Corby and East Northamptonshire: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire is Lee Barron (Labour), returned on 4 July 2024. Lee Barron took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 21,020 votes (42.4%), ahead of Tom Pursglove (Conservative) on 14,689. 49,589 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 78,770, 63.0% of those registered. The majority was 6,331.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS estimates 120,984 people lived in Corby and East Northamptonshire in mid-2024, up 15.7% on 2014. Children under 16 numbered 24,562; people aged 65 and over, 21,411.
The Annual Population Survey puts the employment rate for 16 to 64 year olds at 81.1% for April 2025 to March 2026, give or take 8.2 points. 15.3% were economically inactive.
At the 2021 Census there were 47,039 households and 223.4 residents per square kilometre; 23.4% of workers mainly worked from home and 20.5% of residents aged 16 and over were retired.
Workplaces in Corby and East Northamptonshire accounted for 53,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 5,295 local units for March 2026.
The median price paid for a home was £255,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £167,500. The highest March-year median in the series was £265,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 231st lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,374 sales were registered in the period, against 1,805 in the year to March 2025.
6,159 children in Corby and East Northamptonshire were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 25.1% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 16.1% in 2021/22 to 19.0% in 2024/25.
Residents of Corby and East Northamptonshire earned more than jobs based there paid in April 2025: median full-time pay was £35,507 for workplace jobs and £37,932 for residents. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £34,669. The residents' figure ranks 296th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 2,475, or 3.3% of the working-age population. A year earlier the count was 2,285.
MP
Lee Barron, Labour
- MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Lee Barron on this site
In Parliament
What Lee Barron said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 9 September 2026 to 14 October 2026). Hansard search returns 69 spoken contributions by Lee Barron since 4 July 2024.
It is almost two years since Harshita Brella was murdered in Corby, her body dumped in the boot of a car. An arrest warrant was issued for Harshita’s husband, who fled the country.
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6. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve prosecution rates for crimes of violence against women and girls.
I want to raise three issues. Having been a magistrate for 20 years, I think that one of the things that has led to the problems has been the closure of so many courts across the estate.
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For Capita, our constituents are now paying the price. We are talking about workers like my constituent Simon, who lives in Stanwick. He put in 37 years of public service at HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
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I agree. I must say, I wish people would put as much energy into condemning those sorts of actions as they do into having a pop at trade unions—I really do. It is about time that we levelled that playing field, and that is what this legislation does. My hon.
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Read from the Hansard API on 27 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Barron | Labour | 21,020 | 42.4% | +3.9 |
| Tom Pursglove | Conservative | 14,689 | 29.6% | −25.0 |
| Eddie McDonald | Reform UK | 8,760 | 17.7% | |
| Lee Forster | Green Party | 2,507 | 5.1% | |
| Chris Lofts | Liberal Democrat | 2,191 | 4.4% | −2.4 |
| Karen Blott | Independent | 422 | 0.9% |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from Con. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 42.4% | Conservative 29.6% | 6,331 | 63.0% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 54.6% | Labour 38.5% | 8,676 | 70.2% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Corby and East Northamptonshire lies within North Northamptonshire.
- North Northamptonshire E06000061
Who has power over Corby and East Northamptonshire
Every body that makes decisions for Corby and East Northamptonshire, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Corby and East Northamptonshire this page: Lee Barron (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire?
Lee Barron (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Corby and East Northamptonshire?
The House of Commons Library records 21,020 votes for Lee Barron of Labour and a majority of 6,331; 63.0% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Corby and East Northamptonshire?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 2,475, 3.3% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Corby and East Northamptonshire?
£255,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Corby and East Northamptonshire?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £37,932 (April 2025).
How many children in Corby and East Northamptonshire live in low income families?
6,159 children under 16, 25.1%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Corby and East Northamptonshire?
120,984 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.