List of parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire

The location of Lincolnshire in relation to England.

The non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshireis divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 7 county constituencies.^{[nb 1]}

Constituencies

  † Conservative  ‡ Labour  ¤ Reform UK

Boundary changes

2010

In the Fifth Review the Boundary Commission for England 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.

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.^[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final recommendations were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission 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, spanning all three counties. Consequently, Stamford was removed from the constituency of Grantham and Stamford, which was renamed Grantham and Bourne. ^[4]

The following seats were proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Boston

• Boston and Skegness (part)

Containing electoral wards from East Lyndsey

• Boston and Skegness (part)
• Louth and Horncastle

Containing electoral wards from Lincoln

• Lincoln (part)

Containing electoral wards from North Kesteven

• Grantham and Bourne (part)
• Lincoln (part)
• Sleaford and North Hykeham

Containing electoral wards from South Holland

• South Holland and The Deepings (part)

Containing electoral wards from South Kesteven

• Grantham and Bourne (part)
• Rutland and Stamford (also comprises the county of Rutland and parts of Harborough in Leicestershire)
• South Holland and The Deepings (part)

Containing electoral wards from West Lyndsey

• Gainsborough

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019^[5]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Lincolnshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:^{[nb 4][2]}

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

¹As the Brexit Party in 2019

²1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

¹1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

• 
  1885
• 
  1886
• 
  1892
• 
  1895
• 
  1900
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  1906
• 
  Jan 1910
• 
  Dec 1910

1918-1945

• 
  1918
• 
  1922
• 
  1923
• 
  1924
• 
  1929
• 
  1931
• 
  1935
• 
  1945

1950-1979

• 
  1950
• 
  1951
• 
  1955
• 
  1959
• 
  1964
• 
  1966
• 
  1970
• 
  Feb 1974
• 
  Oct 1974
• 
  1979

1983-present

• 
  1983
• 
  1987
• 
  1992
• 
  1997
• 
  2001
• 
  2005
• 
  2010
• 
  2015
• 
  2017
• 
  2019
• 
  2024

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

  Conservative  Liberal  Liberal Unionist

1918 to 1950

  Conservative  Independent  Labour  Liberal  National Liberal (1931–68)

1950 to 1983

  Conservative  Labour  Lincoln Democratic Labour  National Liberal (1931–68)

1983 to present

  Conservative  Independent  Labour  Reform UK

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands (region)
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside for those covering North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire unitary authorities.

Notes

1. Rutland and Stamford is a cross-county boundary constituency, comprising electoral wards in Leicestershire and Rutland, as well as in Lincolnshire.
2. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
3. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
4. It should be acknowledged that Rutland and Stamford is a cross-county constituency between Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Rutland. As the results of UK general elections are not disclosed on sub-constituency levels, the following shares contain votes within the Leicestershire and Rutland areas of the Rutland and Stamford constituency.

References

1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries for England - Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition - East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
2. "Constituencies A-Z – Election 2014". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
3. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
4. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". paras 138-156. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
5. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".