History
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| East Lindsey | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Lincolnshire |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| 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.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
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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.
| Election | Member [1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Peter Tapsell | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Tapsell | 27,151 | 53.22 | ||
| Liberal | Jonathan Sellick | 19,634 | 38.49 | ||
| Labour | Geoffrey Lowis | 4,229 | 8.29 | ||
| Majority | 7,517 | 14.73 | |||
| Turnout | 51,014 | 73.18 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Tapsell | 29,048 | 52.16 | ||
| Liberal | Jonathan Sellick | 20,432 | 36.69 | ||
| Labour | Kenneth Stevenson | 6,206 | 11.14 | ||
| Majority | 8,616 | 15.47 | |||
| Turnout | 55,686 | 75.22 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Tapsell | 31,916 | 51.1 | −1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Dodsworth | 20,070 | 32.1 | −4.6 | |
| Labour | David Shepherd | 9,477 | 15.2 | +4.1 | |
| Green | Rosemary Robinson | 1,018 | 1.6 | New | |
| Majority | 11,846 | 19.0 | +3.5 | ||
| Turnout | 62,481 | 78.1 | +2.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
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