Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983
Rutland and Stamford |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
County | Lincolnshire and Rutland |
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Current constituency |
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Created | 2024 |
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Member of Parliament | None |
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Seats | One |
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Created from | Rutland & Melton Grantham & Stamford |
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1918–1983 |
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Created from | Rutland and Stamford |
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Replaced by | Rutland & Melton Stamford & Spalding |
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Rutland and Stamford is a county constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and the county of Rutland. It returns 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.
History
The constituency was originally 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 was re-established for the 2024 general election.[1]
Boundaries
Historic
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.
Current
Map of boundaries from 2024
The re-established constituency is 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 includes the following areas:
- The County of Rutland and the parts of Harborough District, including Thurnby, from the abolished constituency of Rutland and Melton
- The town of Stamford and surrounding areas from Grantham and Stamford which has been largely replaced by Grantham and Bourne.
Members of Parliament
In 1983 Rutland became part of the Rutland and Melton constituency along with Melton borough and part of Harborough District in Leicestershire.
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
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;
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
General election 1950: Rutland and Stamford[7] 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 | | |
General election 1951: Rutland and Stamford[7] 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 | | |
General election 1955: Rutland and Stamford[7] 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 | | |
General election 1959: Rutland and Stamford[7] 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
Elections in the 2020s
Reform UK removed Ginny Ball as their candidate in March 2024 after "exposure of a range of racist comments on her social media feed".[13]
See also
- Stamford (UK Parliament list of constituencies)
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Joe Wood [@Joewoodlabour] (26 May 2024). "I'm excited to have been selected as Labour's candidate for Rutland and Stamford. We have already started our general election campaign here and will be fighting for every vote as we take Labour's positive message of change to Rutland and Stamford" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Tory Manchester mayoral candidate defects to Reform UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2024.