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
Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 8th Earl of Donoughmore Winchester, Groton School (Massachusetts) and at New College, Oxford graduating with a medical degree and later gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Lord Donoughmore's first wife was Sheila Parsons, daughter of Frank Parsons and Jean McNeal. From this marriage he has four children. Countess Sheila died in 1998 and Lord Donoughmore married Margaret Stonehouse in 2003. He lives in Oxfordshire. He is the father of the publisher Tim Hely Hutchinson and the painter Nicholas Hely Hutchinson. Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 8th Earl of Donoughmore Richard Michael John Hely Hutchinson, 8th Earl of Donoughmore (born