Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983 and 2024 onwards
Rutland and Stamford is a county constituency comprising the area of Lincolnshire centred on the town of Stamford ; the county of Rutland ; and also parts of rural Leicestershire , making it a very unusual parliamentary constituency in that 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.
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]
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 .
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 [ edit ]
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.
Rutland & Melton and Grantham & Stamford prior to 2024
Elections in the 2020s [ edit ]
Reform UK removed Ginny Ball as its candidate in March 2024 after "exposure of a range of racist comments on her social media feed".[ 7]
Elections 1918–1983[ edit ]
Elections in the 1910s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1920s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1930s [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Elections in the 1950s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1960s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1970s [ edit ]
^ "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)
^ "Rutland and Stamford - General election results 2024" . BBC News . Retrieved 26 August 2024 .
^ Ofori, Morgan; Quinn, Ben; Walker, Peter (21 March 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 . Political Reference Publications. ISBN 978-0-900178-01-6 .
^ 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 . ISBN 978-0-900178-23-8 .