Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983 and 2024 onwards

Rutland and Stamford

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

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.

## History

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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

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### Historic

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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

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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:

* The County of Rutland and the parts of Harborough District, including Thurnby, from the abolished constituency of Rutland and Melton
* The town of Stamford and surrounding areas from Grantham and Stamford, which has been largely replaced by Grantham and Bourne.

## Members of Parliament

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### MPs 1918–1983

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Rutland and Stamford prior to 1918

Election | Member | Party[5]

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| 1918 | Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | Conservative
| 1922 | Charles Harvey Dixon | Conservative
| 1923 by-election | Neville Smith-Carington | Conservative
| 1933 by-election | Lord Willoughby de Eresby | Conservative
| 1950 | Sir Roger Conant | Conservative
| 1959 | Kenneth Lewis | Conservative
| 1983 | Constituency abolished. See Rutland & Melton and Stamford & Spalding

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

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Rutland & Melton and Grantham & Stamford prior to 2024

Election | Member | Party

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| 2024 | Alicia Kearns | Conservative

## Elections

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### Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Rutland and Stamford[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Alicia Kearns | 21,248  | 43.7  | −19.6
| Labour | Joe Wood  | 10,854  | 22.3  | +7.6
| Reform UK | Chris Clowes  | 7,008  | 14.4  | N/A
| Liberal Democrats | James Moore  | 6,252  | 12.9  | −2.9
| Green | Emma Baker  | 2,806  | 5.8  | +2.2
| Rejoin EU | Joanna Burrows  | 409  | 0.8  | N/A
Majority  | 10,394  | 21.4  | N/A
Turnout | 48,577  | 67.9  |
Registered electors | 71,711  |  |
| Conservative win (new seat)

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

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### Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Rutland and Stamford[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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C | Unionist | Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | 8,838 | 53.6 |
| Labour | Fleming Eccles | 7,639  | 46.4  |
Majority  | 1,199  | 7.2  |
Turnout | 16,477  | 61.8  |
Registered electors | 26,647  |  |
| Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

### Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1922: Rutland and Stamford[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Charles Harvey Dixon | 10,278  | 46.8  | −6.8
| Labour | Fleming Eccles | 7,236  | 32.9  | −13.5
| National Farmers' Union | Edward Clark  | 4,471  | 20.3  | New
Majority  | 3,042  | 13.9  | +6.7
Turnout | 21,985  | 81.2  | +19.4
Registered electors | 27,074  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | +3.4  |
1923 Rutland and Stamford by-election[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Neville Smith-Carington | 11,196  | 57.1  | +10.3
| Labour | Arthur Sells  | 8,406  | 42.9  | +10.0
Majority  | 2,790  | 14.2  | +0.3
Turnout | 19,602  | 71.5  | −9.7
Registered electors | 27,409  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | +0.2  |
General election 1923: Rutland and Stamford[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Neville Smith-Carington | 10,803  | 51.4  | +4.6
| Liberal | Frank Stapledon Hiley  | 5,203  | 24.8  | New
| Labour | Arthur Sells  | 5,005  | 23.8  | −9.1
Majority  | 5,600  | 26.6  | +12.7
Turnout | 21,011  | 76.7  | −4.5
Registered electors | 27,409  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | +6.9  |
General election 1924: Rutland and Stamford[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Neville Smith-Carington | 13,286  | 66.7  | +15.3
| Labour | H F Wheeler  | 6,633  | 33.3  | +9.5
Majority  | 6,653  | 33.4  | +6.8
Turnout | 19,919  | 71.5  | −5.2
Registered electors | 27,869  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | +2.9  |
General election 1929: Rutland and Stamford[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Neville Smith-Carington | 12,607  | 47.4  | −19.3
| Labour | Henry James Jones  | 7,403  | 27.9  | −5.4
| Liberal | Harry Payne  | 6,561  | 24.7  | New
Majority  | 5,204  | 19.5  | −13.9
Turnout | 26,571  | 76.7  | +5.2
Registered electors | 34,647  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | −7.0  |

### Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Rutland and Stamford[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Neville Smith-Carington | 19,086  | 71.9  | +24.5
| Labour | F E Church  | 7,446  | 28.1  | +0.2
Majority  | 11,640  | 43.8  | +24.3
Turnout | 26,532  | 75.3  | −1.4
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
1933 Rutland and Stamford by-election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | 14,605  | 53.3  | −18.6
| Labour | Arnold William Gray  | 12,818  | 46.7  | +18.6
Majority  | 1,787  | 6.6  | −37.2
Turnout | 27,423  | 77.2  | +1.9
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election 1935: Rutland and Stamford[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | 16,799  | 59.9  | −12.0
| Labour | Arnold William Gray  | 11,238  | 40.1  | +12.0
Majority  | 5,561  | 19.8  | −24.0
Turnout | 28,037  | 78.4  | +3.1
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

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;

* Conservative: James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
* Labour: Arnold William Gray[9]

### Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Rutland and Stamford[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | 15,359  | 53.7  | −6.2
| Labour | Arnold William Gray  | 13,223  | 46.3  | +6.2
Majority  | 2,136  | 7.4  | −12.4
Turnout | 28,582  | 72.9  | −5.5
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Rutland and Stamford[10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Roger Conant | 16,498  | 49.6  | −4.1
| Labour | Tom Bradley | 13,712  | 41.3  | −5.0
| Liberal | Cyril Valentine  | 3,024  | 9.1  | New
Majority  | 2,786  | 8.3  | +0.9
Turnout | 33,234  | 83.8  | +10.9
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election 1951: Rutland and Stamford[10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Roger Conant | 17,850  | 54.1  | +4.5
| Labour | Tom Bradley | 15,127  | 45.9  | +4.6
Majority  | 2,723  | 8.2  | −0.1
Turnout | 32,977  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election 1955: Rutland and Stamford[10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Roger Conant | 17,675  | 54.3  | +0.2
| Labour | Tom Bradley | 14,856  | 45.7  | −0.2
Majority  | 2,819  | 3.6  | −4.6
Turnout | 32,531  | 79.7  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election 1959: Rutland and Stamford[10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 19,078  | 57.4  | +3.1
| Labour | Christopher S B Attlee  | 14,137  | 42.6  | −3.1
Majority  | 4,941  | 14.8  | +11.2
Turnout | 33,215  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Rutland and Stamford[10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 18,720  | 55.5  | −1.9
| Labour Co-op | A Victor Butler  | 14,990  | 44.5  | +1.9
Majority  | 3,730  | 11.0  | −3.8
Turnout | 33,710  | 79.3  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election 1966: Rutland and Stamford[10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 17,991  | 53.4  | −2.1
| Labour Co-op | A Victor Butler  | 15,704  | 46.6  | +2.1
Majority  | 2,287  | 6.8  | −4.2
Turnout | 33,695  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Rutland and Stamford[10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 22,803  | 60.1  | +6.7
| Labour | Henry Toch  | 15,136  | 39.9  | −6.7
Majority  | 7,667  | 20.2  | +13.4
Turnout | 37,939  | 75.0  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election February 1974: Rutland and Stamford[11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 21,088  | 47.25  |
| Labour | Anthony Byrne  | 12,203  | 27.34  |
| Liberal | David Howie  | 11,336  | 25.40  | New
Majority  | 8,885  | 19.91  |
Turnout | 44,627  | 82.40  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election October 1974: Rutland and Stamford[11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 19,101  | 46.2  | −1.0
| Labour | Malcolm R.C. Withers  | 12,111  | 29.3  | +2.0
| Liberal | David Howie  | 10,113  | 24.5  | −0.9
Majority  | 6,990  | 16.9  | −3.0
Turnout | 41,325  | 72.0  | −10.4
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election 1979: Rutland and Stamford[11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 26,198  | 56.48  | +10.28
| Labour | Malcolm R.C. Withers  | 11,383  | 24.54  | −4.76
| Liberal | Peter Blaine  | 8,801  | 18.98  | −5.52
Majority  | 14,815  | 31.94  |
Turnout | 46,382  | 78.08  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

## See also

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* List of parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands (region)
* List of parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland
* List of parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
* Stamford (UK Parliament list of constituencies)

## References

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ "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.
3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 1 East Midlands Region.
4. ^ "New Seat Details - Rutland and Stamford". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
6. ^ "Rutland and Stamford - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
7. ^ Ofori, Morgan; Quinn, Ben; Walker, Peter (21 March 2024). "Tory Manchester mayoral candidate defects to Reform UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
8. ^ 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.
9. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
10. ^ a b c d e f g Fred WS Craig, ed. (1983). British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0900178078.
11. ^ a b c Craig, Fred WS (1984). British parliamentary election results, 1974–1983. ISBN 978-0-900178-23-8.

## External links

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* Rutland and Stamford UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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