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

Grantham and Stamford is a constituency [n 1] in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Gareth Davies, a Conservative. [n 2]

Contents

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency will be subject to major boundary changes, with Stamford being included in the re-established Rutland and Stamford constituency. The seat will be renamed Grantham and Bourne , to be first contested at the 2024 general election. [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.

The constituency covered the towns Grantham [3] and Stamford in Lincolnshire with surrounding villages. Most of the area 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 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 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. [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 2019 when an 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
Majority26,00346.4+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
Majority20,09435.5+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
Majority18,98935.3+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
Majority14,82628.1+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
Majority7,44515.8+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
Majority4,5189.8+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
Majority2,6925.1
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.

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  2. ↑ "East Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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  4. 1 2 "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Conservative MP defects to Labour". 27 June 2007 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
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  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.
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