East Lindsey (UK Parliament constituency)
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East Lindsey | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | Lincolnshire |
1983–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Louth and Horncastle |
Created from | Horncastle and Louth |
East Lindsey was a county constituency based on the East Lindsey local government district of Lincolnshire. It returned one Member of Parliament 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.
History
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Boundaries
The District of East Lindsey wards of Alford, Burgh le Marsh, Chapel St Leonard's, Coningsby, Fotherby, Friskney, Frithville, Grimoldby, Halton Holegate, Hogsthorpe, Holton le Clay, Hundleby, Ingoldmells, Legbourne, Mablethorpe, Mareham le Fen, Marsh Chapel, New Leake, North Holme, North Somercotes, North Thoresby, Partney, Priory, St Clement's, St James', St Margaret's, St Mary's, St Michael's, Scarbrough, Seacroft, Sibsey, Spilsby, Sutton and Trusthorpe, Tattershall, Tetford, Tetney, Theddlethorpe St Helen, Trinity, Wainfleet, Willoughby with Sloothby, Winthorpe, and Withern with Stain.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Sir Peter Tapsell | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Peter Tapsell | 31,916 | 51.1 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | James Leonard Dodsworth | 20,070 | 32.1 | −4.6 | |
Labour | David George Shepherd | 9,477 | 15.2 | +4.0 | |
Green | Rosemary Elizabeth Robinson | 1,018 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 11,846 | 19.0 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 62,481 | 78.1 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Peter Tapsell | 29,048 | 52.16 | ||
Liberal | JCL Sellick | 20,432 | 36.69 | ||
Labour | K Stevenson | 6,206 | 11.14 | ||
Majority | 8,616 | 15.47 | |||
Turnout | 75.22 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Peter Tapsell | 27,151 | 53.22 | ||
Liberal | JCL Sellick | 19,634 | 38.49 | ||
Labour | GR Lowis | 4,229 | 8.29 | ||
Majority | 7,517 | 14.74 | |||
Turnout | 73.18 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Notes and references
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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
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