Louth and Horncastle | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lincolnshire |
Electorate | 79,007 (May 2017) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Victoria Atkins (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | East Lindsey |
Louth and Horncastle is a constituency [n 1] in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Victoria Atkins, a Conservative. [n 2]
1997–2010: The District of East Lindsey wards of Alford, Chapel St Leonards, Coningsby, Donington on Bain, Fotherby, Grimoldby, Halton Holegate, Hogsthorpe, Holton le Clay, Horncastle, Hundleby, Legbourne, Mablethorpe, Mareham le Fen, Marshchapel, New Leake, North Holme, North Somercotes, North Thoresby, Partney, Priory, Roughton, St James', St Margaret's, St Mary's, St Michael's, Spilsby, Sutton and Trusthorpe, Tattershall, Tetford, Tetney, Theddlethorpe St Helen, Trinity, Willoughby with Sloothby, Withern with Stain, and Woodhall Spa.
2010–present: The District of East Lindsey wards of Alford, Binbrook, Chapel St Leonards, Coningsby and Tattershall, Grimoldby, Halton Holegate, Holton le Clay, Horncastle, Hundleby, Legbourne, Ludford, Mablethorpe Central, Mablethorpe East, Mablethorpe North, Mareham le Fen, Marshchapel, North Holme, North Somercotes, North Thoresby, Priory, Roughton, St James', St Margaret's, St Mary's, St Michael's, Skidbrooke with Saltfleet Haven, Spilsby, Sutton on Sea North, Sutton on Sea South, Tetford, Tetney, Trinity, Trusthorpe and Mablethorpe South, Willoughby with Sloothby, Withern with Stain, and Woodhall Spa.
From 1885 to 1983, Louth and Horncastle both existed as separate constituencies. Then in 1983, Horncastle was moved into the new seat of Gainsborough and Horncastle, while Louth was moved into the newly formed East Lindsey constituency. These boundaries remained the same until 1997, when the current Louth and Horncastle constituency was formed.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The two wards of Chapel St Leonards and Willoughby with Sloothby are to be transferred to Boston and Skegness, whilst the previously orphaned ward of Wragby is moved from Gainsborough.
This large stretch of Lincolnshire coastline includes the seaside resorts of Mablethorpe and Sutton-on-Sea, this immediate coastline has a minority of small output areas with severe deprivation following the decline of the tourism industry apart from holiday cottages, being further north than popular family resorts in Skegness. [2] The seat's eponymous towns of Louth and Horncastle lie inland amid a rural area of the Lincolnshire Wolds where farming is an important sector, with most constituents on modest to mid-level income and low unemployment. [ citation needed ]
The seat was created in 1997. Conservatives have been dominant in the area for decades, the closest result was in 1997, when a Labour Party candidate came the closest of any opponents to being elected.
The MP for this seat is Victoria Atkins. She succeeded Peter Tapsell at the 2015 general election. He previously represented the predecessor seats of East Lindsey and Horncastle from 1966 to 1997, and before that represented Nottingham West from 1959 to 1964 before being defeated by Labour. Prior to standing down, he was the longest-serving Conservative MP, albeit with the break in service, and from 2001, he was the only MP of any party first elected in the 1950s. Following the retirement of Alan Williams, Tapsell became, on his re-election in 2010, Father of the House. He was succeeded in the honorific position in 2015 by Sir Gerald Kaufman.
Before 1997, see East Lindsey
Election | Member [3] | Party | |
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1997 | Sir Peter Tapsell | Conservative | |
2015 | Victoria Atkins | Conservative | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ross Pepper [4] | ||||
Reform UK | Sean Matthews [5] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Victoria Atkins | 38,021 | 72.7 | +8.8 | |
Labour | Ellie Green | 9,153 | 17.5 | -9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Pepper | 4,114 | 7.9 | +4.1 | |
Monster Raving Loony | The Iconic Arty-Pole | 1,044 | 2.0 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 28,868 | 55.2 | +18.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,332 | 65.5 | -3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.95 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Victoria Atkins | 33,733 | 63.9 | +12.7 | |
Labour | Julie Speed | 14,092 | 26.7 | +8.7 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Noble | 2,460 | 4.7 | −16.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Gabriel | 1,990 | 3.8 | −0.7 | |
Monster Raving Loony | The Iconic Arty Pole | 496 | 0.9 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 19,641 | 37.2 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,771 | 69.2 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Victoria Atkins | 25,755 | 51.2 | +1.6 | |
UKIP | Colin Mair | 10,778 | 21.4 | +17.1 | |
Labour | Matthew Jason Brown | 9,077 | 18.0 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Gabriel | 2,255 | 4.5 | −17.7 | |
Green | Romy Rayner | 1,549 | 3.1 | New | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Daniel Simpson | 659 | 1.3 | +0.2 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Peter Hill [10] | 263 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 14,977 | 29.8 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,336 | 67.23 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Tapsell | 25,065 | 49.6 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Martin | 11,194 | 22.2 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Patrick Mountain | 8,760 | 17.3 | −8.0 | |
BNP | Julia Green | 2,199 | 4.4 | New | |
UKIP | Pat Nurse | 2,183 | 4.3 | −3.4 | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Daniel Simpson | 576 | 1.1 | New | |
English Democrat | Colin Mair [13] | 517 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 13,871 | 27.4 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 50,494 | 65.0 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Tapsell | 21,744 | 46.6 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Frank Hodgkiss | 11,848 | 25.4 | −6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Martin | 9,480 | 20.3 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Christopher Pain | 3,611 | 7.7 | New | |
Majority | 9,896 | 21.2 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 46,683 | 62.0 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Tapsell | 21,543 | 48.5 | +5.1 | |
Labour | David Bolland | 13,989 | 31.5 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Martin | 8,928 | 20.1 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 7,554 | 17.0 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,460 | 62.1 | −10.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Tapsell | 21,699 | 43.4 | ||
Labour | John Hough | 14,799 | 29.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Martin | 12,207 | 24.4 | ||
Green | Rosemary Robinson | 1,248 | 2.5 | ||
Majority | 6,900 | 13.8 | |||
Turnout | 49,953 | 72.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Horncastle is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England. It is 17 miles (27 km) east of Lincoln. Its population was 6,815 at the 2011 census and estimated at 7,123 in 2019. A section of the ancient Roman walls remains.
East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in Horncastle and the largest town is Skegness. Other towns include Alford, Louth, Mablethorpe, Spilsby and Woodhall Spa. The district also covers a large rural area, including many smaller settlements.
The Parts of Lindsey are a traditional division of Lincolnshire, England, covering the northern part of the county. The Isle of Axholme, which is on the west side of the River Trent, has normally formed part of it. The district's name originated from the Kingdom of Lindsey of Anglo-Saxon times, whose territories were merged with that of Stamford to form Lincolnshire.
The Lincolnshire Wolds are a range of low hills in the county of Lincolnshire, England which run roughly parallel with the North Sea coast, from the Humber Estuary in the north-west to the edge of the Lincolnshire Fens in the south-east. A large part of the Wolds are a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and form the highest land in eastern England between Yorkshire and Kent.
Mablethorpe is a seaside town in the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 3,611. On 1 April 1974 the parish was changed to form "Mablethorpe and Sutton". The population including nearby Sutton-on-Sea was 12,531 at the 2011 census and estimated at 12,633 in 2019.
Gainsborough is a constituency in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by Sir Edward Leigh, a Conservative.
Mablethorpe and Sutton is a civil parish in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. It is on the North Sea coast and includes Mablethorpe, Trusthorpe, Sutton-on-Sea and Sandilands along with the inland village of Thorpe. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 11,780, increasing to 12,531 at the 2011 Census.
Spilsby was a rural district in Lincolnshire, parts of Lindsey from 1894 to 1974.
Roughton is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The parish population was 644 in 2011.
Horncastle 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. MPs were elected by the first past the post system of voting.
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.
Kirkby on Bain is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the River Bain between Horncastle and Coningsby, and just west of the A153 road. Close to the north is the village of Haltham.
The A1031 is a major secondary route in Lincolnshire that runs most of the North East coast of the county. It is 24.75 miles (39.8 km). It runs from Cleethorpes at Love Lane Corner Roundabout with the A46 road and ends at the A1104 road at Mablethorpe.
Tetney is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, just west of the Prime Meridian.
Tetford is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
Legbourne is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) south-east of the town of Louth.
Willoughby with Sloothby is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England. The parish includes the settlements of Willoughby and Sloothby as well as the hamlets and villages of Bonthorpe, Mawthorpe, Hasthorpe and Habertoft. The parish covers quite a large area of East Lindsey with the towns of Alford, Mablethorpe, Spilsby, Skegness and Burgh le Marsh situated near the parish. The parish's nearest railway station is Skegness. The village of Willoughby was served by a station on the former East Lincolnshire Railway and Mablethorpe Loop Line. However, it closed in 1970 and so did the lines. The station master's house and a section of platform and goods shed survive near the site.