Boston and Skegness (UK Parliament constituency)

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Boston and Skegness County constituency
Boston and Skegness shown within Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Mark Simmonds
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Lincolnshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Boston and Skegness is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Boston and Skegness shares a boundary with Louth and Horncastle to the north, Sleaford and North Hykeham to the west and South Holland and The Deepings to the south.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1966 – 2001: Sir Richard Body, Conservative
• 2001 – present: Mark Simmonds, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Boston and Skegness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Simmonds	19,329	46.4	+3.5
	Labour	Paul Kenny	13,422	32.2	−9.4
	UK Independence	Richard Horsnell	4,024	9.7	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Riley	3,469	8.3	−4.1
	British National	Wendy Russell	1,025	2.5	N/A
	Green	Marcus Petz	420	1.0	−0.3
Majority			5,907	14.2
Turnout			41,689
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.4

General Election 2001: Boston and Skegness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Simmonds	17,298	42.9	+0.5
	Labour	Elaine Bird	16,783	41.6	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Moffatt	4,994	12.4	-4.2
	UK Independence	Cyril Wakefield	717	1.8	N/A
	Green	Mark Harrison	521	1.3	N/A
Majority			515	1.3
Turnout			40,313	58.3	-10.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Boston and Skegness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Body	19,750	42.4	N/A
	Labour	Philip McCauley	19,103	41.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Dodsworth	7,721	16.6	N/A
Majority			647		N/A;;
Turnout				68.9	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire

Constituencies in the East Midlands
Labour	Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Bolsover | Broxtowe | Corby | Derby North | Derby South | Erewash | Gedling | High Peak | Leicester East | Leicester South | Leicester West | Lincoln | Loughborough | Mansfield | Northampton North | North East Derbyshire | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham East | Nottingham North | Nottingham South | Sherwood | South Derbyshire
Conservative	Blaby | Boston and Skegness | Bosworth | Charnwood | Daventry | Gainsborough | Grantham and Stamford | Harborough | Kettering | Louth and Horncastle | Newark | Northampton South | Rushcliffe | Rutland and Melton | Sleaford and North Hykeham | South Holland and The Deepings | Wellingborough | West Derbyshire
Liberal Democrat	Chesterfield
East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)