Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)
Grantham and Stamford | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lincolnshire |
Electorate | 81,502 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Grantham, Stamford |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Gareth Davies (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Grantham and Stamford & Spalding |
Grantham and Stamford is a constituency[n 1] in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Gareth Davies, a Conservative.[n 2]
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency will be subject to major boundary changes, with Stamford being included in the re-established Rutland and Stamford constituency. The seat will be renamed Grantham and Bourne, to be first contested at the next general election.[2]
Boundaries
1997–2010: The District of South Kesteven wards of All Saints, Aveland, Barrowby, Belmont, Bourne East, Bourne West, Casewick, Devon, Earlesfield, Forest, Glen Eden, Grantham St John's, Greyfriars, Harrowby, Hillsides, Isaac Newton, Lincrest, Morkery, Peascliffe, Ringstone, St Anne's, St George's, St Mary's, St Wulfram's, Stamford St John's, and Toller.
Since 2010: The District of South Kesteven wards of 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.
The constituency covers the towns Grantham[3] and Stamford in Lincolnshire with surrounding villages. Most of the constituency was formerly in the Stamford and Spalding constituency. As well as the two Lincolnshire constituencies that it neighbours (Sleaford and South Holland), it neighbours Rutland and Melton to the west, and North West Cambridgeshire to the south. All five are academically considered, based on results in recent elections, Conservative safe seats.
2010 revision
Following a
Constituency profile
This is a large rural seat in southern Lincolnshire.
Politically, Grantham is associated with former
, as well as 2019 when an MP, Nick Boles, left the Conservative Party.Workless claimants were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.8% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[6]
Local government
The whole
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[7] | Party | |
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1997 | Quentin Davies
|
Conservative | |
June 2007 | Labour[8] | ||
2010 | Nick Boles | Conservative | |
April 2019 | Independent | ||
2019 | Gareth Davies | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gareth Davies | 36,794 | 65.7 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Kathryn Salt | 10,791 | 19.3 | -7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harrish Bisnauthsing | 6,153 | 11.0 | +5.5 | |
Green | Anne Gayfer | 2,265 | 4.0 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 26,003 | 46.4 | +10.9 | ||
Turnout | 56,003 | 68.7 | -0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nick Boles | 35,090 | 62.0 | +9.2 | |
Labour | Barrie Fairbairn | 14,996 | 26.5 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anita Day | 3,120 | 5.5 | -0.6 | |
UKIP
|
Marietta King | 1,745 | 3.1 | -14.4 | |
Independent | Tariq Mahmood | 860 | 1.5 | -0.4 | |
Green | Becca Thackray | 782 | 1.4 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 20,094 | 35.5 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 56,593 | 69.2 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nick Boles[13] | 28,399 | 52.8 | +2.5 | |
UKIP | Marietta King | 9,410 | 17.5 | +14.5 | |
Labour | Barrie Fairbairn | 9,070 | 16.9 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harrish Bisnauthsing | 3,263 | 6.1 | −16.1 | |
Green | Aidan Campbell | 1,872 | 3.5 | New | |
Independent | Ian Selby | 1,017 | 1.9 | New | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Jan Hansen | 724 | 1.3 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 18,989 | 35.3 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,755 | 66.2 | −1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nick Boles | 26,552 | 50.3 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harrish Bisnauthsing | 11,726 | 22.2 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Mark Bartlett | 9,503 | 18.0 | -13.2 | |
BNP | Christopher Robinson | 2,485 | 4.7 | New | |
UKIP
|
Anthony Wells | 1,604 | 3.0 | -0.2 | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Mark Horn | 929 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 14,826 | 28.1 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 52,799 | 68.0 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.2 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Quentin Davies
|
22,109 | 46.9 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Ian Selby | 14,664 | 31.1 | −5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick O'Connor | 7,838 | 16.6 | +2.2 | |
UKIP
|
Stuart Rising | 1,498 | 3.2 | 0.0 | |
English Democrat
|
Benedict Brown | 774 | 1.6 | New | |
Organisation of Free Democrats | John Andrews | 264 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 7,445 | 15.8 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 47,147 | 63.6 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Quentin Davies
|
21,329 | 46.1 | +3.3 | |
Labour | John Robinson | 16,811 | 36.3 | -1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Carr | 6,665 | 14.4 | +1.9 | |
UKIP
|
Marilyn Swain | 1,484 | 3.2 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 4,518 | 9.8 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 46,289 | 61.3 | -12.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Quentin Davies
|
22,672 | 42.8 | ||
Labour | Peter Denning | 19,980 | 37.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Sellick | 6,612 | 12.5 | ||
Referendum | Marilyn Swain | 2,721 | 5.1 | ||
UKIP
|
Malcolm Charlesworth | 556 | 1.0 | ||
ProLife Alliance | Rosa Clark | 314 | 0.6 | ||
Natural Law | Ian Harper | 115 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 2,692 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 52,970 | 73.3 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
- Stamford (UK Parliament list of constituencies)
Notes
- county constituency(for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- first past the postsystem of election at least every five years.
References
- ^ "Grantham & Stamford Parliamentary constituency". BBC. BBC News. 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ Grantham - the home town of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
- ^ a b "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
- ^ "Conservative MP defects to Labour". 27 June 2007 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
- Prime Minister from Tony Blair.
- ^ "Grantham & Stamford Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ "2019 BES Constituency Results with Census and Candidate Data". The British Election Study. BES. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Grantham & Stamford Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "UK ELECTION RESULTS: GRANTHAM & STAMFORD 2015".
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "UK > England > East Midlands > Grantham & Stamford". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.