South Holland and The Deepings | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lincolnshire |
Electorate | 76,139 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Spalding, Holbeach, Long Sutton and The Deepings |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Sir John Hayes (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Holland with Boston, Stamford and Spalding |
South Holland and The Deepings is a constituency in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by John Hayes, a Conservative.
At the 2017 general election, the constituency recorded a higher Conservative share of the vote than any constituency since 1970, with 69.9% of voters backing the party. South Holland also delivered the second-highest "Leave" vote in the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union (EU). 73.6% of voters endorsed the UK's withdrawal from the EU, second only to neighbouring Boston.[2] At the 2019 general election, the Conservative majority was 62.7%, the highest of any Conservative in any constituency in any general election since Kensington South in 1955.[citation needed] Hayes took 75.9% of the vote, the third highest for the Conservatives only after Castle Point in Essex and Boston and Skegness.