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.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 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.

Following a Boundary Commission review in 2001, the constituency boundaries are expected to change following the 2005 general election, bringing in the two rural wards of Stickey and Croft from Louth and Horncastle.

[edit] History

Boston and Skegness was created in 1997, from parts of the (then) Holland with Boston and East Lindsey constituencies. Parts of the more rural south were separated from the former, to create South Holland and The Deepings. It is a safe seat for the Conservative Party. Despite this its first MP Sir Richard Body, only held the seat at the 1997 general election with a wafer thin majority, in part attributed to his own popularity locally.

Body was succeeded by Mark Simmonds at the 2001 general election. The seat remained a marginal between the Conservatives and Labour Party until 2005, when Simmonds was re-elected with an increased majority. He has been the Shadow International Development Minister since May 2005.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1997 – 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
	UKIP	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
	UKIP	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

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)