List of parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
The non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 6 county constituencies.
Constituencies
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Reform UK
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate | Majority[nb 2] | Member of Parliament[1] | Nearest opposition[1] | Map | ||
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Boston and Skegness CC | 2,010 | Richard Tice¤ | Matt Warman† | ||||
Gainsborough CC | 75,836 | 3,532 | Sir Edward Leigh† | Jess McGuire‡ | |||
Grantham and Bourne CC | 73,285 | 4,496 | Gareth Davies† | Vipul Bechar‡ | |||
Lincoln BC | 8,793 | Hamish Falconer‡ | Karl McCartney† | ||||
Louth and Horncastle CC | 5,506 | Victoria Atkins† | Sean Matthews¤ | ||||
Rutland and Stamford CC (part) | 10,394 | Alicia Kearns† | Joe Wood‡ | ||||
Sleaford and North Hykeham CC | 75,651 | 4,346 | Dr Caroline Johnson† | Hanif Khan‡ | |||
South Holland and The Deepings CC | 78,473 | 6,856 | John Hayes† | Matthew Swainson¤ |
2010 boundary changes
In the Fifth Review the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Lincolnshire retained its current constituencies, with minor changes only to reflect revisions to local authority ward boundaries and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.
Name | Boundaries 1997–2010 | Boundaries 2010–present |
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Proposed boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[2] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final recommendations were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission has proposed including Lincolnshire with Leicestershire and Rutland in a sub-region of the East Midlands region, creating one additional seat by re-establishing the constituency of Rutland and Stamford, which spans all three counties. Consequently, that town is removed from the constituency of Grantham and Stamford, which is to be renamed Grantham and Bourne. [3]
The following seats are proposed:
Containing electoral wards from Boston
- Boston and Skegness (part)
Containing electoral wards from East Lyndsey
- Boston and Skegness (part)
- Louth and Horncastle
Containing electoral wards from Lincoln
- Lincoln (part)
Containing electoral wards from North Kesteven
- Grantham and Bourne (part)
- Lincoln (part)
- Sleaford and North Hykeham
Containing electoral wards from South Holland
- South Holland and The Deepings (part)
Containing electoral wards from South Kesteven
- Grantham and Bourne (part)
- Rutland and Stamford (also comprises the county of Rutland and parts of Harborough in Leicestershire)
- South Holland and The Deepings (part)
Containing electoral wards from West Lyndsey
- Gainsborough
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Lincolnshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 246,959 | 67.2% | 5.6% | 7 | 1 |
Labour | 76,583 | 20.8% | 7.7% | 0 | 1 |
Liberal Democrats | 28,389 | 7.7% | 3.6% | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 6,815 | 1.9% | 0.5% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 1,079 | 0.3% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 7,614 | 2.1% | 2.3% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 367,439 | 100.0 | 7 |
Percentage votes
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 53.2 | 53.8 | 53.5 | 42.4 | 46.2 | 46.8 | 49.8 | 51.6 | 61.6 | 67.2 |
Labour | 15.1 | 18.5 | 25.8 | 36.9 | 35.7 | 29.5 | 19.4 | 20.1 | 28.5 | 20.8 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 31.4 | 27.4 | 19.8 | 17.5 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 20.2 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 7.7 |
Green Party | – | * | * | * | * | * | 0.2 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
UKIP | – | – | – | * | * | * | 4.7 | 19.4 | 3.5 | * |
Brexit Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.3 |
Other | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
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Conservative | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps
1885-1910
- 1885
- 1886
- 1892
- 1895
- 1900
- 1906
- Jan 1910
- Dec 1910
1918-1945
- 1918
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1929
- 1931
- 1935
- 1945
1950-1979
- 1950
- 1951
- 1955
- 1959
- 1964
- 1966
- 1970
- Feb 1974
- Oct 1974
- 1979
1983-present
- 1983
- 1987
- 1992
- 1997
- 2001
- 2005
- 2010
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
- 2024
Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918
Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist
Constituency | 1885 | 86 | 1886 | 87 | 90 | 1892 | 93 | 94 | 1895 | 98 | 1900 | 1906 | 07 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 17 |
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Boston | Ingram | Farmer-Atkinson | Ingram | Garfit | Faber | Dixon | |||||||||||||
Brigg | Meysey-Thompson | → | Waddy | Richardson | Reckitt | Sheffield | Gelder | ||||||||||||
Gainsborough | Bennett | Eyre | Bennett | Bainbridge | Ormsby-Gore | Renton | → | Bentham | |||||||||||
Grantham | Mellor | Low | Lopes | Priestley | |||||||||||||||
Grimsby | Heneage | → | Josse | Heneage | Doughty | → | Wing | Doughty | → | Tickler | |||||||||
Horncastle | Stanhope | de Eresby | Weigall | ||||||||||||||||
Lincoln | Ruston | → | Kerans | Crosfield | Seely | Roberts | |||||||||||||
Louth | Otter | Heath | Perks | Brackenbury | Davies | ||||||||||||||
Sleaford | Chaplin | Lupton | Royds | ||||||||||||||||
Spalding | Finch-Hatton | Stewart | Pollock | Mansfield | McLaren | Peel | |||||||||||||
Stamford | Lawrance | Cust | Younger | Joicey-Cecil | Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby |
1918 to 1950
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931–68)
Constituency | 1918 | 20 | 21 | 1922 | 23 | 1923 | 24 | 1924 | 29 | 1929 | 31 | 1931 | 33 | 1935 | 37 | 42 | 1945 | 48 |
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Brigg | McLean | Sheffield | Quibell | Hunter | Quibell | Williamson | Mallalieu | |||||||||||
Gainsborough | Molson | Winfrey | Crookshank | |||||||||||||||
Grantham | Royds | R. Pattinson | Warrender | Kendall | ||||||||||||||
Grimsby | Tickler | Sutcliffe | Womersley | Younger | ||||||||||||||
Holland with Boston | Royce | Dean | Blindell | → | Butcher | |||||||||||||
Horncastle | Weigall | Hotchkin | S. Pattinson | Haslam | Maitland | |||||||||||||
Lincoln | Davies | Taylor | Liddall | Deer | ||||||||||||||
Louth | Brackenbury | T. Wintringham | M. Wintringham | Heneage | Osborne | |||||||||||||
Rutland and Stamford | Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | Dixon | Smith-Carington | de Eresby |
1950 to 1983
Conservative Labour Lincoln Democratic Labour National Liberal (1931–68)
Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 56 | 1959 | 62 | 1964 | 1966 | 69 | 1970 | 73 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 77 | 1979 |
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Brigg / Brigg and Scunthorpe (1974) | Mallalieu | Ellis | Brown | ||||||||||||
Gainsborough | Crookshank | Kimball | |||||||||||||
Grantham | Smith | Godber | Hogg | ||||||||||||
Grimsby | Younger | Crosland | Mitchell | ||||||||||||
Holland with Boston | Butcher | Body | |||||||||||||
Horncastle | Maitland | Tapsell | |||||||||||||
Lincoln | de Freitas | Taverne | → | Jackson | Carlisle | ||||||||||
Louth | Osborne | Archer | Brotherton | ||||||||||||
Rutland and Stamford | Conant | Lewis |
1983 to present
Conservative Independent Labour
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 07 | 2010 | 2015 | 16 | 2017 | 19 | 2019 | 2024 |
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Holland with Boston / Boston and Skegness (1997) | Body | Simmonds | Warman | Tice | ||||||||||
Gainsborough and Horncastle / Gainsborough (1997) | Leigh | |||||||||||||
Stamford & Spalding / Grantham & S. ('97) / G. & Bourne ('24) | Lewis | J. Davies | → | Boles | → | G. Davies | ||||||||
Lincoln | Carlisle | Merron | McCartney | Lee | McCartney | Falconer | ||||||||
East Lindsey / Louth and Horncastle (1997) | Tapsell | Atkins | ||||||||||||
Grantham / Sleaford and North Hykeham (1997) | Hogg | Phillips | Johnson | |||||||||||
South Holland and The Deepings | Hayes |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands (region)
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside for those covering North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire unitary authorities.
Notes
References
- ^ a b "Constituencies A-Z – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". paras 138-156. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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(cities in italics)
- Alford
- Barton-upon-Humber
- Boston
- Bottesford
- Bourne
- Brigg
- Broughton
- Burgh le Marsh
- Caistor
- Cleethorpes
- Crowland
- Crowle
- Epworth
- Gainsborough
- Grantham
- Grimsby
- Holbeach
- Horncastle
- Immingham
- Kirton in Lindsey
- Lincoln
- Long Sutton
- Louth
- Mablethorpe
- Market Deeping
- Market Rasen
- North Hykeham
- Scunthorpe
- Skegness
- Sleaford
- Spalding
- Spilsby
- Stamford
- Sutton-on-Sea
- Wainfleet All Saints
- Woodhall Spa
- Winterton
See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire
History and notable places: Belton House, Bolingbroke Castle, Boston Stump, Cadwell Park, Cross Keys Bridge, Crowland Abbey, Donna Nook, Dunham Bridge, Far Ings, Frampton Marsh, Freiston Shore, Gibraltar Point, Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre, Humber Bridge, Kinema in the Woods, Kingdom of Lindsey, Lincoln Castle,Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Cliff, Lincolnshire Fens, Market Rasen Racecourse, Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Tattershall Castle, The Wash, The Wolds, Usher Gallery, Winceby Battlefield, Woolsthorpe Manor