Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Rutland and Stamford
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyLincolnshire and Rutland
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromRutland and Stamford
Replaced byRutland & Melton
Stamford & Spalding

Rutland and Stamford was a county constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and the county of Rutland. It returned 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 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 will be re-established for the next general election.[1]

Boundaries[edit]

Historic[edit]

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.

Proposed[edit]

The re-established constituency will be 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.[2][3]

It will include the following areas:

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election Member Party[4]
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.

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

General election 1918: Rutland and Stamford[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

General election 1922: Rutland and Stamford[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

General election 1931: Rutland and Stamford[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 % ±%
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[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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;

Elections in the 1940s[edit]

General election 1945: Rutland and Stamford[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

General election 1950: Rutland and Stamford[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

General election 1964: Rutland and Stamford[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 2020s[edit]

Next general election: Rutland and Stamford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Emma Baker[8]
Reform UK Chris Clowes[9]
Conservative Alicia Kearns[10]
Liberal Democrats James Moore[11]
Majority
Turnout

Reform UK removed Ginny Ball as their candidate in March 2024 after "exposure of a range of racist comments on her social media feed".[12]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 1 East Midlands Region.
  3. ^ "New Seat Details - Rutland and Stamford". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, Fred WS (1969). British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949.
  6. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  7. ^ a b c d e Fred WS Craig, ed. (1983). British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0900178078.
  8. ^ "Rutland & Melton Green Party People". Rutland & Melton Green Party. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Rutland and Stamford Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Melton to get new MP at next General Election". Melton Times. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Tory Manchester mayoral candidate defects to Reform UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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