Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)

Rutland and Stamford County constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Rutland and Stamford was a county constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and the county of Rutland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was succeeded by the Rutland and Melton and Stamford and Spalding constituencies.

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Election		Member	Party
	1918	Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby	Conservative
	1922	Charles Harvey Dixon	Conservative
	1923 by-election	Neville Woodford Smith-Carington	Conservative
	1933 by-election	Lord Willoughby de Eresby	Conservative
	1950	Sir Roger Conant	Conservative
	1959	Kenneth Lewis	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

In 1983 Rutland became part of the Rutland and Melton constituency along with Melton borough and part of Harborough district in Leicestershire.

General Election 1966: Rutland and Stamford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Lewis	17,991	53.4	-
	Labour	A V Butler	15,704	46.6	-
Majority			2,287	6.8	-
Turnout			33,695	-	-
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

General Election 1970: Rutland and Stamford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Lewis	22,803	60.1	-
	Labour	Henry Toch	15,136	39.9	-
Majority			7,667	20.2	-
Turnout			37,939	75.0	-
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

Electorate in 1970 = 50,636

General Election 1974: Rutland and Stamford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Lewis	19,101	46.2	-
	Labour	Malcolm Withers	12,111	29.3	-
	Liberal	David Howie	10,113	24.5	-
Majority			6,990	16.9	-
Turnout			41,325	72.0	-
	Conservative hold		Swing	-