Sleaford and North Hykeham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK constituency main 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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

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,[4][5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

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.Template:Sfn At the 2001 general election, the Conservatives increased their vote share by 5.7%, while the Labour Party's vote share decreased;Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn UKIP, a minor party, won 5% of the vote in the constituency (coming fourth), retaining its deposit.Template:Sfn 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.[8]

Hogg was replaced by fellow Conservative Stephen Phillips.Template:Sfn In 2010, he won a majority of 19,905 votes (33.4%); the Liberal Democrats came second.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn

2016 by-election

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Phillips stood down as an MP on 4 November 2016, owing to "irreconcilable differences" with the Government over the issue of Brexit.[9][10] This triggered a by-election within the constituency, which was held on 8 December;[11] Caroline Johnson retained the seat for the Conservatives with a large majority.[12]

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.Template:Sfn Johnson's 42,245 votes were the greatest tally for her party in that election.[13] 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.Template:Sfn

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[14] Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1997 Douglas Hogg Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2010 Stephen Phillips Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2016 by-election Caroline Johnson Conservative

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Elections

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Sleaford and north Hykeham election results 1997–2024

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Sleaford and North Hykeham [15]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Ben Jackson 10,484 21.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Oates 3,032 6.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Martin Blake 2,435 5.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Matthew Winnington 2,264 4.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 4,346 8.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 48,565 64.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 75,807 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2019: Sleaford and North Hykeham[16]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Linda Edwards-Shea 12,118 18.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Olly Craven 5,355 8.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Marianne Overton 1,999 3.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Simon Tooke 1,742 2.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Caroline Coram 657 1.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 32,565 48.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 66,554 70.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2017: Sleaford and North Hykeham[17]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Jim Clarke 17,008 25.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ross Pepper 2,722 4.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sally Chadd 1,954 3.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Fiona McKenna 968 1.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Paul Coyne 900 1.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 25,237 38.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 65,797 72.4 Script error: No such module "String".
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By-election 2016: Sleaford and North Hykeham[18][19][20][21]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Victoria Ayling 4,426 13.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ross Pepper 3,606 11.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jim Clarke 3,363 10.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Marianne Overton 2,892 8.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sarah Stock 462 1.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". The Iconic Arty-Pole 200 0.6 Script error: No such module "String".
No description Paul Coyne 186 0.6 Script error: No such module "String".
No description Mark Suffield 74 0.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Bishop 55 0.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 13,144 40.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 32,893 37.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2015: Sleaford and North Hykeham[22][23]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Jason Pandya-Wood 10,690 17.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Steven Hopkins 9,716 15.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Matthew Holden 3,500 5.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Marianne Overton 3,233 5.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 24,115 38.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 61,944 70.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2010: Sleaford and North Hykeham[24][25]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". David Harding-Price 10,814 18.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Normington 10,051 16.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Marianne Overton[26] 3,806 6.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Roger Doughty 2,163 3.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mike Clayton[27] 1,977 3.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 19,905 33.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 59,530 69.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Sleaford and North Hykeham[28]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Katrina Bull 14,150 26.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Harding-Price 9,710 18.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Guy Croft 2,682 5.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 12,705 23.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 53,397 66.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2001: Sleaford and North Hykeham[29]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Elizabeth Donnelly 15,568 32.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Arbon 7,894 16.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Michael Ward-Barrow 1,067 2.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 8,622 17.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 48,719 64.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Sleaford and North Hykeham[29]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Sean Hariss 18,235 34.3
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Marriott 8,063 15.2
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peter Clery 2,942 5.5
Independent Conservative Richard Overton 578 1.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 5,123 9.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 53,176 74.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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See also

References

Notes

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  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

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Citations

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Works cited

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External links

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