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 county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 References

[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 at the Next United Kingdom 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. This was due to him having previously been the MP for the former county division of Holland with Boston from 1966 to 1997.

After retiring from Parliament Body left the Conservatives and joined the UK Independence Party. UKIP came third in Boston and Skegness in the 2005 election, with one of its strongest showings in the country.

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 a substantially increased majority. After his re-election Mark was made Shadow Minister for International Development, before being promoted to a Shadow Health Minister in July 2007.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Before 1997, see Holland with Boston

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Sir Richard Body	Conservative
	2001	Mark Simmonds	Conservative

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Kenny
	Conservative	Mark Simmonds

General Election 2005: Boston and Skegness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Simmonds	19,329	46.2	+3.3
	Labour	Paul Kenny	13,422	32.1	−9.5
	UK Independence	Richard Horsnell	4,024	9.6	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Riley	3,649	8.7	−3.7
	British National Party	Wendy Russell	1,025	2.4	N/A
	Green	Marcus Petz	420	1.0	−0.3
Majority			5,907	14.1
Turnout			41,869	58.8	+0.5
	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 Democrat	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	58.4	-10.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.1

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 Democrat	Jim Dodsworth	7,721	16.6	N/A
Majority			647	1.4	N/A
Turnout			46,574	68.9	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire

[edit] References

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