Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Grantham and Stamford County constituency |
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| Grantham and Stamford shown within Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Quentin Davies |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Lincolnshire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Grantham and Stamford is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the area around Grantham and Stamford in Lincolnshire. It roughly corresponds to the South Kesteven local government district. Most of the constituency was formerly in the Grantham constituency. 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. Grantham is notable as being the home town of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 | Quentin Davies | Conservative | |
| 2007 | Labour | ||
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Grantham and Stamford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Quentin Davies | 22,109 | 46.9 | +0.8 | |
| Labour | Ian Selby | 14,664 | 31.1 | −5.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Patrick O'Connor | 7,838 | 16.6 | +2.2 | |
| UK Independence | Stuart Rising | 1,498 | 3.2 | 0.0 | |
| English Democrats | Benedict Brown | 774 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Organisation of Free Democrats | John Andrews | 264 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,445 | 15.8 | +6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 47,147 | 63.6 | +2.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 3.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Grantham and Stamford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Quentin Davies | 21,329 | 46.1 | +3.3 | |
| Labour | John Robinson | 16,811 | 36.3 | -1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jane Carr | 6,665 | 14.4 | +1.9 | |
| UK Independence | Marilyn Swain | 1,484 | 3.2 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 4,518 | 9.8 | |||
| Turnout | 46,289 | 61.3 | -11.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Grantham and Stamford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Quentin Davies | 22,672 | 42.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | Peter Denning | 19,980 | 37.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Sellick | 6,612 | 12.5 | N/A | |
| Referendum Party | Marilyn Swain | 2,721 | 5.1 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | M. Charlesworth | 556 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| ProLife Alliance | R. Clark | 314 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | R. Harper | 115 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,692 | N/A | |||
| Turnout | 73.3 | N/A | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
[edit] See also
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