Holland with Boston (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Holland with Boston
Type = County
Year = 1918
Abolition = 1997
members = one

Holland with Boston was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1997, when the constituency was abolished. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

History

Boundaries

In 1885-1918 the parliamentary borough of Boston returned one MP. The Lincolnshire county division of Spalding, in the south-east of the historic county, elected another MP. These two seats were combined to form Holland with Boston in 1918.

The new constituency had the same boundaries as the traditional sub-division of the historic county known as the Parts of Holland, which had become an administrative county in 1889.

In the 1974 redistribution of parliamentary seats the constituency was re-defined as comprising the Municipal Borough of Boston, Spalding Urban District and the Rural Districts of Boston, East Elloe, and Spalding.

The Parts of Holland County Council was abolished in 1974 and replaced by a Lincolnshire County Council. However the parliamentary boundaries continued to be based on the pre-1974 local authorities until 1983.

The 1983 redistribution defined the constituency as the Borough of Boston and some wards of the District of South Holland (Donington, Fleet, Gedney, Holbeach Hurn, Holbeach St John, Holbeach Town, Long Sutton, Moulton, Sutton Bridge, The Saints and Whaplode). All of the 1983 seat had been part of the pre-1983 constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1992: Holland with Boston

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Body
votes = 29,159
percentage = 55.1
change = −2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = JD Hough
votes = 15,328
percentage = 28.9
change = +8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = N Ley
votes = 8,434
percentage = 20.7
change = −4.8Election box majority
votes = 13,831
percentage = 26.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 67,900
percentage = 77.9
change = +5.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1980s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1987: Holland with Boston

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Body
votes = 27,412
percentage = 57.8
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = C Le Brun
votes = 9,817
percentage = 20.7
change = −8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = JD Hough
votes = 9,734
percentage = 20.4
change = +5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Other
candidate = D James
votes = 405
percentage = 0.8
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 17,595
percentage = 37.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 65,539
percentage = 72.2
change = +1.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1983: Holland with Boston

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Body
votes = 24,962
percentage = 55.2
change = −0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = C Le Brun
votes = 13,226
percentage = 29.2
change = +12.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = JA Moore
votes = 6,970
percentage = 15.4
change = −12.6Election box majority
votes = 11,736
percentage = 25.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 63,562
percentage = 71.0
change = −3.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1970s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1979: Holland with Boston

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Body
votes = 35,440
percentage = 55.5
change = +7.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = M Fox
votes = 17,908
percentage = 28.0
change = −5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J Wright
votes = 10,480
percentage = 16.4
change = −1.6Election box majority
votes = 17,532
percentage = 27.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 85,578
percentage = 74.5
change = +2.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election October 1974: Holland with Boston

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Body
votes = 28,145
percentage = 47.6
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = M Cornish
votes = 19,461
percentage = 33.5
change = +5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = GR Stephenson
votes = 10,476
percentage = 18.0
change = −6.0Election box majority
votes = 8,684
percentage = 14.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 80,454
percentage = 72.1
change = −8.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election February 1974: Holland with Boston

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Body
votes = 30,561
percentage = 47.6
change = −10.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = M Cornish
votes = 18,180
percentage = 28.3
change = −13.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = GR Stephenson
votes = 15,466
percentage = 24.0
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 12,381
percentage = 19.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 79,775
percentage = 80.4
change = +5.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1970: Holland with Boston

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Body
votes = 33,580
percentage = 58.0
change = +7.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = RNH Sackur
votes = 24,241
percentage = 41.9
change = −7.8Election box majority
votes = 9,339
percentage = 16.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 77,245
percentage = 74.8
change = −0.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1960s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1966: Holland with Boston

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Body
votes = 26,683
percentage = 50.3
change = −5.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = R.H.Hickman
votes = 26,367
percentage = 49.7
change = +5.1Election box majority
votes = 316
percentage = 0.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 53,050
percentage = 74.9
change = +1.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1964: Holland with Boston

Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Herbert Butcher
votes = 29,082
percentage = 55.3
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = W Long
votes = 23,451
percentage = 44.6
change = +11.7Election box majority
votes = 5,631
percentage = 10.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 71,064
percentage = 73.9
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = National Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1950s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1959: Holland with Boston

Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Herbert Butcher
votes = 29,013
percentage = 53.5
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = JDT Williamson
votes = 17,839
percentage = 32.9
change = −6.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = C Valentine
votes = 7,334
percentage = 13.5
change = +3.1Election box majority
votes = 11,174
percentage = 20.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 70,588
percentage = 76.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = National Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1955: Holland with Boston

Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Herbert Butcher
votes = 28,412
percentage = 53.2
change = −0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = WA Rippon
votes = 19,329
percentage = 39.8
change = −3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = C Valentine
votes = 5,581
percentage = 10.4
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 9,083
percentage = 17.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 70,040
percentage = 76.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = National Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1951: Holland with Boston

Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Herbert Butcher
votes = 31,683
percentage = 57.9
change = +4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = JA Walters
votes = 22,994
percentage = 42.0
change = +2.2Election box majority
votes = 8,689
percentage = 15.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 69,453
percentage = 78.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = National Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1950: Holland with Boston

Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Herbert Butcher*
votes = 30,336
percentage = 53.9
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = HW Lee
votes = 22,374
percentage = 39.8
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = RD Blankley
votes = 3,500
percentage = 6.2
change =Election box majority
votes = 7,962
percentage = 14.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 68,411
percentage = 82.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = National Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

"*Stood as National Liberal & Conservative, from 1950 onwards."

Elections in the 1920s

Election box begin
title=By-election 1929: Holland with BostonElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = James Blindell
votes = 13,000
percentage = 38.1
change = +18.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = G.R.B. White
votes = 9,294
percentage = 27.3
change = −5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = F.J. Van den Berg
votes = 8,257
percentage = 24.2
change = −23.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Agricultural Party
candidate = F.W. Dennis
votes = 3,541
percentage = 10.4
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 3,706
percentage = 10.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 34092
percentage = 75.6
change = −0.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = 15.9

Election box begin
title=By-election 1924: Holland with BostonElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Dean
votes = 12,907
percentage = 39.6
change = −6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Hugh Dalton
votes = 12,101
percentage = 37.1
change = −17.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = R.P. Winfrey
votes = 7,596
percentage = 23.3
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 806
percentage = 2.5
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 32,604
percentage = 77.2
change = +8.4Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

See also

* Holland with Boston by-election, 1924
* Holland with Boston by-election, 1929
* Holland with Boston by-election, 1937

References

*http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk.htm "Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain"
* "Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
* "British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium", by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
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*Rayment