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About the Wellingborough Constituency

The Parliamentary constituency covers the towns of Wellingborough, Rushden and Higham Ferrers along with a number of smaller villages in the surrounding area. The are two local government districts in the constituency, which are Wellingborough and East Northamptonshire.

The two local government districts are formed from the following electoral wards in Wellingborough and East Northamptonshire (the number of council seats in each ward is shown in brackets). Wellingborough District - Brickhill (3), Castle (3), Croyland (3), Finedon (2), Great Doddington and Wilby (1), Hemmingwell (3), Irchester (3), North (1), Queensway (3), Redwell East (2), Redwell West (2), South (1), Swanspool (3) and Wollaston (2). (The wards of Earls Barton (3) and West (1) are not expected to be part of the Parliamentary constituency in the future) East Northamptonshire - Higham Ferrers Chichele (2), Higham Ferrers Lancaster (2), Rushden Hayden (3), Rushden Spencer (3), Rushden Bates (2) and Rushden Sartoris (2) and Rushden Pemberton (3).

In the 2003 local elections the opposition Conservative group scored an outstanding victory in Wellingborough district, gaining 13 seats to secure an 18-seat majority in the Council Chamber. While in East Northamptonshire overall the Conservative group increased its majority to 30 seats.

In 2005, following on from the local election successes, the Conservatives regained the Parliamentary seat lost in 1997, with Peter Bone secured a 2.9% swing to win with a majority of 687.

In 2007 the Conservatives in East Northamptonshire virtually eradicated all opposition in the district as they won all but one of the 40 seats in the council chamber. In Wellingborough, the Conservative majority in the 36-seat chamber increased to 24, as they won 30 seats in the borough and at the same time defeated the leader of the Labour group and his deputy.