Gainsborough | |
---|---|
County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Gainsborough in the East Midlands | |
County | Lincolnshire |
Electorate | 75,893 (June 2017) [1] |
Major settlements | Market Rasen and Gainsborough |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Gainsborough and Horncastle |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Lincolnshire |
Replaced by | Gainsborough and Horncastle and Boothferry [2] |
Gainsborough is a constituency [n 1] in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by Sir Edward Leigh, a Conservative. [n 2]
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 that year, which lasted until it was reformed as Gainsborough and Horncastle on a boundary change for the 1983 election. That seat lasted until 1997, as from the mid-1990s population changes led to removal of Horncastle from the seat and recreation of the old seat with largely similar boundaries.
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Lincoln, the Sessional Divisions of Epworth, Gainsborough, Lincoln, and the parish of Bracebridge.
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Crowle and Gainsborough, and the Rural Districts of Gainsborough, Isle of Axholme, and Welton.
1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Gainsborough and Market Rasen, and the Rural Districts of Caistor, Gainsborough, Isle of Axholme, and Welton.
Constituency was abolished in 1983 and re-established in 1997
1997–2010: The District of West Lindsey, and the District of East Lindsey wards of Binbrook and Wragby.
2010–2024: The District of West Lindsey, and the District of East Lindsey ward of Wragby.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the composition of the constituency from the 2024 general election became coterminous with the District of West Lindsey. [3]
This constituency is named for its largest town of Gainsborough, on the western edge of the constituency.
This relatively vast rural seat north of Lincoln is named after the small market town at its western boundary. Regeneration projects are attempting to reduce pockets of severe deprivation in the constituency, but most of the area is affluent, albeit remote from many major cities; the closest conurbation is the city of Lincoln to the immediate south. Scunthorpe and Grimsby are both close enough to the northern edge of the constituency to be significant to residents. Though arable farming dominates the landscape and noteworthy pig farming industry (see Lincolnshire sausages), agriculture is in decline and the service/creative sector dominates. [4] The seat has elected Conservative MPs since 1924 and is a stronghold, as well as giving its MPs very long tenures, having been represented by only three people since 1924.
North Lincolnshire prior to 1885
Gainsborough and Horncastle prior to 1997
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Sir Edward Leigh | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Leigh [5] | ||||
Labour | Jess McGuire [6] | ||||
SDP | Tim Mellors [7] | ||||
Reform UK | Pat O'Connor [8] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Rollings [9] | ||||
Green | Vanessa Smith [10] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Leigh | 33,893 | 66.4 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Perry Smith | 10,926 | 21.4 | −7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Rollings | 5,157 | 10.1 | +3.0 | |
Independent | Mary Cavill | 1,070 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 22,967 | 45.0 | +11.9 | ||
Turnout | 51,046 | 66.9 | −1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.95 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Leigh | 31,790 | 61.8 | +9.1 | |
Labour | Catherine Tite | 14,767 | 28.7 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Rollings | 3,630 | 7.1 | +0.4 | |
Green | Victoria Pearson | 1,238 | 2.4 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 17,023 | 33.1 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 51,575 | 68.0 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.85 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Leigh | 25,949 | 52.7 | +3.4 | |
Labour | David Prescott | 10,500 | 21.3 | +5.7 | |
UKIP | John Saxon [15] | 7,727 | 15.7 | +11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Rollings | 3,290 | 6.7 | −21.1 | |
Green | Geoff Barnes | 1,290 | 2.6 | New | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Chris Darcel | 505 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 15,449 | 31.4 | +9.9 | ||
Turnout | 48,261 | 67.3 | −1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.15 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Leigh | 24,266 | 49.3 | +5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pat O'Connor | 13,707 | 27.8 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Jamie McMahon | 7,701 | 15.6 | −10.5 | |
UKIP | Steven Pearson | 2,065 | 4.2 | +0.1 | |
BNP | Malcolm Porter | 1,512 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 10,559 | 21.5 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 49,251 | 68.3 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Leigh | 20,040 | 43.9 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Heath | 12,037 | 26.4 | −0.3 | |
Labour | John Knight | 11,744 | 25.7 | -1.4 | |
UKIP | Steven Pearson | 1,860 | 4.1 | New | |
Majority | 8,003 | 17.5 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 45,681 | 64.6 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Leigh | 19,555 | 46.2 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Alan Rhodes | 11,484 | 27.1 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Taylor | 11,280 | 26.7 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 8,071 | 19.1 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,319 | 64.2 | −10.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Leigh | 20,593 | 43.1 | ||
Labour | Paul Taylor | 13,767 | 28.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Neil Taylor | 13,436 | 28.1 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 6,826 | 14.3 | |||
Turnout | 47,796 | 74.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Bennett | 4,955 | 56.3 | ||
Conservative | Charles Alexander Sim | 3,850 | 43.7 | ||
Majority | 1,105 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 8,805 | 79.3 | |||
Registered electors | 11,107 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Eyre | 4,123 | 50.5 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | Joseph Bennett | 4,038 | 49.5 | -6.8 | |
Majority | 85 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,161 | 73.5 | -5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,107 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Bennett | 4,945 | 55.1 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Henry Eyre | 4,037 | 44.9 | -5.6 | |
Majority | 908 | 10.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,982 | 77.8 | +4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,546 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Emerson Bainbridge | 5,077 | 54.1 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | Edward Pearson | 4,301 | 45.9 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 776 | 8.2 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,378 | 71.8 | -6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 13,057 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Seymour Fitzroy Ormsby-Gore | 4,661 | 50.2 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Emerson Bainbridge | 4,624 | 49.8 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 37 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,285 | 75.3 | +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 12,328 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Leslie Renton | 5,922 | 53.9 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Algernon Moreing | 5,071 | 46.1 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 851 | 7.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,993 | 88.9 | +13.6 | ||
Registered electors | 12,370 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Jackson Bentham | 6,178 | 52.2 | -1.7 | |
Conservative | Robert Henderson | 5,663 | 47.8 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 515 | 4.4 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,841 | 89.9 | +1.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Jackson Bentham | 5,825 | 50.3 | -1.9 | |
Conservative | Archibald Weigall | 5,745 | 49.7 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 80 | 0.6 | -3.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,570 | 87.9 | -2.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.9 | |||
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | John Molson | 8,634 | 56.8 | +7.1 |
Liberal | George Jackson Bentham | 6,556 | 43.2 | −7.1 | |
Majority | 2,078 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,190 | 55.2 | −32.7 | ||
Registered electors | 27,503 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.1 | |||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Molson | 9,015 | 42.7 | −14.1 | |
Liberal | Joel Seaverns | 7,216 | 34.2 | −9.0 | |
Labour | James Read | 4,884 | 23.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,799 | 8.5 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 21,115 | 77.6 | +22.4 | ||
Registered electors | 27,219 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 9,694 | 47.1 | +12.9 | |
Unionist | John Molson | 7,841 | 38.1 | −4.6 | |
Labour | James Read | 3,039 | 14.8 | −8.3 | |
Majority | 1,853 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,574 | 75.4 | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 27,294 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | 8.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Harry Crookshank | 10,281 | 47.1 | +9.0 | |
Labour | F J Knowles | 5,958 | 27.3 | +12.5 | |
Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 5,590 | 25.6 | −21.5 | |
Majority | 4,323 | 19.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,829 | 79.0 | +3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 27,619 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | −1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Harry Crookshank | 10,058 | 37.1 | −10.0 | |
Liberal | Arthur Neal | 9,991 | 36.9 | +11.3 | |
Labour | George Deer | 7,032 | 26.0 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 67 | 0.2 | −19.6 | ||
Turnout | 27,081 | 79.7 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 33,977 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −10.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Crookshank | 14,839 | 51.7 | +14.6 | |
Liberal | Henry Purchase | 8,009 | 27.9 | -9.0 | |
Labour | George Deer | 5,856 | 20.4 | -5.6 | |
Majority | 6,830 | 23.8 | +23.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,704 | 83.2 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Crookshank | 12,597 | 44.8 | -6.9 | |
Liberal | John Johnson Till Ferens | 10,840 | 38.5 | +10.6 | |
Labour | E Pittwood | 4,698 | 16.7 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 1,757 | 6.3 | -17.5 | ||
Turnout | 28,135 | 80.4 | -2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1939–40:
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Crookshank | 11,081 | 38.5 | -6.3 | |
Labour | Gerald Samson Saville | 9,436 | 32.8 | +16.1 | |
Liberal | Roy Desmond Robinson | 8,284 | 28.8 | -9.7 | |
Majority | 1,645 | 5.7 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,801 | 75.2 | -5.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Crookshank | 17,066 | 41.4 | ||
Labour | Gerald Samson Saville | 14,890 | 36.1 | ||
Liberal | Henry Ivan Spence | 9,276 | 22.5 | ||
Majority | 2,176 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 41,232 | 83.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Crookshank | 19,915 | 49.1 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Gordon RS Hawkins | 16,074 | 39.6 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | John Gregory | 4,580 | 11.3 | -11.2 | |
Majority | 3,841 | 9.5 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 40,569 | 80.1 | -3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Crookshank | 22,576 | 55.8 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Gordon RS Hawkins | 17,107 | 44.2 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 4,469 | 11.6 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,683 | 76.8 | -3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Kimball | 12,836 | 40.8 | -15.0 | |
Labour | Henry Walston | 11,830 | 37.6 | -6.6 | |
Liberal | Henry Ivan Spence | 6,806 | 21.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,006 | 3.2 | -8.4 | ||
Turnout | 31,472 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Kimball | 20,056 | 49.6 | -6.2 | |
Labour | Henry Walston | 13,247 | 32.8 | -11.4 | |
Liberal | Roy Douglas | 7,147 | 17.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,809 | 16.8 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 40,450 | 80.8 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Kimball | 19,235 | 47.7 | -1.9 | |
Labour | Douglas Poirier | 12,126 | 30.1 | -2.7 | |
Liberal | Roy Douglas | 8,930 | 22.2 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 7,109 | 17.6 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,291 | 78.2 | -2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Kimball | 18,770 | 47.2 | -0.5 | |
Labour | Alan Day | 14,904 | 37.5 | +7.4 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey R S Stevenson | 6,064 | 15.3 | -6.9 | |
Majority | 3,866 | 9.7 | -7.9 | ||
Turnout | 39,738 | 75.8 | -2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.95 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Kimball | 22,163 | 50.2 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Maurice P Tracy | 14,454 | 32.7 | -4.8 | |
Liberal | Roger Blackmore | 7,543 | 17.1 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 7,709 | 17.5 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,163 | 74.6 | -1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Kimball | 22,177 | 44.2 | -6.0 | |
Liberal | Roger Blackmore | 15,967 | 31.8 | +14.7 | |
Labour | Terry J Lansbury | 12,011 | 24.0 | -8.7 | |
Majority | 6,210 | 12.4 | -5.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,155 | 82.0 | +7.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Kimball | 19,163 | 41.5 | -2.7 | |
Liberal | Roger Blackmore | 15,195 | 32.9 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Terry J Lansbury | 11,797 | 25.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 3,968 | 8.6 | -3.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,155 | 74.8 | -7.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Kimball | 24,040 | 46.4 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Roger Blackmore | 16,885 | 32.6 | -0.3 | |
Labour | Willy Bach | 10,335 | 20.0 | -5.6 | |
Ind. Conservative | R E August | 570 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 7,155 | 13.8 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 51,830 | 79.0 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
For 1983 - 1992, see Gainsborough and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh South is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament created in 1885. The constituency has been held by Scottish Labour since 1987, being represented by Ian Murray since 2010. Murray was the only Labour MP in Scotland to retain his seat at the 2015 and 2019 general elections and this is one of only three seats never held by the Scottish National Party (SNP).
Don Valley is a constituency in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Nick Fletcher of the Conservative Party.
Scunthorpe is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Holly Mumby-Croft, a member of the Conservative Party, when she gained the seat from the Labour Party.
Sevenoaks is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Laura Trott, a Conservative who has served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury since 13 November 2023. The seat was previously held by Michael Fallon, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 2014 to 2017.
East Renfrewshire is a constituency of the House of Commons, to the south of Glasgow, Scotland. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post system of voting.
Chorley is a constituency in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Lindsay Hoyle. Hoyle was originally elected for the Labour Party, but in 2019 became the Speaker, making him unaffiliated.
High Peak is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Robert Largan, a Conservative.
Barrow and Furness, formerly known as Barrow-in-Furness, is a constituency in Cumbria which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Simon Fell of the Conservative Party since 2019.
Liverpool, Walton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Dan Carden of the Labour Party. Carden won the highest percentage share of the vote in June 2017 of 650 constituencies, 85.7%. It is the safest Labour seat in the United Kingdom, and the safest seat in the country having been won by 85% of the vote in the most recent election in 2019.
Eastbourne is a constituency for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was created as one of nine in Sussex in 1885, since when it has reduced in geographic size reflecting the growth of its main settlement, Eastbourne.
Cleethorpes is a constituency created in 1997, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Martin Vickers of the Conservative Party.
Brigg and Goole was a constituency in Yorkshire and LincolnshireIt existed from 1997 to 2024.
Lincoln is a constituency in Lincolnshire, England represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Karl McCartney, a Conservative Party politician.
Louth and Horncastle is a constituency in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Victoria Atkins, a Conservative.
Bassetlaw is a parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2019 general election by Brendan Clarke-Smith, a Conservative. Before that election, the seat had been part of the so-called "red wall", being held by the Labour Party since 1935.
Nuneaton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Marcus Jones, a Conservative. Since 1997, the seat has been seen as an important national bellwether.
Mid Norfolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by George Freeman, a Conservative.
Louth was a county constituency in Lincolnshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.