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Grantham and Bourne (UK Parliament constituency)

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Grantham and Bourne
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Map of constituency
Boundary of Grantham and Bourne in the East Midlands
CountyLincolnshire
Major settlementsGrantham and Bourne
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentTBC (TBC)
SeatsOne
Created fromGrantham and Stamford

Grantham and Bourne is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] It will first be contested at the 2024 general election.

Boundaries[edit]

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the composition of the constituency was defined as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The District of North Kesteven wards of: Heckington Rural; Osbournby.1
  • The District of South Kesteven wards of: Aveland; Belmont; Belvoir; Bourne Austerby; Bourne East; Bourne West; Grantham Arnoldfield; Grantham Barrowby Gate; Grantham Earlesfield; Grantham Harrowby; Grantham Springfield; Grantham St. Vincent’s; Grantham St. Wulfram’s; Lincrest; Loveden Heath; Morton; Peascliffe & Ridgeway; Toller; Viking.[2]

It comprises the majority of the abolished constituency of Grantham and Stamford, excluding the town of Stamford and extended northwards to include a minority of the Sleaford and North Hykeham constituency.

1 Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,[3][4] the part in the District of North Kesteven now comprises the following wards from the 2024 general election:

  • Heckington Rural; Helpringham & Osbournby; and a small part of Cranwell, Leasingham & Wilsford.[5]

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 2020s[edit]

[6]
General election 2024: Grantham and Bourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vipul Bechar[7]
Conservative Gareth Davies [8]
Green Anne Gayfer[9]
SDP Alexander Mitchell[10]
Lincolnshire Independent Charmaine Morgan
Reform UK Mike Rudkin[11]
Independent Ian Selby
Liberal Democrats John Vincent[12]
Majority
Turnout

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 2023-07-14.
  2. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part I.
  3. ^ LGBCE. "North Kesteven | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  4. ^ "The North Kesteven (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
  5. ^ "New Seat Details - Grantham and Bourne". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  6. ^ Grantham and Bourne
  7. ^ Grantham & Bourne CLP [@GranBourneCLP] (May 25, 2024). "I am delighted to be the candidate for Grantham and Bourne in the upcoming general election…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Gareth Davies for Grantham and Bourne in the UK Parliamentary general election".
  9. ^ "Full list of all Green Party candidates at the next general election". Bright Green. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  10. ^ "General Election Candidates". Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Find My PPC" (PDF). Reform UK. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  12. ^ "John Vincent for Grantham and Bourne in the UK Parliamentary general election".