Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983 and 2024 onwards
Rutland and Stamford is a county constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, the county of Rutland and also parts of rural Leicestershire making it a very unusual parliamentary constituency as it spans three counties. 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.[2]
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
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.[3][4]
It includes the following areas:
Members of Parliament
MPs 1918–1973
Rutland and Stamford prior to 1918
In 1983 Rutland became part of the Rutland and Melton constituency along with Melton borough and part of Harborough District in Leicestershire.
MPs since 2024
Rutland & Melton and Grantham & Stamford prior to 2024
Elections
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".[7]
Elections 1918–1983
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939–40Another 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
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
See also
References
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "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)
- ^ "statement-persons-nominated-published-uk-general-election". Rutland CC. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Tory Manchester mayoral candidate defects to Reform UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ 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 f g Fred WS Craig, ed. (1983). British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0900178078.
- ^ a b c Craig, Fred WS (1984). British parliamentary election results, 1974–1983.
External links
- Rutland and Stamford UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK