UK Explained

Corby and East Northamptonshire

Represented in Parliament by Lee Barron (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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Your MP at a glance

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How Corby and East Northamptonshire compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 349 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £740£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 345 areas and lower than 303.

UK 3.9%This area 3.3%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Corby and East Northamptonshire£7403.3%
St Helens North£7403.4%
Gosport£7343.3%
Burton and Uttoxeter£7373.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Corby and East Northamptonshire

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people116,58759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over17%19%1 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher27%34%7 points lower
Households that own their home65%62%3 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association16%17%about the same
Households renting privately18%20%2 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Lee Barron

Labour

MAJORITY
6,331

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
63%

of people who could vote did

Lee Barron won with 42% of the votes, and Tom Pursglove (Conservative) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Labour42% · 21,020
Conservative30% · 14,689
Reform UK18% · 8,760
Green Party5% · 2,507
Liberal Democrat4% · 2,191
Independent1% · 422
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lee BarronLabour21,02042.4%
Tom PursgloveConservative14,68929.6%
Eddie McDonaldReform UK8,76017.7%
Lee ForsterGreen Party2,5075.1%
Chris LoftsLiberal Democrat2,1914.4%
Karen BlottIndependent4220.9%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£740 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026