Sleaford and North Hykeham (UK Parliament constituency)

Sleaford and North Hykeham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sleaford and North Hykeham in Lincolnshire.
Location of Lincolnshire within England.
County	Lincolnshire
Electorate	85,561 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Sleaford, North Hykeham
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Vacant, Pending by-election
Number of members	One
Created from	Grantham, Lincoln
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Sleaford and North Hykeham, a constituency^{[n 1]} in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, has been vacant since 4 November 2016 following the resignation of the Conservative MP Stephen Phillips, owing to his disagreements with government policy.

Boundaries

1997-2010: The District of North Kesteven except the ward of Bracebridge Heath, and the District of South Kesteven wards of Ermine, Heath, Loveden, Saxonwell, and Witham Valley.

2010-present: 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.

The constituency covers the towns of Sleaford and North Hykeham and an area of rural Lincolnshire. 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.^[2] The inclusion of North Hykeham in the constituency title was criticised by 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.^[3]

Following another Boundary Commission review, the constituency boundaries with its neighbouring Lincoln borough constituency and Grantham and Stamford county constituency were changed for the 2010 general election.

Within the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire, Sleaford and North Hykeham is also served by Lincolnshire County Council for services such as roads and local authority education.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[5]	Party
	1997	Douglas Hogg	Conservative
	2010	Stephen Phillips	Conservative
	2016 by-election

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. He stood down at the 2010 general election owing to controversy over his expenses claims.^[6] He was replaced by fellow Conservative Stephen Phillips, who stood down as an MP on 4 November 2016, owing to "irreconcilable differences" with the Government, thus triggering a by-election within the constituency^[7] which is to be held on 8 December.

2016 by-election

Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, 2016^{[8][9][10][11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UKIP	Victoria Ayling
	Labour	Jim Clarke
	Monster Raving Loony	Peter Hill			N/A
	Conservative	Dr Caroline Johnson
	Liberal Democrat	Ross Pepper
	Independent	Mark Suffield			N/A
	Lincolnshire Independent	Marianne Overton MBE

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Sleaford and North Hykeham^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Phillips	34,805	56.2	+4.6
	Labour	Jason Pandya-Wood	10,690	17.3	+0.4
	UKIP	Steven Hopkins	9,716	15.7	+12.1
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Holden	3,500	5.7	-12.5
	Lincolnshire Independent	Marianne Overton	3,233	5.2	-1.2
Majority			24,115	38.9
Turnout			61,944	70.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

General Election 2010: Sleaford and North Hykeham^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Phillips	30,719	51.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	David Harding Price	10,814	18.2	+0.1
	Labour	James Normington	10,051	16.9	-9.5
	Lincolnshire Independent	Marianne Overton [16]	3,806	6.4	N/A
	UKIP	Roger Doughty	2,163	3.6	-1.3
	BNP	Mike Clayton[17]	1,977	3.3	N/A
Majority			19,905	33.4
Turnout			59,530	69.6	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.45

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Sleaford and North Hykeham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Douglas Hogg	26,855	50.3	+0.6
	Labour	Katrina Bull	14,150	26.5	−5.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Harding-Price	9,710	18.2	+2.0
	UKIP	Guy Croft	2,682	5.0	+2.8
Majority			12,705	23.8
Turnout			53,397	73.0	+8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.05

General Election 2001: Sleaford and North Hykeham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Douglas Hogg	24,190	49.7	+5.7
	Labour	Elizabeth Donnelly	15,568	32.0	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Arbon	7,894	16.2	+1.0
	UKIP	Michael Ward-Barrow	1,067	2.2	N/A
Majority			8,622	17.7
Turnout			48,719	64.9	-9.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Sleaford and North Hykeham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Douglas Hogg	23,358	43.9	N/A
	Labour	Sean Hariss	18,235	34.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	John Marriott	8,063	15.2	N/A
	Referendum	Peter Clery	2,942	5.5	N/A
	Independent Conservative	Richard Overton	578	1.1	N/A
Majority			5,123	9.6	N/A
Turnout				74.4	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire

Notes and references

Notes

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

References

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. Boundary Commission for England, Fourth Periodic Report, Lincolnshire section, 1995
3. Almanac of British Politics (fifth edition), Sleaford and North Hykeham constituency section, 1995
4. "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in the County of Lincolnshire". Boundary Commission for England. 14 November 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
6. "Douglas Hogg becomes first politician to step down over expenses". The Guardian. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
7. "BREAKING NEWS: Sleaford MP Steven Phillips resigns". Louth Leader. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
8. Pidluznyj, Stefan (10 November 2016). "First three candidates come forward for Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election". Lincolnshire Reporter. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
9. http://lincolnshirereporter.co.uk/2016/11/first-three-candidates-come-forward-sleaford-north-hykeham-election/
10. http://www.markpack.org.uk/146292/lib-dems-select-ross-pepper-sleaford-north-hykeham-election/
11. http://www.lincsfm.co.uk/news/local-news/ukip-members-vying-for-chance-at-sleaford-and-north-hykeham-seat
12. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
13. "Sleaford and North Hykeham parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
14. http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/sleafordandnorthhykeham
15. "UK > England > East Midlands > Sleaford & North Hykeham". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
16. "Four-way election race to be Hogg's successor". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln, United Kingdom. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
17. http://bnp.org.uk/2010/03/1005-raised-as-north-kesteven-bnp-announces-another-two-candidates/

Coordinates: 53°03′N 0°30′W / 53.05°N 0.50°W