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Boston and Skegness is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United
Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the
first past the post system of election.
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.
Following a Boundary
Commission review in 2001, the constituency boundaries will change at the
2010 general
election, bringing in the two rural wards of Stickey and Croft
from Louth and
Horncastle.
History
Boston and Skegness was created in 1997, from parts of the
(then) Holland
with Boston and East Lindsey
constituencies. Parts of the more rural south were separated from
the former, to create
South Holland and The Deepings. It is a safe seat for the Conservative Party. Despite
this its first MP Sir Richard Body,
only held the seat at the 1997 general
election with a wafer thin majority, in part attributed to his
own popularity locally. This was due to him having previously been
the MP for the former county division of Holland
with Boston from 1966 to 1997.
After retiring from Parliament Body left the Conservatives and joined the UK Independence Party. UKIP came third in
Boston and Skegness in the 2005 election, with one of its strongest
showings in the country.
Body was succeeded by Mark Simmonds at the 2001 general
election. The seat remained a marginal between the
Conservatives and Labour Party until 2005, when Simmonds was
re-elected with a substantially increased majority. After his
re-election Simmonds was made Shadow Minister for International
Development, before being promoted to a Shadow Health Minister in
July 2007.
Members of
Parliament
Before 1997, see Holland
with Boston
Election
results
See also
References
Coordinates: 53°00′N 0°01′E / 53.00°N
0.02°E / 53.00;
0.02
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