Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Grantham and Stamford
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Grantham and Stamford in Lincolnshire
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Location of Lincolnshire within England
County Lincolnshire
Electorate 81,502 (December 2019) [1]
Major settlements Grantham, Stamford
1997–2024
SeatsOne
Created from Grantham and Stamford & Spalding
Replaced by Grantham and Bourne, Rutland and Stamford

Grantham and Stamford was a constituency [n 1] in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1997 to 2024. [n 2]

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Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was abolished for the 2024 general election, with the majority of the electorate being included in the new seat of Grantham and Bourne . Stamford was included in the re-established Rutland and Stamford constituency. [2]

Boundaries

Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010–2024

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.

2010–2024: 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.

Following a Boundary Commission review for the 2010 election, the constituency's boundary with the Sleaford and North Hykeham 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 did not include Barrowby, Sedgebrook, Great Gonerby or Belton but did include Baston and Langtoft.

Constituency profile

The constituency contained the towns of Grantham [3] and Stamford in Lincolnshire, along with surrounding villages. Most of the area was formerly in the Stamford and Spalding constituency. It was 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 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. [4]

Politically, Grantham is associated with former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who was born and raised in the town. However, the town of Grantham itself probably has the biggest Labour Party support of the constituency. The rural part of the seat and the historical town of Stamford outweigh any Labour votes in Grantham, and it is normally a safe 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, as well as in 2019 when the then 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 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
June 2007 Labour [8]
2010 Nick Boles Conservative
April 2019 Independent
2019 Gareth Davies Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Grantham and Stamford [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Davies 36,794 65.7 +3.7
Labour Kathryn Salt10,79119.3−7.2
Liberal Democrats Harrish Bisnauthsing6,15311.0+5.5
Green Anne Gayfer2,2654.0+2.6
Majority 26,00346.4+10.9
Turnout 56,00368.7−0.5
Conservative hold Swing +5.4
General election 2017: Grantham and Stamford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Boles 35,090 62.0 +9.2
Labour Barrie Fairbairn14,99626.5+9.6
Liberal Democrats Anita Day3,1205.5−0.6
UKIP Marietta King1,7453.1−14.4
Independent Tariq Mahmood8601.5−0.4
Green Becca Thackray7821.4−2.1
Majority 20,09435.5+0.2
Turnout 56,59369.2+3.0
Conservative hold Swing -0.2
General election 2015: Grantham and Stamford [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Boles [13] 28,399 52.8 +2.5
UKIP Marietta King9,41017.5+14.5
Labour Barrie Fairbairn9,07016.9−1.1
Liberal Democrats Harrish Bisnauthsing3,2636.1−16.1
Green Aidan Campbell1,8723.5New
Independent Ian Selby1,0171.9New
Lincolnshire Independent Jan Hansen7241.3−0.5
Majority 18,98935.3+7.2
Turnout 53,75566.2−1.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2010: Grantham and Stamford [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Boles 26,552 50.3 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Harrish Bisnauthsing11,72622.2+5.7
Labour Mark Bartlett9,50318.0−13.2
BNP Christopher Robinson2,4854.7New
UKIP Anthony Wells1,6043.0−0.2
Lincolnshire Independent Mark Horn9291.8New
Majority 14,82628.1+12.3
Turnout 52,79968.0+5.0
Conservative hold Swing -1.2

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Grantham and Stamford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Quentin Davies 22,109 46.9 +0.8
Labour Ian Selby14,66431.1−5.2
Liberal Democrats Patrick O'Connor7,83816.6+2.2
UKIP Stuart Rising1,4983.20.0
English Democrat Benedict Brown7741.6New
Organisation of Free Democrats John Andrews2640.6New
Majority 7,44515.8+6.0
Turnout 47,14763.6+2.3
Conservative hold Swing +3.0
General election 2001: Grantham and Stamford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Quentin Davies 21,329 46.1 +3.3
Labour John Robinson16,81136.3−1.4
Liberal Democrats Jane Carr6,66514.4+1.9
UKIP Marilyn Swain1,4843.2+2.2
Majority 4,5189.8+4.7
Turnout 46,28961.3−12.0
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Grantham and Stamford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Quentin Davies 22,672 42.8
Labour Peter Denning19,98037.7
Liberal Democrats John Sellick6,61212.5
Referendum Marilyn Swain2,7215.1
UKIP Malcolm Charlesworth5561.0
ProLife Alliance Rosa Clark3140.6
Natural Law Ian Harper1150.2
Majority 2,6925.1
Turnout 52,97073.3
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

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. ↑ "Grantham & Stamford Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "East Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. ↑ The home town of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
  4. 1 2 "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Conservative MP defects to Labour". BBC News. 27 June 2007.
  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. ↑ "Grantham & Stamford Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "2019 BES Constituency Results with Census and Candidate Data". The British Election Study. BES. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Grantham & Stamford Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015. BBC News. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "UK ELECTION RESULTS: GRANTHAM & STAMFORD 2015".
  14. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "UK > England > East Midlands > Grantham & Stamford". Election 2010. BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.

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