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Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983 and 2024 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Rutland and Stamford | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Rutland and Stamford in the East Midlands | |
County | Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Rutland |
Electorate | 70,864 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Oakham, Stamford and Uppingham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Alicia Kearns (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Rutland & Melton Grantham & Stamford |
1918–1983 | |
Created from | Rutland and Stamford |
Replaced by | Rutland & Melton Stamford & Spalding |
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