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
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Sir Kenneth Lewis | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Quentin Davies | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Grantham & Stamford | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 27,728 | 56.5 | N/A | |
| Social Democratic | P.C. Lee | 15,972 | 32.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | A.E. Mullender | 5,354 | 10.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,756 | 23.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 49,054 | 74.4 | N/A | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Quentin Davies | 31,000 | 56.5 | +0.0 | |
| Liberal | Rebecca Bryan | 17,009 | 31.0 | −1.6 | |
| Labour | Edmund Lowe | 6,882 | 12.5 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 13,991 | 25.5 | |||
| Turnout | 54,891 | 77.8 | +3.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Quentin Davies | 35,965 | 59.0 | +2.5 | |
| Labour | Chris Burke | 13,096 | 21.5 | +8.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Bryan D. 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 | |||
See also
- Stamford (UK Parliament list of constituencies)
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.