Welcome to the website of the South Northamptonshire Constituency Labour Party.
We believe that the Labour Government of between 1997 and 2010, brought about an improved standard of living for all South Northants residents : Low unemployment, improved prosperity, business growth, lower crime, improved infrastructure. Currently we are extremely worried that the actions of the Tory-led government have put this prosperity at risk.
SNCLP are committed to working with local residents at all levels of the political system to ensure that the standard of living for all is consolidated and improved, that views are listened to and acted upon.
Please use this website to gain information about the SNCLP, the Labour Party, to contact us, to let us know your views, to find out about our young and energetic Parliamentary Spokesman or to join us.
Please contact us enquiries@southnorthantslabour.com
The Annual General Meeting of the South Northamptonshire Constituency Labour Party will take place on Wednesday, 20 June 2012 at 7:30 PM in Chantry House (next to the Post Office) Towcester.
South Northamptonshire Constituency Labour Party
Lillian Greenwood MP for Nottingham South and Labour’s Shadow Transport Spokesperson is guest of honour at our annual dinner.
This is to take place at The Bull in Towcester on Friday 19thOctober (7:15 for 7:45)
Tickets cost £25. Spaces for our annual dinner are filling up rapidly !
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) is looking at reviewing the electoral divisions in Northamptonshire County Council. The following is an extract from LGBCE News Release of 25 January 2012
The Commission is asking local people for their input into the review of the electoral arrangements for Northamptonshire County Council.
Max Caller, Chair of the Commission, said: "The starting point of an electoral review is for the Commission to take a view on the number of councillors who should represent the authority in future. On the evidence presented to the Commission, we are minded to accept Northamptonshire County Council's proposal to reduce the number of councillors overall and we will therefore draw up recommendations for a pattern of electoral divisions which will accommodate 57 county councillors.
Local people have until 2 April to submit their views. Further information on electoral reviews and guidance on what sort of information the Commission is looking for is available on the LGBCE website at www.lgbce.org.uk.
Notes
1. Residents have from 24 January to 2 April 2012 to have their say about where electoral division boundaries for Northamptonshire's 57 county councillors should be drawn. The Commission will then publish its draft recommendations in June 2012 and open a further phase of consultation with local people. New divisions are scheduled to come into effect at the 2013 county council elections.
2. Members of the public can have their say on the new division arrangements by writing to:
The Review Officer (Northamptonshire)
Layden House
76-86 Turnmill Street
London
EC1M 5LG
or by emailing: reviews@lgbce.org.uk
The proposed allocation of county councillors for each district in Northamptonshire under a council size of 57 would be as follows:
Corby: 5
Daventry: 7
East Northamptonshire: 7
Kettering: 8
Northampton: 17
South Northamptonshire: 7
Wellingborough: 6
The Leader of Northamptonshire County Council Labour Group- John McGhee jmcgheee@northamptonshire.gov.uk
The Leader of Northampton Borough Council Labour Group- Lee Mason cllr.lmason@northampton.gov.uk
South Northamptonshire District Council wards are shown in the table below
| Ward | Village | ||
| Astwell | Astwell, Crowfield, Falcutt, Helmdon, Radstone, Syresham, Whitfield | ||
| Blakesley and Cote | Adstone, Blakesley, Cold Higham, Litchborough, Maidford,Pattishall, Slapton, Tiffield, Woodend | ||
| Blisworth and Roade | Blisworth, Roade | ||
| Brackley East | Brackley | ||
| Brackley South | Brackley | ||
| Brackley west | Brackley | ||
| Bradfield and Yarley | Bradfiled-on-the Green, Castle Ashby, Cogenhoe and Whiston, denton, Little Houghton, Yardley Hastings | ||
| Cosgrove and Grafton | Cosgrove, Grafton Regis, Yardley Gobian | ||
| Danvers and Wardoun | Aston le Walls, Boddigton, Chacombe, Chipping Warden, Culworth, Edgcote, Eydon, Marston St Lawrance, Thenford, Thorpe Madeville | ||
| Deanshanger | Deanshanger, Puxley, Wicken | ||
| Grange Park | Grange Park | ||
| Hackleton | Hackleton, Quinton | ||
| Harpole and Grange | Gayton, Harpole, Kislingbury, Milton Malsor, Rothersthorpe | ||
| Hayfords and Bugbrooke | Bugbrooke, Nether Heyford, Upper Heyford | ||
| Kings Sutton | Kings Sutton, Little Purston | ||
| Kingthorn | Bradden, Duncote, Greens Norton | ||
| Little Brook | Aynhoo, Croughton, Evenly | ||
| Middleton Cheney | Middleton Cheny, Overthorpe, Warwoth | ||
| Old Stratford | Old Stratford | ||
| Salcey | Ashotn, Hartwell | ||
| Silverstone | Silverstone | ||
| Steane | Farthinghoe, Green Purston, Greatworth, Halse, Hinton in the hedges, Newbottle, Steane, Stutchbury | ||
| Tove | Alderton, Heathencote, Paulerspury, Shutlanger | ||
| Towcester Brook | Towceter, Wood Burcote | ||
| Towcester Mill | Caldecote, Hulcote, Tocester, East Neston | ||
| Washington | Abthorpe, Foscote, Moreton Pinkney, Plumpton, Sulgrave, Wappenham, Weston and Lois Weedon | ||
| Whittlewood | Furtho, Potterpury, whittlebury | ||
David Aaronson, Labour Councillor for Deanshanger May 2011
Councillor Steve Parkin (Chair) - Potterspury Parish Council Tel: 01908 542683
The Parish Council is part of Whittlewood ward of SNC and is made up of 13 elected members.
The Boundary Commission for England is an independent and impartial public body, which reviews all Parliamentary constituency boundaries in England every five years. The current review – which must report to Parliament by 2013 – is being carried out under new rules laid down in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011. The review will introduce substantial changes as it:
reduces the number of constituencies in England from 533 to 502; and
makes sure that each constituency contains a similar number of registered electors.
The proposed boundaries of the South Northamptonshire parliamentary constituency can be found below.
http://rr-bce-static.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/South-Northamptonshire-CC.pdf?9d7bd4
South Northamptonshire Council map and the initial proposals of the Boundary Commission of the Parliamentary Constituency (2011)
General Election 2010 - South Northamptonshire results
| Candidate's name | Party | Votes | % | +/- |
| Andrea Leadsom | Conservative | 33,081 | 55.2 | +3.7 |
| Scott Collins | Liberal Democrat | 12,603 | 21.0 | +3.9 |
| Matthew May | Labour | 10,380 | 17.3 | -11.4 |
| Barry Mahoney | UK Independence Party | 2,406 | 4.0 | +1.4 |
| Tony Tappy | English Democrats | 735 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| Marcus Rock | Green | 685 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
Majority 20,478 34.2
Turnout 59,890 73.0 +5.4
Matthew J May was the Labour Party's Parliamentary Candidate for the South Northamptonshire constituency in the General Election of 2010.
Biography
Matthew was born in Wellingborough in 1971 and has lived in Northamptonshire all of his life. He was educated at Wrenn School, Wellingborough, Goldsmiths' College, (University of London,) the Institute of Education and the National College for School Leadership.
He is an Assistant Headteacher at a Milton Keynes secondary school and supports Northampton Town Football Club.
At the age of 21 he was a County Council candidate for the Redwell ward. By the age of 23, he was a Borough Councillor on Wellingborough Borough Council. At 27 he led Irchester Parish Council through the millennium and also at this time became shadow spokesman for housing on WBC.
Since 2007, he has been looking for a Parliamentary position and was selected by the SNCLP to be their candidate at the General Election in 2010.
Policies
Matthew believes that the Labour Government has done much to improve the lives of all over the last eleven years, and in particular cites the minimum wage, the increased winter fuel payments for pensioners and the increasing numbers of families being raised out of poverty as key achievements.
Matthew said "It would be wrong to say 'job done' - anti social crime is an issue which must be tackled, rural transport is vital, particularly for the elderly and the making accountable of local authorities is key."
"On this last point let's look at Northamptonshire - Nationally, the amount spent on roads has increased, and yet when I see the quality of the roads under the control of Northants County Council I have to wonder whether the Conservative administration has shared the national Government's vision."
At a glance policies
Rural Housing - Priority should be given towards building on brown field sites first before consideration is given to enlarging towns and villages by building outwards.
High Speed Rail - £30 billion is a lot of money in the current economic climate. A delay would enable cost benefits studies to be completed and an analysis of upgrading of current lines would enable an informed debate.
Tax - With the bailing out of the banks, tough decisions have to be made. Labour has chosen to raise National Insurance contributions for those who work rather than a rise in VAT, (as the Tories are considering and have increased it to 20% since the General Election.)
School admissions - Parents must be given the right to send their children to whichever school they see fit. It is then the responsibility of the County Council to then seek collaborative and creative solutions for schools who either have too many or too few applicants. As an Assistant Headteacher of a Secondary School, I have seen this done successfully - why can it not be done in Northamptonshire?
General Election 2005
The number of seats in the House of Commons increased from 646 to 650. South Northamptonshire is one of the newly created parliamentary constituencies. The following results are based on the notional or estimated results had this parliamentary constituency existed in 2005.
Party Votes Share
Conservative 51.60%
Labour 28.70%
Liberal Democrat 17.10%
Others 2.60%
Labour was in Government for 13 years - What has Labour achieved between 1997 and 2010?
Have a look at 50 great achievements...... Many of these are in danger of Tory-led government cuts
1) Longest period of sustained low inflation since the 60s
2) Low interest rates
3) Introduced the National Minimum Wage
4) 14000 more police
5) Crime down by 32%
6) Record literacy levels
7) Funding for every pupil increased
8) Best ever results at 14,16,18.
9) Record employment
10) Debt of poor countries written off
11) 85000 more nurses
12) 32000 more doctors
13) Matrons are back !
14) Devolved power to Scotland
15) Devolved power to Wales
16) Paternity leave for dads
17) NHS Direct
18) £825 million in Gift Aid
19) Restored London Government
20) Record number in Higher Education
21) Child Benefit up 26%
22) Sure Start
23) Equality and Human Rights Commission
24) Winter Fuel Payments of £200+
25) Exceeding Kyoto targets for cutting emissions
26) Restored Government to Northern Ireland
27) 34000 more teachers
28) All full time workers now have a minimum of 24 days paid holiday
29) A million pensioners lifted out of poverty
30) 600000 children out of relative poverty
31) Child tax credits
32) Scrapped Section 28
33) 1 million social homes brought up to standard
34) In Patient waiting lists down by half a million
35) Fox hunting banned
36) Cleanest water,rivers and beaches since the Industrial Revolution
37) Free TV licenses for over 75s
38) Fir farming banned
39) Free breast cancer screening for those 50-70
40) Free bus travel for over 60s
41) New Deal 1.8 million into work
42) 3 million child trust funds started
43) Free eye tests for the over 60s
44) The number of apprenticeships doubled
45) Free entry to national museums and attractions
46) Overseas aid budget more than doubled
47) Heart Disease deaths down by 150,000 and cancer deaths by 50,000
48) Long term youth unemployment cut by 75%
49) Free nursery places for three and four years olds
50) Free fruit for most 4 to 6 year olds at school.