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List of parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire

The non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire is divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 7 county constituencies.[nb 1]

The location of Lincolnshire in relation to England.

Constituencies

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Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Reform UK

Constituency[nb 2] Electorate[1] Majority[nb 3] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Boston and Skegness CC 75,811 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 72,315 8,793   Hamish Falconer‡   Karl McCartney†
 
Louth and Horncastle CC 76,880 5,506   Victoria Atkins†   Sean Matthews¤
 
Rutland and Stamford CC (part) 71,763 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¤
 

Boundary changes

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2024

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For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine 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, spanning all three counties. Consequently, Stamford was removed from the constituency of Grantham and Stamford, which was renamed Grantham and Bourne. [3]

Former name Boundaries 2010–2024 Current name Boundaries 2024–present
  1. Boston and Skegness CC
  2. Gainsborough CC
  3. Grantham and Stamford CC
  4. Lincoln BC
  5. Louth and Horncastle CC
  6. Sleaford and North Hykeham CC
  7. South Holland and The Deepings CC
 
Proposed Revision
  1. Boston and Skegness CC
  2. Gainsborough CC
  3. Grantham and Bourne CC
  4. Lincoln BC
  5. Louth and Horncastle CC
  6. Rutland and Stamford CC
  7. Sleaford and North Hykeham CC
  8. South Holland and The Deepings CC
 
Boundaries 2024–present

The following seats were proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Boston

Containing electoral wards from East Lyndsey

Containing electoral wards from Lincoln

Containing electoral wards from North Kesteven

Containing electoral wards from South Holland

Containing electoral wards from South Kesteven

Containing electoral wards from West Lyndsey

2010

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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 2010–2024
  1. Boston and Skegness CC
  2. Gainsborough CC
  3. Grantham and Stamford CC
  4. Lincoln BC
  5. Louth and Horncastle CC
  6. Sleaford and North Hykeham CC
  7. South Holland and The Deepings CC
 
Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
 
Proposed Revision

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]

2024

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Lincolnshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:[nb 4][2]

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Conservative 130,092 35.6%  31.6% 6  1
Labour 94,894 26.0%  5.2% 1  1
Reform 82,464 22.6%  22.3% 1  1
Liberal Democrats 23,808 6.5%  1.2% 0 0
Green 18,204 5.0%  3.1 0 0
Others 15,514 4.3%  2.2% 0 0
Total 364,976 100.0 8

2019

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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
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

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative 53.2 53.8 53.5 42.4 46.2 46.8 49.8 51.6 61.6 67.2 35.6
Labour 15.1 18.5 25.8 36.9 35.7 29.5 19.4 20.1 28.5 20.8 26.0
Reform1 – – – – – – – – – 0.3 22.6
Liberal Democrat2 31.4 27.4 19.8 17.5 16.1 17.4 20.2 4.7 4.1 7.7 6.5
Green Party – * * * * * 0.2 2.0 1.4 1.9 5.0
UKIP – – – * * * 4.7 19.4 3.5 * -
Other 0.3 0.4 0.9 3.1 1.9 6.3 5.8 2.2 0.9 2.1 4.3

1As the Brexit Party in 2019

21983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
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

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1885-1910

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1918-1945

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1950-1979

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1983-present

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Historical representation by party

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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

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  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
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

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  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
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

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  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
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

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  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Reform UK

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 07 2010 2015 16 2017 19 2019 2024
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

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Notes

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  1. ^ Rutland and Stamford is a cross-county boundary constituency, comprising electoral wards in Leicestershire and Rutland, as well as in Lincolnshire.
  2. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  3. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  4. ^ It should be acknowledged that Rutland and Stamford is a cross-county constituency between Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Rutland. As the results of UK general elections are not disclosed on sub-constituency levels, the following shares contain votes within the Leicestershire and Rutland areas of the Rutland and Stamford constituency.

References

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  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries for England - Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition - East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z – Election 2014". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". paras 138-156. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  4. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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