South Holland and The Deepings (UK Parliament constituency)

South Holland and The Deepings
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2010
Map of constituency
Boundary of South Holland and The Deepings in the East Midlands
CountyLincolnshire
Electorate76,139 (2023)[1]
Major settlementsSpalding, Holbeach, Long Sutton and The Deepings
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentSir John Hayes (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromHolland 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.

  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ "EU referendum: The result in maps and charts". BBC News. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.