Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutland and Stamford | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lincolnshire and Rutland |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Rutland and Stamford |
Replaced by | Rutland & Melton Stamford & Spalding |
Rutland and Stamford was a county constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and the county of Rutland. It returned 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.
The constituency was 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 will be re-established for the next general election.[1]
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.
Proposed[edit]
The re-established constituency will be 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.[2][3]
It will include the following areas:
- The County of Rutland and the parts of Harborough District, including Thurnby, from the (to be abolished) constituency of Rutland and Melton
- The town of Stamford and surrounding areas from Grantham and Stamford - to be renamed Grantham and Bourne.
Members of Parliament[edit]
Election | Member | Party[4] | |
---|---|---|---|
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.
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[6]
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 2020s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Emma Baker[8] | ||||
Reform UK | Chris Clowes[9] | ||||
Conservative | Alicia Kearns[10] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | James Moore[11] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Reform UK removed Ginny Ball as their candidate in March 2024 after "exposure of a range of racist comments on her social media feed".[12]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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)
- ^ 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 Fred WS Craig, ed. (1983). British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0900178078.
- ^ "Rutland & Melton Green Party People". Rutland & Melton Green Party. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Rutland and Stamford Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Melton to get new MP at next General Election". Melton Times. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Tory Manchester mayoral candidate defects to Reform UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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