The non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 6 county constituencies.

Constituencies

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Boston and Skegness CC 69,381 25,621   Matt Warman†   Ben Cook‡
Gainsborough CC 76,343 22,967   Sir Edward Leigh†   Perry Smith‡
Grantham and Stamford CC 81,502 26,003   Gareth Davies†   Kathryn Salt‡
Lincoln BC 74,942 3,514   Karl McCartney†   Karen Lee‡
Louth and Horncastle CC 79,634 28,868   Victoria Atkins†   Ellie Green‡
Sleaford and North Hykeham CC 94,761 32,564   Dr Caroline Johnson†   Linda Edwards-Shea‡
South Holland and The Deepings CC 75,975 30,838   John Hayes†   Mark Popple‡

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
  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
Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
Proposed Revision
Proposed Revision

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.[3] 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. [4]

The following seats are 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

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]

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
Conservative 246,959 67.2% Increase5.6% 7 Increase1
Labour 76,583 20.8% Decrease7.7% 0 Decrease1
Liberal Democrats 28,389 7.7% Increase3.6% 0 0
Greens 6,815 1.9% Increase0.5% 0 0
Brexit 1,079 0.3% new 0 0
Others 7,614 2.1% Decrease2.3% 0 0
Total 367,439 100.0 7

Percentage votes

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
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
Conservative 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7
Labour 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Total 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

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
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
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
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
Holland with Boston / Boston and Skegness (1997) Body Simmonds Warman
Gainsborough and Horncastle / Gainsborough (1997) Leigh
Stamford and Spalding / Grantham and Stamford (1997) Lewis J. Davies → Boles → G. Davies
Lincoln Carlisle Merron McCartney Lee McCartney
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

Notes

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". paras 138-156. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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