| Stamford and Spalding | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Lincolnshire |
| Major settlements | Spalding, Stamford |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| 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.
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
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Sir Kenneth Lewis | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Quentin Davies | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Grantham & Stamford | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 27,728 | 56.5 | ||
| SDP | Peter Lee | 15,972 | 32.6 | ||
| Labour | Audrey Mullender | 5,354 | 10.9 | ||
| Majority | 11,756 | 23.9 | |||
| Turnout | 49,054 | 74.4 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Quentin Davies | 31,000 | 56.5 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal | Rebecca Bryan | 17,009 | 31.0 | −1.6 | |
| Labour | Edmund Lowe | 6,882 | 12.5 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 13,991 | 25.5 | +1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 54,891 | 77.8 | +3.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Quentin Davies | 35,965 | 59.0 | +2.5 | |
| Labour | Chris Burke | 13,096 | 21.5 | +9.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bryan D. Lee | 11,939 | 19.6 | −11.4 | |
| Majority | 22,869 | 37.5 | +12.0 | ||
| Turnout | 61,000 | 81.2 | +3.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −3.2 | |||
See also
- Stamford (UK Parliament list of constituencies)
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
Notes and references
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
- "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.