Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)

Grantham and Stamford
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Grantham and Stamford in Lincolnshire.

Location of Lincolnshire within England.
County Lincolnshire
Electorate 79,118 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament Nicholas Boles (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Grantham, and Stamford & Spalding
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East Midlands

Grantham and Stamford 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.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency covers the area around Grantham[2] and Stamford in Lincolnshire. Most of the constituency was formerly in the Stamford and Spalding constituency. As well as the two Lincolnshire constituencies it neighbours (Sleaford and South Holland), it neighbours Rutland and Melton to the west, and North West Cambridgeshire to the south, near Stamford. All five are traditionally strongly Conservative-electing seats.

2010 revision

Following a Boundary Commission review in 2001, the constituency's boundary with Sleaford county constituency is expected to change following the 2005 general election, with additional wards being ceded to Sleaford county constituency. The recommendation is for a constituency size of 73,336 comprising: twenty-five wards of the District of South Kesteven: All Saints, Aveland, Belmont, Bourne East, Bourne West, Earlesfield, Forest, Glen Eden, Grantham St John's, Green Hill, Greyfriars, Harrowby, Hillsides, Isaac Newton, Lincrest, Morkery, Ringstone, St Anne's, St George's, St Mary's, St Wulfram's, Stamford St John's, Thurlby, Toller and Truesdale.[3]

The new boundary does not include Barrowby, Sedgebrook, Great Gonerby or Belton, but will include Baston and Langtoft.

Local government

The whole constituency lies within the area served by Lincolnshire County Council and South Kesteven District Council.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [4] Party
1997 Quentin Davies Conservative
2007 Labour[5]
2010 Nicholas Boles Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Grantham and Stamford[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Boles 26,552 50.3 +3.4
Liberal Democrat Harrish Bisnauthsing 11,726 22.2 +5.7
Labour Mark Bartlett 9,503 18.0 -13.2
BNP Christopher Robinson 2,485 4.7 +4.7
UKIP Anthony Wells 1,604 3.0 -0.2
Lincolnshire Independents Mark Horn 929 1.8 +1.8
Majority 14,826 28.1 +12.3
Turnout 52,799 68.0 +5.0
Conservative hold Swing -1.2

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Grantham and Stamford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Quentin Davies 22,109 46.9 +0.8
Labour Ian Selby 14,664 31.1 −5.2
Liberal Democrat Patrick O'Connor 7,838 16.6 +2.2
UKIP Stuart Rising 1,498 3.2 0.0
English Democrats Benedict Brown 774 1.6 N/A
Organisation of Free Democrats John Andrews 264 0.6 N/A
Majority 7,445 15.8 +6.0
Turnout 47,147 63.6 +2.3
Conservative hold Swing 3.0
General Election 2001: Grantham and Stamford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Quentin Davies 21,329 46.1 +3.3
Labour John Robinson 16,811 36.3 -1.4
Liberal Democrat Jane Carr 6,665 14.4 +1.9
UKIP Marilyn Swain 1,484 3.2 +2.2
Majority 4,518 9.8
Turnout 46,289 61.3 -11.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Grantham and Stamford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Quentin Davies 22,672 42.8 N/A
Labour Peter Denning 19,980 37.7 N/A
Liberal Democrat John Sellick 6,612 12.5 N/A
Referendum Party Marilyn Swain 2,721 5.1 N/A
UKIP M. Charlesworth 556 1.0 N/A
ProLife Alliance R. Clark 314 0.6 N/A
Natural Law R. Harper 115 0.2 N/A
Majority 2,692 N/A
Turnout 73.3 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Grantham - the home town of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
  3. ^ (PDF) Proposals for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in the County of Lincolnshire. Provisional Recommendations. Boundary Commission for England. 2000-05-24. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/downloads/Lincs_PR_NR.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-08. 
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
  5. ^ In late June 2007, the incumbent Conservative MP Quentin Davies announced he was defecting to the Labour Party, shortly before Gordon Brown was due to take over the position of Prime Minister from Tony Blair.
  6. ^ Grantham and Stamford, UKPollingReport
  7. ^ "UK > England > East Midlands > Grantham & Stamford". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b86.stm. Retrieved 11 May 2010. 

External links

Local party websites

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