Stamford and Spalding (UK Parliament constituency)

Stamford and Spalding was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Stamford and Spalding
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lincolnshire
Major settlements	Spalding, Stamford
1983–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Holland with Boston and Rutland & Stamford
Replaced by	Grantham & Stamford and South Holland & The Deepings

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

The District of South Kesteven wards of All Saints, Aveland, Bourne East, Bourne West, Casewick, Deeping St James, Devon, Forest, Glen Eden, Hillsides, Isaac Newton, Lincrest, Market and West Deeping, Morkery, Ringstone, St George's, St Mary's, Stamford St John's, Toller, and Truesdale, and the District of South Holland wards of Crowland, Deeping St Nicholas, Gosberton Village, Pinchbeck East, Pinchbeck West, Spalding Central, Spalding East, Spalding North, Spalding South, Spalding West, Surlfeet, and Weston.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1983	Sir Kenneth Lewis	Conservative
	1987	Quentin Davies	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Grantham & Stamford

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Stamford and Spalding^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Lewis	27,728	56.5
	SDP	Peter Lee	15,972	32.6
	Labour	Audrey Mullender	5,354	10.9
Majority			11,756	23.9
Turnout			49,054	74.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1987: Stamford and Spalding^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Quentin Davies	31,000	56.5	0.0
	Liberal	Rebecca Bryan	17,009	31.0	−1.6
	Labour	Edmund Lowe	6,882	12.5	+1.6
Majority			13,991	25.5	+1.6
Turnout			54,891	77.8	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Stamford and Spalding^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Quentin Davies	35,965	59.0	+2.5
	Labour	Chris Burke	13,096	21.5	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan D. Lee	11,939	19.6	−11.4
Majority			22,869	37.5	+12.0
Turnout			61,000	81.2	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.2

See also

• Stamford (UK Parliament list of constituencies)
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire