Grantham and Bourne | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Grantham and Bourne in the East Midlands | |
County | Lincolnshire |
Electorate | 72,021 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Grantham and Bourne |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Gareth Davies (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Grantham and Stamford |
Grantham and Bourne is a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] It was first contested at the 2024 general election.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the composition of the constituency was defined as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises the majority of the abolished constituency of Grantham and Stamford, excluding the town of Stamford and extended northwards to include a minority of the Sleaford and North Hykeham constituency.
1 Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, [4] [5] the part in the District of North Kesteven now comprises the following wards from the 2024 general election:
Grantham and Stamford prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Gareth Davies | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gareth Davies [8] | 16,770 | 36.4 | −29.4 | |
Labour | Vipul Bechar [9] | 12,274 | 26.6 | +6.6 | |
Reform UK | Mike Rudkin [10] | 9,393 | 20.4 | +20.4 | |
Green | Anne Gayfer [11] | 2,570 | 5.6 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Vincent [12] | 2,027 | 4.4 | −4.6 | |
Independent | Ian Selby | 1,642 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Charmaine Morgan | 1,245 | 2.7 | +1.8 | |
SDP | Alexander Mitchell [13] | 204 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 4,496 | 9.8 | −36.0 | ||
Turnout | 46,275 | 63.1 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -18.0 |
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