Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Rutland and Stamford County constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Rutland and Stamford was a parliamentary constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and the county of Rutland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | Conservative | |
| 1922 | Charles Harvey Dixon | Conservative | |
| 1923 | Neville Woodford Smith-Carington | Conservative | |
| 1933 | Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, Lord Willoughby de Eresby | Conservative | |
| 1950 | Sir Roger John Edward Conant | Conservative | |
| 1959 | Kenneth Lewis | Conservative | |
| 1966 | Kenneth Lewis | Conservative | |
| 1970 | Kenneth Lewis | Conservative | |
| 1974 | Kenneth Lewis | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1966: Rutland and Stamford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 17,991 | 53.4 | - | |
| Labour | A V Butler | 15,704 | 46.6 | - | |
| Majority | 2,287 | 6.8 | - | ||
| Turnout | 33,695 | - | - | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | - | |||
| General Election 1970: Rutland and Stamford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 22,803 | 60.1 | - | |
| Labour | Henry Toch | 15,136 | 39.9 | - | |
| Majority | 7,667 | 20.2 | - | ||
| Turnout | 37,939 | 75.0 | - | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | - | |||
Electorate in 1970 = 50,636
| General Election 1974: Rutland and Stamford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 19,101 | 46.2 | - | |
| Labour | Malcolm Withers | 12,111 | 29.3 | - | |
| Liberal | David Howie | 10,113 | 24.5 | - | |
| Majority | 6,990 | 16.9 | - | ||
| Turnout | 41,325 | 72.0 | - | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | - | |||
[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
