South Holland and The Deepings (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Holland and The Deepings
County constituency
for the House of Commons
South Holland and The Deepings (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2010
East Midlands - South Holland and The Deepings constituency.svg
Boundary of South Holland and The Deepings in the East Midlands
County Lincolnshire
Electorate 76,139 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Spalding, Holbeach, Long Sutton and The Deepings
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Holland with Boston, Stamford and Spalding

South Holland and The Deepings is a constituency in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by John Hayes, a Conservative.

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At the 2017 general election, the constituency recorded a higher Conservative share of the vote than any constituency since 1970, with 69.9% of voters backing the party. South Holland also delivered the second-highest "Leave" vote in the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union (EU). 73.6% of voters endorsed the UK's withdrawal from the EU, second only to neighbouring Boston. [2] At the 2019 general election, the Conservative majority was 62.7%, the highest of any Conservative in any constituency in any general election since Kensington South in 1955.[ citation needed ] Hayes took 75.9% of the vote, the third highest for the Conservatives only after Castle Point in Essex and Boston and Skegness.

Constituency profile

This is a largely rural seat with agriculture, bulb growing and food processing as the main economic activities. [3] Incomes and house prices are below UK averages. [4]

Boundaries

1997–2010: The District of South Holland, with the wards of Deeping St James, Market Deeping, West Deeping and Truesdale, which are all in the District of South Kesteven.

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Holland with Boston and Stamford and Spalding. It covers the area around Spalding. It corresponds to the local government District of South Holland, but with Market Deeping, Deeping St James and West Deeping added.

2010–present: The District of South Holland, with the District of South Kesteven wards of Deeping St James, and Market & West Deeping.

In minor boundary changes that were put in place for the 2010 general election, parts of the two civil parishes of Baston and Langtoft, forming much of the Truesdale ward, were moved to the neighbouring constituency of Grantham and Stamford. This made Deeping St James, Market Deeping and West Deeping the only South Kesteven civil parishes to stay in the constituency, the remainder comprising South Holland District.

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies left the boundaries unchanged. [5]

History

The last non-Conservative member for the predecessor main seat was Sir Herbert Butcher (served 1937–1966) who for much of that time was in the National Liberal Party set up in 1931.

The member from 1966 until 1997 was Richard Body for the main contributor seat (in later years as MP, knighted), who had previously been an MP during the Eden government and the start of the Macmillan government for Billericay, and later wrote assertive books on agriculture and on the Common Agricultural Policy.

In the 2017 general election, the seat returned the highest vote share for the Conservatives nationally at 69.9%. [6] In the 2019 general election, it was an extremely safe Conservative seat. It had the largest percentage majority, third-largest absolute majority, and third-largest Conservative vote share of any seat held by the party; nationally the seat had the eleventh-largest percentage majority of any constituency. [7]

Members of Parliament

Holland with Boston and Stamford & Spalding prior to 1997

ElectionMember [8] Party
1997 John Hayes Conservative

Elections

Graph of general election results in South Holland and the Deepings (independent candidates, who all got below 2% of the vote, are omitted)

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: South Holland and the Deepings [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hayes 17,462 38.0 37.9
Reform UK Matthew Swainson10,60623.1N/A
Labour Paul Hilliar9,08619.8+6.6
Independent Mark Edward Le Sage5,03111.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Jack Braginton1,9454.22.4
Green Rhys Baker1,8003.9+0.6
Majority6,85614.947.8
Turnout 45,93060.44.3
Registered electors 78,473
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: South Holland and the Deepings [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hayes 37,338 75.9 +6.0
Labour Mark Popple6,50013.27.2
Liberal Democrats Davina Kirby3,2256.6+3.8
Green Martin Blake1,6133.3+1.5
Independent Rick Stringer5031.0+0.3
Majority30,83862.7+13.2
Turnout 49,17964.71.1
Registered electors 75,990
Conservative hold Swing +6.6
General election 2017: South Holland and the Deepings [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hayes 35,179 69.9 +10.3
Labour Voyteck Kowalewski10,28220.4+8.0
UKIP Nicola Smith2,1854.317.5
Liberal Democrats Julia Cambridge1,4332.80.2
Green Daniel Wilshire8941.81.4
Independent Rick Stringer3420.7New
Majority24,89749.5+11.7
Turnout 50,31565.81.9
Registered electors 76,381
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
General election 2015: South Holland and the Deepings [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hayes 29,303 59.6 +0.5
UKIP David Parsons10,73621.8+15.3
Labour Matthew Mahabadi6,12212.41.6
Green Daniel Wilshire1,5803.2+1.8
Liberal Democrats George Smid1,4663.012.5
Majority18,56737.85.8
Turnout 49,20763.9+1.9
Registered electors 77,015
Conservative hold Swing 7.9
General election 2010: South Holland and the Deepings [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hayes 29,639 59.1 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Conroy7,75915.5+2.6
Labour Gareth Gould7,02414.010.5
UKIP Richard Fairman3,2466.5+2.5
BNP Roy Harban1,7963.6New
Green Ashley Baxter7241.4New
Majority21,88043.6+11.1
Turnout 50,18865.8+4.3
Conservative hold Swing 0.2

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: South Holland and The Deepings [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hayes 27,544 57.1 +1.7
Labour Linda Woodings11,76424.47.0
Liberal Democrats Steve Jarvis6,24412.9+2.6
UKIP Jamie Corney1,9504.0+1.1
Independent Paul Poll7471.5New
Majority15,78032.7+8.7
Turnout 48,24960.61.5
Conservative hold Swing +4.4
General election 2001: South Holland and The Deepings [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hayes 25,611 55.4 +6.1
Labour Graham Walker14,51231.41.9
Liberal Democrats Grace Hill4,76110.35.3
UKIP Malcolm Charlesworth1,3182.9New
Majority11,09924.0+8.0
Turnout 46,20262.19.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: South Holland and The Deepings [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hayes 24,691 49.3
Labour John Lewis16,70033.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Millen7,83615.6
Non-party ConservativeGuy Erwood9021.8
Majority7,99116.0
Turnout 50,12972.0
Conservative win (new seat)

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