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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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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.
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.
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Sir Kenneth Lewis | Conservative | |
1987 | Quentin Davies | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Grantham & Stamford |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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