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| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & Administrative County |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council | Ranked 24th 2,364 kmē Ranked 22nd |
| Admin HQ: | Northampton |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-NTH |
| ONS code: | 34 |
| NUTS 3: | UKF23 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council | Ranked 33rdThis is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics, unrounded figures published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Entitlement Notification Reports for Revenue Supp 638,238 270 / kmē Ranked 16thThis is a List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population that is to say Administrative counties with a two-tier County council structure, not including Administrative counties which are Unitary Authorities. Populations are 2002 mid-year es |
| Ethnicity: | 95.1% White 2.0% S.Asian 1.2% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Northamptonshire County Council http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive: | Labour |
| Members of ParliamentThis is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at | |
| Tim BoswellTimothy Eric Boswell (born December 2, 1942) is an English politician, and Tory member of Parliament for Daventry. Under John Major he was a junior minister at the Department for Education and late the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and serv, Tony ClarkeAnthony Richard Clarke (born September 6, 1963) is an English politician, and Labour member of Parliament for Northampton South. He became MP in 1997, having previously been on Northampton Borough Council. Clarke, Tony., Phil HopePhilip Ian Hope (born 19 April 1955) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom, and member of Parliament for Corby. He was first elected in 1997. He serves as a junior minister in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Hope, Phil Hope, Phil., Sally KeebleSally Curtis Keeble (born 13 October 1951) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She has been member of Parliament for Northampton North since 1997. She had previously been leader of Southwark Council. Keeble, Sally Keeble, Sally., Phil Sawford, Paul Stinchcombe | |
| Districts | |
Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants) is a county in central England with a population of 629,676 ( 2001 census). It has borders with Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire (inc. Peterborough), Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire (inc. Milton Keynes), Oxfordshire and England's shortest county boundary (19 metres) with Lincolnshire. The county town is Northampton.
The Soke of Peterborough was historically associated with Northamptonshire.