Boston and Skegness (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Boston and Skegness County constituency |
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| Boston and Skegness shown within Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Mark Simmonds |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Lincolnshire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Boston and Skegness is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Boundaries
Boston and Skegness shares a boundary with Louth and Horncastle to the north, Sleaford and North Hykeham to the west and South Holland and The Deepings to the south.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1966 – 2001: Sir Richard Body, Conservative
- 2001 – present: Mark Simmonds, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Boston and Skegness | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mark Simmonds | 19,329 | 46.4 | +3.5 | |
| Labour | Paul Kenny | 13,422 | 32.2 | −9.4 | |
| UK Independence | Richard Horsnell | 4,024 | 9.7 | +7.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Riley | 3,469 | 8.3 | −4.1 | |
| British National | Wendy Russell | 1,025 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Green | Marcus Petz | 420 | 1.0 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 5,907 | 14.2 | |||
| Turnout | 41,689 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 6.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Boston and Skegness | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mark Simmonds | 17,298 | 42.9 | +0.5 | |
| Labour | Elaine Bird | 16,783 | 41.6 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Duncan Moffatt | 4,994 | 12.4 | -4.2 | |
| UK Independence | Cyril Wakefield | 717 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Green | Mark Harrison | 521 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 515 | 1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 40,313 | 58.3 | -10.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Boston and Skegness | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Richard Body | 19,750 | 42.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | Philip McCauley | 19,103 | 41.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Dodsworth | 7,721 | 16.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 647 | N/A;; | |||
| Turnout | 68.9 | N/A | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in the East Midlands | |
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| Labour |
Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Bolsover | Broxtowe | Corby | Derby North | Derby South | Erewash | Gedling | High Peak | Leicester East | Leicester South | Leicester West | Lincoln | Loughborough | Mansfield | Northampton North | North East Derbyshire | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham East | Nottingham North | Nottingham South | Sherwood | South Derbyshire |
| Conservative |
Blaby | Boston and Skegness | Bosworth | Charnwood | Daventry | Gainsborough | Grantham and Stamford | Harborough | Kettering | Louth and Horncastle | Newark | Northampton South | Rushcliffe | Rutland and Melton | Sleaford and North Hykeham | South Holland and The Deepings | Wellingborough | West Derbyshire |
| Liberal Democrat | |
| East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
