The placeConstituency · East Midlands · Electorate 73,285 · 2023 boundaries

Grantham and Bourne.

Conservative and Unionist Party MP Gareth Davies holds the seat on 36.4% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentGareth Davies · Conservative and Unionist Party
CouncilsSouth Kesteven · North Kesteven
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001253
Electorate · 2024
73.3k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
36.4%
Conservative and Unionist Party · +9.7pp over Lab
Settlements
15
Largest: Grantham
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
17.7
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
2 Jun 2026

A steady Conservative loyalist, Davies has spent recent months fighting a very specific local battle: the proposed closure of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks in his constituency. He launched a public petition, wrote to ministers, and published a piece in January arguing the case on national security grounds rather than local sentiment -- framing the campaign around military readiness at a time of heightened geopolitical risk. He has also pushed for a community diagnostic centre in Bourne, building on an existing facility in Grantham that he credits with delivering over 100,000 tests, and called for the inheritance tax changes affecting family farms to be scrapped entirely.

In Parliament, Davies has voted with his party on every recorded occasion -- a 100% alignment rate -- and his 65% participation rate sits below the Commons average. His voting profile is consistently pro-business and anti-tax, with strong support for Lords scrutiny and parliamentary accountability; he backed the opposition motion to refer the Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment. His speeches cluster heavily around the economy, fiscal policy, and energy. He deviates from his Conservative colleagues most notably on armed forces welfare, sitting 31 percentage points above the party average -- a gap that maps directly onto his barracks campaign.

Davies has no current committee roles. Local news coverage over the past 90 days is high in volume but broadly neutral in tone, spanning crime, community, and transport issues rather than generating strongly positive or negative sentiment. His specialist interests appear to be economic and fiscal policy, with defence emerging as a secondary focus driven largely by constituency need. No rebel votes are on record.

36.4%
Con vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
21
Wards · 36 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.21 wards · 36 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Aveland Richard Dixon-Warren457South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Belmont(2 seats)Stooke · Gadd960South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Belvoir(2 seats)Bosworth · Leadenham1,692South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Bourne Austerby(3 seats)Baker · Fellows · Baker1,781South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Bourne East(2 seats)Knowles · Lane772South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Bourne West(2 seats)Kelly · Crawford1,229South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Grantham Arnoldfield(2 seats)Stokes · Martin978South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Grantham Barrowby Gate(2 seats)Knight · Whittington912South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Grantham Earlesfield(2 seats)Steptoe · Cunnington606South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Grantham Harrowby(2 seats)Noon · Selby994South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Grantham Springfield(2 seats)Manterfield · Shorrock665South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Grantham St Vincents(3 seats)Morgan · Jeal · Ellis1,437South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Grantham St Wulframs Matt Bailey361South Kesteven ConNov 2023
Heckington Rural Christine Collard425North Kesteven ConMar 2024
Helpringham Osbournby Russell Michael Jackson616North Kesteven ConMay 2023
Lincrest Sarah Joan Trotter564South Kesteven ConMay 2019
Loveden Heath Penny Milnes539South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Morton Sue Woolley416South Kesteven ConMay 2019
Peascliffe Ridgeway(2 seats)Stokes · Stephens1,058South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Toller Murray Frank Turner256South Kesteven ConMay 2023
Viking(2 seats)Wood · Wood1,992South Kesteven ConMay 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.15 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Grantham (44,617), with Bourne (17,989) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 99,274.

large-town 44,617town 27,337village 27,320

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Grantham44,617large town
Bourne17,989town
Rural & dispersed9,348town
Heckington3,634village
Morton (South Kesteven)2,999village
Billingborough2,643village
Showing 6 of 15·All 15 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate57.2%57.1%0%
Owner-occupied69.0%63.1%+9%
Private rented18.3%20.0%-8%
Social rented12.6%16.8%-25%

Ethnicity.

White95.6%
Asian2.0%
Black0.7%
Mixed1.3%
Other0.5%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.7% Female 51.3% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£26,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£35,800
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,785
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
54
36 primary · 7 secondary
GCSE pass
71.7%
Attainment 8: 52.7

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£300m
Taxpayers55,000
Median per taxpayer£2,520
Mean per taxpayer£5,460

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by South Kesteven and North Kesteven. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
17.7
-15% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
5.9
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
34% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences6.1
Anti-social behaviour3.6
Shoplifting2.1
Public order1.3
Criminal damage & arson1.3
Other theft0.8
Vehicle crime0.7

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Gareth DaviesWONCon16,77036.4
Vipul BecharLab12,27426.6
Mike RudkinRef9,39320.4
Anne GayferGrn2,5705.6
John VincentLD2,0274.4
Ian SelbyInd1,6423.6
Charmaine MorganInd1,2452.7
Alexander MitchellInd2040.4

Turnout 46,125

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission