Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Gainsborough | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire for the 2010 general election | |
![]() Location of Lincolnshire within England | |
County | Lincolnshire |
Electorate | 75,893 (June 2017)[1] |
Major settlements | Market Rasen and Gainsborough |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Edward Leigh (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
1885–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Gainsborough and Horncastle and Boothferry[2] |
Created from | North Lincolnshire |
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]
History[]
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 nineties population changes led to removal of Horncastle from the seat and recreation of the old seat with largely similar boundaries.
Boundaries[]
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Lincoln, the Sessional Divisions of Epworth, Gainsborough, and 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.
1997–2010: The District of West Lindsey, and the District of East Lindsey wards of Binbrook and Wragby.
2010–present: The District of West Lindsey, and the District of East Lindsey ward of Wragby.
This constituency is named for its largest town of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, on the west edge of the constituency, and comprises the West Lindsey district, and the Wragby ward of the East Lindsey district.
Constituency profile[]
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.[3] 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.
Members of Parliament[]
Year | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Joseph Bennett | Liberal | |
1886 | Henry Eyre | Conservative | |
1892 | Joseph Bennett | Liberal | |
1895 | Emerson Bainbridge | Liberal | |
1900 | Seymour Fitzroy Ormsby-Gore | Conservative | |
1906 | Leslie Renton | Liberal | |
1907 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1910 | George Jackson Bentham | Liberal | |
1918 | John Molson | Unionist | |
1923 | Richard Winfrey | Liberal | |
1924 | Harry Crookshank | Conservative | |
1956 | Marcus Kimball | Conservative | |
1983 | Sir Edward Leigh | Conservative |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
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 | 66.86 | −1.10 | ||
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 | 67.96 | +0.66 | ||
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[8] | 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 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
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 |
Elections in the 1990s[]
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) |
Elections results following boundary changes[]
For 1983 - 1992, see Gainsborough and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
Elections in the 1970s[]
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 |
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 | 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 | 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 |
Elections in the 1960s[]
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 | 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 |
Elections in the 1950s[]
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
Election in the 1940s[]
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 |
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;
- Conservative: Harry Crookshank,
- Liberal: Margaret Wintringham
Election in the 1930s[]
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 |
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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 |
Elections in the 1920s[]
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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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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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 | 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 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
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 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Election results 1885-1918[]
Elections in the 1880s[]
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 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
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 |
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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 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
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 |
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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 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
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;
- Liberal: George Jackson Bentham
- Unionist: John Molson
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
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- Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885