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 Administration[edit]

Politics[edit]

Statue of the Northampton MP Charles Bradlaugh in the town.

For more details on politics in Northampton, see Northampton North (UK Parliament

constituency), Northampton South (UK Parliament constituency), and South Northamptonshire (UK

Parliament constituency).

The Northampton constituency was established in !"#$ which returned two MPs to the %ouse of

Commons. Spencer Perce&al was the elected MP for the constituency in '"($ and became Prime

Minister of the )nited *ingdom in +,"$ the only Solicitor -eneral or ttorney -eneral to ha&e been

Prime Minister$ but also the only Prime Minister to ha&e been assassinated. /ohn Bellingham shot

him dead in the %ouse of Commons lobby in +!. By the late "th century$ Northampton had

ac0uired a reputation for political radicalism. 1n ++,$ radical non2conformist Charles Bradlaugh was

elected as second MP for the constituency. 3uring an election campaign in&ol&ing Bradlaugh$ a riot

bro4e out in the Mar4et S0uare that re0uired military to disperse the action. 5or the "+ general

election$ Northampton6s representation was reduced to one MP.

The original constituency was abolished for the 5ebruary "'7 general election and replaced by the

new constituencies of  Northampton Northand Northampton South$ which elect one MP each. These

boundaries changed further for the !,, general election when the South

Northamptonshire constituency was created$ co&ering the most southern areas of the borough. The

borough of Northampton continues ma4es up all of the electoral wards in Northampton North and

Northampton South.

Northampton is currently represented by three Conser&ati&e MPs8 Brian Binley 9Northampton

South:$ Michael ;llis 9Northampton North: and ndrea <eadsom 9South Northamptonshire:.

Northampton is also included in the ;ast Midlands constituency for elections to the ;uropean

Parliament$ electing fi&e M;Ps using the d6%ondt method of party2list proportional representation.

Local government[edit]For more details on this topic, see Local government in Northampton.

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Northampton's current two-tier system of government

Northampton Borough CouncilExecutive: Conser&ati&eLeader: 3a&id Mac4intoshElectoral wards: ==eats: 7#Political structure:

  Conser&ati&e Party 9!(:

  <abour Party 97:

  <iberal 3emocrats 97:

  )* 1ndependence Party 9:

Northamptonshire County CouncilExecutive: Conser&ati&eLeader: /im %ar4er Electoral wards in !orough: '>#'eats in !orough: 'Political structure in !orough:

  Conser&ati&e Party 9':

  <iberal 3emocrats 9#:

  <abour Party 97:

  )* 1ndependence Party 9:

The town e?isted as an ancient borough in the medie&al period before being one of the '+

boroughs to be reformed under the Municipal Corporations ct in +=#$ with a democratically2

elected council replacing the oligarchic Tory corporation before it.[!] Town go&ernment alternated

between the<iberals and Conser&ati&es$ with the town achie&ing independence from

Northamptonshire in +++ when it became a county borough.[!] 1t had ( electoral wards from +"+$ "

wards from ",, and ! wards from ".[]

Northampton was granted modern borough status in "'7$ but was reconstituted as a non2

metropolitan district$ a subdi&ision of its non2metropolitan county 9Northamptonshire:.[==][=7] 1t failed to

obtain unitary authority status in the "",s local go&ernment reform and again in !, when the

motion was &oted down by the council$[=#][=(] meaning the borough retains its two2tier structure of local

go&ernment8 the non2metropolitan district of Northampton is administered by Northampton Borough

Council and Northamptonshire County Council which are both controlled by the Conser&ati&e Party.

Policing in the town remains the responsibility of  Northamptonshire Police@ and firefighting$ the

responsibility of  Northamptonshire 5ire and Aescue Ser&ice. The Aoyal nglian Aegiment ser&es as

the county regiment for Northamptonshire.

"ealth services[edit]

N%S Northampton guides primary care ser&ices 9general practitioners$ dentists$ opticians and

pharmacists: in the town$ directly pro&ides adult social care and ser&ices in the community such

as health &isiting and physiotherapy and also funds hospital care and other specialist

treatments. Northampton -eneral %ospital is an N%S trust hospital which founded in '77 and

mo&ed to its present site in '"=$ and has continued to pro&ide healthcare to the local community for 

more than !,, years. The ;ast Midlands mbulance Ser&ice N%S Trust is responsible for the

pro&ision of statutory emergency medical ser&ices in Northampton.

St ndrew6s %ospital$ the flagship mental health facility of the pri&ate company St ndrew6s

%ealthcare$ is also based in Northampton. originally opened in +=+ to ser&e Northampton St

 ndrew6s became a charity and pri&ate healthcare pro&ider when the Berrywood sylum 9later the

Northampton County <unatic sylum$ then St Crispin %ospital in "7+: opened in +'(.

Geography [edit]

#reas and su!ur!s[edit]

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Map of the town suburbs

;?tracts from S Maps SP'# and SP'( 9"#( "## respecti&ely:. -rid s0uares are 4m

Northampton is subdi&ided into suburbs$ council wards$ constituencies$ ecclesiastical parishes$ and

other less formal areas.

There are == electoral wards$ as defined by the borough council 9the county council di&ides the town

into much larger wards which ha&e different boundaries:$ in Northampton8 [=']

. bington

!. Billing

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=. Booth&ille

7. Broo4side

#. Castle

(. 3elapre and Briar %ill

'. ;ast %unsbury

+. ;astfield

". %eadlands

,.*ings %eath

. *ingsley

!.*ingsthorpe

=.Nene Dalley

7.New 3uston

#.belis4

(.ld 3uston

'.Par4

+.Par4lands

".Phipps&ille

!,.Aectory 5arm

!.Ai&erside

!!.Aushmills

!=.Semilong

!7.Spencer 

!#.Spring Par4

!(.St 3a&id6s

!'.St /ames

!+.Sunnyside

!".Tala&era

=,.Trinity

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=.)pton

=!.Eest %unsbury

==.Eestone