Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)

Grantham and Stamford
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Grantham and Stamford in Lincolnshire.

Outline map

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

Grantham and Stamford is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Nick Boles, a Conservative.[n 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.

2010-present: 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[2] 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 Boundary Commission review for the 2010 election, the constituency's boundary with the Sleaford and North Hykesham constituency saw more wards ceded to the latter seat and all of Truesdale was united into this seat, which before was shared with South Holland and The Deepings. The recommendation saw an estimated electorate size of 73,336. The new boundary does not include Barrowby, Sedgebrook, Great Gonerby or Belton but includes Baston and Langtoft.

Constituency profile

This is a large rural seat in southern Lincolnshire. Grantham and Stamford are at the extreme north and south of the seat, with a large swathe of agricultural countryside between them, dotted with small rural villages. The only other large settlement in the seat is the rapidly growing town of Bourne, situated at the west of the Lincolnshire Fens. Food processing and agriculture are the major industries.[3]

Politically Grantham is associated with Margaret Thatcher, who grew up in the town, however, Grantham itself is probably the most Labour part of the seat. The rural part of the seat and the historical town of Stamford outweigh any Labour votes in Grantham and it is normally a safely Conservative seat. The history of Conservative representation was briefly interrupted between 2007 and 2010 when the sitting Conservative MP, Quentin Davies[4][5] defected to Labour.

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[7] Party
1997 Quentin Davies Conservative
2007 Labour[8]
2010 Nick Boles Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Grantham and Stamford[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick Boles[11] 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 Democrat Harrish Bisnauthsing 3,263 6.1 -16.1
Green Aidan Campbell[12] 1,872 3.5 +3.5
Independent Ian Selby 1,017 1.9 +1.9
Lincolnshire Independents Jan Hansen 724 1.3 -0.4
Majority 18,989 35.3 +7.2
Turnout 53,755 66.2 -1.8
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 2010: Grantham and Stamford[13][14]
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 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 52,970 73.3 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Grantham - the home town of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
  3. ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/granthamandstamford/
  4. ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/granthamandstamford/
  5. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6241928.stm
  6. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  7. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Grantham & Stamford Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  11. ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/grantham-stamford-2015.html
  12. ↑ http://eastmidlands.greenparty.org.uk/elections-candidates.html
  13. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "UK > England > East Midlands > Grantham & Stamford". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.

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Coordinates: 52°48′N 0°30′W / 52.80°N 0.50°W / 52.80; -0.50

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