Grantham and Stamford was a constituency[n 1] in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1997 to 2024.

Grantham and Stamford are at the extreme north and south of the seat, with a large swathe of agricultural countryside between them, dotted with small rural villages.

The only other large settlement in the seat is the rapidly growing town of Bourne, situated at the west of the Lincolnshire Fens.

[4] Politically, Grantham is associated with former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who was born and raised in the town.

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.