The placeConstituency · East Midlands · Electorate 75,575 · 2023 boundaries

Northampton North.

Labour Party MP Lucy Rigby holds the seat on 43.5% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentLucy Rigby · Labour Party
CouncilWest Northamptonshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001406
Electorate · 2024
75.6k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
43.5%
Labour Party · +21.6pp over Con
Settlements
1
Largest: Northampton
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
37.3
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
3 Jun 2026

Appointed Solicitor General just five months after entering Parliament, Lucy Rigby has been one of Labour's faster-rising 2024 intake. That role shapes almost everything in her parliamentary record: she votes in lockstep with the government -- 100% party alignment, no rebel votes -- and her recent activity reflects a minister's brief rather than a backbencher's independence. Her highest-profile recent work includes leading government action on economic abuse, visiting banks and convening industry meetings to push concrete steps for victims, and taking children's online safety concerns directly to Downing Street.

Her participation rate of 61% -- below the Commons average -- is typical for ministers, who spend more time at their department than in the division lobbies. When she does vote, her record shows strong alignment with progressive taxation and workers' rights, and notably firmer immigration-control positions than most Labour MPs (60% vs the party average of 43%). She trails her party significantly on criminal justice reform (25% vs 64%) and pension protection (20% vs 43%). Her 396 parliamentary contributions span economy, crime, and fiscal policy most heavily, consistent with a law officer's brief.

Her local coverage -- a new family hub in Northampton town centre, workplace reforms she claims to have fought for -- suggests active constituency communication. News sentiment across 159 articles over 90 days is broadly neutral, with no significant negative pattern. No committee memberships are recorded, which is standard for ministers. The deviations from party averages on criminal justice and pension protection are statistically notable but hard to interpret without more debate-level data on the specific votes driving those figures.

43.5%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
9
Wards · 27 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.9 wards · 27 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Abington Phippsville(3 seats)Purser · Tarasiewicz · Smith4,574West Northamptonshire ConMay 2021
Boothville Parklands(3 seats)Lane · Stevenson · Hallam5,342West Northamptonshire ConMay 2021
Castle(3 seats)Stone · Haque · Alwahabi3,948West Northamptonshire ConMay 2021
Dallington Spencer(3 seats)Eales · Ashraf · Eales3,810West Northamptonshire ConMay 2021
Headlands(3 seats)Jolley · Hughes · Joyce3,683West Northamptonshire ConMay 2021
Kingsthorpe North(3 seats)Brown · Rahman · Rumens4,379West Northamptonshire ConMay 2021
Kingsthorpe South(3 seats)Hawes · Barrett · Beardsworth2,848West Northamptonshire ConMay 2021
St George(3 seats)Russell · Cali · Strachan3,242West Northamptonshire ConMay 2021
Talavera(3 seats)Meredith · Duffy · Choudary2,914West Northamptonshire ConMay 2021

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.1 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Northampton (132,001). Total population across named built-up areas: 132,001.

city 132,001

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Northampton132,001city
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate62.1%57.1%+9%
Owner-occupied53.9%63.1%-15%
Private rented27.4%20.0%+37%
Social rented18.5%16.8%+10%

Ethnicity.

White77.3%
Asian8.8%
Black8.2%
Mixed3.8%
Other1.9%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.8% Female 50.2% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£25,200
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£29,900
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
5,040
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
58
30 primary · 6 secondary
GCSE pass
59.1%
Attainment 8: 42.1

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£242m
Taxpayers67,000
Median per taxpayer£2,340
Mean per taxpayer£3,610

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by West Northamptonshire. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
37.3
+80% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
12.4
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
32% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences11.8
Anti-social behaviour8.4
Shoplifting3.3
Vehicle crime2.5
Criminal damage & arson2.2
Other theft2.0
Public order1.9

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Lucy RigbyWONLab18,20943.5
Dan BennettCon9,19522.0
Antony AntoniouRef7,01016.8
Eishar BassanGrn2,5586.1
Christopher LeggettLD2,2515.4
Khalid RazzaqInd1,5313.7
Paul ClarkInd1,0592.5

Turnout 41,813

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Michael EllisCon53.2
2017Michael EllisCon47.2
2015Michael EllisCon42.4
2010Ellis, MichaelCon34.1
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission