Stamford (UK Parliament list of constituencies)
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The town of Stamford, Lincolnshire
has been part of a variety of parliamentary constituencies down the years, as a result of boundary changes.
Stamfordian property owners who were eligible to vote - men who met the forty shillings requirement (Forty Shilling Freeholder Act) also had the franchise for the county MPs.
Those who owned property in other places might have had additional votes, as would graduates of the universities.
Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford is a town and civil parish within the South Kesteven district of the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately to the north of London, on the east side of the A1 road to York and Edinburgh and on the River Welland...
has been part of a variety of parliamentary constituencies down the years, as a result of boundary changes.
- Stamford and Grantham 1997–present, under consideration for re-drawing
- Stamford and SpaldingStamford and Spalding (UK Parliament constituency)Stamford and Spalding was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
1983 - 1997 - Rutland and StamfordRutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)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, using the first-past-the-post voting system.The...
1918–1983 - Stamford (or South Kesteven) division of LincolnshireStamford (UK Parliament constituency)Stamford was a constituency in the county of Lincolnshire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918...
1885–1918 - StamfordStamford (UK Parliament constituency)Stamford was a constituency in the county of Lincolnshire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918...
1295–1307 and 1467–1885
Stamfordian property owners who were eligible to vote - men who met the forty shillings requirement (Forty Shilling Freeholder Act) also had the franchise for the county MPs.
- LincolnshireLincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)Lincolnshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1290 until 1832.-History:...
1290–1832 - South LincolnshireSouth Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)South Lincolnshire, formally called the Southern Division of Lincolnshire or Parts of Kesteven and Holland, was a county constituency in Lincolnshire...
1832-1835
Those who owned property in other places might have had additional votes, as would graduates of the universities.