Administration[edit] Politics[edit] Statue of the Northampton MP Charles Bradlaughin 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 constituencywas established in !"#$ which returned two MPsto the %ouse of Commons. Spencer Perce&alwas the elected MP for the constituency in '"($ and became Prime Minister of the )nited *ingdomin +,"$ 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 Bellinghamshot 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 Bradlaughwas elected as second MP for the constituency. 3 uring 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$Northampton6s representation was reduced to one MP. The original constituency was abolished for the 5ebruary "'7 general electionand replaced by the new constituencies ofNorthampton Northand Northampton South$which elect one MP each. These boundaries changed further for the !,, general electionwhen the South Northamptonshireconstituency 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&eMPs8 Brian Binley9Northampton South:$ Michael ;llis9Northampton North: and ndrea <eadsom9South Northamptonshire:. Northampton is also included in the ;ast Midlandsconstituency for elections to the ;uropean Parliament$electing fi&eM;Psusing the d6%ondt methodof party2list proportional representation. Local government[edit] For more details on this topic, seeLocal government in Northampton.
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Northamptonshire County CouncilExecutive: Conser&ati&eLeader: /im %ar4er Electoral wards in !orough: '>#'eats in !orough: 'Political structure in !orough:
Conser&ati&e Party 9':
<iberal 3emocrats 9#:
<abour Party 97:
)* 1ndependence Party 9:
The town e?isted as an ancient borough in the medie&al period before being one of the '+
boroughs to be reformed under the Municipal Corporations ct in +=#$ 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 +'(.