East Lindsey (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Lindsey
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County Lincolnshire
19831997
SeatsOne
Created from Horncastle and Louth
Replaced by Louth and Horncastle

East Lindsey was a county constituency based on the East Lindsey local government district of Lincolnshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

History

Boundaries

The District of East Lindsey wards of Alford, Burgh-le-Marsh, Chapel St Leonards, Coningsby, Fotherby, Friskney, Frithville, Grimoldby, Halton Holegate, Hogsthorpe, Holton-le-Clay, Hundleby, Ingoldmells, Legbourne, Mablethorpe, Mareham-le-Fen, Marshchapel, New Leake, North Holme, North Somercotes, North Thoresby, Partney, Priory, St Clements, St James, St Margarets, St Marys, St Michaels, Scarbrough, Seacroft, Sibsey, Spilsby, Sutton and Trusthorpe, Tattershall, Tetford, Tetney, Theddlethorpe St Helen, Trinity, Wainfleet, Willoughby with Sloothby, Winthorpe, and Withern with Stain.

The seaside resort of Skegness and the market town of Spilsby were included in the constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
1983 Peter Tapsell Conservative
1997 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: East Lindsey [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Tapsell 27,151 53.22
Liberal Jonathan Sellick19,63438.49
Labour Geoffrey Lowis4,2298.29
Majority 7,51714.73
Turnout 51,01473.18
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1987: East Lindsey [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Tapsell 29,048 52.16
Liberal Jonathan Sellick20,43236.69
Labour Kenneth Stevenson6,20611.14
Majority 8,61615.47
Turnout 55,68675.22
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: East Lindsey [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Tapsell 31,916 51.1 −1.1
Liberal Democrats James Dodsworth20,07032.1−4.6
Labour David Shepherd9,47715.2+4.1
Green Rosemary Robinson1,0181.6New
Majority 11,84619.0+3.5
Turnout 62,48178.1+2.9
Conservative hold Swing +1.7

Notes and references

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
  2. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. "Election 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.