South Holland and The Deepings

This is a largely rural seat with agriculture, bulb growing and food processing as the main economic activities. Incomes and house prices are below UK averages. ==Boundaries==

1997–2010: The District of South Holland, with the wards of Deeping St James, Market Deeping, West Deeping and Truesdale, which are all in the District of South Kesteven. The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Holland with Boston and Stamford and Spalding. It covers the area around Spalding. It corresponds to the local government District of South Holland, but with Market Deeping, Deeping St James and West Deeping added. 2010–present: The District of South Holland, with the District of South Kesteven wards of Deeping St James, and Market & West Deeping. In minor boundary changes that were put in place for the 2010 general election, parts of the two civil parishes of Baston and Langtoft, forming much of the Truesdale ward, were moved to the neighbouring constituency of Grantham and Stamford. This made Deeping St James, Market Deeping and West Deeping the only South Kesteven civil parishes to stay in the constituency, the remainder comprising South Holland District. The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies left the boundaries unchanged. ==History==

The last non-Conservative member for the predecessor main seat was Sir Herbert Butcher (served 1937–1966) who for much of that time was in the National Liberal Party set up in 1931. The member from 1966 until 1997 was Richard Body for the main contributor seat (in later years as MP, knighted), who had previously been an MP during the Eden government and the start of the Macmillan government for Billericay, and later wrote assertive books on agriculture and on the Common Agricultural Policy. In the 2017 general election, the seat returned the highest vote share for the Conservatives nationally at 69.9%. In the 2019 general election, it was an extremely safe Conservative seat. It had the largest percentage majority, third-largest absolute majority, and third-largest Conservative vote share of any seat held by the party; nationally the seat had the eleventh-largest percentage majority of any constituency. ==Members of Parliament==

Holland with Boston and Stamford & Spalding prior to 1997 ==Elections==

Elections in the 2020s Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s ==See also==