South Holland and The Deepings (UK Parliament constituency)

South Holland and The Deepings
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of South Holland and The Deepings in Lincolnshire.
Location of Lincolnshire within England.
County	Lincolnshire
Electorate	76,939 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	John Hayes (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

South Holland and The Deepings is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Holland with Boston & 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 are moved to the neighbouring Grantham and Stamford constituency. This will mean that Market Deeping and Deeping St. James are the only parishes from South Kesteven remaining in the constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	John Hayes	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: South Holland and the Deepings
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	+6.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: South Holland and The Deepings
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
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
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	G. Erwood	902	1.8	N/A
Majority			7,991		N/A
Turnout				72.0	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire