| 2016 by-election | Caroline Johnson | Conservative{{Election box end}} 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 was held on 8 December and retained for the Conservatives by Caroline Johnson. In 2017 Johnson's 42,245 votes was the greatest tally for her party in that election.[8] The majority in percentage was surpassed by six candidates of the same party. The seat is overweight in electorate meaning each elector's potential vote counts for about 15% less than the smallest mainland seats and each potential vote has 24.4% of the potential effect as the remote seat covering Na h-Eileanan an Iar (the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides). A seat consisting of the latter seat multiplied by four times its electorate would, narrowly, be smaller than this seat's adult eligible voters (electorate). Elections Elections in the 2010s{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2017: Sleaford and North Hykeham [9] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Conservative Party (UK) | candidate = Caroline Johnson | votes = 42,245 | percentage = 64.2 | change = +8.0 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Labour Party (UK) | candidate = Jim Clarke | votes = 17,008 | percentage = 25.8 | change = +8.6 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Liberal Democrats (UK) | candidate = Ross Pepper | votes = 2,722 | percentage = 4.1 | change = −1.5 }}{{Election box candidate with party link | party = UK Independence Party | candidate = Sally Chadd | votes = 1,954 | percentage = 3.0 | change = −12.7 }}{{Election box candidate with party link | party = Green Party of England and Wales | candidate = Fiona McKenna | votes = 968 | percentage = 1.5 | change = +1.5 }}{{Election box candidate with party link | party = Independent politician | candidate = Paul Coyne | votes = 900 | percentage = 1.4 | change = +1.4 }}{{Election box majority| | votes = 25,237 | percentage = 38.4 | change = -0.5 }}{{Election box turnout| | votes = 65,797 | percentage = 72.4 | change = +2.2 }}{{Election box hold with party link| | winner = Conservative Party (UK) | swing = {{decrease}} 0.3 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=By-election 2016: Sleaford and North Hykeham[10][11][12][13] }}{{Election box candidate with party link | party = Conservative Party (UK) | candidate = Caroline Johnson | votes = 17,570 | percentage = 53.5 | change = −2.7 }}{{Election box candidate with party link | party = UK Independence Party | candidate = Victoria Ayling | votes = 4,426 | percentage = 13.5 | change = −2.2 }}{{Election box candidate with party link | party = Liberal Democrats (UK) | candidate = Ross Pepper | votes = 3,606 | percentage = 11.0 | change = +5.3 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Labour Party (UK) | candidate = Jim Clarke | votes = 3,363 | percentage = 10.2 | change = −7.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link | party = Lincolnshire Independents | candidate = Marianne Overton | votes = 2,892 | percentage = 8.8 | change = +3.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Independent politician | candidate = Sarah Stock | votes = 462 | percentage = 1.4 | change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party | candidate = The Iconic Arty-Pole | votes = 200 | percentage = 0.6 | change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate| | party = No description | candidate = Paul Coyne | votes = 186 | percentage = 0.6 | change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate| | party = No description | candidate = Mark Suffield | votes = 74 | percentage = 0.2 | change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link | party = Bus Pass Elvis Party | candidate = David Bishop | votes = 55 | percentage = 0.2 | change = N/A }}{{Election box majority| | votes = 13,144 | percentage = 40.0 | change = +1.1 }}{{Election box turnout| | votes = 32,893 | percentage = 37.1 | change = −33.1 }}{{Election box hold with party link| | winner = Conservative Party (UK) | swing = +0.2 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2015: Sleaford and North Hykeham[14][15] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Conservative Party (UK) | candidate = Stephen Phillips | votes = 34,805 | percentage = 56.2 | change = +4.6 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Labour Party (UK) | candidate = Jason Pandya-Wood | votes = 10,690 | percentage = 17.3 | change = +0.4 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = UKIP | candidate = Steven Hopkins | votes = 9,716 | percentage = 15.7 | change = +12.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Liberal Democrats (UK) | candidate = Matthew Holden | votes = 3,500 | percentage = 5.7 | change = -12.5 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Lincolnshire Independents | candidate = Marianne Overton | votes = 3,233 | percentage = 5.2 | change = -1.2 }}{{Election box majority| | votes = 24,115 | percentage = 38.9 | change = }}{{Election box turnout| | votes = 61,944 | percentage = 70.2 | change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| | winner = Conservative Party (UK) | swing = +2.1 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2010: Sleaford and North Hykeham[16][17] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Conservative Party (UK) | candidate = Stephen Phillips | votes = 30,719 | percentage = 51.6 | change = +1.0 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Liberal Democrats (UK) | candidate = David Harding-Price | votes = 10,814 | percentage = 18.2 | change = +0.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Labour Party (UK) | candidate = James Normington | votes = 10,051 | percentage = 16.9 | change = -9.5 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Lincolnshire Independents | candidate = Marianne Overton [18] | votes = 3,806 | percentage = 6.4 | change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = United Kingdom Independence Party | candidate = Roger Doughty | votes = 2,163 | percentage = 3.6 | change = -1.3 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = British National Party | candidate = Mike Clayton[19] | votes = 1,977 | percentage = 3.3 | change = N/A }}{{Election box majority| | votes = 19,905 | percentage = 33.4 | change = }}{{Election box turnout| | votes = 59,530 | percentage = 69.6 | change = +2.8 }}{{Election box hold with party link| | winner = Conservative Party (UK) | swing = +0.45 }}{{Election box end}}Elections in the 2000s{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2005: Sleaford and North Hykeham}}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Conservative Party (UK) | candidate = Douglas Hogg | votes = 26,855 | percentage = 50.3 | change = +0.6 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Labour Party (UK) | candidate = Katrina Bull | votes = 14,150 | percentage = 26.5 | change = −5.5 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Liberal Democrats (UK) | candidate = David Harding-Price | votes = 9,710 | percentage = 18.2 | change = +2.0 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = United Kingdom Independence Party | candidate = Guy Croft | votes = 2,682 | percentage = 5.0 | change = +2.8 }}{{Election box majority| | votes = 12,705 | percentage = 23.8 | change = }}{{Election box turnout| | votes = 53,397 | percentage = 66.8 | change = +1.9 }}{{Election box hold with party link| | winner = Conservative Party (UK) | swing = +3.05 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2001: Sleaford and North Hykeham}}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Conservative Party (UK) | candidate = Douglas Hogg | votes = 24,190 | percentage = 49.7 | change = +5.7 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Labour Party (UK) | candidate = Elizabeth Donnelly | votes = 15,568 | percentage = 32.0 | change = -2.3 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Liberal Democrats (UK) | candidate = Robert Arbon | votes = 7,894 | percentage = 16.2 | change = +1.0 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = United Kingdom Independence Party | candidate = Michael Ward-Barrow | votes = 1,067 | percentage = 2.2 | change = N/A }}{{Election box majority| | votes = 8,622 | percentage = 17.7 | change = }}{{Election box turnout| | votes = 48,719 | percentage = 64.9 | change = -9.3 }}{{Election box hold with party link| | winner = Conservative Party (UK) | swing = +4.0 }}{{Election box end}}Elections in the 1990s{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1997: Sleaford and North Hykeham}}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Conservative Party (UK) | candidate = Douglas Hogg | votes = 23,358 | percentage = 43.9 | change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Labour Party (UK) | candidate = Sean Hariss | votes = 18,235 | percentage = 34.3 | change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Liberal Democrats (UK) | candidate = John Marriott | votes = 8,063 | percentage = 15.2 | change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Referendum Party | candidate = Peter Clery | votes = 2,942 | percentage = 5.5 | change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate| | party = Independent Conservative | candidate = Richard Overton | votes = 578 | percentage = 1.1 | change = N/A }}{{Election box majority| | votes = 5,123 | percentage = 9.6 | change = N/A }}{{Election box turnout| | votes = | percentage = 74.4 | change = N/A }}{{Election box new seat win| | winner = Conservative Party (UK) | swing = N/A }}{{Election box end}} See also - List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
Notes and references- Notes
1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm|title=Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England|date=4 March 2011|work=2011 Electorate Figures|publisher=Boundary Commission for England|accessdate=13 March 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106204053/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm|archivedate=6 November 2010|df=}} 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. ^{{cite web | title = Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in the County of Lincolnshire | publisher = Boundary Commission for England | date = 14 November 2001 | url = http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/downloads/Lincs_PR_NR.pdf | archiveurl = http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100221151902/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/downloads/Lincs_FR_NR.doc | archivedate = 21 February 2010 | format = PDF | accessdate = 12 December 2010 }} 5. ^{{Rayment-hc|s|3|date=March 2012}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Douglas Hogg becomes first politician to step down over expenses|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/may/19/douglas-hogg-mps-expenses|accessdate=5 November 2016|work=The Guardian|date=19 May 2009}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=BREAKING NEWS: Sleaford MP Steven Phillips resigns|url=http://www.louthleader.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-news-sleaford-mp-stephen-phillips-resigns-1-7663203|accessdate=5 November 2016|work=Louth Leader|date=4 November 2016}} 8. ^Results_of_the_United_Kingdom_general_election,_2017,_by_parliamentary_constituency 9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000929|title=Sleaford & North Hykeham parliamentary constituency - Election 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-06-07|language=en-GB}} 10. ^{{cite news|last1=Pidluznyj|first1=Stefan|title=First three candidates come forward for Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election|url=http://lincolnshirereporter.co.uk/2016/11/first-three-candidates-come-forward-sleaford-north-hykeham-election/|accessdate=10 November 2016|work=Lincolnshire Reporter|date=10 November 2016}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://lincolnshirereporter.co.uk/2016/11/first-three-candidates-come-forward-sleaford-north-hykeham-election/|title=First three candidates come forward for Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election|website=lincolnshirereporter.co.uk}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.markpack.org.uk/146292/lib-dems-select-ross-pepper-sleaford-north-hykeham-election/|title=Lib Dems select Ross Pepper for Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election|date=11 November 2016|publisher=}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lincsfm.co.uk/news/local-news/ukip-members-vying-for-chance-at-sleaford-and-north-hykeham-seat|title=UKIP members vying for chance at Sleaford and North Hykeham seat|publisher=}} 14. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=17 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archivedate=17 October 2015}} 15. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000929 |title=Sleaford and North Hykeham parliamentary constituency |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=8 May 2015}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/sleafordandnorthhykeham|title=UKPollingReport Election Guide 2010 » Sleaford and North Hykeham|website=ukpollingreport.co.uk}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e04.stm|title=UK > England > East Midlands > Sleaford & North Hykeham|date=7 May 2010|work=Election 2010|publisher=BBC|accessdate=12 May 2010}} 18. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/way-election-race-Hogg-s-successor/article-1910728-detail/article.html| title = Four-way election race to be Hogg's successor| date = 15 March 2010| work = Lincolnshire Echo| publisher =| location = Lincoln, United Kingdom| accessdate = 16 March 2010}} 19. ^{{cite web |url=http://bnp.org.uk/2010/03/1005-raised-as-north-kesteven-bnp-announces-another-two-candidates/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-03-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311233542/http://bnp.org.uk/2010/03/1005-raised-as-north-kesteven-bnp-announces-another-two-candidates/ |archivedate=2010-03-11 |df= }}
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