South Holland and The Deepings (UK Parliament constituency)

South Holland and The Deepings
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of South Holland and The Deepings in Lincolnshire
Location of Lincolnshire within England
County	Lincolnshire
Electorate	76,939 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Spalding, Holbeach, Long Sutton and The Deepings
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	John Hayes (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Holland with Boston, Stamford and Spalding

South Holland and The Deepings is a constituency in Lincolnshire 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 share of the vote than any constituency since 1970, with 69.9% of voters backing the party. South Holland also delivered the second-highest "Leave" vote in the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union (EU). 73.6% of voters endorsed the UK's withdrawal from the EU, second only to neighbouring Boston.^[2] At the 2019 general election, the Conservative majority was 62.7%, the highest of any Conservative in any constituency in any general election since Kensington South in 1955.^{[citation needed]} Hayes took 75.9% of the vote, the third highest for the Conservatives only after Castle Point in Essex and Boston and Skegness.