South Holland and the Deepings (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Holland and The Deepings County constituency
South Holland and The Deepings shown within Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	John Henry Hayes
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Lincolnshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

South Holland and The Deepings 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 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the Holland with Boston and Stamford and Spalding constituencies. It covers the area around Spalding. It roughly corresponds to the South Holland local government district, with Market, and West Deeping added to it.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	John Hayes	Conservative
	2001
	2005

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: South Holland and The Deepings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hayes	27,544	57.1	+1.7
	Labour	Linda Woodings	11,764	24.4	−7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Jarvis	6,244	12.9	+2.6
	UK Independence	Jamie Corney	1,950	4.0	+1.1
	Independent	Paul Poll	747	1.5	N/A
Majority			15,780	32.7
Turnout			48,249	60.6	−1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.4

General Election 2001: South Holland and The Deepings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hayes	25,611	55.4	+6.2
	Labour	Graham Walker	14,512	31.4	-1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Grace Hill	4,761	10.3	-5.3
	UK Independence	Malcolm Charlesworth	1,318	2.9	N/A
Majority			11,099	24.0
Turnout			46,202	62.1	-9.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: South Holland and The Deepings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hayes	24,691	49.3	N/A
	Labour	John Lewis	16,700	33.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Millen	7,836	15.6	N/A
	Non-party Conservative	G. Erwood	902	1.8	N/A
Majority			7,991		N/A
Turnout				72.0	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire

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