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of
Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...
is divided into 7
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Constituencies


2010 boundary changes

In the Fifth Review the
Boundary Commission for England The boundary commissions in the United Kingdom are non-departmental public bodies responsible for determining the boundaries of constituencies for elections to the House of Commons. There are four boundary commissions: * Boundary Commission for E ...
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.


Proposed boundary changes

''See
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for further details.'' Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the
Boundary Commission for England The boundary commissions in the United Kingdom are non-departmental public bodies responsible for determining the boundaries of constituencies for elections to the House of Commons. There are four boundary commissions: * Boundary Commission for E ...
formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. Final proposals will be published by 1 July 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, Grantham and Stamford is renamed Grantham. The following seats are proposed: Containing electoral wards from
Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
* Boston and Skegness (part) Containing electoral wards from East Lyndsey * Boston and Skegness (part) * Louth and Horncastle Containing electoral wards from
Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...
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Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...
(part) Containing electoral wards from
North Kesteven North Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The district is located to the east of Nottinghamshire, north-east of Leicestershire and south of the city of Lincoln. Its council, North Kesteven District Council, is bas ...
*
Grantham Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...
(part) * Lincoln (part) * Sleaford and North Hykeham Containing electoral wards from
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*
South Holland and The Deepings South Holland and The Deepings is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, since its 1997 creation, by John Hayes, a Conservative. At the 2017 general election, the constituency recorded a higher Conservative sh ...
(part) Containing electoral wards from
South Kesteven South Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Bourne, Lincolnshire, Bourne, Grantham, Market Deeping and Stamford, Li ...
* Grantham (part) * Rutland and Stamford (also comprises the county of
Rutland Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. Its greatest len ...
and parts of
Harborough Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, in the far southeast of the county, forming part of the border with Northamptonshire. Market Harborough's population was 25,143 in 2020. It is the ad ...
in
Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...
) * South Holland and The Deepings (part) Containing electoral wards from West Lyndsey *
Gainsborough Gainsborough or Gainsboro may refer to: Places * Gainsborough, Ipswich, Suffolk, England ** Gainsborough Ward, Ipswich * Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, a town in England ** Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency) * Gainsborough, New South Wales, ...


Results history

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


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:


Percentage votes

11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance * Included in Other


Seats

11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance


Maps

File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg, 1950 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg, 1951 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency1955Results.svg, 1955 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency1955Results.svg, 1959 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency1955Results.svg, 1964 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency1966Results.svg, 1966 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency1966Results.svg, 1970 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency1974FResults.svg, Feb 1974 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency1966Results.svg, Oct 1974 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency1979Results.svg, 1979 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency1983Results.svg, 1983 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency1983Results.svg, 1987 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency1983Results.svg, 1992 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg, 1997 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg, 2001 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg, 2005 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg, 2010 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg, 2015 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency2017Results.svg, 2017 File:LincolnshireParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg, 2019


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


1918 to 1950


1950 to 1983


1983 to present


See also

*
List of parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands (region) The Regions of England, region of East Midlands is divided into 46 United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 12 Borough constituency, borough constituencies and 34 County constituency, county constituencies. ...
* List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside for those covering
North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 167,446 in the 2011 census. The borough includes the towns of Scunthorpe, Brigg, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton ...
and
North East Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire is a Unitary authority area with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. It borders the borough of North Lincolnshire and districts of West Lindsey and East Lindsey. The population of the district in the 2011 Census was ...
unitary authorities A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
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Notes


References

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Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...
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