South Holland and The Deepings (UK Parliament constituency)

South Holland and The Deepings is a constituency in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by John Hayes, a Conservative.

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
CountyLincolnshire
Electorate76,939 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsSpalding, Holbeach, Long Sutton and The Deepings
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentJohn Hayes (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromHolland with Boston, Stamford and Spalding

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 second-highest "Leave" vote in the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union (EU). 73.6% of voters endorsed the UK's withdrawal from the EU, second only to neighbouring Boston.[2] At the 2019 general election, the Conservative majority was 62.7%, the highest of any Conservative in any constituency in any general election since Kensington South in 1955. Hayes took 75.9% of the vote, the third highest for the Conservatives only after Castle Point in Essex and Boston and Skegness.

Constituency profile

This is a largely rural seat with agriculture, bulb growing and food processing as the main economic activities.[3] Incomes and house prices are below UK averages.[4]

Boundaries

1997–2010: The District of South Holland, with the wards of Deeping St James, Market Deeping, West Deeping and Truesdale, which are all in the District of South Kesteven.

2010–present: The District of South Holland, with Deeping St James, Market Deeping 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 local government District of South Holland, but with Market Deeping, Deeping St James and West Deeping added.

In minor boundary changes that were put in place for the 2010 general election, parts of the two civil parishes of Baston and Langtoft, forming much of the Truesdale ward, were moved to the neighbouring constituency of 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%.[5] In the 2019 general election, it was an extremely safe Conservative seat. It had the largest percentage majority, third-largest absolute majority, and third-largest Conservative vote share of any seat held by the party; nationally the seat had the eleventh-largest percentage majority of any constituency.[6]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember[7] Party
1997 John Hayes Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
Graph of general election results in South Holland and the Deepings (independent candidates, who all got below 2% of the vote, are omitted)
General election 2019: South Holland and the Deepings[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hayes 37,338 75.9 +6.0
Labour Mark Popple 6,500 13.2 −7.2
Liberal Democrats Davina Kirby 3,225 6.6 +3.8
Green Martin Blake 1,613 3.3 +1.5
Independent Rick Stringer 503 1.0 +0.3
Majority 30,838 62.7 +13.2
Turnout 49,179 64.7 -1.1
Conservative hold Swing +6.6
General election 2017: South Holland and the Deepings[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hayes 35,179 69.9 +10.3
Labour Voyteck Kowalewski 10,282 20.4 +8.0
UKIP Nicola Smith 2,185 4.3 -17.5
Liberal Democrats Julia Cambridge 1,433 2.8 -0.2
Green Daniel Wilshire 894 1.8 -1.4
Independent Rick Stringer 342 0.7 New
Majority 24,897 49.5 +11.7
Turnout 50,315 65.8 -1.9
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
General election 2015: South Holland and the Deepings[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hayes 29,303 59.6 +0.5
UKIP David Parsons 10,736 21.8 +15.3
Labour Matthew Mahabadi 6,122 12.4 -1.6
Green Daniel Wilshire 1,580 3.2 +1.8
Liberal Democrats George Smid 1,466 3.0 -12.5
Majority 18,567 37.8 -5.8
Turnout 49,207 63.9 +1.9
Conservative hold Swing -7.9
General election 2010: South Holland and the Deepings[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hayes 29,639 59.1 +2.1
Liberal Democrats 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 New
Green Ashley Baxter 724 1.4 New
Majority 21,880 43.6 +11.1
Turnout 50,188 65.8 +4.3
Conservative hold Swing -0.2

Elections in the 2000s
General election 2005: South Holland and The Deepings[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hayes 27,544 57.1 +1.7
Labour Linda Woodings 11,764 24.4 −7.0
Liberal Democrats Steve Jarvis 6,244 12.9 +2.6
UKIP Jamie Corney 1,950 4.0 +1.1
Independent Paul Poll 747 1.5 New
Majority 15,780 32.7 +8.7
Turnout 48,249 60.6 −1.5
Conservative hold Swing +4.4
General election 2001: South Holland and The Deepings[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hayes 25,611 55.4 +6.1
Labour Graham Walker 14,512 31.4 -1.9
Liberal Democrats Grace Hill 4,761 10.3 -5.3
UKIP Malcolm Charlesworth 1,318 2.9 New
Majority 11,099 24.0 +8.0
Turnout 46,202 62.1 -9.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s
General election 1997: South Holland and The Deepings[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hayes 24,691 49.3
Labour John Lewis 16,700 33.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Millen 7,836 15.6
Non-party Conservative Guy Erwood 902 1.8
Majority 7,991 16.0
Turnout 50,129 72.0
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

References
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  2. "EU referendum: The result in maps and charts". BBC News. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. UK Polling Report https://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/southhollandandthedeepings/
  4. Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=South+Holland+and+The+Deepings
  5. "GE2017 - Constituency results". Britain Elects (Google Docs). Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  6. Uberoi, Elise; Baker, Carl; Cracknell, Richard (19 December 2019). General Election 2019: results and analysis (PDF) (Report). House of Commons Library. pp. 10, 73. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  7. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
  8. "South Holland & The Deepings Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  9. "South Holland and the Deepings Election Result 2017". BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  10. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. "South Holland & The Deepings". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  12. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. "BBC News | Election 2010 | Constituency | South Holland & The Deepings". news.bbc.co.uk.
  14. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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