Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)

Rutland and Stamford is a county constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, the county of Rutland and also parts of rural Leicestershire making it a very unusual parliamentary constituency as it spans three counties. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, using the first-past-the-post voting system.

History
The constituency was originally 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.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election.

Historic
1918–1950: The administrative county of Rutland, the Municipal Borough of Stamford, the Urban District of Bourne, the Rural Districts of Bourne and Uffington, and part of the Rural District of Grantham.

1950–1983: The administrative county of Rutland, the Municipal Borough of Stamford, the Urban District of Bourne, the Rural District of South Kesteven, and parts of the Rural Districts of East Kesteven and West Kesteven.

Current
The re-established constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):


 * The District of Harborough wards of: Billesdon & Tilton; Nevill; Thurnby & Houghton.
 * The District of Rutland.
 * The District of South Kesteven wards of: Casewick; Castle; Dole Wood; Glen; Isaac Newton; Stamford All Saints; Stamford St. George’s; Stamford St. John’s; Stamford St. Mary’s.

It includes the following areas:
 * The County of Rutland and the parts of Harborough District, including Thurnby, from the abolished constituency of Rutland and Melton
 * The town of Stamford and surrounding areas from Grantham and Stamford, which has been largely replaced by Grantham and Bourne.

MPs 1918–1973
Rutland and Stamford prior to 1918

In 1983 Rutland became part of the Rutland and Melton constituency along with Melton borough and part of Harborough District in Leicestershire.

MPs since 2024
Rutland & Melton and Grantham & Stamford prior to 2024

Elections in the 2020s
Reform UK removed Ginny Ball as their candidate in March 2024 after "exposure of a range of racist comments on her social media feed".

Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939–40 Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
 * Conservative: James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
 * Labour: Arnold William Gray