Corby

County constituency
Corby shown within Northamptonshire, and Northamptonshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Phil Hope
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Northamptonshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

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Boundaries

The constituency is named for Corby in Northamptonshire, and also covers most of the local government district of East Northamptonshire.The seat is a highly marginal contest between the Tories and Labour.Corby itself is the most Labour-voting area;many speak with a Scottish accent after the migration of workers in the 1930's from North of the border to the town's former steelworks;the rest of the constituency,with Oundle (Home of the famous public school) and the rural villages mostly Conservative. Corby is an industrial town and a local government district located 8 miles north of Kettering in Northamptonshire, England. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... East Northamptonshire is a local government district in Northamptonshire, England. ... In physics, the term renormalization refers to a variety of theoretical concepts and computational techniques revolving either around the idea of rescaling transformations, or around the process of removing infinities from the calculated quantities (see also regularization). ... Scottish can refer to: (as an adjective) things to do with Scotland (see also Scotch) (as a noun) the Scottish people. ... Migration occurs when living things move from one biome to another. ... Map sources for Oundle at grid reference TL0388 Oundle is an ancient market town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 5,345 (2001 census). ... Rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Sheep eating grass in rural Australia Rural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...

Members of Parliament

• 1983 – 1997: William Rhys Powell
• 1997 – present: Phil Hope, Labour

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Election results

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See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire