2007 and 2010 when the sitting Conservative MP, Quentin Davies defected to Labour, as well as 2019 when an MP, Nick Boles, left the Conservative Party. Workless claimants were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.8% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian. Local government The whole constituency lies within the area served by Lincolnshire County Council and South Kesteven District Council. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s See also List of parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire Stamford (UK Parliament list of constituencies) Notes References External links BBC Election 2010 GCSE results in the constituency Election Maps Ask Aristotle Statistical data at DEFRA Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997 South Kesteven District Politics of Grantham