Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutland and Stamford | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Rutland and Stamford in the East Midlands | |
County | Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Rutland |
Electorate | 70,864 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Oakham, Stamford and Uppingham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Alicia Kearns (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Rutland & Melton Grantham & Stamford |
1918–1983 | |
Created from | Rutland and Stamford |
Replaced by | Rutland & Melton Stamford & Spalding |
Rutland and Stamford is a county constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, the county of Rutland and also parts of rural Leicestershire making it a very unusual parliamentary constituency as it spans three counties. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, using the first-past-the-post voting system.
History
[edit]The constituency was originally created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was succeeded by the Rutland and Melton and Stamford and Spalding constituencies.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election.[2]
Boundaries
[edit]Historic
[edit]1918–1950: The administrative county of Rutland, the Municipal Borough of Stamford, the Urban District of Bourne, the Rural Districts of Bourne and Uffington, and part of the Rural District of Grantham.
1950–1983: The administrative county of Rutland, the Municipal Borough of Stamford, the Urban District of Bourne, the Rural District of South Kesteven, and parts of the Rural Districts of East Kesteven and West Kesteven.
Current
[edit]The re-established constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The District of Harborough wards of: Billesdon & Tilton; Nevill; Thurnby & Houghton.
- The District of Rutland.
- The District of South Kesteven wards of: Casewick; Castle; Dole Wood; Glen; Isaac Newton; Stamford All Saints; Stamford St. George’s; Stamford St. John’s; Stamford St. Mary’s.[3][4]
It includes the following areas:
- The County of Rutland and the parts of Harborough District, including Thurnby, from the abolished constituency of Rutland and Melton
- The town of Stamford and surrounding areas from Grantham and Stamford, which has been largely replaced by Grantham and Bourne.
Members of Parliament
[edit]MPs 1918–1973
[edit]Rutland and Stamford prior to 1918
Election | Member | Party[5] | |
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1918 | Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | Conservative | |
1922 | Charles Harvey Dixon | Conservative | |
1923 by-election | Neville Smith-Carington | Conservative | |
1933 by-election | Lord Willoughby de Eresby | Conservative | |
1950 | Sir Roger Conant | Conservative | |
1959 | Kenneth Lewis | Conservative | |
1983 | Constituency abolished. See Rutland & Melton and Stamford & Spalding |
In 1983 Rutland became part of the Rutland and Melton constituency along with Melton borough and part of Harborough District in Leicestershire.
MPs since 2024
[edit]Rutland & Melton and Grantham & Stamford prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | Alicia Kearns | Conservative |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alicia Kearns | 21,248 | 43.7 | ||
Labour | Joe Wood | 10,854 | 22.3 | ||
Reform UK | Chris Clowes | 7,008 | 14.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Moore | 6,252 | 12.9 | ||
Green | Emma Baker | 2,806 | 5.8 | ||
Rejoin EU | Joanna Burrows | 409 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 10,394 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 48,577 | 67.9 | |||
Registered electors | 71,711 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Reform UK removed Ginny Ball as their candidate in March 2024 after "exposure of a range of racist comments on her social media feed".[7]
Elections 1918–1983
[edit]Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Unionist | Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | 8,838 | 53.6 | |
Labour | Fleming Eccles | 7,639 | 46.4 | ||
Majority | 1,199 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 16,477 | 61.8 | |||
Registered electors | 26,647 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Charles Harvey Dixon | 10,278 | 46.8 | −6.8 | |
Labour | Fleming Eccles | 7,236 | 32.9 | −13.5 | |
National Farmers' Union | Edward Clark | 4,471 | 20.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,042 | 13.9 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 21,985 | 81.2 | +19.4 | ||
Registered electors | 27,074 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Neville Smith-Carington | 11,196 | 57.1 | +10.3 | |
Labour | Arthur Sells | 8,406 | 42.9 | +10.0 | |
Majority | 2,790 | 14.2 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,602 | 71.5 | −9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 27,409 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Neville Smith-Carington | 10,803 | 51.4 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | Frank Stapledon Hiley | 5,203 | 24.8 | New | |
Labour | Arthur Sells | 5,005 | 23.8 | −9.1 | |
Majority | 5,600 | 26.6 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 21,011 | 76.7 | −4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 27,409 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +6.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Neville Smith-Carington | 13,286 | 66.7 | +15.3 | |
Labour | H F Wheeler | 6,633 | 33.3 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 6,653 | 33.4 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 19,919 | 71.5 | −5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 27,869 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Neville Smith-Carington | 12,607 | 47.4 | −19.3 | |
Labour | Henry James Jones | 7,403 | 27.9 | −5.4 | |
Liberal | Harry Payne | 6,561 | 24.7 | New | |
Majority | 5,204 | 19.5 | −13.9 | ||
Turnout | 26,571 | 76.7 | +5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 34,647 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −7.0 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Neville Smith-Carington | 19,086 | 71.9 | +24.5 | |
Labour | F E Church | 7,446 | 28.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 11,640 | 43.8 | +24.3 | ||
Turnout | 26,532 | 75.3 | −1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | 14,605 | 53.3 | −18.6 | |
Labour | Arnold William Gray | 12,818 | 46.7 | +18.6 | |
Majority | 1,787 | 6.6 | −37.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,423 | 77.2 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | 16,799 | 59.9 | −12.0 | |
Labour | Arnold William Gray | 11,238 | 40.1 | +12.0 | |
Majority | 5,561 | 19.8 | −24.0 | ||
Turnout | 28,037 | 78.4 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1939–40 Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
- Labour: Arnold William Gray[9]
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | 15,359 | 53.7 | −6.2 | |
Labour | Arnold William Gray | 13,223 | 46.3 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 2,136 | 7.4 | −12.4 | ||
Turnout | 28,582 | 72.9 | −5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roger Conant | 16,498 | 49.6 | −4.1 | |
Labour | Tom Bradley | 13,712 | 41.3 | −5.0 | |
Liberal | Cyril Valentine | 3,024 | 9.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,786 | 8.3 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 33,234 | 83.8 | +10.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Conant | 17,850 | 54.1 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Tom Bradley | 15,127 | 45.9 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 2,723 | 8.2 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 32,977 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Conant | 17,675 | 54.3 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Tom Bradley | 14,856 | 45.7 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 2,819 | 3.6 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 32,531 | 79.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 19,078 | 57.4 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Christopher S B Attlee | 14,137 | 42.6 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 4,941 | 14.8 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,215 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 18,720 | 55.5 | −1.9 | |
Labour Co-op | A Victor Butler | 14,990 | 44.5 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 3,730 | 11.0 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,710 | 79.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 17,991 | 53.4 | −2.1 | |
Labour Co-op | A Victor Butler | 15,704 | 46.6 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 2,287 | 6.8 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,695 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 22,803 | 60.1 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Henry Toch | 15,136 | 39.9 | −6.7 | |
Majority | 7,667 | 20.2 | +13.4 | ||
Turnout | 37,939 | 75.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 21,088 | 47.25 | ||
Labour | Anthony Byrne | 12,203 | 27.34 | ||
Liberal | David Howie | 11,336 | 25.40 | New | |
Majority | 8,885 | 19.91 | |||
Turnout | 44,627 | 82.40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 19,101 | 46.2 | −1.0 | |
Labour | Malcolm R.C. Withers | 12,111 | 29.3 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | David Howie | 10,113 | 24.5 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 6,990 | 16.9 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,325 | 72.0 | −10.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 26,198 | 56.48 | +10.28 | |
Labour | Malcolm R.C. Withers | 11,383 | 24.54 | −4.76 | |
Liberal | Peter Blaine | 8,801 | 18.98 | −5.52 | |
Majority | 14,815 | 31.94 | |||
Turnout | 46,382 | 78.08 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands (region)
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
- Stamford (UK Parliament list of constituencies)
References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – East Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 1 East Midlands Region.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Rutland and Stamford". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
- ^ "Rutland and Stamford - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Tory Manchester mayoral candidate defects to Reform UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, Fred WS (1969). British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949.
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ^ a b c d e f g Fred WS Craig, ed. (1983). British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0900178078.
- ^ a b c Craig, Fred WS (1984). British parliamentary election results, 1974–1983.
External links
[edit]- Rutland and Stamford UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
- Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire
- Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
- Parliamentary constituencies in Rutland
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024
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- Uppingham
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