With a general election on the horizon, many voters may be considering who they want to represent them in the House of Commons.
Although Northampton has tended to vote for the Tories in recent years, it has in the past elected Labour MPs.
And last week’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner election saw Labour councillor Danielle Stone storm to victory in the ballot box.
Here, we offer a nostalgic look at the Parliamentarians who have served Northampton since the 1960s.
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5. Tony Marlow - Conservative MP for Northampton North (1979-1997)
Former soldier Tony Marlow was educated at Cambridge and Sandhurst. He was a longstanding Eurosceptic in Parliament, one of eight Tory MPs to lose the whip after voting against the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. He was censured in 1996 for referring to Labour's Harriet Harman as a 'stupid cow' during a debate about mad cow disease. Photo: NA
6. Sally Keeble - Labour MP for Northampton North (1997-2010)
Sally Keeble was head of communications at GMB Union and leader of Southwark Council for three years until her election to Parliament in 1997, after being selected as Labour's Northampton North's candidate through an all-women shortlist. She spent six years on the frontbench before losing her seat in 2010. She stood unsuccessfully three times in later elections to an attempt to regain it. Photo: NA
7. Tony Clarke - Labour MP for Northampton South (1997-2005)
Tony Clarke was a social work lecturer who spent over a decade as Northampton councillor before surprisingly winning Northampton South for Labour in 1997. He was a prominent critic against the war in Iraq and regarded as a left-wing rebel. After narrowly losing his seat in 2005, he later joined the Green Party and now teaches public services at Northampton College. Photo: NA
8. Brian Binley - Conservative MP for Northampton South (2005-2015)
Brian Binley was a longstanding councillor before being elected to Parliament, where he was a prominent critic of David Cameron and Party Co-Chairman Sayeeda Warsi, who he accused of being out of toucher with backbenchers. He was caught up in the expenses scandal after claiming £50,000 in expenses, by renting a flat from his own company, BCC Marketing in Wellingborough. Photo: NA