South Holland and The Deepings (UK Parliament constituency)
South Holland and The Deepings | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of South Holland and The Deepings in Lincolnshire. | |
Location of Lincolnshire within England. | |
County | Lincolnshire |
Electorate | 76,939 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Spalding and Holbeach |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | John Hayes (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Holland with Boston |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | East Midlands |
South Holland and The Deepings is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by John Hayes, a Conservative.[n 2]
Boundaries
1997-2010: The District of South Holland, and the District of South Kesteven wards of Deeping St James, Market and West Deeping, and Truesdale.
2010-present: The District of South Holland, and the District of South Kesteven wards of Deeping St James, and Market and West Deeping.
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Holland with Boston and Stamford and Spalding. It covers the area around Spalding. It roughly corresponds to the South Holland local government district, with Market, and West Deeping added to it.
In minor boundary changes in place for the 2010 general election, parts of the two civil parishes, Baston, and Langtoft forming much of the Truesdale ward, moved to neighbouring Grantham and Stamford. This made Market Deeping and Deeping St James the only South Kesteven parishes to stay in the constituency, the remainder being in South Holland District.
History
The last non-Conservative member for the predecessor main seat was Sir Herbert Butcher (served 1937-1966) who for much of that time was in the National Liberal Party set up in 1931.
The member from 1966 until 1997 was Richard Body for the main contributor seat (in later years as MP, knighted), who had previously been an MP during the Eden government and the start of the Macmillan government for Billericay, and later wrote assertive books on agriculture and on the Common Agricultural Policy.
Constituency profile
Workless claimants were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.8% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[2]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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1997 | John Hayes | Conservative | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Hayes | 29,303 | 59.6 | +0.5 | |
UKIP | David Parsons[6] | 10,736 | 21.8 | +15.4 | |
Labour | Matthew Mahabadi | 6,122 | 12.4 | -1.6 | |
Green | Daniel Wilshire[7] | 1,580 | 3.2 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | George Smid[8] | 1,466 | 3.0 | -12.5 | |
Majority | 18,567 | 37.7 | |||
Turnout | 49,207 | 63.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Hayes | 29,639 | 59.1 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jennifer Conroy | 7,759 | 15.5 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Gareth Gould | 7,024 | 14.0 | −10.5 | |
UKIP | Richard Fairman | 3,246 | 6.5 | +2.5 | |
BNP | Roy Harban | 1,796 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Green | Ashley Baxter | 724 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,880 | 43.6 | +11.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,188 | 65.8 | +4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Hayes | 27,544 | 57.1 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Linda Woodings | 11,764 | 24.4 | −7.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Steve Jarvis | 6,244 | 12.9 | +2.6 | |
UKIP | Jamie Corney | 1,950 | 4.0 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Paul Poll | 747 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,780 | 32.7 | |||
Turnout | 48,249 | 60.6 | −1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Hayes | 25,611 | 55.4 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Graham Walker | 14,512 | 31.4 | -1.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Grace Hill | 4,761 | 10.3 | -5.3 | |
UKIP | Malcolm Charlesworth | 1,318 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,099 | 24.0 | |||
Turnout | 46,202 | 62.1 | -9.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Hayes | 24,691 | 49.3 | N/A | |
Labour | John Lewis | 16,700 | 33.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Millen | 7,836 | 15.6 | N/A | |
Non-party Conservative | Guy Erwood | 902 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,991 | 16.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 72.0 | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "South Holland & The Deepings". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/southhollandandthedeepings
- ↑ http://eastmidlands.greenparty.org.uk/elections-candidates.html
- ↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#East Midlands
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ BBC - Election 2010 - South Holland & The Deepings
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
Coordinates: 52°45′N 0°06′W / 52.75°N 0.10°W