP and slavery abolitionist.He was born in Finedon, Northamptonshire, the only surviving son of Sir John Dolben, 2nd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Digby. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1744...
	1773, January 14	Lucy Knightly
	1774, October 18 British general election, 1774 The British general election, 1774 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...	Lucy Knightly		Thomas Powys Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Lilford was elected to the House of Commons for Northamptonshire in 1774, a seat he held until 1797. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lilford, of Lilford in the County of Northampton. The family seat...
	1784, April 15 British general election, 1784 The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...	Sir James Langham, Bt Sir James Langham, 7th Baronet Sir James Langham, 7th Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1790....
	1790, June 23 British general election, 1790 The British general election, 1790 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Political Situation:...	Francis Dickins
	1797, August 2	Francis Dickins		William Ralph Cartwright William Ralph Cartwright William Ralph Cartwright was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1797 and 1846.Cartwright was the son of Thomas Cartwright of Aynhoe Park and his wife Mary Catherine Desaguilliers...	Tory
	1806, November 12 United Kingdom general election, 1806 The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	Viscount Althorp John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer PC, FRS , styled Viscount Althorp from 1783 to 1834, was a British statesman...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...		Tory
	1831, May 23 United Kingdom general election, 1831 The 1831 general election in the United Kingdom saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue. As a result it was the last unreformed election, as the Parliament which resulted ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832. Polling was held from 28 April to...			Viscount Milton Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 5th Earl FitzWilliam Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam KG was a British nobleman. He was three times President of the Royal Statistical Society ....	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
Constituency abolished 1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807.... : see North Northamptonshire North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency) North Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.- Boundaries :... and South Northamptonshire South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency) South Northamptonshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current Member of Parliament is Andrea Leadsom of the Conservative Party.-History:... .

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1640-1832

See also