South Holland and The Deepings (UK Parliament constituency)

South Holland and The Deepings
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of South Holland and The Deepings in Lincolnshire.
Outline map
Location of Lincolnshire within England.
County Lincolnshire
Electorate 76,939 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Spalding and Holbeach
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of parliament John Hayes (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Holland with Boston
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East Midlands

South Holland and The Deepings is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by John Hayes, a Conservative. It is the second safest Conservative seat in the United Kingdom.[2]

At the 2017 General Election, the constituency recorded a higher Conservative share of the vote than any constituency since 1970, with 69.9% of voters backing the party. South Holland also delivered the nation's second highest Leave vote in the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union. 73.6% of voters endorsed Britain's withdrawal from the EU, second only to neighbouring Boston.[3]

Boundaries

1997-2010: The District of South Holland, and the District of South Kesteven wards of Deeping St James, Market and West Deeping, and Truesdale.

2010-present: The District of South Holland, and the District of South Kesteven wards of Deeping St James, and Market and West Deeping.

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Holland with Boston and Stamford and Spalding. It covers the area around Spalding. It roughly corresponds to the South Holland local government district, with Market, and West Deeping added to it.

In minor boundary changes in place for the 2010 general election, parts of the two civil parishes, Baston, and Langtoft forming much of the Truesdale ward, moved to neighbouring Grantham and Stamford. This made Market Deeping and Deeping St James the only South Kesteven parishes to stay in the constituency, the remainder being in South Holland District.

History

The last non-Conservative member for the predecessor main seat was Sir Herbert Butcher (served 1937-1966) who for much of that time was in the National Liberal Party set up in 1931.

The member from 1966 until 1997 was Richard Body for the main contributor seat (in later years as MP, knighted), who had previously been an MP during the Eden government and the start of the Macmillan government for Billericay, and later wrote assertive books on agriculture and on the Common Agricultural Policy.

In the 2017 general election, the seat returned the highest vote share for the Conservatives nationally at 69.9%.[4]

Constituency profile

Workless claimants were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.8% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[5]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[6] Party
1997 John Hayes Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

At the 2017 general election South Holland and The Deepings returned the largest Conservative vote share in the United Kingdom at 69.9%. This was the highest Conservative vote in any seat at a general election since a 75.7% share in Kensington South in 1970.

General Election 2017: South Holland and the Deepings[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Hayes 35,179 69.9 +10.4
Labour Voyteck Kowalewski 10,282 20.4 +8.0
UKIP Nicola Smith 2,185 4.3 -17.5
Liberal Democrat Julia Cambridge 1,433 2.8 -0.1
Green Daniel Wilshire 894 1.8 -1.4
Independent Rick Stringer 342 0.7 N/A
Majority 24,897 49.5 +11.8
Turnout 50,315 65.8 -1.9
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
General Election 2015: South Holland and the Deepings[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Hayes 29,303 59.6 +0.5
UKIP David Parsons 10,736 21.8 +15.4
Labour Matthew Mahabadi 6,122 12.4 -1.6
Green Daniel Wilshire 1,580 3.2 +1.8
Liberal Democrat George Smid 1,466 3.0 -12.5
Majority 18,567 37.7 -5.9
Turnout 49,207 63.9 +1.9
Conservative hold Swing -7.95
General Election 2010: South Holland and the Deepings[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Hayes 29,639 59.1 +2.1
Liberal Democrat Jennifer Conroy 7,759 15.5 +2.6
Labour Gareth Gould 7,024 14.0 −10.5
UKIP Richard Fairman 3,246 6.5 +2.5
BNP Roy Harban 1,796 3.6 N/A
Green Ashley Baxter 724 1.4 N/A
Majority 21,880 43.6 +11.1
Turnout 50,188 65.8 +4.3
Conservative hold Swing -0.25

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: South Holland and The Deepings[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Hayes 27,544 57.1 +1.7
Labour Linda Woodings 11,764 24.4 −7.0
Liberal Democrat Steve Jarvis 6,244 12.9 +2.6
UKIP Jamie Corney 1,950 4.0 +1.1
Independent Paul Poll 747 1.5 N/A
Majority 15,780 32.7
Turnout 48,249 60.6 −1.5
Conservative hold Swing +4.4
General Election 2001: South Holland and The Deepings[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Hayes 25,611 55.4 +6.2
Labour Graham Walker 14,512 31.4 -1.9
Liberal Democrat Grace Hill 4,761 10.3 -5.3
UKIP Malcolm Charlesworth 1,318 2.9 N/A
Majority 11,099 24.0
Turnout 46,202 62.1 -9.8
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: South Holland and The Deepings[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Hayes 24,691 49.3 N/A
Labour John Lewis 16,700 33.3 N/A
Liberal Democrat Peter Millen 7,836 15.6 N/A
Non-party Conservative Guy Erwood 902 1.8 N/A
Majority 7,991 16.0 N/A
Turnout 72.0 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

Notes
    References
    1. ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
    2. ↑ "Majority Sorted Seats". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
    3. ↑ "EU referendum: The result in maps and charts". BBC News. 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
    4. ↑ "GE2017 - Constituency results". Britain Elects (Google Docs). Retrieved 11 June 2017.
    5. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
    6. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
    7. ↑ "South Holland and the Deepings Election Result 2017". BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
    8. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
    9. ↑ "South Holland & The Deepings". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
    10. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
    11. ↑ BBC - Election 2010 - South Holland & The Deepings
    12. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
    13. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
    14. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

    Coordinates: 52°45′N 0°06′W / 52.75°N 0.10°W / 52.75; -0.10

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