Stamford and Spalding (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stamford and Spalding
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Lincolnshire
Major settlements Spalding, Stamford
1983–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Holland with Boston and Rutland & Stamford
Replaced by Grantham & Stamford and South Holland & The Deepings

Stamford and Spalding was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

The District of South Kesteven wards of All Saints, Aveland, Bourne East, Bourne West, Casewick, Deeping St James, Devon, Forest, Glen Eden, Hillsides, Isaac Newton, Lincrest, Market and West Deeping, Morkery, Ringstone, St George's, St Mary's, Stamford St John's, Toller, and Truesdale, and the District of South Holland wards of Crowland, Deeping St Nicholas, Gosberton Village, Pinchbeck East, Pinchbeck West, Spalding Central, Spalding East, Spalding North, Spalding South, Spalding West, Surlfeet, and Weston.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
1983 Sir Kenneth Lewis Conservative
1987 Quentin Davies Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Grantham & Stamford

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Stamford and Spalding [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Lewis 27,728 56.5
SDP Peter Lee15,97232.6
Labour Audrey Mullender5,35410.9
Majority11,75623.9
Turnout 49,05474.4
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1987: Stamford and Spalding [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Quentin Davies 31,000 56.5 0.0
Liberal Rebecca Bryan17,00931.0−1.6
Labour Edmund Lowe6,88212.5+1.6
Majority13,99125.5+1.6
Turnout 54,89177.8+3.4
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Stamford and Spalding [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Quentin Davies 35,965 59.0 +2.5
Labour Chris Burke13,09621.5+9.0
Liberal Democrats Bryan D. Lee11,93919.6−11.4
Majority22,86937.5+12.0
Turnout 61,00081.2+3.4
Conservative hold Swing −3.2

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
  2. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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