Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name =Grantham and Stamford
Map1 = GranthamStamford
Map2 = Lincolnshire
Type = County
Year = 1997
Entity =Lincolnshire
County = Lincolnshire
EP = East Midlands
MP = Quentin Davies
Party = Labour elected as Conservative

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.

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 Stamford and Spalding 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.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Harish Bisnauthsing
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Boles
votes =
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Quentin Davies
votes = 22,109
percentage = 46.9
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Selby
votes = 14,664
percentage = 31.1
change = −5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patrick O'Connor
votes = 7,838
percentage = 16.6
change = +2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Stuart Rising
votes = 1,498
percentage = 3.2
change = 0.0Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Benedict Brown
votes = 774
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Organisation of Free Democrats
candidate = John Andrews
votes = 264
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 7,445
percentage = 15.8
change = +6.0Election box turnout
votes = 47,147
percentage = 63.6
change = +2.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = 3.0

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Quentin Davies
votes = 21,329
percentage = 46.1
change = +3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Robinson
votes = 16,811
percentage = 36.3
change = -1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jane Carr
votes = 6,665
percentage = 14.4
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Marilyn Swain
votes = 1,484
percentage = 3.2
change = +2.2Election box majority
votes = 4,518
percentage = 9.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 46,289
percentage = 61.3
change = -11.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1990s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Quentin Davies
votes = 22,672
percentage = 42.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Denning
votes = 19,980
percentage = 37.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Sellick
votes = 6,612
percentage = 12.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = Marilyn Swain
votes = 2,721
percentage = 5.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = M. Charlesworth
votes = 556
percentage = 1.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Prolife Alliance
candidate = R. Clark
votes = 314
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = R. Harper
votes = 115
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,692
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 73.3
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire