Grantham and Stamford

County constituency
Grantham and Stamford shown within Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Quentin Davies
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Lincolnshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Grantham and Stamford is a 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. A County constituency is a constituency in the United Kingdom that covers a predominantly rural area. ... Image File history File links GranthamStamfordConstituency. ... map of admin county File links The following pages link to this file: Lincolnshire Categories: GFDL images ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... John Quentin Davies (born 29 May 1944) is a British politician, and member of Parliament for Grantham and Stamford. ... Political parties in the United Kingdom lists political parties in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom and the most successful party in political history based on election victories. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... East Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... British House of Commons Canadian House of Commons In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The plurality voting system, also known as first past the post, is a voting system used to elect a single winner in a given election. ...

Boundaries

The constituency covers the area around Grantham and Stamford in Lincolnshire. It roughly corresponds to the South Kesteven local government district. Most of the constituency was formerly in the Grantham constituency. Grantham aka G-Town is a small market town in Lincolnshire, England with about 38,000 inhabitants. ... Stamford is a town on the River Welland in Lincolnshire, England. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county . ... Grantham was a Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England. ...

Members of Parliament

• 1997 – present: Quentin Davies, Conservative

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Election results

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See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire