Holland with Boston was a
county constituency
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represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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from 1918 to 1997. It elected one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) by the
first past the post
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system of election.
History
The constituency was created in 1918 and abolished in 1997. By the time of its abolition, it was a safe
Conservative
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seat. However, Holland with Boston had been held by both the
Liberal
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* Social liberalism
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and
Labour
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parties before the
Second World War
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.
From 1885 to 1918 the
parliamentary borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
of
Boston
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returned one MP, while the
Lincolnshire
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county division
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Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituenc ...
of
Spalding, in the south-east of the historic county, elected another MP. In 1918 these two seats were merged to form this constituency.
When created in 1918 the constituency had the same boundaries as the traditional sub-division of the historic county known as the
Parts of Holland
The Parts of Holland is a historical division of Lincolnshire, England, encompassing the south-east of the county. The name is still recognised locally and survives in the district of South Holland.
Administration
Parts of Holland was one of th ...
, which had become an
administrative county
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in 1889.
In 1997 the constituency was abolished and replaced by two new constituencies,
Boston and Skegness and
South Holland and The Deepings
South Holland and The Deepings is a constituency 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 sh ...
.
Boundaries
1918–1974: The county of the
Parts of Holland
The Parts of Holland is a historical division of Lincolnshire, England, encompassing the south-east of the county. The name is still recognised locally and survives in the district of South Holland.
Administration
Parts of Holland was one of th ...
.
1974–1983: The
Municipal Borough of Boston, the
Urban District of Spalding, and the
Rural District
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s of
Boston
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,
East Elloe, and
Spalding.
1983–1997: The
Borough of Boston
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, and the
District of South Holland wards of Donington, Fleet, Gedney, Holbeach Hurn, Holbeach St John, Holbeach Town, Long Sutton, Moulton, Sutton Bridge, The Saints, and Whaplode.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
*Liberal National:
Herbert Butcher
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Butcher was the son of Frank Butcher. He was educated at Hasti ...
*Labour: E Kennedy
[Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939]
*
British Union
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: Sylvia Morris
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
See also
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
The non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire
is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 6 county constituencies.
Constituencies
2010 boundary changes
In the Fifth Review the Boundary Commission for Englan ...
*
1924 Holland with Boston by-election
The 1924 Holland with Boston by-election was a by-election held on 31 July 1924 for the British House of Commons constituency of Holland with Boston in Lincolnshire.
The by-election was caused by the death of the town's Labour Member of Parlia ...
*
1929 Holland with Boston by-election
The 1929 Holland with Boston by-election was a by-election held on 21 March 1929 for the House of Commons constituency of Holland with Boston in Lincolnshire.
The by-election was caused by the death of the Unionist Member of Parliament, Arthu ...
*
1937 Holland with Boston by-election
The 1937 Holland with Boston by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 24 June 1937 for the British House of Commons constituency of Holland with Boston.
Previous MP
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's National Liber ...
Notes and references
Sources
*http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk.htm ''Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain''
* ''Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
* ''British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium'', by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
* {{cite book , last=Craig , first=F. W. S. , author-link= F. W. S. Craig , title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 , orig-year=1969 , edition= 3rd , year=1983 , publisher= Parliamentary Research Services , location=Chichester , isbn= 0-900178-06-X
Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997
Parts of Holland