Stamford and Spalding (UK Parliament constituency)

Stamford and Spalding
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lincolnshire
Major settlements	Stamford
1983–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Grantham & Stamford and South Holland & The Deepings
Created from	Holland with Boston and Rutland & Stamford

Stamford and Spalding was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

The District of South Kesteven wards of All Saints, Aveland, Bourne East, Bourne West, Casewick, Deeping St James, Devon, Forest, Glen Eden, Hillsides, Isaac Newton, Lincrest, Market and West Deeping, Morkery, Ringstone, St George's, St Mary's, Stamford St John's, Toller, and Truesdale; and the District of South Holland wards of Crowland, Deeping St Nicholas, Gosberton Village, Pinchbeck East, Pinchbeck West, Spalding Central, Spalding East, Spalding North, Spalding South, Spalding West, Surlfeet, and Weston.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party
1983	Sir Kenneth Lewis	Conservative
1987	Quentin Davies	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished: see Grantham & Stamford

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Stamford and Spalding^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Quentin Davies	35,965	59.0	+2.5
	Labour	LC Burke	13,096	21.5	+8.9
	Liberal Democrat	BD Lee	11,939	19.6	−11.4
Majority			22,869	37.5	+12.0
Turnout			61,000	81.2	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.2

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