It is one of twenty-one in that département, and covers two cantons (Tourcoing-Nord, and Tourcoing-Nord-Est), which together constitute part of the town of Tourcoing.

Following repeated homophobic statements by incumbent MP Christian Vanneste, the Union for a Popular Movement once more withdrew its endorsement of him (as it had done in 2007), but this time (unlike 2007) stood a candidate against him.

Vanneste stood as the candidate of the Rally for France, a minor party of which he was the president since March 2012.

[6] Christian Vanneste, the incumbent MP for the Union for a Popular Movement, lost the endorsement of his party after making repeated homophobic remarks.

Vanneste stood as the candidate of the National Centre of Independents and Peasants, an associate party of the UMP.