Lincoln | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lincolnshire |
Electorate | 72,662 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Lincoln |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1265 |
Member of Parliament | Karl McCartney ( Conservative) |
Seats | Two until 1885, then one |
Lincoln is a constituency [n 1] in Lincolnshire, England represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Karl McCartney, a Conservative Party politician. [n 2]
Since the split of the City of York seat with effect from the 2010 general election, Lincoln has been the oldest constituency in continuous existence in the UK – established in 1265. Lincoln was a bellwether between 1974 and 2017. The seat bucked the national Conservative victory in 1970 by electing a Labour MP, as it did in 2017.
The seat has been considered relative to others an ultra-marginal seat, as well as a swing seat, since 2005 as its winner's majority has not exceeded 6.9% of the vote since the 12.5% majority won in 2005 and the seat has changed hands three times since that year.
1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and the parish of Bracebridge. [2]
1918–1950: The County Borough of Lincoln, and the Urban District of Bracebridge.
1950–1974: The County Borough of Lincoln.
1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
1983–1997: The City of Lincoln, and the District of North Kesteven wards of Bracebridge Heath, North Hykeham Central, North Hykeham North, North Hykeham South, Skellingthorpe, and Waddington West.
1997–2010: The City of Lincoln, and the District of North Kesteven ward of Bracebridge Heath.
2010–2023: The City of Lincoln, and the District of North Kesteven wards of Bracebridge Heath and Waddington East, and Skellingthorpe.
2023–present: Following a local government boundary review in the District of North Kesteven which came into effect in May 2023, [3] [4] the constituency now comprises the following:
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency (based on the ward structure which existed on 1 December 2020) is unchanged. [6]
The constituency, as its name suggests, covers the cathedral city [n 3] of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, and most of its directly adjoining villages.
Lincoln first sent Members to Parliament in 1265, thirty years before the first all-over coverage of cities and qualifying towns was introduced in the Model Parliament, and has done so ever since, although no records exist from before the end of the 13th century. The early elections were held at the Guildhall and the burgesses elected were usually officials of the borough.
The representation, originally two Members ("burgesses"), was reduced to one Member in 1885.
The seat was represented for five years by former Cabinet minister Margaret Jackson, later Margaret Beckett. [n 4] Lincoln became the oldest constituency in the country in 2010 when the City of York constituency was divided.
The seat includes the University of Lincoln. From 1945 to 1972 Lincoln was continuously held by the Labour Party, often as a safe seat. The city has good transport links with Nottingham, Hull and the smaller ancient market towns in Lincolnshire, such as Spalding, Market Rasen and Boston. Lincoln was a bellwether constituency from October 1974 to 2015, voting for the party which would form the government in each election. In 2017 Labour took the seat despite being the 2nd largest party nationwide.
Election | Member [15] | Party | |
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1885 | Joseph Ruston | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1886 | Frederick Kerans | Conservative | |
1892 | William Crosfield | Liberal | |
1895 | Charles Seely | Liberal Unionist | |
1906 | Charles Roberts | Liberal | |
1918 | Alfred Davies | Coalition Conservative | |
1924 | Robert Arthur Taylor | Labour | |
1931 | Walter Liddall | Conservative | |
1945 | George Deer | Labour | |
1950 | Geoffrey de Freitas | Labour | |
1962 by-election | Dick Taverne |
Labour (until 1972)
Lincoln Democratic Labour (from 1973) | |
1973 by-election | |||
February 1974 | Lincoln Democratic Labour Association | ||
October 1974 | Margaret Jackson later Beckett | Labour | |
1979 | Kenneth Carlisle | Conservative | |
1997 | Gillian Merron | Labour | |
2010 | Karl McCartney | Conservative | |
2017 | Karen Lee | Labour | |
2019 | Karl McCartney | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hamish Falconer [32] | ||||
Green | Sally Horscroft [33] | ||||
SDP | Craig Marshall [34] | ||||
Reform UK | Jamie-Lee McMillan [35] | ||||
Workers Party | Linda Richardson [36] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Clare Smalley [37] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karl McCartney | 24,267 | 47.9 | 3.2 | |
Labour | Karen Lee | 20,753 | 41.0 | 6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Kenyon | 2,422 | 4.8 | 2.2 | |
Green | Sally Horscroft | 1,195 | 2.4 | 1.2 | |
Brexit Party | Reece Wilkes | 1,079 | 2.1 | New | |
Independent | Rob Bradley | 609 | 1.2 | New | |
Liberal | Charles Shaw | 304 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 3,514 | 6.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,629 | 67.7 | 1.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Karen Lee | 23,333 | 47.9 | 8.3 | |
Conservative | Karl McCartney | 21,795 | 44.7 | 2.1 | |
UKIP | Nick Smith | 1,287 | 2.6 | 9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Kenyon | 1,284 | 2.6 | 1.7 | |
Green | Ben Loryman | 583 | 1.2 | New | |
Independent | Phil Gray | 312 | 0.6 | New | |
Independent | Iain Scott-Burdon | 124 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,538 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,718 | 66.6 | 3.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karl McCartney | 19,976 | 42.6 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Lucy Rigby | 18,533 | 39.6 | +4.4 | |
UKIP | Nick Smith | 5,721 | 12.2 | +10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Pepper | 1,992 | 4.3 | −15.9 | |
TUSC | Elaine Smith | 344 | 0.7 | New | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Helen Powell | 286 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,443 | 3.0 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 46,852 | 63.2 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.38 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karl McCartney | 17,163 | 37.5 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Gillian Merron | 16,105 | 35.2 | −10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Reg Shore | 9,256 | 20.2 | +2.0 | |
BNP | Robert West | 1,367 | 3.0 | New | |
UKIP | Nick Smith | 1,004 | 2.2 | −1.3 | |
English Democrat | Ernest Coleman | 604 | 1.3 | New | |
Independent | Gary Walker | 222 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,058 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,721 | 62.2 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.75 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gillian Merron | 16,724 | 45.4 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | Karl McCartney | 12,110 | 32.9 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Gabriel | 6,715 | 18.2 | +5.5 | |
UKIP | Nick Smith | 1,308 | 3.5 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 4,613 | 12.5 | -10.2 | ||
Turnout | 36,856 | 56.5 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gillian Merron | 20,003 | 53.9 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Christine-Anne Talbot | 11,583 | 31.2 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Gabriel | 4,703 | 12.7 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | Rodger Doughty | 836 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 8,420 | 22.7 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,125 | 56.0 | −15.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gillian Merron | 25,563 | 54.9 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | Tony Brown | 14,433 | 31.0 | -16.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Gabriel | 5,048 | 10.8 | +0.7 | |
Referendum | John Ivory | 1,329 | 2.9 | New | |
Natural Law | Adrian Myers | 175 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 11,130 | 23.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,548 | 71.1 | -8.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Carlisle | 28,792 | 46.1 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Nick Butler | 26,743 | 42.8 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Harding-Price | 6,316 | 10.1 | −9.3 | |
Liberal | Sue E. Wiggin | 603 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,049 | 3.3 | −9.5 | ||
Turnout | 62,454 | 79.1 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Carlisle | 27,097 | 46.5 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Nick Butler | 19,614 | 33.7 | +6.2 | |
SDP | Peter Zentner | 11,319 | 19.4 | −5.7 | |
Unknown | Thomas Kyle | 232 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 7,483 | 12.8 | -6.1 | ||
Turnout | 58,262 | 75.6 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Carlisle | 25,244 | 46.4 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Withers | 14,958 | 27.5 | ||
SDP | Freddie Stockdale | 13,631 | 25.1 | ||
Independent | Gilbert Blades | 523 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 10,286 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 54,356 | 74.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Carlisle | 17,777 | 41.4 | +13.1 | |
Labour | Margaret Jackson | 17,175 | 40.0 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Keith Melton | 5,638 | 13.1 | New | |
Democratic Labour | Freddie Stockdale | 1,743 | 4.1 | −30.5 | |
National Front | J. Noble | 523 | 1.2 | New | |
Revolutionary Reform | T. Kyle | 77 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 602 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,933 | 77.0 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Jackson | 14,698 | 37.1 | +4.6 | |
Democratic Labour | Dick Taverne | 13,714 | 34.6 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | Peter Myles Moran | 11,223 | 28.3 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 984 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,635 | 74.8 | -4.3 | ||
Labour gain from Democratic Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Labour | Dick Taverne | 14,780 | 35.6 | ||
Labour | Margaret Jackson | 13,487 | 32.5 | ||
Conservative | Peter Myles Moran | 13,299 | 32.0 | ||
Majority | 1,293 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 41,566 | 79.1 | |||
Democratic Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Labour | Dick Taverne | 21,967 | 58.2 | +58.2 | |
Labour | John Dilks | 8,776 | 23.2 | −27.8 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Guinness | 6,616 | 17.5 | −21.5 | |
Democratic Conservative | Reginald Simmerson | 198 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority Rule | Malcolm Waller | 100 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Jean Justice | 81 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 13,191 | 35.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,738 | 72.6 | -1.8 | ||
Democratic Labour gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dick Taverne | 20,090 | 51.0 | -7.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Alexander | 15,340 | 39.0 | -2.7 | |
Independent Liberal | Gilbert Blades | 3,937 | 10.0 | New | |
Majority | 4,750 | 12.0 | -4.6 | ||
Turnout | 39,367 | 74.4 | -4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dick Taverne | 23,006 | 58.3 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Alexander | 16,469 | 41.7 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 6,537 | 16.6 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,475 | 78.7 | -1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dick Taverne | 19,737 | 47.8 | -7.3 | |
Conservative | Michael McNair-Wilson | 15,015 | 36.4 | -8.5 | |
Liberal | Patrick Furnell | 6,519 | 15.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,722 | 11.4 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,271 | 80.3 | -3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dick Taverne | 19,038 | 50.51 | -4.59 | |
Conservative | Percy Grieve | 11,386 | 30.21 | -14.69 | |
Liberal | Patrick Furnell | 6,856 | 18.19 | New | |
Independent | A. Taylor | 412 | 1.09 | New | |
Majority | 7,652 | 20.30 | +10.10 | ||
Turnout | 37,692 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey de Freitas | 23,629 | 55.1 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Leslie Herbert Priestley | 19,240 | 44.9 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 4,389 | 10.2 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,869 | 84.1 | -1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey de Freitas | 23,773 | 56.2 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Emery | 18,551 | 43.8 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 5,222 | 12.4 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,324 | 85.9 | -1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey de Freitas | 23,400 | 54.1 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Maurice Macmillan | 19,840 | 45.9 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 3,560 | 8.2 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,240 | 87.8 | -0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey de Freitas | 21,537 | 50.0 | ||
National Liberal | Francis Hill | 17,784 | 41.3 | ||
Liberal | Jean Henderson | 3,753 | 8.7 | ||
Majority | 3,753 | 8.7 | |||
Turnout | 43,074 | 88.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Deer | 14,052 | 41.3 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | Walter Liddall | 10,414 | 30.5 | −23.5 | |
Liberal | Frederick Charles Truman | 9,625 | 28.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,638 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,091 | 80.3 | −3.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.4 |
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Liddall | 17,948 | 54.0 | −4.9 | |
Labour | George Deer | 15,264 | 46.0 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 2,684 | 8.0 | −9.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,212 | 84.0 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Liddall | 20,688 | 58.9 | +24.6 | |
Labour | Robert Taylor | 14,455 | 41.1 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 6,233 | 17.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,123 | 88.9 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +13.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Taylor | 15,176 | 43.6 | +2.3 | |
Unionist | Benjamin Garnet Lampard-Vachell | 11,978 | 34.3 | −6.8 | |
Liberal | Robert Pattinson | 7,719 | 22.1 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 3,198 | 9.3 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,873 | 88.5 | 0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Taylor | 11,596 | 41.3 | +7.1 | |
Unionist | George Hamilton | 11,557 | 41.1 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | A. G. Macdonell | 4,952 | 17.6 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 39 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,105 | 88.5 | +3.0 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alfred Davies | 11,338 | 42.0 | −17.0 | |
Labour | Robert Taylor | 9,251 | 34.2 | −6.8 | |
Liberal | A. G. Macdonell | 6,447 | 23.8 | New | |
Majority | 2,087 | 7.8 | −10.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,036 | 85.5 | −0.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alfred Davies | 15,780 | 59.0 | +11.3 | |
Labour | Robert Taylor | 10,951 | 41.0 | +12.5 | |
Majority | 4,829 | 18.0 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 26,731 | 85.9 | +11.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Alfred Davies | 11,114 | 47.7 | +0.6 |
Labour | Robert Taylor | 6,658 | 28.5 | New | |
Liberal | Charles Roberts | 5,550 | 23.8 | −29.1 | |
Majority | 4,456 | 19.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,322 | 74.4 | −15.1 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.8 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Roberts | 5,484 | 52.9 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Robert Filmer | 4,878 | 47.1 | +17.0 | |
Majority | 606 | 5.8 | −14.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,362 | 89.5 | −3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,577 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Roberts | 5,402 | 50.2 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Filmer | 3,236 | 30.1 | +18.5 | |
Free Trader | Charles Seely | 2,129 | 19.8 | −17.4 | |
Majority | 2,166 | 20.1 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 10,767 | 93.0 | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,577 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Roberts | 5,110 | 51.2 | +1.6 | |
Free Trader | Charles Seely | 3,718 | 37.2 | New | |
Conservative | Henry Croft | 1,162 | 11.6 | −38.8 | |
Majority | 1,392 | 14.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,990 | 93.8 | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,645 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +20.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Charles Seely | 4,002 | 50.4 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Roberts | 3,935 | 49.6 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 67 | 0.8 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,937 | 89.7 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,846 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Charles Seely | 3,808 | 51.5 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | William Crosfield | 3,590 | 48.5 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 218 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,398 | 91.7 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,068 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Crosfield | 3,410 | 51.7 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Frederick Kerans | 3,186 | 48.3 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 224 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,596 | 89.6 | +8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,358 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Kerans | 3,159 | 52.6 | +10.6 | |
Liberal | William Crosfield | 2,851 | 47.4 | −10.6 | |
Majority | 308 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,010 | 80.7 | −5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,444 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Ruston | 3,726 | 58.0 | −16.9 | |
Conservative | Frederick Kerans | 2,701 | 42.0 | +16.9 | |
Majority | 1,025 | 16.0 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,427 | 86.3 | −1.0 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 7,444 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −16.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Ruston | 3,234 | 58.8 | −16.1 | |
Conservative | Richard Hall [55] | 2,263 | 41.2 | +16.1 | |
Majority | 971 | 17.6 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,497 | 81.2 | −6.1 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 6,769 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −16.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seely | 3,401 | 39.0 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | John Hinde Palmer | 3,128 | 35.9 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Edward Chaplin | 2,190 | 25.1 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 938 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,591 (est) | 87.3 (est) | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 6,402 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Chaplin | 2,107 | 36.3 | New | |
Liberal | Charles Seely | 1,907 | 32.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Hinde Palmer | 1,784 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 223 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,953 (est) | 84.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,689 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seely | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | John Hinde Palmer | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,243 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seely | 878 | 34.9 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Edward Heneage | 870 | 34.6 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | John Bramley-Moore | 765 | 30.4 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 105 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,639 (est) | 95.7 (est) | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,713 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Bramley-Moore | 715 | 50.9 | +14.4 | |
Liberal | John Hinde Palmer | 690 | 49.1 | −14.4 | |
Majority | 25 | 1.8 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,405 | 94.3 | −2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,490 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seely | Unopposed | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gervaise Sibthorp | 740 | 36.5 | −4.7 | |
Liberal | George Heneage | 658 | 32.5 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | John Hinde Palmer | 629 | 31.0 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 82 | 4.0 | −5.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,384 (est) | 96.4 (est) | +24.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,435 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gervaise Sibthorp | 829 | 41.2 | −1.2 | |
Whig | George Heneage | 641 | 31.9 | −1.5 | |
Radical | John Hinde Palmer | 541 | 26.9 | +2.7 | |
Turnout | 1,006 (est) | 71.6 (est) | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,405 | ||||
Majority | 188 | 9.3 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.3 | |||
Majority | 100 | 5.0 | −4.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gervaise Sibthorp | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Sibthorp | 840 | 42.4 | −7.1 | |
Whig | George Heneage | 661 | 33.4 | +10.3 | |
Radical | Charles Seely | 478 | 24.2 | −3.2 | |
Turnout | 990 (est) | 72.6 (est) | −1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,363 | ||||
Majority | 179 | 9.0 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.7 | |||
Majority | 183 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | +6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Thomas Hobhouse | 552 | 52.2 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Lebbeus Charles Humfrey [56] | 505 | 47.8 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 47 | 4.4 | -8.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,057 | 83.2 | +8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,271 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Sibthorp | 659 | 34.8 | +4.8 | |
Radical | Charles Seely | 518 | 27.4 | +8.6 | |
Whig | Edward Bulwer-Lytton | 436 | 23.1 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | William Rickford Collett | 278 | 14.7 | −11.9 | |
Turnout | 946 (est) | 74.4 (est) | −11.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,271 | ||||
Majority | 141 | 7.4 | +5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Majority | 240 | 12.7 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Sibthorp | 541 | 30.0 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | William Rickford Collett | 481 | 26.6 | +3.2 | |
Whig | Edward Bulwer-Lytton | 443 | 24.5 | −1.6 | |
Radical | Charles Seely | 340 | 18.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 38 | 2.1 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 932 | 85.4 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,091 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Sibthorp | 514 | 30.7 | +9.1 | |
Whig | Edward Bulwer-Lytton | 436 | 26.1 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Ellis [58] | 392 | 23.4 | +1.8 | |
Whig | Charles Henry Churchill [59] | 330 | 19.7 | −6.0 | |
Turnout | 864 | 83.0 | +4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,041 | ||||
Majority | 184 | 11.0 | −1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.3 | |||
Majority | 44 | 2.7 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Sibthorp | 565 | 43.3 | +15.3 | |
Whig | Edward Bulwer-Lytton | 406 | 31.1 | −3.0 | |
Whig | Charles Beaumont Phipps [60] | 335 | 25.7 | −12.1 | |
Majority | 159 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 885 | 78.7 | −5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,124 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +15.2 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Heneage | 543 | 37.8 | ||
Whig | Edward Bulwer-Lytton | 490 | 34.1 | ||
Tory | Charles Sibthorp | 402 | 28.0 | ||
Majority | 88 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 878 | 84.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,043 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Sibthorp | Unopposed | |||
Whig | George Heneage | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,400 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Fardell (MP) | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Charles Sibthorp | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,400 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory gain from Whig |
Lincoln | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lincolnshire |
Electorate | 72,662 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Lincoln |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1265 |
Member of Parliament | Karl McCartney ( Conservative) |
Seats | Two until 1885, then one |
Lincoln is a constituency [n 1] in Lincolnshire, England represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Karl McCartney, a Conservative Party politician. [n 2]
Since the split of the City of York seat with effect from the 2010 general election, Lincoln has been the oldest constituency in continuous existence in the UK – established in 1265. Lincoln was a bellwether between 1974 and 2017. The seat bucked the national Conservative victory in 1970 by electing a Labour MP, as it did in 2017.
The seat has been considered relative to others an ultra-marginal seat, as well as a swing seat, since 2005 as its winner's majority has not exceeded 6.9% of the vote since the 12.5% majority won in 2005 and the seat has changed hands three times since that year.
1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and the parish of Bracebridge. [2]
1918–1950: The County Borough of Lincoln, and the Urban District of Bracebridge.
1950–1974: The County Borough of Lincoln.
1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
1983–1997: The City of Lincoln, and the District of North Kesteven wards of Bracebridge Heath, North Hykeham Central, North Hykeham North, North Hykeham South, Skellingthorpe, and Waddington West.
1997–2010: The City of Lincoln, and the District of North Kesteven ward of Bracebridge Heath.
2010–2023: The City of Lincoln, and the District of North Kesteven wards of Bracebridge Heath and Waddington East, and Skellingthorpe.
2023–present: Following a local government boundary review in the District of North Kesteven which came into effect in May 2023, [3] [4] the constituency now comprises the following:
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency (based on the ward structure which existed on 1 December 2020) is unchanged. [6]
The constituency, as its name suggests, covers the cathedral city [n 3] of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, and most of its directly adjoining villages.
Lincoln first sent Members to Parliament in 1265, thirty years before the first all-over coverage of cities and qualifying towns was introduced in the Model Parliament, and has done so ever since, although no records exist from before the end of the 13th century. The early elections were held at the Guildhall and the burgesses elected were usually officials of the borough.
The representation, originally two Members ("burgesses"), was reduced to one Member in 1885.
The seat was represented for five years by former Cabinet minister Margaret Jackson, later Margaret Beckett. [n 4] Lincoln became the oldest constituency in the country in 2010 when the City of York constituency was divided.
The seat includes the University of Lincoln. From 1945 to 1972 Lincoln was continuously held by the Labour Party, often as a safe seat. The city has good transport links with Nottingham, Hull and the smaller ancient market towns in Lincolnshire, such as Spalding, Market Rasen and Boston. Lincoln was a bellwether constituency from October 1974 to 2015, voting for the party which would form the government in each election. In 2017 Labour took the seat despite being the 2nd largest party nationwide.
Election | Member [15] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Joseph Ruston | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1886 | Frederick Kerans | Conservative | |
1892 | William Crosfield | Liberal | |
1895 | Charles Seely | Liberal Unionist | |
1906 | Charles Roberts | Liberal | |
1918 | Alfred Davies | Coalition Conservative | |
1924 | Robert Arthur Taylor | Labour | |
1931 | Walter Liddall | Conservative | |
1945 | George Deer | Labour | |
1950 | Geoffrey de Freitas | Labour | |
1962 by-election | Dick Taverne |
Labour (until 1972)
Lincoln Democratic Labour (from 1973) | |
1973 by-election | |||
February 1974 | Lincoln Democratic Labour Association | ||
October 1974 | Margaret Jackson later Beckett | Labour | |
1979 | Kenneth Carlisle | Conservative | |
1997 | Gillian Merron | Labour | |
2010 | Karl McCartney | Conservative | |
2017 | Karen Lee | Labour | |
2019 | Karl McCartney | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hamish Falconer [32] | ||||
Green | Sally Horscroft [33] | ||||
SDP | Craig Marshall [34] | ||||
Reform UK | Jamie-Lee McMillan [35] | ||||
Workers Party | Linda Richardson [36] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Clare Smalley [37] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karl McCartney | 24,267 | 47.9 | 3.2 | |
Labour | Karen Lee | 20,753 | 41.0 | 6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Kenyon | 2,422 | 4.8 | 2.2 | |
Green | Sally Horscroft | 1,195 | 2.4 | 1.2 | |
Brexit Party | Reece Wilkes | 1,079 | 2.1 | New | |
Independent | Rob Bradley | 609 | 1.2 | New | |
Liberal | Charles Shaw | 304 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 3,514 | 6.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,629 | 67.7 | 1.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Karen Lee | 23,333 | 47.9 | 8.3 | |
Conservative | Karl McCartney | 21,795 | 44.7 | 2.1 | |
UKIP | Nick Smith | 1,287 | 2.6 | 9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Kenyon | 1,284 | 2.6 | 1.7 | |
Green | Ben Loryman | 583 | 1.2 | New | |
Independent | Phil Gray | 312 | 0.6 | New | |
Independent | Iain Scott-Burdon | 124 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,538 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,718 | 66.6 | 3.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karl McCartney | 19,976 | 42.6 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Lucy Rigby | 18,533 | 39.6 | +4.4 | |
UKIP | Nick Smith | 5,721 | 12.2 | +10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Pepper | 1,992 | 4.3 | −15.9 | |
TUSC | Elaine Smith | 344 | 0.7 | New | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Helen Powell | 286 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,443 | 3.0 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 46,852 | 63.2 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.38 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karl McCartney | 17,163 | 37.5 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Gillian Merron | 16,105 | 35.2 | −10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Reg Shore | 9,256 | 20.2 | +2.0 | |
BNP | Robert West | 1,367 | 3.0 | New | |
UKIP | Nick Smith | 1,004 | 2.2 | −1.3 | |
English Democrat | Ernest Coleman | 604 | 1.3 | New | |
Independent | Gary Walker | 222 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,058 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,721 | 62.2 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.75 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gillian Merron | 16,724 | 45.4 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | Karl McCartney | 12,110 | 32.9 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Gabriel | 6,715 | 18.2 | +5.5 | |
UKIP | Nick Smith | 1,308 | 3.5 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 4,613 | 12.5 | -10.2 | ||
Turnout | 36,856 | 56.5 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gillian Merron | 20,003 | 53.9 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Christine-Anne Talbot | 11,583 | 31.2 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Gabriel | 4,703 | 12.7 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | Rodger Doughty | 836 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 8,420 | 22.7 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,125 | 56.0 | −15.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gillian Merron | 25,563 | 54.9 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | Tony Brown | 14,433 | 31.0 | -16.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Gabriel | 5,048 | 10.8 | +0.7 | |
Referendum | John Ivory | 1,329 | 2.9 | New | |
Natural Law | Adrian Myers | 175 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 11,130 | 23.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,548 | 71.1 | -8.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Carlisle | 28,792 | 46.1 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Nick Butler | 26,743 | 42.8 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Harding-Price | 6,316 | 10.1 | −9.3 | |
Liberal | Sue E. Wiggin | 603 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,049 | 3.3 | −9.5 | ||
Turnout | 62,454 | 79.1 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Carlisle | 27,097 | 46.5 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Nick Butler | 19,614 | 33.7 | +6.2 | |
SDP | Peter Zentner | 11,319 | 19.4 | −5.7 | |
Unknown | Thomas Kyle | 232 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 7,483 | 12.8 | -6.1 | ||
Turnout | 58,262 | 75.6 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Carlisle | 25,244 | 46.4 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Withers | 14,958 | 27.5 | ||
SDP | Freddie Stockdale | 13,631 | 25.1 | ||
Independent | Gilbert Blades | 523 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 10,286 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 54,356 | 74.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Carlisle | 17,777 | 41.4 | +13.1 | |
Labour | Margaret Jackson | 17,175 | 40.0 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Keith Melton | 5,638 | 13.1 | New | |
Democratic Labour | Freddie Stockdale | 1,743 | 4.1 | −30.5 | |
National Front | J. Noble | 523 | 1.2 | New | |
Revolutionary Reform | T. Kyle | 77 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 602 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,933 | 77.0 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Jackson | 14,698 | 37.1 | +4.6 | |
Democratic Labour | Dick Taverne | 13,714 | 34.6 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | Peter Myles Moran | 11,223 | 28.3 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 984 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,635 | 74.8 | -4.3 | ||
Labour gain from Democratic Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Labour | Dick Taverne | 14,780 | 35.6 | ||
Labour | Margaret Jackson | 13,487 | 32.5 | ||
Conservative | Peter Myles Moran | 13,299 | 32.0 | ||
Majority | 1,293 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 41,566 | 79.1 | |||
Democratic Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Labour | Dick Taverne | 21,967 | 58.2 | +58.2 | |
Labour | John Dilks | 8,776 | 23.2 | −27.8 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Guinness | 6,616 | 17.5 | −21.5 | |
Democratic Conservative | Reginald Simmerson | 198 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority Rule | Malcolm Waller | 100 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Jean Justice | 81 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 13,191 | 35.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,738 | 72.6 | -1.8 | ||
Democratic Labour gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dick Taverne | 20,090 | 51.0 | -7.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Alexander | 15,340 | 39.0 | -2.7 | |
Independent Liberal | Gilbert Blades | 3,937 | 10.0 | New | |
Majority | 4,750 | 12.0 | -4.6 | ||
Turnout | 39,367 | 74.4 | -4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dick Taverne | 23,006 | 58.3 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Alexander | 16,469 | 41.7 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 6,537 | 16.6 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,475 | 78.7 | -1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dick Taverne | 19,737 | 47.8 | -7.3 | |
Conservative | Michael McNair-Wilson | 15,015 | 36.4 | -8.5 | |
Liberal | Patrick Furnell | 6,519 | 15.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,722 | 11.4 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,271 | 80.3 | -3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dick Taverne | 19,038 | 50.51 | -4.59 | |
Conservative | Percy Grieve | 11,386 | 30.21 | -14.69 | |
Liberal | Patrick Furnell | 6,856 | 18.19 | New | |
Independent | A. Taylor | 412 | 1.09 | New | |
Majority | 7,652 | 20.30 | +10.10 | ||
Turnout | 37,692 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey de Freitas | 23,629 | 55.1 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Leslie Herbert Priestley | 19,240 | 44.9 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 4,389 | 10.2 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,869 | 84.1 | -1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey de Freitas | 23,773 | 56.2 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Emery | 18,551 | 43.8 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 5,222 | 12.4 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,324 | 85.9 | -1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey de Freitas | 23,400 | 54.1 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Maurice Macmillan | 19,840 | 45.9 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 3,560 | 8.2 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,240 | 87.8 | -0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey de Freitas | 21,537 | 50.0 | ||
National Liberal | Francis Hill | 17,784 | 41.3 | ||
Liberal | Jean Henderson | 3,753 | 8.7 | ||
Majority | 3,753 | 8.7 | |||
Turnout | 43,074 | 88.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Deer | 14,052 | 41.3 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | Walter Liddall | 10,414 | 30.5 | −23.5 | |
Liberal | Frederick Charles Truman | 9,625 | 28.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,638 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,091 | 80.3 | −3.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.4 |
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Liddall | 17,948 | 54.0 | −4.9 | |
Labour | George Deer | 15,264 | 46.0 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 2,684 | 8.0 | −9.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,212 | 84.0 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Liddall | 20,688 | 58.9 | +24.6 | |
Labour | Robert Taylor | 14,455 | 41.1 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 6,233 | 17.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,123 | 88.9 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +13.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Taylor | 15,176 | 43.6 | +2.3 | |
Unionist | Benjamin Garnet Lampard-Vachell | 11,978 | 34.3 | −6.8 | |
Liberal | Robert Pattinson | 7,719 | 22.1 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 3,198 | 9.3 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,873 | 88.5 | 0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Taylor | 11,596 | 41.3 | +7.1 | |
Unionist | George Hamilton | 11,557 | 41.1 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | A. G. Macdonell | 4,952 | 17.6 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 39 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,105 | 88.5 | +3.0 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alfred Davies | 11,338 | 42.0 | −17.0 | |
Labour | Robert Taylor | 9,251 | 34.2 | −6.8 | |
Liberal | A. G. Macdonell | 6,447 | 23.8 | New | |
Majority | 2,087 | 7.8 | −10.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,036 | 85.5 | −0.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alfred Davies | 15,780 | 59.0 | +11.3 | |
Labour | Robert Taylor | 10,951 | 41.0 | +12.5 | |
Majority | 4,829 | 18.0 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 26,731 | 85.9 | +11.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Alfred Davies | 11,114 | 47.7 | +0.6 |
Labour | Robert Taylor | 6,658 | 28.5 | New | |
Liberal | Charles Roberts | 5,550 | 23.8 | −29.1 | |
Majority | 4,456 | 19.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,322 | 74.4 | −15.1 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.8 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Roberts | 5,484 | 52.9 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Robert Filmer | 4,878 | 47.1 | +17.0 | |
Majority | 606 | 5.8 | −14.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,362 | 89.5 | −3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,577 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Roberts | 5,402 | 50.2 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Filmer | 3,236 | 30.1 | +18.5 | |
Free Trader | Charles Seely | 2,129 | 19.8 | −17.4 | |
Majority | 2,166 | 20.1 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 10,767 | 93.0 | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,577 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Roberts | 5,110 | 51.2 | +1.6 | |
Free Trader | Charles Seely | 3,718 | 37.2 | New | |
Conservative | Henry Croft | 1,162 | 11.6 | −38.8 | |
Majority | 1,392 | 14.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,990 | 93.8 | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,645 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +20.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Charles Seely | 4,002 | 50.4 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Roberts | 3,935 | 49.6 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 67 | 0.8 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,937 | 89.7 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,846 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Charles Seely | 3,808 | 51.5 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | William Crosfield | 3,590 | 48.5 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 218 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,398 | 91.7 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,068 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Crosfield | 3,410 | 51.7 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Frederick Kerans | 3,186 | 48.3 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 224 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,596 | 89.6 | +8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,358 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Kerans | 3,159 | 52.6 | +10.6 | |
Liberal | William Crosfield | 2,851 | 47.4 | −10.6 | |
Majority | 308 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,010 | 80.7 | −5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,444 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Ruston | 3,726 | 58.0 | −16.9 | |
Conservative | Frederick Kerans | 2,701 | 42.0 | +16.9 | |
Majority | 1,025 | 16.0 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,427 | 86.3 | −1.0 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 7,444 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −16.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Ruston | 3,234 | 58.8 | −16.1 | |
Conservative | Richard Hall [55] | 2,263 | 41.2 | +16.1 | |
Majority | 971 | 17.6 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,497 | 81.2 | −6.1 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 6,769 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −16.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seely | 3,401 | 39.0 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | John Hinde Palmer | 3,128 | 35.9 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Edward Chaplin | 2,190 | 25.1 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 938 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,591 (est) | 87.3 (est) | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 6,402 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Chaplin | 2,107 | 36.3 | New | |
Liberal | Charles Seely | 1,907 | 32.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Hinde Palmer | 1,784 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 223 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,953 (est) | 84.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,689 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seely | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | John Hinde Palmer | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,243 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seely | 878 | 34.9 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Edward Heneage | 870 | 34.6 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | John Bramley-Moore | 765 | 30.4 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 105 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,639 (est) | 95.7 (est) | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,713 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Bramley-Moore | 715 | 50.9 | +14.4 | |
Liberal | John Hinde Palmer | 690 | 49.1 | −14.4 | |
Majority | 25 | 1.8 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,405 | 94.3 | −2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,490 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seely | Unopposed | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gervaise Sibthorp | 740 | 36.5 | −4.7 | |
Liberal | George Heneage | 658 | 32.5 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | John Hinde Palmer | 629 | 31.0 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 82 | 4.0 | −5.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,384 (est) | 96.4 (est) | +24.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,435 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gervaise Sibthorp | 829 | 41.2 | −1.2 | |
Whig | George Heneage | 641 | 31.9 | −1.5 | |
Radical | John Hinde Palmer | 541 | 26.9 | +2.7 | |
Turnout | 1,006 (est) | 71.6 (est) | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,405 | ||||
Majority | 188 | 9.3 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.3 | |||
Majority | 100 | 5.0 | −4.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gervaise Sibthorp | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Sibthorp | 840 | 42.4 | −7.1 | |
Whig | George Heneage | 661 | 33.4 | +10.3 | |
Radical | Charles Seely | 478 | 24.2 | −3.2 | |
Turnout | 990 (est) | 72.6 (est) | −1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,363 | ||||
Majority | 179 | 9.0 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.7 | |||
Majority | 183 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | +6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Thomas Hobhouse | 552 | 52.2 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Lebbeus Charles Humfrey [56] | 505 | 47.8 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 47 | 4.4 | -8.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,057 | 83.2 | +8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,271 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Sibthorp | 659 | 34.8 | +4.8 | |
Radical | Charles Seely | 518 | 27.4 | +8.6 | |
Whig | Edward Bulwer-Lytton | 436 | 23.1 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | William Rickford Collett | 278 | 14.7 | −11.9 | |
Turnout | 946 (est) | 74.4 (est) | −11.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,271 | ||||
Majority | 141 | 7.4 | +5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Majority | 240 | 12.7 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Sibthorp | 541 | 30.0 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | William Rickford Collett | 481 | 26.6 | +3.2 | |
Whig | Edward Bulwer-Lytton | 443 | 24.5 | −1.6 | |
Radical | Charles Seely | 340 | 18.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 38 | 2.1 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 932 | 85.4 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,091 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Sibthorp | 514 | 30.7 | +9.1 | |
Whig | Edward Bulwer-Lytton | 436 | 26.1 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Ellis [58] | 392 | 23.4 | +1.8 | |
Whig | Charles Henry Churchill [59] | 330 | 19.7 | −6.0 | |
Turnout | 864 | 83.0 | +4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,041 | ||||
Majority | 184 | 11.0 | −1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.3 | |||
Majority | 44 | 2.7 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Sibthorp | 565 | 43.3 | +15.3 | |
Whig | Edward Bulwer-Lytton | 406 | 31.1 | −3.0 | |
Whig | Charles Beaumont Phipps [60] | 335 | 25.7 | −12.1 | |
Majority | 159 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 885 | 78.7 | −5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,124 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +15.2 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Heneage | 543 | 37.8 | ||
Whig | Edward Bulwer-Lytton | 490 | 34.1 | ||
Tory | Charles Sibthorp | 402 | 28.0 | ||
Majority | 88 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 878 | 84.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,043 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Sibthorp | Unopposed | |||
Whig | George Heneage | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,400 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Fardell (MP) | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Charles Sibthorp | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,400 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory gain from Whig |