Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency) villages. The only other large settlement in the seat is the rapidly growing town of Bourne, situated at the west of the Lincolnshire Fens. Food processing and agriculture are the major industries. Politically, Grantham is associated with Margaret Thatcher, who was born and raised in the town. However, the town of Grantham itself probably has the biggest Labour Party support of the constituency. The rural part of the seat and the historical town of Stamford outweigh any Labour votes in Grantham, and it is normally a safe Conservative seat. The history of Conservative representation was briefly interrupted between 2007-10 when
Nicholas Thatcher He has written several hundred peer-reviewed papers in major scientific medical journals and has directed several PhD thesis. He is joint editor of the textbook, "New perspectives in lung cancer / edited by Nick Thatcher and Stephen Spiro.", 2nd ed, Edited by Martin Muers, Nicholas Thatcher, Francis Wells & Andrew Miles. London : BMJ Publishing, 1994. . His most cited papers, according to Google Scholar are: Though a professor of oncology he continued to smoke throughout his career stating that it gave him impetus to conduct research into lung cancer. Nicholas Thatcher Nicholas Thatcher is Professor of Oncology at the