Sleaford and North Hykeham (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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County | Lincolnshire |
Electorate | 73,380 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Sleaford, North Hykeham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Grantham, Lincoln |
Sleaford and North Hykeham is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] in Lincolnshire, England which elects a single Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It has been represented since 2016 by Dr Caroline Johnson, who is a member of the Conservative Party. The seat was created in 1997 and has always been represented by Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Conservative Party; like all British constituencies, it elects one candidate by the first-past-the-post voting system. Johnson became the MP for the constituency after a by-election in December 2016, following the resignation of the previous MP for the seat, Stephen Phillips. The constituency is considered a safe seat for the Conservatives.
Boundaries
1997–2010
The District of North Kesteven except for the ward of Bracebridge Heath, and the District of South Kesteven wards of Ermine, Heath, Loveden, Saxonwell, and Witham Valley.
The constituency covers the towns of Sleaford and North Hykeham and a large area of rural Lincolnshire south west of Lindsey. The constituency's boundaries roughly correspond to those of North Kesteven local government district. In their formative proposals for 1997, the Boundary Commission for England proposed calling the new constituency Mid Lincolnshire, however the name was changed to its current form during the local inquiry process.[2] The inclusion of North Hykeham in the constituency title was criticised by the author and psephologist Robert Waller in 1995, on the grounds that North Hykeham was effectively an overspill area of the City of Lincoln; however, not on the grounds of its actual inclusion, as its local government authority has long been seen as linked with the villages to the south in this seat, and wholly separate from the city.[3]
2010–2024
The District of North Kesteven wards of Ashby de la Launde, Bassingham, Billinghay, Branston and Mere, Brant Broughton, Cliff Villages, Cranwell and Byard's Leap, Eagle and North Scarle, Heckington Rural, Heighington and Washingborough, Kyme, Leasingham and Roxholm, Martin, Metheringham, North Hykeham Forum, North Hykeham Memorial, North Hykeham Mill, North Hykeham Moor, North Hykeham Witham, Osbournby, Ruskington, Sleaford Castle, Sleaford Holdingham, Sleaford Mareham, Sleaford Navigation, Sleaford Quarrington, Sleaford Westholme, and Waddington West, and the District of South Kesteven wards of Barrowby, Ermine, Heath, Loveden, Peascliffe, Saxonwell, and Witham Valley.
Following another Boundary Commission review, the constituency boundaries with two of its neighbouring seats Lincoln and Grantham and Stamford were changed for the 2010 general election.
Current
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was defined as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The District of North Kesteven wards of: Ashby de la Launde and Cranwell; Bassingham and Brant Broughton; Billinghay, Martin and North Kyme; Branston; Cliff Villages; Eagle, Swinderby and Witham St. Hughs; Heighington and Washingborough; Kirkby la Thorpe and South Kyme; Leasingham and Rauceby; Metheringham; North Hykeham Forum; North Hykeham Memorial; North Hykeham Mill; North Hykeham Moor; North Hykeham Witham; Ruskington; Sleaford Castle; Sleaford Holdingham; Sleaford Navigation; Sleaford Quarrington and Mareham; Sleaford Westholme; Waddington West.[4]
In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range, the parts in the District of South Kesteven and the two North Kesteven wards of Heckington Rural and Osbournby were transferred to the new constituency of Grantham and Bourne.
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,[5][6] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the District of North Kesteven from the 2024 general election:
- Ashby de la Launde, Digby & Scopwick; Bassingham Rural; Billinghay Rural; Branston; Cranwell, Leasingham & Wilsford (most); Heighington & Washingborough; Hykeham Central; Hykeham Fosse; Hykeham Memorial; Kirkby la Thorpe & South Kyme; Metheringham Rural; Navenby & Brant Broughton; Ruskington; Skellingthorpe & Eagle (part); Sleaford Castle; Sleaford Holdingham; Sleaford Navigation; Sleaford Quarrington & Mareham; Sleaford Westholme; Waddington Rural (part); Witham St Hughs & Swinderby.[7]
The areas within the constituency of Sleaford and North Hykeham are under the control and come under the responsibility of Lincolnshire County Council for the provision of certain public services, such as roads and local authority education.[8]
History
1997–2015
Douglas Hogg moved to represent Sleaford and North Hykeham from the previously existing Grantham constituency, a safe Conservative seat, which he had held since 1979. At the 1997 general election, Hogg won 43.9% of the vote, giving him a majority of 5,123 votes (9.6%) ahead of the second-placed Labour Party.[9] At the 2001 general election, the Conservatives increased their vote share by 5.7%, while the Labour Party's vote share decreased;[10] the seat had a majority of 8,622 votes (17.7%), which was the 104th-smallest percentage majority out of the 166 seats won by the Conservatives.[11] At the 2005 general election, Hogg won a majority of 12,705 votes (23.8%); this was the 35th-largest absolute majority (number of votes) and 52nd-largest percentage majority of the 198 seats won by the Conservative Party.[12] UKIP, a minor party, won 5% of the vote in the constituency (coming fourth), retaining its deposit.[13] He stood down at the 2010 general election owing to controversy over his expenses claims, making him the first MP to resign because of the scandal.[14]
Hogg was replaced by fellow Conservative Stephen Phillips.[15] In 2010, he won a majority of 19,905 votes (33.4%); the Liberal Democrats came second.[16] Out of the 650 UK Parliament constituencies contested at the election, Sleaford and North Hykeham had the 14th-largest absolute majority and the 72nd-largest percentage majority.[17] The Lincolnshire Independents, a minor party, won 6.4% of the vote in the seat and came fourth; as this was more than 5%, the party retained its deposit.[18] At the 2015 general election, Phillips won a majority of 24,115 votes (38.9%), with the Labour Party coming second in the seat. This made the constituency the 34th-safest by absolute majority, and the 99th-safest by percentage majority, out of the 650 constituencies.[19]
2016 by-election
Phillips stood down as an MP on 4 November 2016, owing to "irreconcilable differences" with the Government over the issue of Brexit.[20][21] This triggered a by-election within the constituency, which was held on 8 December;[22] Caroline Johnson retained the seat for the Conservatives with a large majority.[23]
2017–present
At the 2017 general election, Johnson won a majority of 25,237 votes; this was the second-largest majority of any seat in the East Midlands region (after Leicester South.[24] Johnson's 42,245 votes were the greatest tally for her party in that election.[25] The majority in percentage was surpassed by six candidates of the same party. At the 2019 general election, the Conservatives increased their majority further to 32,565. This was the largest Conservative majority (measured by number of votes) at the election, and the largest majority of any seat in the East Midlands.[26]
The seat was overweight in electorate meaning each elector's potential vote counts for about 15% less than the smallest mainland seats and each potential vote has 24.4% of the potential effect as the remote seat covering Na h-Eileanan an Iar (the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides). A seat consisting of the latter seat multiplied by four times its electorate would, narrowly, be smaller than this seat's adult eligible voters (electorate).
Members of Parliament
Grantham and Lincoln prior to 1997
Election | Member[27] | Party | |
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1997 | Douglas Hogg | Conservative | |
2010 | Stephen Phillips | Conservative | |
2016 by-election | Caroline Johnson | Conservative |
Elections
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Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Caroline Johnson | 17,348 | 35.7 | −30.8 | |
Labour | Hanif Khan | 13,002 | 26.8 | +8.2 | |
Reform UK | Ben Jackson | 10,484 | 21.6 | +21.6 | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Robert Oates | 3,032 | 6.2 | +3.1 | |
Green | Martin Blake | 2,435 | 5.0 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Winnington | 2,264 | 4.7 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 4,346 | 8.9 | −40.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,565 | 64.1 | −6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 75,807 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -19.5 |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Caroline Johnson | 44,683 | 67.1 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Linda Edwards-Shea | 12,118 | 18.2 | −7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Olly Craven | 5,355 | 8.0 | +3.9 | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Marianne Overton | 1,999 | 3.0 | New | |
Green | Simon Tooke | 1,742 | 2.6 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Caroline Coram | 657 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 32,565 | 48.9 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 66,554 | 70.2 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Caroline Johnson | 42,245 | 64.2 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Jim Clarke | 17,008 | 25.8 | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Pepper | 2,722 | 4.1 | −1.6 | |
UKIP | Sally Chadd | 1,954 | 3.0 | −12.7 | |
Green | Fiona McKenna | 968 | 1.5 | New | |
Independent | Paul Coyne | 900 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 25,237 | 38.4 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 65,797 | 72.4 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Caroline Johnson | 17,570 | 53.5 | −2.7 | |
UKIP | Victoria Ayling | 4,426 | 13.5 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Pepper | 3,606 | 11.0 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Jim Clarke | 3,363 | 10.2 | −7.1 | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Marianne Overton | 2,892 | 8.8 | +3.6 | |
Independent | Sarah Stock | 462 | 1.4 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | The Iconic Arty-Pole | 200 | 0.6 | New | |
No description | Paul Coyne | 186 | 0.6 | New | |
No description | Mark Suffield | 74 | 0.2 | New | |
Bus-Pass Elvis | David Bishop | 55 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 13,144 | 40.0 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 32,893 | 37.1 | −33.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Phillips | 34,805 | 56.2 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Jason Pandya-Wood | 10,690 | 17.3 | +0.4 | |
UKIP | Steven Hopkins | 9,716 | 15.7 | +12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Holden | 3,500 | 5.7 | −12.5 | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Marianne Overton | 3,233 | 5.2 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 24,115 | 38.9 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 61,944 | 70.2 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Phillips | 30,719 | 51.6 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Harding-Price | 10,814 | 18.2 | +0.1 | |
Labour | James Normington | 10,051 | 16.9 | −9.5 | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Marianne Overton[39] | 3,806 | 6.4 | New | |
UKIP | Roger Doughty | 2,163 | 3.6 | −1.3 | |
BNP | Mike Clayton[40] | 1,977 | 3.3 | New | |
Majority | 19,905 | 33.4 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 59,530 | 69.6 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.45 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Hogg | 26,855 | 50.3 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Katrina Bull | 14,150 | 26.5 | −5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Harding-Price | 9,710 | 18.2 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | Guy Croft | 2,682 | 5.0 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 12,705 | 23.8 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,397 | 66.8 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.05 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Hogg | 24,190 | 49.7 | +5.8 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Donnelly | 15,568 | 32.0 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Arbon | 7,894 | 16.2 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | Michael Ward-Barrow | 1,067 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 8,622 | 17.7 | +8.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,719 | 64.9 | −9.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Hogg | 23,358 | 43.9 | ||
Labour | Sean Hariss | 18,235 | 34.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Marriott | 8,063 | 15.2 | ||
Referendum | Peter Clery | 2,942 | 5.5 | ||
Independent Conservative | Richard Overton | 578 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 5,123 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 52,598 | 74.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
References
Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
Citations
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Lincolnshire". Fourth Periodic Report (Report). Boundary Commission for England. 1995.
- ^ "Sleaford and North Hykeham constituency". Almanac of British Politics (5th ed.). 1995.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 1 East Midlands.
- ^ LGBCE. "North Kesteven | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "The North Kesteven (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
- ^ "New Seat Details - Sleaford and North Hykeham". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in the County of Lincolnshire". Boundary Commission for England. 14 November 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ^ Morgan 2001a, pp. 32, 46.
- ^ Morgan 2001b, p. 95.
- ^ Morgan 2001b, pp. 30–31, 95.
- ^ Mellows-Facer 2006, pp. 8, 198.
- ^ Mellows-Facer 2006, p. 124.
- ^ Siddique, Haroon (19 May 2009). "Douglas Hogg becomes first politician to step down over expenses". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Rhodes, Cracknell & McGuiness 2011, p. 60.
- ^ Rhodes, Cracknell & McGuiness 2011, p. 107.
- ^ Rhodes, Cracknell & McGuiness 2011, pp. 1, 107.
- ^ Rhodes, Cracknell & McGuiness 2011, pp. 20, 95.
- ^ Hawkins et al. 2015, pp. 6, 118.
- ^ "Tory MP Stephen Phillips quits over 'irreconcilable differences'". BBC News. 4 November 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ Hubbert, Andy (4 November 2016). "BREAKING NEWS: Sleaford MP Steven Phillips resigns". Louth Leader. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Sleaford and North Hykeham voters to choose new MP". BBC News. 8 December 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Conservatives hold Sleaford as Labour pushed into fourth". BBC News. 9 December 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ Baker et al. 2019, p. 29.
- ^ Results of the 2017 United Kingdom general election
- ^ Uberoi, Baker & Cracknell 2019, pp. 10, 29.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
- ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). North Kesteven Council. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Sleaford & North Hykeham parliamentary constituency". BBC News. 2019. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Sleaford & North Hykeham parliamentary constituency". BBC News. 2019. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Pidluznyj, Stefan (10 November 2016). "First three candidates come forward for Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election". Lincolnshire Reporter. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "First three candidates come forward for Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election". lincolnshirereporter.co.uk. 10 November 2016.
- ^ Pack, Mark (11 November 2016). "Lib Dems select Ross Pepper for Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election". markpack.org.uk. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "UKIP members vying for chance at Sleaford and North Hykeham seat". Lincs FM. 6 November 2016. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Sleaford and North Hykeham parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "UKPollingReport Election Guide 2010 » Sleaford and North Hykeham". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
- ^ "UK > England > East Midlands > Sleaford & North Hykeham". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "Four-way election race to be Hogg's successor". Lincolnshire Echo. 15 March 2010. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "£1005 Raised as North Kesteven BNP Announces another Two Candidates". British National Party. 7 March 2010. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Result: Sleaford & North Hykeham". BBC News. 2005. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Sleaford & North Hykeham". BBC News. 2001. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
Works cited
- Morgan, Bryn (29 March 2001a). General Election results, 1 May 1997 (PDF) (Report). House of Commons Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- Morgan, Bryn (18 June 2001b). General Election results, 7 June 2001 (PDF) (Report). House of Commons Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- Mellows-Facer, Adam (10 March 2006). General Election 2005 (PDF) (Report). House of Commons Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- Rhodes, Christopher; Cracknell, Richard; McGuiness, Feargal (2 February 2011). General Election 2010 (PDF) (Report). House of Commons Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- Hawkins, Oliver; Keen, Richard; Nakatudde, Nambassa; Ayres, Steven; Baker, Carl; Harker, Rachael; Bolton, Paul; Johnston, Neil; Cracknell, Richard (28 July 2015). General Election 2015 (PDF) (Report). House of Commons Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- Baker, Carl; Hawkins, Oliver; Audickas, Lukas; Bate, Alex; Cracknell, Richard; Apostolova, Vyara; Dempsey, Noel; McInnes, Roderick; Rutherford, Tom; Uberoi, Elise (29 January 2019). General Election 2017: results and analysis (PDF) (Report). House of Commons Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- Uberoi, Elise; Baker, Carl; Cracknell, Richard (19 December 2019). General Election 2019: results and analysis (PDF) (Report). House of Commons Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
External links
- Sleaford and North Hykeham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Sleaford and North Hykeham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Sleaford and North Hykeham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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