Governance

Main article: Stamford (UK Parliament list of constituencies)

Stamford is part of the Parliamentary constituency of Grantham and Stamford. The incumbent Member of Parliament is the Conservative, Nick Boles.^[11]
Since April 1974 Stamford has been within the areas of Lincolnshire County (upper tier) and South Kesteven District Council (lower tier); previous to that it was part of Kesteven County Council. Stamford is in the East Midlands region.
Stamford has a town council.^[12] The arms of the town council are Per pale dexter side Gules three Lions passant guardant in pale Or and the sinister side chequy Or and Azure.^[13] The three lions are the English royal arms, the blue and gold chequers are the arms of the De Warenne family, who held the Manor in the 13th century.